Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
ह्मणवितों दास ते नाहीं करणी । आंत वरी दोन्ही भिन्न भाव ॥1॥
गातों नाचतों तें दाखवितों जना । प्रेम नारायणा नाहीं अंगीं ॥ध्रु.॥
पाविजे तें वर्म न कळे चि कांहीं । बुडालों या डोहीं दंभाचिया ॥2॥
भांडवल काळें हातोहातीं नेलें । माप या लागलें आयुष्यासी ॥3॥
तुका ह्मणे वांयां गेलों ऐसा दिसें । होइऩल या हांसें लौकिकाचें ॥4॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
I call myself a servant, but the conduct does not match. Inside and outside are two different things, with separate feelings. I sing and dance, but that is only a display for people. True love for Narayana is not present in my being. The secret of real attainment remains unknown to me. I have drowned in the deep pool of pretense. The capital of my life has been taken away before my eyes, hand to hand. My lifespan is being measured out. Says Tuka, I appear to have been wasted. The world will laugh at this spectacle.
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