Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
मातेविण बाळा । आणिक न माने सोहळा ॥1॥
तैसें जालें माझ्या चित्ता । तुजविण पंढरिनाथा ॥ध्रु.॥
वाट पाहेमेघा बिंदु । नेघे चातक सरिता सिंधू ॥2॥
सारसांसी निशीं । ध्यानरवीच्या प्रकाशीं ॥3॥
जीवनाविण मत्स्य । जैसें धेनूलागीं वत्स ॥4॥
पतिव्रते जिणें । भ्रताराच्या वर्त्तमानें ॥5॥
कृपणाचें धन । लोभालागीं जैसें मन ॥6॥
तुका ह्मणे काय । तुजविण प्राण राहे॥7॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Without its mother, a child finds no joy in any celebration. That is exactly the state of my heart without You, O Lord of Pandhari. The chataka bird watches for the rain-cloud and will not drink from river or sea. The chakravaka longs through the night for the light of the dawn-sun. A fish cannot live without water; a calf cannot rest without its mother cow. A devoted wife's life depends entirely on word of her husband. A miser's mind clings to its wealth with unshakable greed. Says Tuka, how can my breath remain without You?
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Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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