Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3543

This is a haunt of robbers; they wander round
your homes day and night—how many sleepy
people they have plundered before now! Market-
dealers, all of you, look after your goods! Keep
on the look-out, watch the people, who are
asleep by your side. Keep wide-awake, and take
your own profits home with you. Ho! travellers,
guards and criers, perform your task, take care of
your brethren! We shall wake you up with Hari’s
name; look out, says Tuka.

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