Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
जातो वाराणसी । निरवी गाई घोडे म्हैसी ॥१॥
गेलों येतों नाहीं ऐसा । सत्य मानावा भरवसा ॥ध्रु.॥
नका काढूं माझीं पेवें । तुम्हीं वरळा भूस खावें ॥२॥
भिकारियाचे पाठीं । तुम्ही घेउनि लागा काठी ॥३॥
सांगा जेवाया ब्राम्हण । तरी कापा माझी मान ॥४॥
वोकलिया वोका । म्यां खर्चिला नाहीं रुका ॥५॥
तुम्हीं खावें ताकपाणी । जतन करा तूपलोणी ॥६॥
नाहीं माझें मनीं । पोरें रांडा नागवणी ॥७॥
तुका म्हणे नीट । होतें तैसें बोले स्पष्ट ॥८॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I am going to Varanasi; settle the matter of the cows, horses, and buffaloes. Trust me truly when I say that once I have gone I will not return. Do not open my grain stores; you may eat the chaff and husks. Chase any beggars away with a stick. If you invite Brahmins to feast, then cut off my head. I have vomited it all out; I have not spent a single coin. Drink your buttermilk and water, and guard the butter and ghee carefully. I have no concern in my heart for wives and children and their plundering ways. Says Tuka, I am straightforward and speak plainly just as things are.
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