Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1896

What wilt thou lose by meeting me or speak-
ing a word or two to me? Do I steal
away Thy form? Hast thou therefore in fear
hidden thyself? What does thy Vaikuntha profit
us? Come, fear not, meet me. Tuka says, I desire
not a rag of Thine; but I delight to see Thee.

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