pallavi
pakkala nilabaDi kolicE muccata
bAga telpa rAdA

Won’t (rAdA) you inform me (telpa) in detail (bAga) (literally well) about the grandeur (muccata) of your serving (kolicE) (SrI rAma) by standing (nilabaDi) on His either side (pakkala)?

anupallavi
cukkala rAyani kEru mOmu gala
su-dati sItamma saumitri rAmuniki-iru (pakkala)

O Beautiful teethed (su-dati) Mother (amma) sItA (sItamma) having (gala) a face (mOmu) that puts to shame (kEru) the moon – the Lord (rAyani) of stars (cukkala) - and O lakshmaNa – son of sumitrA (saumitri)!
won’t you inform me in detail about the grandeur of your serving, by standing on either (iru) (literally both) side SrI rAma (rAmuniki) (rAmunikiru)?

caraNam
tanuvucE vandanamu-onarincucu-unnArA
canuvuna nAma kIrtana sEyucu-unnArA
manasuna talaci mai maraci-unnArA
nenaru-unci tyAgarAjunitO hari hari mIru-iru (pakkala)

Are (unnArA) you bodily (tanuvucE) paying (onarincucu) obeisance (vandanamu) (vandanamoranincucunnArA) to Him? or
are (unnArA) you engaged (sEyucu) (sEyucunnArA) in chanting (kIrtana) His names (nAma) lovingly (canuvuna)? or
are (unnArA) you in trance (mai maraci) (maraciyunnArA) (literally unaware of body consciousness) meditating (talaci) (literally think) in the mind (manasuna) on Him?
won’t you (mIru) kindly (nenaru unci) (nenarunci) inform this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAjunitO) in detail about the grandeur of serving SrI rAma by standing on His either (iru) (mIriru) side?
Pardon me for asking (hari hari)!