Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
नव्हावा तो बरा मुळीं च संबंध । विश्वासिकां वध बोलिलासे ॥1॥
आतां माझें हित काय तें विचारा । सत्यत्वें दातारा पांडुरंगा ॥ध्रु ॥
नाहीं भाव परी ह्मणवितों दास । नका देऊं यास उणेंयेऊं ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे कां हो उद्धरितां दीन । मानीतसां सीण मायबापा॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
It would have been better had this bond never formed at all; a betrayal of trust is a slaying of the faithful. Now consider my true welfare, O Panduranga, with honest intent. I may lack devotion, yet I call myself Your servant; do not let any lack come to that claim. Says Tuka, why do You grow weary of uplifting the fallen, O Mother and Father?
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Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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