Garden: The fire is in the wood...

The fire is in the wood; but who awakens it suddenly? Then it turns to ashes, and where goes the force of the fire? The true guru teaches that He has neither limit nor infinitude. Kabîr says: "Brahma suits His language to the understanding of His hearer."

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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 45 (partial); 1.97. sâdho, ko hai kânh se âyo]

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:

XLV

I. 97. sâdho, ko hai kânh se âyo

  Who are you, and whence do you come?
  Where dwells that Supreme Spirit, and how does He have His sport
    with all created things?
  The fire is in the wood; but who awakens it suddenly? Then it
    turns to ashes, and where goes the force of the fire?
  The true guru teaches that He has neither limit nor infinitude.
  Kabîr says: "Brahma suits His language to the understanding of
    His hearer."