प्रथम एक जो आपे आप, निराकार निर्गुन निर्जाप नहिं तव आदि-अंत-मध-तारा, नहिं तव अंध-धुंध उजियारा नहिं तव भूमि-पवन-आकासा, नहिं तव पावक-नीर-निवासा नहिं तव सुरसति-जमुना-गंगा, नहिं तव सागर-समुद्र-तरंगा नहिं तव पाप-पुण्य नहिं वेद-पुराना, नहिं तव भयो कतेब-कुराना कहें कबीर विचारिके, तब कछु क्रिया नहीं, परम-पुरुष तहँ आपहिं, अगम-अगोचर माहीं कर्ता कछु खावै नहिं पीवै, कर्ता कबहुँ मरै नहिं जीवै कर्ता के कछु रूप न रेखा, कर्ता के कछु बरन न भेखा जाके जात-गोत कछु नाहीं, महिमा बरनि न जाय मो पाहीं रूप-अरूप नहिं तेरा नावं, बरन-अबरन नहिं तेहि थावं

IN the beginning was He alone, sufficient unto Himself: the formless, colourless, and unconditioned Being. Then was there neither beginning, middle, nor end; Then were no eyes, no darkness, no light; Then were no ground, air, nor sky; no fire, water, nor earth; no rivers like the Ganges and the Jumna, no seas, oceans, and waves. Then was neither vice nor virtue; scriptures there were not, as the Vedas and Puranas, nor as the Koran. Kabir ponders in his mind and says: “Then was there no activity: the Supreme Being remained merged in the unknown depths of His own self.” The Guru neither eats nor drinks, neither lives nor dies: Neither has He form, line, colour, nor vesture. He who has neither caste nor clan nor anything else - how may I describe His glory? He has neither form nor formlessness, He has no name, He has neither colour nor colourlessness, He has no dwelling-place.