Garden: O friend, this body...

O friend! This BODY is His lyre; He tightens its strings, and draws from it the melody of BRAHMA. Kabîr says: "None but Brahma can evoke its melodies."

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Where to next: BRAHMA or the BODY?

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[Source: RT 39 (partial); 1.59. sâdho, yah tan thâth tanvure ka]

lyre. There are various stringed instruments used in Indian classical music such as the sitar and the veena.

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:

XXXIX

I. 59. sâdho, yah tan thâth tanvure ka

  O friend! this body is His lyre; He tightens its strings, and
    draws from it the melody of Brahma.
  If the strings snap and the keys slacken, then to dust must this
    instrument of dust return:
  Kabîr says: "None but Brahma can evoke its melodies."

Garden: See thou everything...

See thou everything as thine own dwelling place: the mist of pleasure and pain can never spread there. There Brahma is revealed day and night: there light is His garment, light is His seat, light rests on thy head. Kabîr says: "The Master who is TRUE, He is all LIGHT."

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Where to next: the TRUTH or the LIGHT?

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[Source: RT 75 (partial); 3.55. ved kahe sargun ke âge]

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:

LXXV

III. 55. ved kahe sargun ke âge

  The Vedas say that the Unconditioned stands beyond the world of
    Conditions.
  O woman, what does it avail thee to dispute whether He is beyond
    all or in all?
  See thou everything as thine own dwelling place: the mist of
    pleasure and pain can never spread there.
  There Brahma is revealed day and night: there light is His
    garment, light is His seat, light rests on thy head.
  Kabîr says: "The Master, who is true, He is all light."

Garden: The creature is in Brahma...

The creature is in BRAHMA, and Brahma is in the CREATURE: they are ever distinct, yet ever united. He Himself is the tree, the seed, and the germ. He Himself is the flower, the fruit, and the shade. He Himself is the sun, the light, and the lighted. He Himself is Brahma, creature, and Maya.

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Where to next: BRAHMA or the CREATURE?

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[Source: RT 7 (partial); 1.85. Sâdho, Brahm alakh lakhâyâ]

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:

VII

I. 85. Sâdho, Brahm alakh lakhâyâ

  When He Himself reveals Himself, Brahma brings into manifestation
    That which can never be seen.
  As the seed is in the plant, as the shade is in the tree, as the
    void is in the sky, as infinite forms are in the void—
  So from beyond the Infinite, the Infinite comes; and from the
    Infinite the finite extends.
  The creature is in Brahma, and Brahma is in the creature: they
    are ever distinct, yet ever united.
  He Himself is the tree, the seed, and the germ.
  He Himself is the flower, the fruit, and the shade.
  He Himself is the sun, the light, and the lighted.
  He Himself is Brahma, creature, and Maya.
  He Himself is the manifold form, the infinite space;
  He is the breath, the word, and the meaning.
  He Himself is the limit and the limitless: and beyond both the
    limited and the limitless is He, the Pure Being.
  He is the Immanent Mind in Brahma and in the creature.
  The Supreme Soul is seen within the soul,
  The Point is seen within the Supreme Soul,
  And within the Point, the reflection is seen again.
  Kabîr is blest because he has this supreme vision!