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I gave birth to myself,I came into my own womb.
Refrain: Enough now of vows, my yearnings have passed away
It is good that I fell prey
and I died that day
Looking both ways,
Tuka is as he is.
My death has died
and made me deathless.
Refrain: The place is erased, the bottom is erased. The body's emotions have been stripped.
The flood has come and gone,
I have held firmly to life.
Tuka says, the accumulated store is finished;
truth has come through.
Poems #1337 & # 2348 by Tukaram, in: Omvedt, Buddhism in India, New Delhi 2003, p. 208.
posted by Anonymous @ 2:55 pm
2 Comments:
Google will take you to the lifelong project of a pretty good Indian poet, Dilip Chitre, of bringing Tuka into English. Also what is the logic behind your labeling scheme here on your blog?
Sashi, I think that "logic" is an ambitious term when describing the labeling scheme on this blog.
Let's make meaning with found
objects and phrases, read and run!
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