Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 2459

One whose mind wanders—what! is he not
a corpse laid by you? How can he see
with his eyes of leather? He is like a lamp when
the oil is spent. Like a mad dog running about,
his mind wanders through the quarters of the air.
Who will shout into his ears? says Tuka.

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