by Damodara Rao Dasu

P	iddari pondElarA sAmi dAni inTikE pOpOrA ||	Oh my lord Venugopala, why are you friendly with two women. Please go to her house.
AP	saddEla jEsedavu sAmi nEnOrva nA vaddaku neevu rAvaddura ||	Oh my lord, what is this clamour about? I can't bear. Please don't come to me.
C 1	nA jOli neekElarA A brahma ninneTlu puTTincherA E jAmu dAninTa nee jADa nEjooDa bEjAru gAjAla nEjella nEjella ||	Why are you after me? I wonder how Brahma created you. I am disgusted to see even traces of your presence in her house. I am ignored. I am perturbed.
C 2	kannula erupEmirA chekkula kATuka nalupEmirA kannula vilukAni kayyAla melagina chinnelE tOchrA chepparA chepparA ||	Why are your eyes red? Why are your cheeks black with marks of eye-liner? I find signs of Cupid's sports in your eyes. Please tell me now.
C 3	Sri purNa tOTlavalluri pura vENugOpAla bAgAyerA rApEla dAsu SrirAma kavi pAla ee paTla nee panulintAye vintAye ||	Oh Venugopala of Totlavalluru, why are you hiding things? Your affairs are too many. Your behavior is strange.

P	inta mOhamA sAmi inta mOhamA sAmi ipuDE rAvalenA yEmi ||	Oh lord, why are you so fascinated? Why did you come so soon?
C 1	akkaTakkaTA vEgu chukka boDichenO lEdO kokkorO kO yanuchu toli kODi kooserA chikkiyunna kasara kasara cheekaTilO nidura lEka ikkaDaku rAnu pOnu ee prayAsamEla sAmi ||	Oh my god, I am not sure whether the morning star appeared or not. I just heard cock's crowing at pre-dawn. Oh lord, why are you troubling yourself in coming and going at this early hour without sleep?
C 2	junTi tEne loluku donDapanDu vanTi mOvi meeda ganTu jooDaganE yoDalu manTalekkerA onTigAnE vachchitivO venTa nokate yunnadO janTa viDavu rEpu dAni tanTA lEmi yunnavO ||	You lips are red like 'Bimba' fruits' and sweet like honey. I get infuriated to see cracks on your lips. Have you come alone or is there another woman with you. You are not leaving her. I don't know of her plight tomorrow.
C 3	vinumu tOTlavalluri vENugOpAla nee kanula erupu chekkula nalupu ganugonTini rA ninu nE nokaTana nETiki nijamADina nishTuramu ghanuDa dAsu SrirAma kavi vandita muni vandita ||	Oh Totlavalluru Venugopala, please listen. I observed your reddish eyes and blackened cheeks. Please come soon. Truth is always bitter. Oh Lord Venugopala, poet Dasu Srirama and all sages bow to you.

P	nEneruganA nee jADa nAsAmi nEneruganA ||	Oh Lord Venugopala, am I not aware of your movements?
AP	mAnu nee vagalella nA vaddanA sAmi ||	Oh lord, please give up your amorous acts with me.
C 1	marupennaTiki rAni manchi mATalE cheppi arachEta vaikunThamaTTe choopi paripurNa daya kaligi panulella kAnichchi sarasuDavu neevindra jAlamulu chEsedavu ||	I can not forget your interesting talk. You show heaven on your palm and smoothly accomplish all your plans. You are smart showing your tricks like a magician.
C 2	muddu nAsAmi muripempu suddulavi mutyAlu padi vElu mooTa gaTTu baddulADanu pancha bANunAna nee valapu middepai niDu parugu meesAlapai tEne ||	Oh my dear lord, your coaxing words are worth a bundle of ten thousand pearls. I swear by Cupid that I won't argue with you. Your love is like running on terrace of house. It is slippery like honey on moustache.
C 3	kanikaramu poojyamu AkASa pushpamu nijamu ghana dAsu SrirAma kavi keertanambulE vina vEDukAye nee pani padilamAye nika ||	You have no sympathy. It is like a sky-blossom. All the strange deeds of men are in Dasu Srirama's devotional songs. They are delightful.

P	kaTTi vaiturA vAni paDakaTinTilO vAni baTTi paiTa konguna ||	Oh my friend, I shall tie Venugopala with corner end of my saree in my bed room.
AP	iTTi vADu vanTa inTi kundElAye ekkaDa bOvunanukOrAdammA ||	Don't think that he would remain like a rabbit in the house. We should not imagine that he would not go anywhere.
C 1	viDachitinA sAmi veedhi veedhi tirigi vEgattela gooDunE taDabATu lEka chEtanu jikkinappuDE cheDaneeka padilamu chEsu kOvalenammA ||	If I leave him freely he would go from one street to another to meet attractive women. We should not hesitate to control him when he is with us.
C 2	Emari nEnoorakunTinA ee rAtri E vELa kE buddhi yO kOmalamuga inta gOva gonna vADu vAmAkshi mana vADa namma rAdammA ||	If I allow him absent mindedly, he behaves unpredictably in night. He is handsome and young. Oh beautiful lady, we can not trust others in our town.
C 3	mOsa pOti vENugOpAla dEvuni bAsa nijamu gAdE dAsu SrirAma dAsuni hrudayamu bAsi gaDiya yaina niluva nollaDammA ||	Alas I am deluded. Venugopala is not sincere in keeping his words. He does not leave the heart of Dasu Srirama even for a few minutes.