Mosque With Ten Doors

Broadcast, O mullah,
your merciful call to prayer--
you yourself are a mosque
with ten doors.



Make your mind your Mecca,
your body, the Ka'aba--
your Self itself
is the Supreme Master.

In the name of Allah, sacrifice
your anger, error, impurity--
chew up your senses,
become a patient man.

The lord of the Hindus and Turks
is one and the same--
why become a mullah,
why become a sheikh?

Kabir says, brother,
I've gone crazy--
quietly, quietly like a thief,
my mind has slipped into the simple state.

[Tr. Vinay Dharwadker].