Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
कवतुकवाणी बोलतसें लाडें । आरुष वांकडें करुनि मुख ॥1॥
दुजेपणीं भाव नाहीं हे आशंका । जननीबाळकामध्यें भेद ॥ध्रु.॥
सलगी दुरूनि जवळी पाचारूं । धांवोनियां करूं अंगसंग॥2॥
धरूनि पालव मागतों भातुकें । आवडीचें निकें प्रेमसुख ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे तुज आमची च गोडी । ऐसी हे आवडी कळों आली ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I speak lovingly in playful tones, twisting my face into a pout. In this game there is no real duality, no separation between mother and child. From a distance I call out with familiar ease; running close, I press against Your body. Tugging at Your garment, I beg for a trinket, for the sweetness of loving delight. Says Tuka, it is our love that You find sweet; this I have come to know.
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Devotion to Vitthal
Poems of praise, invocation, and intimate address to Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur.
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