Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
तुह्मां होइऩल देवा पडिला विसर । आह्मीं तें उत्तर यत्न केलें ॥1॥
पतितपावन ब्रीदें मिरविसी । याचा काय देसी झाडा सांग ॥ध्रु.॥
आहाच मी नव्हें अर्थाचें भुकेलें । भलत्या एका बोलें वारेन त्या ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे देह देइऩन सांडणें । सहित अभिमानें ओवाळूनि ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Perhaps You have forgotten, O God. We have tried our best with every word. You parade the title Purifier of the Fallen. Now give an account of it. I am not hungry for wealth. I will ward off that hunger with whatever word comes. Says Tuka, I shall offer up this body, and with it all pride, waving it as an offering.
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Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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