Translation of the famous Marathi Poem praising Marathi Language by Kavi Madhav Julian

Kavi Madhav Julian was the most well known Marathi poet who was a scholar in Persian, German, Sanskrit as well as Arabic languages. He submitted his thesis on Metre in Poetry :a Comparative Study to Bombay University which denied to consider it for Ph D on petty grounds but he submitted it to the university in Germany which offered him D Litt. Till date there is no other Marathi writer who can be equal to him in scholarship and his multi lingual approach in those days. In this poem he had eulogised Marathi Language which was not the language of state administration in those days. His use of the metaphor of the language being a beggar was later used by Kusumagraj in his other poem criticising government policies in not attributing status to Marathi Language. My father late Yashwant Shinde who taught Marathi in school inculcated love for the study of language in my mind. He quoted often from Madhav Julian, S K Kanetkar (Kavi Girish), B R Tambe, Keshavsoot and Pallavi. He engaged me in radio listening when these poems, stage songs (natya geet) , classical music (mata bhavani of Gangubai Hangal) and Kundan Lal Saigal. These listening moments spent with him and poems he recited have become the gist of my existence and whenever I read, hear or listen to these cultural and literary resonances my mind is full of great unknown sorrow and at the same time it soars high in unknown unreachable spheres where the mundane realities of life can't even touch me.
What best tribute to my father it could be any other than translating these literary pieces into English, the love for this language and the career in teaching in which he rather forced me ?
Therefore I have been translating. While coming to Wai this morning I heard that famous, heart touching poem of Madhav Julian (Madhav Trimbak Patwardhan) : मराठी असे आमुची मायबोली जरी आज ती राजभाषा नसे ...  the poem is most melodiously rendered by Jyotsna Bhole. It's in the collection of Pune All India Radio. In fact they played all his select poems this morning.. G N Joshi and others like Jyotsna Bhole have sung in their heavenly voice. 
Here is the translation of that poem for avid listener es and readers of Marathi
Literature.

मराठी असे आमुची मायबोली - माधव ज्युलियन

मराठी असे आमुची मायबोली जरी आज ही राजभाषा नसे
नसो आज ऐश्वर्य या माउलीला, यशाची पुढें दिव्य आशा असे
जरी पंचखंडांतही मान्यता घे स्वसत्ताबळें श्रीमती इंग्रजी
मराठी भिकारीण झाली तरीही कुशीचा तिच्या, तीस केवीं त्यजी ॥१॥

जरी मान्यता आज हिंदीस देई उदेलें नवें राष्ट्र हें हिंदवी,
मनाचे मराठे मराठीस ध्याती हिची जाणुनी योग्यता, थोरवी,
असूं दूर पेशावरीं, उत्तरीं वा असूं दक्षिणीं दूर तंजावरीं,
मराठी असे आमुची मायबोली, अहो ज्ञानदेवीच देखा खरी ॥२॥

मराठी असे आमुची मायबोली जरी भिन्नधर्मानुयायी असूं
पुरी बांणली बंधुता अंतरंगीं, हिच्या एक ताटांत आम्ही बसूं
हिचे पुत्र आम्ही हिचे पांग फेडूं वसे आमुच्या मात्र हृन्मंदिरीं
जगन्मान्यता हीस अर्पूं प्रतापें हिला बैसवूं वैभवाच्या शिरीं ॥३॥

हिच्या लक्तरांची असे लाज आम्हां, नका फक्त पाहू हिच्या लक्तरां
प्रभावी हिचे रूम चापल्य देखा पडवी फिकी ज्यापुढे अप्सरा
न घालूं जरी वाङमयातील उंची हिरे मोतियांचे हिला दागिने
‘मराठी असे आमुची मायबोली’, वृथा ही बढाई सुकार्याविणें ॥४॥

मराठी असे आमुची मायबोली अहो पारतंत्र्यांत ही खंगली
हिची थोर संपत्ति गेली उपेक्षेमुळें खोल कालार्णवाच्या तळीं
तरी सिंधु मंथूनि काढूनि रत्‍नें नियोजूं तयांना हिच्या मंडणीं
नको रीण, देवोत देतील तेव्हा जगांतील भाषा हिला खंडणी ॥५॥

Marathi is Our Mother Tongue 

Madhav Julian 

Marathi is our mother tongue though it's not our state language

May be our mother is sans wealth today, she is sure to succeed in future

Though Mrs English is acknowledged over five continents

Though Marathi is a pauper why should I desert myself from her bosom ? ।।1।।

Though Hindi is acknowledged in the new Hindu state, 

Those who are Marathas in their heart chant her name knowing her worth, grandeur,

May we be in distant Peshawar, in North or distant Thanjavur 

Marathi is our mother tongue , she is indeed the goddess of wisdom ।।2।।

Marathi is our mother tongue, though we follow different religions ,

We have sense of brotherhood, we eat from the same plate,

We are her children, we shall repay her debt, she lives in our bosom 

We shall dedicate world acclaim to her, we shall ensconce her on the top of wealth ।।3।।

We are ashamed of her tattered clothes, don't just look at those tatters, 

Her celestial beauty will put fairies to shame,

Though we may not embellish her with precious literary diamonds and pearls

We know that our call 'Marathi is our mother tongue ' is futile unless we work well ।।4।।

Marathi is our mother tongue, she has lost lustre in loss of independence,

She lost all her covetous wealth due to our own neglect

Despite that, we will sure delve in deep seas of literature and give her back all her pearls and diamonds

Let's not stay in her debt on us, world languages will pay back her debt ।।5।।