Religion
"Keep Me from Vanity"
Translated by Nicol Macnicol (1919) · From Psalms of Maratha Saints (1919)
Religion
Keep me from vanity
Keep me from pride,
For sure I perish if
I quit thy side.
From this deceiving world
How hard to flee!
Ah, thou, Vaikuntha's Lord,
Deliver me!
If once thy gracious face
I look upon,
The world's enticement then
Is past and gone.
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MLA
Tukaram. “"Keep Me from Vanity".” Translated by Nicol Macnicol. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tukaram/15/.
Chicago
Tukaram. “"Keep Me from Vanity".” Translated by Nicol Macnicol. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tukaram/15/.
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