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Poem XLII

I. 79. tîrath men to sab pânî hai

There is nothing but water at the holy bathing places; and I know
  that they are useless, for I have bathed in them.
The images are all lifeless, they cannot speak; I know, for I
  have cried aloud to them.
The Purana and the Koran are mere words; lifting up the curtain,
  I have seen.
Kabîr gives utterance to the words of experience; and he knows
  very well that all other things are untrue.