A Kanarese woman has married a Maratha, neither can understand the other. Treat me not thus, O husband of Lakshmi; grant me to live in the company of the saints! She calls to him, “Illi ba” (Come here); he runs away, saying “She is swearing at me!” Tuka says, Where one is unsuitable to the other, there pleasure is turned to vexation.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 1105
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents