Nodayya Kwate Lingave

Nodaiah kwate lingavae - See there,

Oh lord Shiva(the one in the fort)!

Belakki Jodi kuntawe - There sits that

pair of birds (referring to egrets (belakki)

Anguy-ashtagala-goodu - A nest as small as a palm

Aadrunuu darbar noodu - Yet,

look at their darbar (referring to them

being happy and content in their small home)

Preetili loka marthave - They are lost in love and forgotten the world

Paaya illa, gwade illa - no foundation, no walls

Nodu ivara aramane - look at their palace

Raja rani aalu kalu yellanu ivarene - king,

queen, servant, gheevant, there are them all

Swane maliyo - pouring rain

Uriyo bisilo - burning sun

Yene bandru jagalla - nothing will deter them

Avalige ivana kodae yaagavana - he becomes her umbrella

Ivarigay ivaru bitrae yaarilla - they

have but each only each other and no one else

Peddhu haida manasu suddha - dumb village idiot, but a pure heart

Sullu haelo kulavalla - comes from a simple, truthful community

Sunnadha neergu - water mixed with sunna (whitewash)

Govina halgu - cow's milk

Yatwasa gothilla - he can't differentiate between them

A aah e ee odidolu evana manasu odhovlae -

she the learned one has also read his heart

Kogale banna aadaru chinna - the

colour of a koel, but nonetheless gold

Antha evana jothegavalae - thus she is with him

translated by mdjibran