Long thou hast tormented us; in what troubles thou dost entangle us! I have come thus far to importune Thee; I have formed no love for aught else. Thou, nevertheless, turnest aside from all but Thyself; thou stayest apart in solitude. After this, O Govinda, says Tuka, jest with me no more.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 1951
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents