Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
न पाहें माघारें आतां परतोनि । संसारापासूनि विटला जीव ॥1॥
सामोरें येऊनि कवळीं दातारा । काळाचा हाकारा न साहावे ॥ध्रु.॥
सावधान चित्त होइऩल आधारें । खेळतां ही बरें वाटइऩल ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे कंठ दाटला या सोसें । न पवे कैसें जवळी हें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I shall not look back now or retrace my steps; my jiva is weary of this worldly life. Come forward to receive me, O Benefactor; I cannot endure the summons of death. My mind will become steadfast if given support; even at play it will feel well. Says Tuka, my throat is choked with this yearning. How is it that nearness does not come?.
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Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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