Lift me from this mortal coil,
This prison that binds that holds me…
Oh Lord, give me wings to fly,
to rise above the earth,
to fly to my homeland...
Lord, let me rise, let me fly,
from my cell from my bed,
to my mother’s side, to my love…
Unchain me from my body,
Oh God, let me rise, free…
I cry in the shadows, bitterly,
in the watches of the night,
to return to my lover…
I need to be beside her…
How I long to take flight…
Release me, Lord, I pray,
from chains of my flesh…
Let me soar, let me rise, give me
escape, from my cell, this fortress,
Oh God, let me fly...
Unchain me from my body,
Release me from this prison…
Let my spirit rise, may I soar,
over the miles, the many hours,
until I reach her shores…
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Edited November 30, 2025
Unchain me from my body – v4
This poem is a summary of many of the poems of Shevchenko
when he flies back to Ukraine. I am sure this prayer must have been part of all
of the time he was imprisoned, when we was confined away from Ukraine after his
release, and even earlier when he struggled, being forced to like apart from
his homeland.
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Poetry, God, spirit, prayer, love, desire, wife, husband,
dream, flight, flying, fly, lovers, Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, prison, exile,
diaspora, Ukraina,
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This prison that binds that holds me…
Oh Lord, give me wings to fly,
to rise above the earth,
to fly to my homeland...
from my cell from my bed,
to my mother’s side, to my love…
Unchain me from my body,
Oh God, let me rise, free…
in the watches of the night,
to return to my lover…
I need to be beside her…
How I long to take flight…
from chains of my flesh…
Let me soar, let me rise, give me
escape, from my cell, this fortress,
Oh God, let me fly...
Release me from this prison…
Let my spirit rise, may I soar,
over the miles, the many hours,
until I reach her shores…
Edited November 30, 2025
Unchain me from my body – v4
#poetry #God #Spirit #prayer #love #desire #wife #husband #lovers #dream #flight #flying #fly #TarasShevchenko #Ukraine #diaspora #prison #exile #Ukraina
