Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
घ्या रे भाइऩ प्या रे भाइऩ । कोणी कांहीं थोडें बहु॥1॥
ये च हाटीं ये च हाटीं । बांधा गाठी पारखून ॥ध्रु.॥
वेच आहे वेच आहे । सरलें पाहे मग खोटें ॥2॥
उघडें दुकान उघडें दुकान । रात्री जाली कोण सोडी मग ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे अंतकाळीं । जाती टाळीं बैसोनि ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Take it, brothers, drink it, brothers, some a little, some a lot. At this very market, at this very market, test it and tie the knot. The stock is open, the stock is open; once it runs out, everything turns false. The shop is open, the shop is open; once night falls, who will unlock it again? Says Tuka, at the hour of death, those who waited will sit there clapping in regret.
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