In faltering accents I babble forth my love for Thee; O think not to keep me at arm’s length from Thee. Whether I praise or dispraise Thee, count it the same, O Govinda! Tuka says, It is you who have taught me how to speak.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 1979
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents