Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
तम भज्याय ते बुरा जिकीर ते करे । सीर काटे ऊर कुटे ताहां सब डरे ॥१॥
ताहां एक तु ही ताहां एक तु ही । ताहां एक तु ही रे बाबा हमें तुम्हें नहीं ॥ध्रु.॥
दिदार देखो भुले नहीं किशे पछाने कोये । सचा नहीं पकडुं सके झुटा झुटे रोये ॥२॥
किसे कहे मेरा किन्हे सात लिया भास । नहीं मेलो मिले जीवना झुटा किया नास ॥३॥
सुनो भाई कैसा तो ही । होय तैसा होय । बाट खाना आल्ला कहना एकबारां तो ही ॥४॥
भला लिया भेक मुंढे । आपना नफा देख । कहे तुका सो ही संका । हाक आल्ला एक ॥५॥
मलंग - अभंग १
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Those who worship in darkness are wretched, but those who practice zikr, the remembrance of God cut off the head, beat the breast, and make everyone tremble. In that state only you exist, only you. There is no 'I' and no 'you' apart from you. Whoever beholds the divine face is bewildered; no one can recognize another. The truthful one cannot be seized, while the false one weeps in his own falsehood. Who can call anything 'mine' when no one has truly kept company? The dead do not meet the living; the false one has brought about his own ruin. Listen, brother: become whatever you must. Walk the path, eat your bread, and say 'Allah' at least once. Says Tuka, the shaven one who takes this bargain sees his own profit. Call upon Allah, the One.
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