Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
कइप देखतां होइऩन डोळीं । सकळां भूतीं मूतिऩ सांवळी। जीवा नांव भूमंडळीं । जळीं स्थळीं काष्ठीं पाषाणीं ॥1॥
ऐसा कृपा करील नारायण । जीव जगाचा होइऩन । प्रेमसागरीं बुडइऩन । होइऩल स्नान अनुतापीं ॥ध्रु.॥
ऐसा कइप येइऩन दैवास । दृश्य नासोनि जाइऩल आस । सदा संतचरणीं देहाचा वास । सेवीन शेष धणीवरी ॥2॥
कइप नवसा येतील अंकुर । सुखा नाहींसा होइऩल पार । अमृत तें पृथ्वीजळ सागर । वाहाती पूर आनंदाचे ॥3॥
प्रसन्न दया क्षमा शांति । कइप नवविधा होइऩल भिH । भोगीन वैराग्यसंपित्त । मनोरथ कळती तइप पुरले ॥4॥
तुकयाबंधु ह्मणे सांग । नव्हे तुजविण निरसेना पांग । ह्मणोनि घातलें साष्टांग । पांडुरंगा वरी चरणा ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
When will I see with these eyes the dark-hued form in all beings, the one who bears the name "soul" throughout the earth, in water, on land, in wood and stone? When will Narayana show such mercy that I become the very life of the world? When will I be drowned in an ocean of love and bathed in the waters of repentance? When will such fortune dawn upon me that all appearance of the visible world dissolves along with all desire? May I dwell always at the feet of saints, partaking of their sacred remnants until fully satisfied. When will the seeds of my vows sprout, and happiness overflow beyond all measure? When the nectar of earth, water, and ocean will flow in floods of bliss. When will grace, forgiveness, patience, and peace manifest? When will ninefold devotion arise? When will I enjoy the wealth of detachment? Then alone will I know my longings have been fulfilled. Says Tukayabandhu, tell me, for without You this restlessness will not be quieted. Therefore I fall prostrate before the feet of Panduranga.
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Longing and Separation
Cries from the dark night of the soul: remonstrances, complaints, and desperate yearning.
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