Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
मुळींचा तुह्मां लागला चाळा । तो गोपाळा न संडा ॥1॥
घ्यावें त्याचें देणें चि नाहीं । ये चि वाहिं देखतसों ॥ध्रु.॥
माझी तरी घोंगडी मोठी । गांडीची लंगोटी सोडिस ना ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे म्यां सांडिली आशा । हुंगिला फांसा येथुनियां ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Your old habit clings to You from the very beginning. You will not give it up, O Gopala. You only take; there is nothing You give back. This is all I ever see. My blanket is a big one; You will not even loosen the rag over Your backside. Says Tuka, I have abandoned all hope. I have sniffed out the trap from here.
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