Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
आण काय सादर । विशीं आह्मां कां निष्ठ ॥1॥
केलें भH तैसें देइप । तुझें प्रेम माझ्याठायीं ॥ध्रु.॥
काय पंगतीस कोंडा । एकांतासी साकरमांडा ॥2॥
काय एकपण । पोतां घालूनि गांठी खूण ॥3॥
काय घ्यावें ऐसें । त्या आपण अनारिसें ॥4॥
तुका ह्मणे मधीं । आतां तोडूं भेद बुद्धी ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Why do You invite me only to ignore me? Why this cruelty toward us in particular? Give Your devotee what befits devotion; let Your love abide in me. Do You serve husks and chaff at the public feast while saving the sweetmeats for when You are alone? Is this what You call oneness: tying a secret knot in the purse? Why should one accept something from You that is different from what You Yourself enjoy? Says Tuka, let us now cut through this veil of discriminating intellect that stands between us.
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Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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