Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1843

The length of our life is fixed; the body passes away; 'tis all an imposing uproar of pleasures.
Creation and destruction go forward like a revolving mill; we consume the output; the seed is multiplied.
Tuka says, Let us go where there is no fear; let us hurry for shelter to God.

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