Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
माझिया तो जीवें घेतला हा सोस । पाहें तुझी वास भेटावया ॥1॥
मातेविण बाळ न मनी आणिका । सर्वकाळ धोका स्तनपाना ॥ध्रु.॥
वोसंगा निघाल्या वांचूनि न राहे । त्याचें आर्त माय पुरवीते ॥2॥
तुका म्हणे माते भक्तां तूं कृपाळ । गिळियेले जाळ वनांतरीं ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
My soul has taken up this longing to meet You; I watch and wait for You. A child does not accept anyone other than its mother; its only anxiety is for the breast. Until it is taken into her lap, it will not rest; the mother fulfills its every cry. Says Tuka, O Mother, You are compassionate to Your devotees. You swallowed the forest fire for their sake.
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Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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