Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
त्रासला हा जीव संसारींच्या सुखा । तुजविण सखा नाहीं कोणी ॥1॥
ऐसें माझें मनीं वाटे नारायणा । घालावी चरणावरि मिठी ॥ध्रु.॥
कइं तें सुंदर देखोनि रूपडें । आवडीच्या कोडें आळंगीन ॥2॥
नाहीं पूर्व पुण्य मज पापरासी । ह्मणोनि पायांसी अंतरलों ॥3॥
अलभ्य लाभ कैंचा संचितावेगळा । विनवी गोपाळा दास तुका ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
My jiva is wearied of the pleasures of this world. Without You there is no companion. This is what my mind feels, O Narayana: let me clasp Your feet in embrace. When will I behold that beautiful form and embrace it with the joy of longing? I have no store of past merit; I am a heap of sin. That is why I have been kept from Your feet. Says Tuka, this servant appeals to Gopala: how can such rare gain come without the grace of destiny?.
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Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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