Religion
By Faith Alone
Translated by Nicol Macnicol (1919) · From Psalms of Maratha Saints (1919)
Religion
In God, in God — forget him not! —
Do thou thy refuge find.
Let every other plan or plot
Go with the wind!
Why toil for nought? Wake, wake from sleep!
By learning's load weighed down,
Thou in the world's abysses deep
Art like to drown.
O, flee from thence. Only by faith
Canst thou to God attain.
And all thy knowledge, Tuka saith,
Will prove in vain.
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MLA
Tukaram. “By Faith Alone.” Translated by Nicol Macnicol. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tukaram/57/.
Chicago
Tukaram. “By Faith Alone.” Translated by Nicol Macnicol. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tukaram/57/.
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