Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
अवघें अवघीकडे । दिलें पाहे मजकडे । अशा सवंगडे । सहित थोरी लागली ॥१॥
कां रे धरिला अबोला । माझा वांटा देईं मला । सिदोरीचा केला । झाडा आतां निवडे ना ॥ध्रु.॥
भूक लागली अनंता । कां रे नेणसी जाणतां । भागलों वळितां । गाई सैरा ओढाळा ॥२॥
तुका करुणा भाकी । हरि पाहे गोळा टाकी । घेता जाला सुखी । भीतरी वांटी आणीकां ॥३॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
He gave everything to everyone on all sides but just looks at me. Why have you gone silent with me, Lord? Give me my share. The lunch packs have all been cleared out now; nothing remains to sort through. I am hungry, Ananta. Why do you pretend not to know, though you know everything? I am exhausted from herding these wild, unruly cows. Says Tuka, he pleads with Hari, who glances over and tosses him a morsel. Taking it, Tuka grows content and quietly shares it among the others.
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Krishna Leela
Poems celebrating Krishna's birth, childhood, and divine play.
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