Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
 ज्याची जया आस । तयाजवळी त्या वास ॥1॥
 येर जवळी तें दुरी । धेनु वत्स सांडी घरीं ॥ध्रु.॥
 गोडी िप्रयापाशीं । सुख उपजे येरासी ॥2॥
 तुका म्हणे बोल । घडे तयाठायीं मोल॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Where one's longing lies, there one dwells. All else, even if near, is truly distant, like a cow that leaves home to find her calf. Sweetness lies with the beloved, and joy arises in the other through that connection. Says Tuka, a word has value only where it finds its true place.
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Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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