अवघा रंग एक झाला।
रंगी रंगला श्रीरंग॥

Avagha rang ek zhala.
Rangi rangla Shrirang.

All colors became one.
Everything dissolved into the color of the Divine.

Tukaram · Abhanga

Translator's note

on the language of the verse

A mystical experience of unity. Distinctions disappear in devotion.

The voice

Tukaram

तुकाराम

The Merchant Who Turned Grief into Song, c. 1608 – 1649.

The questions it touches
  • Devotion