Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
 काय आह्मीं केलें ऐसें । नुद्धरीजेसें सांगावें ॥1॥
 हरण कोल्हें वैकुंठवासी । कोण त्यासी अधिकार ॥ध्रु.॥
 गजा नाडएा सरोवरीं । नाहीं हरी विचारिलें ॥2॥
 तुका ह्मणे गणिका नष्ट। माझे कष्ट त्याहूनि ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
What have I done that is so terrible that You refuse to save me? Tell me. A deer and a jackal became dwellers of Vaikuntha; what special qualification did they possess? When the elephant Gajendra was trapped in the lake, Hari did not pause to deliberate. Says Tuka, the courtesan was wretched, yet my sufferings are greater even than hers.
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Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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