A poem by K.V.Puttappa (kuvempu)

A poem by K.V.Puttappa (kuvempu)

(Translated from Kannada)

bhAratAmbeye janisi ninnoLu dhanyanAdenu dEviye

ninna prEmadi beLedu jIvavu mAnyavAdudu tAyiye

rANiyandadi mereva siritanavihudO EnO ariyenu

kAmadhEnuvinante bayasida phalava koDuveyo ariyenu

enna angagaLellavu ninna sompanu ballavu

ninna sangave parama mangaLavembudinitanU mareyenu

kundu korategaLihavu ninnoLu embuvaLalanu ballenu

hindakuLidavaLemba nindeya sahisi nondihe ballenu

Adaroliyenu anyara chiNNavolidiha dhanyara

kundu korategaLirali mahimaLu nIne anyaranollenu

ninna kangaLa puNya kAntiyolenna kangaLa terevenu

ninna ankada mangaLAngaNadalli naliyuta beLevenu

ninna mahimeye barevenu; ninna hesarane karevenu

ninna sEveyoLaLiva bhAgyake sakala bhAgyava torevenu

Oh mother, Blessed I am, to be born to you

Blessed is my soul, to be nourished by your love

I don’t care if you are adorned like a queen

I don’t care if thou grant every wish, like surabhi

All I know is my courtyard is filled with the fragrance

Of your sacred presence

Of the criticisms about your lacking, I am aware

The ridicules of being backward, you had to bear

Those adorned by gold, I shun

I regard you as the glorious one

In the luster of your eyes I open my eyes

With joy I’ll grow in your holy land

Thy glory I’ll pen; thy name I’ll call

For the fortune of your service, I reject all

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