Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
बहु दिस नाहीं माहेरिंची भेटी । जाली होती तुटी व्यवसायें ॥1॥
आपुल्याला होतों गुंतलों व्यासंगें । नाहीं त्या प्रसंगें आठवलें ॥ध्रु.॥
तुटातें तुटतें जडती जडलें । आहे तें आपुलें आपणापें ॥2॥
बहु निरोपाचें पावलें उत्तर । जवळी च पर एक तें ही ॥3॥
काय जाणों मोह होइऩल सांडिला । बहु दिस तुटला तुका ह्मणे ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
For many days I had no meeting with my true home; the connection was broken by worldly occupations. I was absorbed in my own pursuits; those moments of grace were never recalled. What was broken kept breaking; what was joined kept holding. That which is truly mine remains with me. Much correspondence has been exchanged, yet the other side remains near. Says Tuka, I do not know whether attachment has finally been abandoned; the separation has lasted long.
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