Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
हा गे आलों कोणी ह्मणे बुडतिया । तेणें किती तया बळ चढे ॥1॥
तुह्मी तंव भार घेतला सकळ । आश्वासिलों बाळ अभयकरें ॥ध्रु.॥
भुकेलियां आस दावितां निर्धार । किती होय धीर समाधान ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे दिली चिंतामणीसाटीं । उचित कांचवटी दंडवत ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
When someone merely says 'Here, I have come' to a drowning person, how much strength does that give? You have truly taken on our entire burden and reassured us, Your children, with the hand of fearlessness. Showing food to a hungry person and giving assurances, how much patience and peace does that bring? Says Tuka, in exchange for the wish-fulfilling gem, a fitting offering of prostration and a glass bangle is all I can give.
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Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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