Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
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तुज ह्मणतील कृपेचा सागर । तरि कां केला धीर पांडुरंगा ॥1॥
आझुनि कां नये तुज माझी दया । काय देवराया पाहातोसि ॥ध्रु.॥
आळवितों जैसें पाडस कुरंगिणी । पीडिलिया वनीं तानभूक ॥2॥
प्रेमरसपान्हा पाजीं माझे आइऩ । धांवें वो विठाइऩ वोरसोनि ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे माझें कोण हरी दुःख । तुजविण एक पांडुरंगा ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
They call you an ocean of mercy. Then why have you delayed so long, O Panduranga? Does my suffering still not move you to compassion? What are you watching for, O King of Gods? I call out like a fawn crying for its doe, tormented by hunger and thirst in the forest. O Mother Vithabai, pour forth the flowing milk of love. Come running, overflowing with tenderness. Says Tuka, who else will take away my sorrow but you alone, O Panduranga?
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Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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