Religion

Love Finds Out God

by Tukaram 1608–1649

Translated by Nicol Macnicol (1919) · From Psalms of Maratha Saints (1919)

Religion

Thy nature is beyond the grasp
Of human speech or thought.
So love I've made the measure-rod,
By which I can be taught.

Thus with the measure-rod of love
I mete the Infinite.
In sooth, to measure him there is
None other means so fit.

Not Yoga's power, nor sacrifice,
Nor fierce austerity,
Nor yet the strength of thought profound
Hath ever found out thee.

And so, says Tuka, graciously,
Oh Kesav, take, we pray
Love's service that with simple hearts
Before thy feet we lay.

MLA

Tukaram. “Love Finds Out God.” Translated by Nicol Macnicol. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tukaram/33/.

Chicago

Tukaram. “Love Finds Out God.” Translated by Nicol Macnicol. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tukaram/33/.

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