Religion
"And Have Not Charity"
Translated by Nicol Macnicol (1919) · From Psalms of Maratha Saints (1919)
Religion
Your heart from rage and lust has nowise turned
For all the rice and sesamum you've burned.
You've toiled for naught with learned words whose fruit
Is vain display — and Pandurang you've spurned.
By pilgrimage and grim austerity
Only your pride has grown; your "I" and "me"
Swell with your alms; the secret, Tuka says,
You've missed: your acts are sinful utterly.
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MLA
Tukaram. “"And Have Not Charity".” Translated by Nicol Macnicol. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tukaram/71/.
Chicago
Tukaram. “"And Have Not Charity".” Translated by Nicol Macnicol. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tukaram/71/.
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