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Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

тебя мне мало

English translation:

I need you more and more / more than ever / I am thirsty for You more and more

Added to glossary by Turdimurod Rakhmanov
Feb 9, 2019 17:57
5 yrs ago
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Russian term

тебя мне мало

Non-PRO Russian to English Art/Literary Religion
Обращенное к Богу
Proposed translations (English)
3 I need you more and more / more than ever / I am thirsty for You more and more
4 +1 I yearn for more of You
3 -1 you are not enough for me
4 -2 I'm short of you
References
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Feb 22, 2019 10:00: Turdimurod Rakhmanov Created KOG entry

Discussion

Turdimurod Rakhmanov Feb 14, 2019:
yearn , long for you yearn and long for you means strong desire or an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from
here most probably, it is about "need"
Besides, in the given links provided by Dylan Edwards, it says:
I pray for those who yearn for more of You. Fill their longings with revelations of Yourself.

Proposed translations

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I need you more and more / more than ever / I am thirsty for You more and more

Depending on the context.
Literary meaning: As I understand, My God, I am thirsty for You; I am longing for You every day, no matter how much I am thirsty for You, still not enough.
I need you to such extent which is still not enough to quench my thirst for You.


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“O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water” (Psalm 63:1). https://www.harvestprayer.com/resources/personal-2/hungering...


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Quench Our Thirst O Lord! Prayer. https://bummyla.com/2017/08/16/quench-our-thirst-o-lord-pray...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks! The citations were useful, I appreciate it."
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2 hrs

you are not enough for me

Peer comment(s):
disagree Boris Shapiro : This is ridiculous. To rephrase your 'reference', You're not enough for me, you're just another god, they're a dime a dozen, I need someone better than you, etc.
9 hrs
joke?
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1 day 12 hrs

I'm short of you

I think here something like an idiomatic expression should be used.

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Note added at 1 дн 13 час (2019-02-11 07:22:24 GMT)
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I did not notice that it refers to God, in this case it will be like this: "I am short of You".
Peer comment(s):
disagree Boris Shapiro : Whether you use a capital Y or not, it's bread or money or some other trivial thing you can be short of, not God (for God's sake!)
14 hrs
disagree Rachel Douglas : "I'm short of you" is not idiomatic, regardless of the context or capitalization. / If you don't know the difference between "to be short of SOMETHING" and your completely not-idiomatic "to be short of YOU," there's nothing I can do for you.
6 days
Here is the link, you may check and ascertain yourself: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/be short of
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2 days 1 hr

I yearn for more of You

'I yearn for more of You' or 'I yearn for Your presence'.

I started with the word 'crave', which you can find in a religious context ('crave God's presence'), and then moved on to 'yearn'.

www.nanjones.com/finding-gods-presence-prayer-yearn/

Lord my God, how great Thou art … I mean this sincerely Lord, how great You are! I yearn for more of You. I long to dwell in Your Presence.
Yearning for More | CBN.com

www.cbn.com/.../murphey_committedbutflawedb.aspx

I yearn for more of God in my life. It's not the kind of burning desire that's there every minute. At times it's stronger than at others, but the yearning lingers.

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http://www1.cbn.com/yearning-more
Note from asker:
I appreciated this and I'd have split the credit, giving you half, if I knew how to do that/if the system allowed it. In the end, the other translator's answer was similar and earlier, that was it. Thanks again!
Peer comment(s):
agree Boris Shapiro
1 hr
Thank you, Boris
neutral Turdimurod Rakhmanov : yearn and long for you means strong desire
3 days 1 hr
Thank you for your comment.
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