“ You were at leisure once, long ago; I never seized the opportunity. I now come and stand near Thee; I look upon thy face. At home I was wrapped up in work; I could not talk with Thee. I am now astir and impatient, says Tuka; let us search into the matter, O God.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 1940
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents