pallavi
paTTi viDuva rAdu nA ceyi
paTTi viDuva rAdu

Having held (paTTi) my (nA) hand (ceyi), it is not proper (rAdu) to leave (viDuva) it; having held (paTTi) my hand, it is not proper (rAdu) to leave (viDuva) it.

anupallavi
puTTina nADE nija bhaktini meDa
kaTTi guTTu cedaraka brOci ceyi (paTTi)

Having constrained (meDa kaTTi) (literally tie in the neck) me with true (nija) devotion (bhaktini) to You right from the day (nADE) I was born (puTTina), and
having protected (brOci) my honour (guTTu) from being compromised (cedaraka) (literally scatter), it is not proper to leave my hand (ceyi) having held it.

caraNam
nitya-anityamulanu bOdhinci
kRtya-akRtyamulanu telipinci
pratyEkuDu nIvu-ani kanipinci
bhRtyuDaina tyAgarAju ceyi (paTTi)

Having taught (bOdhinci) me what is eternal (nitya) and what is evanescent (anitya) (nityAnityamulanu),
having made known (telipinci) to me what is to be done (kRtya) and what is not to be done (akRtya) (kRtyAakRtyamulanu), and
having shown (kanipinci) me that (ani) You are (nIvu) (nIvani) indeed each and every one (pratyEkuDu),
it is not proper to leave the hand (ceyi) of this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAju) who is Your servant (bhRtyuDu) (bhRtyuDaina), having held it.