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Verses  ·  Kabir  ·  Doha v

धीरे-धीरे रे मना, धीरे सब कुछ होय।
माली सींचे सौ घड़ा, ऋतु आए फल होय॥

Dheere dheere re mana, dheere sab kuch hoy.
Maali seenche sau ghada, ritu aaye phal hoy.

Slowly, slowly, everything unfolds.
A gardener may pour a hundred pots of water, but fruit comes only in season.

Kabir  ·  Doha

Translator’s note

on the language of the verse

Patience is not passivity. Growth has rhythms that cannot be forced.

The voice

Kabir

कबीर

The weaver of Banaras, c. 1440 – 1518.

The questions it touches
  • The vernacular