Religion
"The Night Cometh"
Translated by Nicol Macnicol (1919) · From Psalms of Maratha Saints (1919)
Religion
Lo, Death draws nigh; and what know I
Of rite, or vow, or prayer?
To God alone who guards his own
I flee and hide me there.
The tally's score grows more and more, —
Then night and all is done.
Hear Tuka say, — dear every day
From that grim robber won.
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MLA
Tukaram. “"The Night Cometh".” Translated by Nicol Macnicol. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tukaram/66/.
Chicago
Tukaram. “"The Night Cometh".” Translated by Nicol Macnicol. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tukaram/66/.
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