Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1959

Is the reward of my service that I should see misery brought on me by misfortune? Guard Thou thy own claims, O God; why art Thou like the Kali age? To give thy suppliants to their foes,—does this bring Thee peace of mind? Tuka says, I long for an embrace, and I am spurned in the breast.

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