Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
हळूहळू जाड । होत चालिलें लिगाड । जाणवेल निवाड । न करिसी परी पुढें ॥1॥
मी तों सांगून उतराइऩ । जालों आतां तुज काइऩ । कळों येइऩल भाइऩ । तैसा करीं विचार ॥ध्रु.॥
मागें युगें अठ्ठाविस । जालीं दिवसाचा दिवस । मुदल व्याज कासावीस। होसी देवा ये कामें ॥2॥
तुकयाबंधु ह्मणे राखें । आतां टाकीं तुझीं तीं सुखें । जगजाहिर ठाउकें । जालें नाहीं खंडलेंसें ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Slowly, slowly, this entanglement has grown thicker. If You do not settle the account, know what lies ahead. I have given You fair warning; I am discharged of my duty. From here onward, brother, act according to Your own judgment. Twenty-eight cosmic ages have passed, day by day; the interest upon the principal is crushing You, O God. Says Tukya-bandhu, preserve what You have. Discard those pleasures of Yours; the matter is public knowledge and has not been resolved.
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Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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