Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1876

If the body should disappear from our consciousness, then speech will have no province left.
Otherwise, there will be a net of forms of speech
ensnaring us; speech is all a matter of tropes.
The mind, however rude it be, is prone to boil
with passions; it is drawn to follow its own
nature. Tuka is a servant of Vishnu; his master
is perfect, as Tuka knows.

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