by Damodara Rao Dasu

P	nA sAmi neekidi nyAyamA nyAyamA sATi vArilO nagubATulAyerA nA ||	Oh lord Venugopala, is it fair for you ? I've become laughing stock among my friends.
C 1	sundarAnga ninu joochinappaTinunDi intannamu nidra nEneruga nannElarA andarAni panDla kAsinchi naTlAye nA bratu kendukika nAyandu daya rAdEmi rA nA morAlinchavu ||	Ever since I saw you , I neither touched food nor slept. Please protect me. Perhaps I am aspiring for fruits which are beyond my reach. Why should I live when you have no pity for me ? Why don't you listen to my lamentation ?
C 2	pATalAdhara ninnu paTamuna vrAsuka mATi mATiki tami nATi choochu konuchu kATuka kannula venTa deeTugA jAru kanneeTa meeTina vichchu gubbalapai SATi daDise neekETi mATalu ||	Oh lord with cherry red lips. I drew your picture and gazed at it again and again heartily. Tears flowing my black eyes made my garment on bosom wet. What do you care?
C 3	vara tOTlavalluru vAsa vENugOpAlaA sthira Seela ghana dAsu SrirAma kavi pAla karuNa lEdAyarA nApai maru bAriki nOrva galanA surata sukhamuna narasi prOvara charaNamulakE SaraNu jochcheda ||	Oh Venugopala, you dwell in Totlavalluru. Your character is unblemished. You are protector of poet Dasu Srirama. Why don't you pity me? How can I bear trouble caused by Manmadha? Oh my lord, enjoy with me. I bow to your lotus feet.

P	aDivi mushNi kAya adi neeku priyamAye ayyO nEnEmandurA ||	Oh Lord Venugopala, she is bitter like raw 'Mushni' in forest. I wonder how she became dear to you. What can I say?
AP	paDuchu tanamu chEta bhrama chenduTE gAni paDati sukhamu lEdu padarA neeli vArta ||	You are attracted by her in utter delusion. She'll not make you happy. She is a big hoax.
C 1	vinta vintala mAri santa merugulADi tantara goTTudirA santOshamuna dAni sarasana jEruTEgAni inta mantanamulu enDa mAvula neeLLu ||	She troubles you with her glossy appearence and actions. She is wicked. You'll be disappointed. Happiness is only a mirage with her.
C 2	chEsitivOlErA cheliya tO snEhamu chEti sanchi vechchamu Asa chEta dAninanTa bOvuTE gAni kAsu chEyadu vaTTi kaTTu gAraDi sAmee ||	Friendship with her is wasteful . You may be eager to touch her but she is not worth a pie. Oh lord, she is worst trickster.
C 3	kOpamenchaku tOTla valluri Sri vENu gOpAla bAgAyerA Sri purNuDagu dAsu SrirAma kavi vAkya vyApAramulu vEdAksharamulu nammu ||	Oh Totlavalluru Venugopala, please don't get angry. Poet Dasu Srirama's utterances and acts are true like Vedas. Please have faith in me.