Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
लागों दिलें अंगा । ऐसें कां गा सन्निध ॥1॥
कोण्या पापें उदो केला । तो देखिला प्रळय ॥ध्रु.॥
न देखवे पिडला सर्प। दया दर्प विषाचा ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे भलें । मज तो न वजे साहिलें॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Why did You let this attach itself to my body, being so close? By what sin was this upheaval raised, this destruction that I now witness? The sight of one tormented by a serpent evokes pity, yet the venom shows no mercy. Says Tuka, it would have been well, but I cannot endure what has been heaped upon me.
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Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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