Tukaram: Where does one begin with you?

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Where does one begin with you?

Tukaram, Tukaram poetry, Yoga / Hindu, Yoga / Hindu poetry, Vaishnava (Krishna/Rama) poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry

by Tukaram
(1608 - 1649) Timeline

English version by
Dilip Chitre

Original Language
Marathi

Yoga / Hindu : Vaishnava (Krishna/Rama)

17th Century

Where does one begin with you?
O Lord, you have no opening line
It's so hard to get you started.

Everything I tried went wrong.
You've used up all my faculties.

What I just said vanished in the sky
And I've fallen on the ground again.

Says Tuka my mind is stunned:
I can't find a word to say.

-- from Says Tuka: Selected Poetry of Tukaram, Translated by Dilip Chitre

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Themes

Sky

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