Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
तारुण्याच्या मदें न मनी कोणासी । सदा मुसमुसी खूळ जैसा ॥1॥
अंठोनी वेंठोनीं बांधला मुंडासा । फिरतसे ह्मैसा जनामधीं ॥ध्रु.॥
हातीं दीडपान वरती च मान । नाहीं तो सन्मान भलियांसी ॥2॥
श्वानाचिया परी हिंडे दारोदारीं । पाहे परनारी पापदृष्टी ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे ऐसा थोर हा गयाळी । करितां टवाळी जन्म गेला ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Drunk on youth, he respects no one, always smirking like a madman. With his turban tied in fancy knots, he roams among people like a buffalo. A betel leaf in hand, his head held high, he shows no honor to the good. Like a dog he wanders door to door, casting his sinful gaze on other men's wives. Says Tuka, what a great wastrel, spending his whole life in idle mischief.
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