I know not whether it be Thy purpose that I should mortify my body. Thou givest me no answer to that question, thereby my spirit is grieved. Since this is Thy purpose towards me, I feel I must go to waste places. Thou makest me to wander over hills and dales, says Tuka.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 1591
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents