Religion
The Cuckoo's Errand
Translated by F. Kingsbury and G. P. Phillips (1921) · From Hymns of the Tamil Saivite Saints (1921)
Hear, little cuckoo in the honey’d orchard groves.
Heav’n did He spurn; to save us men, to earth He calve,
Boundless in giving, reeking naught of flesh of mine,
Entered my mind, and there my very thought became.
He, the alone, the spouse of her whose pure eye's ray
Shames the gazelle in softness, call Him hither, pray.
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Vasahar, Manikka. “The Cuckoo's Errand.” Translated by F. Kingsbury and G. P. Phillips. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/manikkavacakar/8/.
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Vasahar, Manikka. “The Cuckoo's Errand.” Translated by F. Kingsbury and G. P. Phillips. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/manikkavacakar/8/.
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