Some Selected Poems from Sree KRshNa raayabaaram

dOsamaTancheringiyunu dunduDukoppaga penchinaaramE
mIsamu renDu baasalaku mEme kavIndrulamanchu delpagaa
rOsamu galginan kavi varul mamu gelvuDu gelchirEni ii
mIsamu dIsi mI pAda samIpamulan talalunchi mrokkamE!



tammuni koDukulu sagapaa-
limmaniraTu lishTa paDavEniyu naidoo (1 matra-short- paDavadEniyu?)
LLimmani raiduguraku dha-
rmammuga nI tOchinaTlu manupumu vaarin



tanayula vinichedavO nI
tanayulatO nEmi yani swatantrinchedavO
chanumoka rItini ledE-
nani yagu vamSa kshayambu nagu kurunaadhaa



patitulu kaaru nI eDala bhakthulu SunThalu kaaru vidyalan
chaturulu manchivaaru nRpa santatikin tala lOni naalkala-
chyuthuniki gUrchuvaaru raNa sUrulu pAnDavulaTTivAralI
gati nati dInulai yaDugagaa nika nETiki samSayimpagan?


chelliyo chellakO tamaku chEsina yeggulu saichirandarun
yeggula nanni saiciraa (alternate)
tolli gatinche nEDu nanu dUtaga bampiri sandhi sEYa mI
pillalu pApalun prajalu pempu vahimpaga sandhi chEsedO
elli raNambe gUrchedavo yErpaDa jeppumu kauravESwarA



aluguTayE yerungani mahA mahitAtmu Dajaata SatruDE
aligina nADu sAgaramu lanniyu nEkamu gAka pOvu ka-
rNulu padi vEvu raina nani notturu chatturu rAja rAja nA
palukula viSwaSimpumu vipannula lOkula gAvu mellaran



jenDApai kapi rAju mundu sita vaaji SrEniyun gUrchi nE
danDambun gOni tOlu syandanamu mIdan nAri sArinchuchun
gAndIvambu dharinchi phalguNuDu mUkan chenDu chunnappu Do-
kkanDun nI mora nAlakimpaDu kuru kshmA nAdha sandhimpagAn


santOshambuna sandhi sEyudure vastrambUdchucho draupadI-
kaantan jUsina naaDu chEsina prathij~al dIrpa bhImunDu nI
pontan nI saha janmu rommu rudhirambun drAvu naadeni ni-
Schintan tadgadayun tvadUru yugamun CEdincu naaDeniyun


bAvA eppuDu vaccitIvu? suKulE, bhrAtal, sutul, cuTTamul?
nI vAllabhyamu paTTu karNuDunu mannIlun suKOpEtulE?
nI vamSOnnati gOru BIshmuDunu, nI mElgOru drONAdi bU
dEvul sEmamumai celangudure, nI tEjambu heccimpucun


nanda kumAra, yuddhamuna nA rathamandu vasimpumayya, ma-
dhyandina BAnumanDala vidhambuna nIdagu kalmi jEsi nA
syandana moppugAka, ripu santati tEjamu tappu gAka, nI
vendunu nAyudhammu dari kEgami koppudu gAka, kESavA

Alamu sEya nEnani yathArdhamu jeppiti jummi, yiTTi gO
pAluni nannu gOritivi, bhanDana panDitulagnitEju lu-
ttAla dhanurdharul, bahuraNapramitul yadusimhulandarin
(unsure of this)
bAluga gaikonen gurunRpAluDu, bAluDavaiti vakkaTA


unnadi pushThi mAnavulakO yadubhUshaNa, yAla jAtikin
tinnadi pushThi, nI varugudenci rathambuna nunna jAlu, nE
sunnamu jEsedan ripula cUparuladbhuta manda, sarva lO-
kOnnata, nAku pErosagu, mUraka cUcucununDu machyutA


Uraka cUcucunDumanuTopiiti gAni, bhavadradhasthu nan
bAraga jUci nI ripulu phakkuna navvi yanAdarinturA
SUrakulambu mecca ripusUdanatAbhara mUnu nIku nE
sAradhinai, yikan vijayasAradhi nAmamunan jarincedan


vacceDi vADu gADataDu vAriki mIkunu gUDa tODu, vi-
vvaccuDa, yammahAmahuni bhAvamu munne yeringinADa, nA
saccaritunDu mIku daga sandhi posangina santasincu, nA
yiccayu naTTidE, mana narEndruni yiccayu gUDa naTTidE