Song: Lokada Kalaji
Album: Jag Changa
Singer: Raghu Dixit
Music and Lyrics: Traditional/ Raghu Dixit Project
Famous folk song from famous Singer and performer Raghu Dixit. It’s a very meaningful song written in Kannada. I saw his performance live in Bangalore it was amazing, and this song was performed on MTV unplugged Season 3 by him.
Lokada kaalaji madatheenanti
Ningyaar byaadantaara maadappa chinti
You want to worry about worldly pleasures…
Who stopped you? Worry!
Nee maadodu ghaligi santi
Melu maalagi kattabekanti
aane ambari yerabekanti
mannalli iliyooda thannaga marati
You are here for a momentary carnival
You want to build a tall building
You wish to ride an elephant
But you forgot that you will have to come down and become one with earth one day!
Lokada kalaji madatheenanti
Ningyaar byadantara madappa chinti
You want to worry about worldly pleasures…
Who stopped you? Worry!
Baduku baalevu nande anti
nidhi seridashtu saaladu anti
Kadava teredu kade yaathrege nadevaaga
Vodagadu yaavudoo summane alati
It's your life, it's your way
The amount of wealth you gain is never enough
When you open the door and walk out for one last time
You will realize that all that was not worth it!
Lokada kaalaji madatheenanti
Ningyaar byaadantaara maadappa chinti
You want to worry about worldly pleasures…
Who stopped you? Worry!
Neleyu Govindana paadadolaiti
Alakondu hudukidirinnellaiti
Shishunaaladheeshana dayeyolagaiti
rasikanu haadida kaviteyolaiti
The true happiness is at the feet of your guru Govinda
Even if you wander all over you won’t find it anywhere else
It is the kindness of Shishunaaladheesha [a god]
It is in the poetry sung by his true devotee
Lokada kaalaji madatheenanti
Ningyaar byaadantaara maadappa chinti
You want to worry about worldly pleasures…
Who stopped you? Worry!
Translated by: Chaitanya Muthyala
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Thanks Chaitanya for the translation of this wonderful song.. I am a north indian living in delhi. Dont know a word of kannada but still could appreciate its meaning all becoz of your kind translation.. Cheers :)
ReplyDeleteWell done! One correction in the last but one line - Shishunala is a 19th century philosopher from Karnataka (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishunala_Sharif)
ReplyDeleteNicely translated
ReplyDeleteShishunaala Sharif is the philosopher who worshipped shishunaaLadheesha Sannuta:-)
thank you very much . Was searching this lyrics for a long time . one of my favourite kanada music
ReplyDeleteMast aiti Nodpa...hing hel had
ReplyDeleteExcellent....thanks for translation
ReplyDeleteGood.. shishunala Sharif's songs are mystical in nature.. he was a Muslim initiated into shashtras in early childhood by a Brahmin scholar ... These kind of thousands of saints are really Bharat ratnas they gave so much spiritual wealth ..
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