Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
कासया गा मज घातलें संसारीं । चित्त पायांवरी नाहीं तुझ्या ॥1॥
कासया गा मज घातलें या जन्मा । नाहीं तुझा प्रेमा नित्य नवा ॥ध्रु.॥
तुका ह्मणे माझी जळो जळो काया । विठ्ठला सखया वांचूनियां ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Why, O Lord, have You cast me into this worldly life when my heart does not rest upon Your feet? Why have You given me this birth if I do not feel ever-fresh love for You? Says Tuka, let this body of mine burn, burn away, if it be without You, O Vitthal, my beloved friend.
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Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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