My mind is quivering, I hope to behold you, I have implored your mercy. The saints attained your primal form merely by asking. My sins forbid me this union. I undergo the toil of worship as it were forced labour; my soul attains to no peace. Tuka says, When wilt Thou give me rest? My mind runs after Thee.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 1992
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents