Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3055

While we do not comprehend thee, thou mayest very well deceive us; but afterwards, what is the good of turning thy back on us? I have caught thee now, thou must let me have my turn; when thou art found, this mood of faith follows. While I kept my eyes shut, thou wert far from me; now I have caught sight of thee, and I gaze on thee steadily. Tuka says, It is thy habit to say “No”; but I am no common beggar.

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