Religion
The Pride of Knowledge
Translated by Nicol Macnicol (1919) · From Psalms of Maratha Saints (1919)
Religion
Though I'm a man of lowly birth
The saints have magnified my worth.
And so within my heart to hide
Has come the great destroyer, pride.
In my fond heart the fancy dwells
That I am wise and no one else.
O, save me, save me, Tuka prays;
Spent like the wind are all my days.
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Tukaram. “The Pride of Knowledge.” Translated by Nicol Macnicol. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tukaram/43/.
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Tukaram. “The Pride of Knowledge.” Translated by Nicol Macnicol. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tukaram/43/.
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