Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1324

Come, give something to the gate-keeper! Bring out some well-kept morsel. Whenever I come, my hands are empty and you say “No”; sometime or other you must give me something. Tuka says, To-morrow I shall come dunning you and you will have to go begging from door to door.

Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents