nee maayeyoLago

nee maayeyoLago

Composer: Shree Kanakadaasa

Translated  by

Chakravarti Madhusudan

Raaga: Kaambodhi; Taala: Jhampe

Pallavi

nee maayeyoLago, ninnoLu maayeyo
nee dEhadoLago, ninnoLu dEhavo ||

CharaNas
bayalu aalayadoLago, aalayavu bayaloLago
bayalu aalayaveraDu nayanadoLago
nayana buddhiyoLago, buddhi nayanadoLago
nayana buddhigaLeraDu ninnoLago hariye|                          1

saviyu sakkareyoLago, sakkareyu saviyoLago
saviyu sakkareyaraDu jihveyoLago
jihve manasinoLago, manasu jihveyoLago
jihve manasugaLeraDu ninnoLago hariye                              2

kusumadoLu gandhavo, gandhadoLu kusumavo
kusuma gandhagaLeraDu aaghraaNadoLago
asamabhava kaagineleyaadi kEshavaraaya
usuralennaLavalla ella ninnoLago hariye                               3

Translation:

Are You inside the illusion or is the illusion within You?

Are You inside the body or is the body within You?

Are the grounds inside the temple or is the temple within the grounds?

Are both the temple and the grounds are within the eye?

Is the eye inside the intellect or is the intellect within the eye?

Are both the eye and the intellect within You?

Is the sweetness inside sugar or is the sugar within the sweetness?

Are both sweetness and sugar within the tongue?

Is the tongue inside the mind or the mind within the tongue?

Are both tongue and mind within You, Oh Hari!

Is the fragrance inside the flower or the flower within the fragrance?

Are both the fragrance and the flower within the nose?

Oh Kaginele Adikeshava of incomparable origin!

I am not powerful enough to answer, everything is within You Hari.