pallavi
cAla kallalu-ADukonna saukhyamu-EmirA

O Lord! What (Emi) (EmirA) is the pleasure (saukhyamu) in speaking (ADukonna) much (cAla) lies (kallalu) (kallalADukonna) with me?

anupallavi
kAlamu pOnu mATa nilucunu
kalyANa rAma nAtO (cA)

O Auspicious (kalyANa) Lord SrI rAma!
time (kAlamu) would pass (pOnu), but (uttered) word (mATa) will stand (nilucunu);
what is the pleasure in speaking much lies with me (nAtO)?

caraNam
talli taNDri nEnu-uNDa takkina bhayamu-ElarA-ani
palumAru nIvu-entO bAsalu cEsi
ilalO sari vAralalO entO brOcucu-uNDi
peddalatO palki meppinci tyAgarAjunitO (cA)

You (nIvu) having much (entO) (nIventO) assured (bAsalu cEsi) (literally spoken) many a times (palumAru) that (ani) ‘when I (nEnu) am there (uNDa) (nEnuNDa) as Your mother (talli) and father (taNDri), why (ElarA) be afraid (bhayamu) (bhayamElarAyani) of the rest (takkina)?’,
having been (uNDi) protecting (brOcucu) (brOcucuNDi) me much (entO) in the World (ilalO) and in the midst of my peers (sari vAralalO), and
having spoken (palki) (about me) to great persons (peddalatO) (literally elders) and commending (meppinci) me,
(on the other hand) what is the pleasure in speaking much lies with this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAjunitO)?