Transliteration Scheme

manasu lOni marmamu - rAga hindOLaM

Tamil Version
Language Version

pallavi
manasu lOni 1marmamunu telusukO
mAna rakshaka marakat(A)nga nA (manasu)

anupallavi
ina kul(A)pta 2nIvE kAni
vEr(e)varu lEru Ananda hRdaya (manasu)

caraNam
munupu prEma-gala doravai sadA
canuvun(E)linadi goppa kAd(a)yya
kanikarambutOn(I) vELa 3nA
karamu paTTu tyAgarAja vinuta (manasu)

Meaning - Gist
O Lord who vouchsafes the honour of the devotees! O Lord whose body is of emerald hue (dark-green)! O Benefactor of Solar dynasty! O Lord whose heart is ever in the state of bliss! O Lord praised by this tyAgarAja!

Deign to understand the inner yearning of my mind.
There is none else excepting You!
It is not great that You earlier governed me always kindly as the affectionate Lord; kindly hold my hand at this moment.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
manasu lOni marmamunu telusukO
mAna rakshaka marakata-anga nA (manasu)

O Lord who vouchsafes (rakshaka) the honour (mAna) of the devotees! O Lord whose body (anga) (literally limbs) is (are) of emerald hue (dark-green) (marakata) (marakatAnga)!
deign to understand (telusukO) (literally know) the inner (lOni) yearning (marmamunu) (literally secret) of my (nA) mind (manasu).

anupallavi
ina kula-Apta nIvE kAni
vEru-evaru lEru Ananda hRdaya (manasu)

O Benefactor (Apta) of Solar (ina) dynasty (kula) (kulApta)! There is none (lEru) else (vEru evaru) (vErevaru) excepting (kAni) You (nIvE)! O Lord whose heart (hRdaya) is ever in the state of bliss (Ananda)!
O Lord who vouchsafes the honour of the devotees! O Lord whose body is of emerald hue! deign to understand the inner yearning of my mind.

caraNam
munupu prEma-gala doravai sadA
canuvuna-Elinadi goppa kAdu-ayya
kanikarambutOnu-I vELa nA
karamu paTTu tyAgarAja vinuta (manasu)

O Lord (ayya)! It is not (kAdu) (kAdayya) great (goppa) that You earlier (munupu) governed (Elinadi) me always (sadA) kindly (canuvuna) (canuvunElinadi) as the affectionate (prEma-gala) Lord (doravai);
kindly (kanikarambutOnu) hold (paTTu) my (nA) hand (karamu) at this (I) (kanikarambutOnI) moment (vELa);
O Lord praised (vinuta) by this tyAgarAja! O Lord who vouchsafes the honour of the devotees! O Lord whose body is of emerald hue! deign to understand the inner yearning of my mind.

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
1 – marmamunu – marmamulu

References

Comments
2 – nIvE kAni vErevaru lEru – This can be interpreted in two ways 'there is no one else excepting You' (to protect me) or 'there is no one else (in my mind) excepting You'. As has been noted below, this kRti being in 'nAyaki bhAva', the latter version seems to be more appropriate.
3 – nA karamu paTTu – hold my hand – literally means 'marry me'. This kRti is in 'nAyaki bhAva'
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