Think not that my words are vain; I urge my prayer with earnest entreaty. How can I insist on approaching Thy feet? We thy servants must cry to Thee for mercy. What care I for the fame of one that embraces Thy feet? I have the experience which they yield. I persist in speech to please my mind that has tasted this comfort; my spirit hovers near them as though it were crazy! I desire, says Tuka, to look on Thy glorious face.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 2086
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents