Menu choosi

Menu choosi

By

Saint Thyagaraja

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

Ragam –Sarasangi

Thalam-Desadhi

Pallavi

Menu choosi  mosha pogave manasaa,

Lonee jada leelagu kadhaa

Pallavi

Oh mind do not get deceived by exterior body,

For  what is inside  it , is it not like this?

Anupallavi

Heenamaina  mala Moothra   raktha  mula,

Kiravanchu mayaa mayamaina  chana

Anupallavi

Is not it the  place where   the  very debasing,

Stool, urine and blood   are  situated, though by illusion  she is a girl,

Charanam

Kanulanediyamba   kolache thakuchi,

Chanulu anedi girula chiramulinchi,

Panulu chethurada THyagaraja nuthani,

Bhaga  neevu Bhajana chesa kommi sthreela.

Charanam

After hitting you with their arrow llike eyes,

Using their   mountain like   breasts,

They do work to attract you, it seems,

And so why do you not  sing about him,

Who is being   praised  by Thyagaraja.