Religion
"I Cannot Understand: I Love"
Translated by Nicol Macnicol (1919) · From Psalms of Maratha Saints (1919)
Religion
Thy greatness none can comprehend
All dumb the Vedas are.
Forspent the powers of mortal mind;
They cannot climb so far.
How can I compass him whose light
Illumes both sun and star?
The serpent of a thousand tongues
Cannot tell all thy praise;
Then how, poor I? Thy children we,
Mother of loving ways!
Within the shadow of thy grace,
Ah, hide me, Tuka says.
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Tukaram. “"I Cannot Understand: I Love".” Translated by Nicol Macnicol. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tukaram/22/.
Chicago
Tukaram. “"I Cannot Understand: I Love".” Translated by Nicol Macnicol. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tukaram/22/.
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