Kabir Says: There is a strange tree, which stands without roots
O Seeker! That yogi will be my Guru who can explain the mystery of this poem.
There is a tree standing without roots, and without producing flowers it bears fruits.
It has no branches and no leaves, but reaching the ‘eighth sky’ it thunders.
The petals have no form, and the gourd is produced without flower, and without having a
tongue there is the song of God’s glory.
The singer has no form and no outline, but if there is a Satguru then he can make Him
visible.
There are two ways of approaching the Supreme - the path of the bird, or of the fish, and
Kabir says that both are difficult.
The Supreme Lord is fathomless, but for that Supreme Being, I sacrifice everything.
– The Bijak, Shabda # 24 (The Complete Bijak of Kabir: Guru Kabir’s Mystical Teachings on God-Realization: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Bijak-Kabir-Teachings-God-Realization/dp/8178224763/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1516455449&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Complete+Bijak+of+Kabir%3A+Guru+Kabir%27s+Mystical+Teachings+on+God-Realization )
THERE is a strange tree, which stands without roots and bears fruits without blossoming;
It has no branches and no leaves, it is lotus all over.
Two birds sing there; one is the Guru, and the other the disciple:
The disciple chooses the manifold fruits of life and tastes them, and the Guru beholds him in joy.
What Kabîr says is hard to understand: “The bird is beyond seeking, yet it is most clearly visible. The Formless is in the midst of all forms. I sing the glory of forms.”
– Songs of Kabir, Rabindranath Tagore, tarvar ek mul vin thada, XLVII