Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha
मराठी मूळ
जळो प्रेमा तैसा रंग । जाय भुलोनि पतंग ॥1॥
सासूसाटीं रडे सून । भाव अंतरींचा भिन्न ॥ध्रु.॥
मैंद मुखींचा कोंवळा। भाव अंतरीं निराळा ॥2॥
जैसी वृंदावनकांती । उत्तम धरूं ये हातीं ॥3॥
बक ध्यान धरी । सोंग करूनि मासे मारी ॥4॥
तुका ह्मणे सर्प डोले । तैसा कथेमाजी खुले ॥5॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Cursed be the love that is mere show, like the moth that is fooled by the flame. A daughter-in-law weeps for her mother-in-law, but her true feeling within is different. The monkey is soft-spoken on the surface, but its inner nature is something else entirely. It is like the beauty of a tulsi shrine, pleasing to look at but empty to hold. The crane assumes the pose of meditation, but it is only hunting for fish. Says Tuka, the serpent sways to music in the same way that a hypocrite attends a discourse.
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