Religion
"I Long to See Thy Face"
Translated by Nicol Macnicol (1919) · From Psalms of Maratha Saints (1919)
Religion
I long to see thy face,
But ah, in me hath holiness no place.
By thy strength succour me,
So only, only I thy feet may see!
Though Sadhu's robes I've worn,
Within I'm all unshaven and unshorn.
Lost, lost, O God, am I,
Unless thou help me, Tuka, — me who cry!
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Tukaram. “"I Long to See Thy Face".” Translated by Nicol Macnicol. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tukaram/14/.
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Tukaram. “"I Long to See Thy Face".” Translated by Nicol Macnicol. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tukaram/14/.
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