nannaake (kannada)

Betegaarana kanDu hedharidha hariNiyanthe
ninna kangaLu enna kanDu hedharuthiveyeke,
aa kangaLalli kalethu hogiruva ennedheyu
ninagaagi usiraaDduvudhu ninage thiLiyadheke.....

enna kanDu nasunaachi nintha neere
enneDege baralu manadhi sankochaveke,
oLa koNe kadhava baLLiyanthappidhavaLe
kadha theredhu baLi baralu aa thavakaveke.....

naaniruvaaga ennedege thirugadha aa kangaLu
naa baralu thaDavaadhare hedhari naDuguvudheke,
naaniradhaaga nannarusuva aa kangaLu
ninnedhuru bandhaaga, kaNNaamuchaaleyaaduvudheke.......

naachikeye roopa hothhu ninthanthe
ninna mogavu kendhaavareyanthe araLiruvudheke,
ninnarasi bahudhoora bandhiruva ee dhumbige
kaayisi khushi paDuva aase, kamale ninageke..........

dhareya rahsyavella oLage bacchitta haage
aa ninna thutigaLu paraspara appiveyeke,
ninnedheya baagilali ninthiruva ennodane
thuti bicchi swaradhaare harisalu naachikeyeke.......

manadhoLenage kavithe baredhu haaDuva neereye
ennoDaniruvaaga baananchina ee mounaveke,
manadhoLage bandhisiha preethiya hakkigaLa
baaytheredhu ennedege, koncha haarisabaaradheke......

mounadhaa maLeyalli mindhiruve naanu
maathinaa seraginalli nannoresabaaradheke,
cheluve, naa horatu ninthiruve
nannodane kuLithu nee thusu maathaaDabaaradheke.......

baagileDege theraLalu naaneddhu ninthaaga
baaitheredhu nanagaagi nasunaachi nuDidhaLaake,
kaathuradhi nana nodi, dhareyedege mukha maadi
"matthendhu baruviree?" endhenna keLidhaLaake........