Tutari is a

patriotic Patriotism is the feeling of love, devotion, and sense of attachment to one's country. This attachment can be a combination of many different feelings, language relating to one's own homeland, including ethnic, cultural, political or histor ...

poem in the

Marathi language Marathi (; ''Marāṭhī'', ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the official language of Maharashtra, and additional official language in the state o ...

Keshavsut Krishnaji Keshav Damle ( mr, कृष्णाजी केशव दामले) (October 7, 1866 - November 7, 1905) was a Marathi poet from Malgund , Ratnagiri Maharashtra, India, who wrote poetry under the pen name Keshavasuta or Keshavsut ...

. In this poem, Keshavsut calls to fight for independence from the

British Raj The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was himsel ...

in India. The poem inspired many Indians to fight to overthrow the British occupation. The poem reads (translation): Tutari (Trumpet) Bring me a trumpet I shall fill it with my own breath I shall pierce all skies With its long ringing notes एक तुतारी द्या मज आणुनी फुंकीन जी मी स्वप्राणाने भेदुनी टाकीन सारी गगने दीर्घ तिच्या त्या किंकाळीने, Bring me such a trumpet Leave the old, let it die Burn or bury it Listen with attention to the next Call अशी तुतारी द्या मजलागुनि जुने जाऊ द्या मरणालागुनि जाळूनी किंवा पुरुनी टाका सडत न एका ठायी ठाका सावध ऐका पुढल्या हाका Let us walk shoulder to shoulder Bring me a trumpet The status quo is a large boulder Dig a beautiful cave through it खांद्यास चला खांदा भिडवूनी एक तुतारी द्या मज आणुनी प्राप्तकाल हा विशाल भूधर सुंदर लेणी तयात खोदा Inscribe your own names on it Why just sit around and grow fat Get up and accomplish some brave feat निजनामे त्या वरती नोंदा बसुनी का वाढविता मेदा विक्रम काही करा चला तर Attack the fort of hypocrisy Come Oh Braves, make haste Raise high the flag of Equality Wave the proclamation of Moral Ideals Synchronized with these notes of the trumpet. हल्ला करण्या ह्या दंभावर,ह्या बंडावर शुरांनो या त्वरा करा रे समते चा ध्वज उंच धारा रे नीती ची द्वाही फिरवा रे तुतारीच्या या सुरा बरोबर

References

{{Reflist Marathi-language literature Indian poems