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''One Hundred Poems of Tukaram'' is a 2015 book consisting of selected poems of Sant Tukaram, a prominent Varkari Sant and spiritual poet of the Bhakti, translated into English by Chandrakant Kaluram Mhatre. The book also consists of an introduction by the translator, which explores aspects like relevance of Tukaram's poetry in twenty-first century, Tukaram's life and times, ''Varkari'' movement of which Tukaram was a part and the form of Tukaram's poems amongst other things. It aims at historicising Tukaram's poetry while upholding its timeless appeal. The book covers a wide range of poems depicting the spiritual as well as worldly journey of the saint-poet who is widely hailed as one of the greatest poets from India by critics like Ramchandra Ranade and Dr. Sadanand More .〔 〕 Selection of poems is such that the book gives a comprehensive picture of the various phases of Sant Tukaram's life which can be generally divided into that of a family man, a recluse and the man of the masses. So far this is only the second book-length translation of Tukaram's poems in English, the other being Dilip Chitre's ''Says Tuka'' (1991). ==Poems== ''One Hundred Poems of Tukaram'' is a first book-length attempt at reproducing the original form of Tukaram's poems viz. abhang into English. As a poetic form, ''abhang'' has been explored by all Varkari saints for their poetic expressions. An ''abhang'' can be of two types: four-lined stanzaic and two-lined stanzaic. Tukaram has exploited both these forms of ''abhang'' extensively in his poems as is illustrated by a few poems given below, extracted from ''One Hundred Poems of Tukaram": 1. Words are the jewels That our homes are filled with The tools that we strive with Are but of words Words are the source That sustains our life Wealth of words we give To one and all Tuka says behold Word is the Lord Let us praise Him Worship with words 2. The destitute and the downtrodden Who considers as his own He alone is to be recognised as Saint God is to be experienced only therewith Tender through and through is butter So is the heart of the good Those who are forsaken He takes them in loving embrace Mercy meant for own son He shows to servants and maids too Tuka says can't praise him enough He is the Lord incarnate 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「One Hundred Poems of Tukaram」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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