pallavi
ennaDu jUtunO ina kula tilaka ninn(ennadu)
anupallavi
pannaga Sayana bhakta jan(A)vana
punnama canduru pOlu mukhamunu (ennaDu)
caraNam
dharaNijA saumitri bharata ripughna
vAnara yUtha pati varuD(A)njanEyuDu
1karuNanu okarik(o)karu varNimpan-
(A)daraNanu pilicE 2ninnu tyAgarAj(A)rcita (ennaDu)
pallavi
ennaDu jUtunO ina kula tilaka ninnu-(ennadu)
O Paragon (tilaka) of Solar (ina) dynasty (kula)! When (ennaDu) will I be able to see (jUtunO) You (ninnu) (ninnennaDu)?
anupallavi
pannaga Sayana bhakta jana-avana
punnama canduru pOlu mukhamunu (ennaDu)
O Lord reclining (Sayana) on SEsha – the snake (pannaga)! O Protector (avana) of devotees (bhakta jana) (janAvana)!
O Paragon of Solar dynasty! When will I be able to see Your face (mukhamunu) resembling (pOlu) Full Moon (punnama canduru)?
caraNam
dharaNijA saumitri bharata ripughna
vAnara yUtha pati varuDu-AnjanEyuDu
karuNanu okariki-okaru varNimpanu-
AdaraNanu pilicE ninnu tyAgarAja-arcita (ennaDu)
O Lord worshipped (arcita) by this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAjArcita)! When will I be able to see You (ninnu), who -
when sItA – born of Earth (dharaNijA), lakshmaNa – son of sumitrA (saumitri), bharata, Satrughna (ripughna – ripu – Satru), sugrIva – Chief (pati) of monkeys (vAnara yUtha), and the eminent (varuDu) AnjanEya (AnjanEyuDu) (varuDAnjanEyuDu) –
tenderly (karuNanu) describe (varNimpanu) You (Your virtues) to one-another (okariki okuru) (okarikokaru),
calls (pilicE) each of them kindly (AdaraNanu) (varNimpanAdaraNanu)?