Garden: Some contemplate the formless...

Some contemplate the Formless, and others meditate on form: but the wise man knows that Brahma is beyond both. That beauty of His is not seen of the eye; that meter of His is not heard by the ear.

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Next: This is the end of a path, but not the end of the garden. Return to the beginning: would you like to follow the FLUTE, or answer the call of the VEENA?

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[Source: RT 49 (partial); 1.105. jo dîsai, so to hai nâhîn]

Brahma = Brahman: The "ultimate reality" or "creative principle" (ब्रह्मन्), usually transliterated into English as Brahman, while Brahma (ब्रह्मा) is the creator god. (Tagore uses the English spelling Brahma for both.)

Here is the full poem:

XLIX

I. 105. jo dîsai, so to hai nâhîn

  That which you see is not: and for that which is, you have no

    words.

  Unless you see, you believe not: what is told you you cannot

    accept.

  He who is discerning knows by the word; and the ignorant stands

    gaping.

  Some contemplate the Formless, and others meditate on form: but

    the wise man knows that Brahma is beyond both.

  That beauty of His is not seen of the eye: that metre of His is

    not heard of the ear.

  Kabîr says: "He who has found both love and renunciation never

    descends to death."