Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 644

We were not vigilant, therefore we lost the
blessing; we forgot His name, we cherished
the world. We were carried far from Him by the
swollen flood of falsity. Tuka says, We have found
a boat in the shape of faith.

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