My conduct in lives past was not pure, hence I lost Thy feet. But when I look to this present life, it seems that my store of merit has borne fruit. Now, O Lord of Pandhari, show me mercy. I am wicked and full of evil deeds; I am grievously tormented by the world. I am so troubled by wrath and desire that I cannot reach Thee, O God! Neither this place nor that is open to me. I run after Thy name, O come speedily to me, says Tuka.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 2655
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents