Tá gach duine ina Dhia

Tá gach duine ina Dhia

Tá gach duine ina Dhia dar liom!
        duáilce ná fabht
        ní léir do mo shúil níos mó.

Síor-ríméad anois é
        an saol a bhí lán d'fhulaingt;
        suaimhneach é mo chroí mar linn lán,
                ag cur thar maoil.

An aghaidh is a scáil
        ag faire ar a chéile;
        is éagsúil iad, ach is ionann.

Agus nuair a dhoirteann an sruthán san aigéan  . . .
        ní hann níos mó don sruthán!

Tukaram

All men to me are god-like Gods!

All men to me are god-like Gods!
        My eyes no longer see
        vice or fault.

Life on this suffering earth
        is now endless delight;
        the heart at rest and full,
                overflowing.

In the mirror, the face and its reflection
        watch each other;
        different, but one.

And, when the stream pours into the ocean...
        no more stream!

By Tukaram

(1608 - 1649)

English version by Ivan M. Granger

Real Thirst: Poetry of the Spiritual Journey by Ivan M. Granger

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