Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1882

As for the bliss of devotion, why, I have not
even a tulsi leaf to give Thee! I fold my hands
and stand before Thee. I have not the good
fortune to approach Thee close; I know not how
to observe ritual, I cry to Thee for mercy. Would
that the saints would call me their own, speaking
some word or other by way of pretext. Tuka says
I take shelter in Thee.

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