Religion
He Knows Our Needs
Translated by Nicol Macnicol (1919) · From Psalms of Maratha Saints (1919)
Religion
Unwearied he bears up the universe;
How light a burden I!
Does not his care the frog within the stone
With food supply?
The bird, the creeping thing, lays up no store;
This great One knows their need.
And if I, Tuka, cast on him my load,
Will not his mercy heed?
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MLA
Tukaram. “He Knows Our Needs.” Translated by Nicol Macnicol. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tukaram/36/.
Chicago
Tukaram. “He Knows Our Needs.” Translated by Nicol Macnicol. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tukaram/36/.
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