Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
 गावलोकिकाहीं लावियेलें पिसें । काय सांगों ऐसें तुजपासीं ॥1॥
 तोंड काळें केलें फिरविलें मज । नाहीं धरिली लाज पांडुरंगा ॥ध्रु.॥
 काय तुजपासीं सांगों हें गाहाणें । मग काय जिणें तुझें माझें ॥2॥
 कोणासाटीं आतां करावा संसार । केली वारावार आपणें चि ॥3॥
 तुका ह्मणे आह्मी मोडिला घरचार । धरियेला धीर तुझ्या पायीं ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
The village and the world have driven me mad. How can I tell You what has happened? They have blackened my face and turned me around. They show no shame, O Panduranga. What complaint shall I bring before You? If I do, what life remains for You and me together? For whose sake should I continue this worldly life? I have been shamed again and again by my own doing. Says Tuka, I have broken with my household. My resolve rests firmly at Your feet.
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