I have often wondered what to do; now let me see what will actually happen; what joy my mind will fail to grasp; what real gain my fate will allot me. What! Can I say I have the rights of an intimate friend—that I should imagine such privileges for myself? Perchance he has much other business on hand; his life is full of calls upon him. Tuka says, After he summoned me once, he never called me back again.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 1524
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents