ADavAramella

yadukula kAmbhOji mizra cApu tyAgarAja telugu kRti

Sahityam

ADavAramella kUDi
manamADudAmu¹ harini vEDi

[Gopis among themselves] Let us damsels play together, requesting Hari (to join).

kRSNuDu jUDaga manamu
jala-krIDa salpa maJci dinamu

[Gopis, among themselves] It is a nice day for us to frolic in water, as Krishna watches.

kamala nEtruni bAsi sukhamA ODa
gaTTu jErpa mana taramA

Is it comforting to be separated from the Lotus-eyed one? Is it in our capacity to get the boat to the shore?

rAja kumAruDu vIDu nava
ratna sommulu peTTinADu

He is a prince; He has worn ornaments studded with precious stones.

pasi biDDa kAdaTavammA vIDu
bhayapaDunO teliyadammA

It seems he is not a small child; We don’t know whether He would be afraid.

tallitO cADi palukudurE mana
talalu vaJca² dUrudurE

People will back-bite about us with His mother; people will slander us to make us bow our heads in shame.

mATaku cOTaunu³ kAni
mana ATalu teliyaka pOni

It will give room for ridicule; yet may our play not be known to the world.

yuvatulArA mIlOnE mIru
yOcimpa proddu poyyenu⁴

[Krishna to the girls] O damsels! As you keep pondering among yourselves, time is passing away.

cAlu cAliTu rArammA ODa
salilamandu tOyarammA (A)

Enough of it! Come here and push the boat into the water.

tyAgarAjAptuDu vIDu
vanitala mATalu vina lEDu

[Gopis, to themselves] He is a friend of Thyagaraja; [So] he doesn’t listen to the words of damsels.