kuvalaya daLa

nATakuraJji Adi tyAgarAja telugu kRti

Sahityam

kuvalaya daLa nayana brOvavE
kunda kuDmala¹ radana

O Lotus petal Eyed! Please protect me; O Lord who has teeth like jasmine buds!

mamata miJci nIdu paini
marulukonna nEnendu pOdu (kuvalaya)

Where else could I, who has been enamoured by You with great affection, go? \t

kamanIyAnanamunu talaci² nE
karagi nilva jUDavETi guNamu (kuvalaya)

What kind of behaviour is this that, while I stand melting thinking of Your lovable face, You would not look at me?

manasu telisi nIvu nannu
maraci maravanaTlunnAvu (kuvalaya)

Knowingly, having forgotten me, You remain as if You have not forgotten me.

mahilO kali bhayamO rAvu
mahima lEni daivamA nIvu (kuvalaya)

Is it because of fear of the Kali Yuga in this world that You would not come? Are You such a deity who does not have prowess?

dEva zirOmaNi nIvanucunu
E vELa madini pADucuNTi (kuvalaya)

I have always been singing in my mind that You are the crown jewel of celestials.

anya matamuleruga zrI
rAjanya bhajana jEsiti madi karaga (kuvalaya)

I do not know other paths; O King! I have been just chanting Your names to the melting of my heart.

nEnu bhuvini mAni nIvu ghRNa³
hInuDanucu pEru rAdOyani (kuvalaya)

I have abandoned the World because of the fear that You might earn (bad) name of being merciless.

buddhinosagi tyAgarAjuni
vadda nilici pUja konumu bAga (kuvalaya)

Bestowing on me the right knowledge, standing near this Thyagaraja, please accept well my worship.