Poetry at Sangam
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Translated from original Marathi by Anjali Purohit
Crumbling house, broken roof
No shrine to place my gods!
Nopes, I don’t want a husband, good woman, I don’t want a husband!
Torn sari, frayed choli
No thread to darn it with!
Nopes, I don’t want a husband, good woman, I don’t want a husband!
Dry Jowar bhakri* with ambadi* leaves to eat
Not a drop of oil to go with it!
Nopes, I don’t want a husband, good woman, I don’t want a husband!
Broken khaat*, its weaving undone
No soft mattress to lie upon!
Nopes, I don’t want a husband, good woman, I don’t want a husband!
Pearls from Surat, gold the colour of jaggery
No trace of such ornaments in this land!
Nopes, I don’t want a husband, good woman, I don’t want a husband!
Eka becomes one with Janardan
This ecstasy is not be found there!
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(verse 3742, Shree Sakalsantgatha, volume 2, ed. Dr R R Gosavi, Sarathi Prakashan, Pune, 2nd edition, 2016)
Link to this bharood sung by the well know folk artist Shahir Sable
*jowar bhakri – flatbread made with shorghum flour
*ambadi – edible roselle plant
*khaat – cot
← Sant Eknath
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