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मराठी मूळ
कोण उपाव करूं भेटावया । जाळावी हे काया ऐसें वाटे ॥1॥
सोडोनियां गांव जाऊं वनांतरा । रुकुमादेवीवरा पहावया॥ध्रु.॥
करूं उपवास शोधूं हें शरीर । न धरवे धीर नारायणा॥2॥
जाती आयुष्याचे दिवस हे चारी । मग केव्हां हरी भेटशील ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे कांहीं सांगा विचारोनि । विठो तुझे मनीं असेल तें ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
What remedy shall I try to meet You? I feel like burning this body. Leaving the village, I would go to the wilderness to see the husband of Rukmadevi. I will fast and discipline this body. I cannot hold my patience, O Narayana. These few days of life are passing; when then will You meet me, O Hari? Says Tuka, tell me something after due thought, O Vittho. Whatever is in Your mind, let it be.
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Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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