I have waked you with noisy cries, for I know not how to dance or sing. I am no more ashamed or afraid or anxious for my belly’s sake. Sit down, for you are tired. We will rub your feet, O generous one; your body is hot. We will make you feel the wind. One delay follows another; how can I describe it? A mother should feel no anger against her child. Tuka says, We will call together all the children and the cowherds and meet you and cry upon you.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 1115
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents