Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
जीव खादला देवत । माझा येणें महाभूतें । झोंबलें निरुतें । कांहीं करितां न सुटे ॥1॥
आतां करूं काय । न चले करितां उपाय । तुह्मां आह्मां सय । विघडाविघड केली ॥ध्रु.॥
बोलतां दुिश्चती । मी वो पडियेलें भ्रांती । आठव हा चित्तीं । न ये ह्मणतां मी माझें ॥2॥
भलतें चि चावळे । जना अवघिया वेगळे । नाठवती बाळें । आपपर सारिखें ॥3॥
तुह्मां आह्मां भेटी । नाहीं जाली जीवेंसाटीं । तुका ह्मणे दृष्टी । पाहा जवळी आहे तों ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
A demon has devoured my soul, this great elemental force. It has seized me entirely, and no effort can shake it loose. What can I do now? No remedy avails. It has driven a wedge between You and me. In my confusion, I have fallen into delusion. I cannot remember myself, try as I might to say 'I' and 'mine.' I babble at random, estranged from everyone. I forget my own children; all sense of self and other is the same. Says Tuka, we have not met soul to soul. Look, while You are still near, open Your eyes and see.
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Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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