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What does Kabir liken Heaven to in “Tell me, O Swan, your ancient tale”?

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the ancient tale

Step-by-step explanation:

In this poem, the Swan is a metaphor for the spiritual pursuit of one who treads the path of self-realization. The metaphor refers to the ability of the bird to move between different planes of reality (earth, water, air) without clinging to any of them.

In the poem Kabir indicates a place where the swan can be free of doubt and sadness, this place would be the heaven that the author compares with an old tale in the passage:

"There, woods flourish in everlasting spring,

And its fragrance makes us move forward more and more.

Immersed in it, the heart, like a bee, was inebriated.

Immense in her, she no longer wants any joy"

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