Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 9

I cannot bear to hear of restraint; my spirit
is weary. I cannot bear any one’s company;
I find it pleasant to sit by myself. I weary of the
life of sensuous desire. Tuka says, The snares of
desire and illusion, that keep us from God, increase
our pain.

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