nanna compoundinalli nAne beLasida thengu
nOdu nOduthidhante ettara beLadaddu gOthiddaroo
biru-bisilinallOmme manege baruvAgge
rasthegoo adu neraLa chelliddu arivAdaddu
A neraLalli nintha yAradO cAru kandagalE
are, endu ondu kshaNa aascharya-patte.
AlOchiside:
neraLu nanna maraddu, nillisabedayya cAru
andare tappe?
adara neraLalli ninthaddarinda A cAru
nannadendare thappe?
dhabhAisadare ava heege: beppe,
thengu ninnadirabahudu, Adare neraLu ninnada?
dina-beLagadare garigaLalli araLuva hakki ninnada?
adara kicha-picha, aleyuva have, hOLeyuva kiraNa,
thOguva chandra - ninnada?
idu sArvajanika rasthe - nillisalu,
alli chellida neraLO nannadennalu, hakkuntu.
allade, neraLa nepadinda vahana nilluthe,
hAgagi sancharakke adachaNe, kattarisu
marava-nendare ellide nannali javAbu?
kshaNa dhigilAgi
cAralli yaaroo illaddu KushiyAgi
neraLa nOdade
bari cArina-andava mechhutha sara-sara oLage nedada