Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
उचित तें काय जाणावें दुर्बळें । थोरिवेचें काळें तोंड देवा ॥१॥
देतों हाका कोणी नाइकती द्वारीं । ओस कोणी घरीं नाहीं ऐसें ॥ध्रु.॥
आलिया अतीता शब्द समाधान । करितां वचन कायवेंचे॥२॥
तुका म्हणे तुम्हां साजे हें श्रीहरी । आम्ही निलाजिरीं नाहीं ऐसीं ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
What does a poor man know of proper conduct? Greatness has turned its face dark, O God. I call out but no one at the door will listen; as if the house stands empty with no one inside. When a guest arrives, offering a few kind words of welcome costs nothing. Says Tuka, this befits you, O Hari; we are not so shameless as you think.
We ask forgiveness for any inaccuracies in rendering Tukaram ji’s original Marathi.
Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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