Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 389

I have come to you with varied entreaties, yet
you heed me not. O God, why should I form
these deceitful hopes of You? You and I are
parted; but now contemplation shall bring us
together. Tuka says, Shameful is the fluctuating
life of desire.

Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents