A parody to kRshNa sAstri gaari "nEnu kooDa"

Rao Veluri (rveluri@smtpgate.anl.gov)
Tue, 25 Feb 97 16:26:22 CST


     
     nEnu guruvu
     kaadu kaadu
     nEnu laghuvu - or whatever!
     
     
     Enu meevale nee gurvugEli jEya
     neMto ubalaaTa paDi savariMtu laghuvu
     lanni; mee vale kaavya lOla gaana
     maalakiMcaMga bhrama jeMdi maaTa luDigi
     chaMda SOkaaMdhakaarammu naMdu baDiti!
     
     aina nEmaaye! aa panElEni chaMda
     bandhanammu leDada rodabeTTu naadu
     vaakya maMtamaMduna laghuvu vaali joocu
     daari lEni gaNa gaNanaTeDaarulaMdu --
     
     mooga vOyina naa gaNammulavi kooDi
     niduralEvani guruvula rodalu peTTu
     
     aina nEmaaye --
     
     meeru manasaaragaa raayaneeru nannu
     nannu viDuvuDu! laghuvaina nannu viDici
     naMtanE caMpaka vRttamai goMtu ciMci
     vekki vekki rOdiMtunu - visuvu lEka
     virati lEka karkaSa paMDita vishama neetu
     lEDci vaitu; eluMgetti EDci vaitu.
     
     E mahotpala maalikaa stOma DOli
     kaaMtamula niMka nE naaTya maaDa lEnu;
     nEnu cirunavvu pedavula nilupalEnu;--
     
     aa praLaya chaMdasaamOda bhaaramiMka
     nEnu vahiMpalEnu; jeeviMpa lEnu!!
     
     (It could go on and on and on, -- but I can't tax
      your patience any further!)
     
     Regards.
     
     Venkateswara Rao Veluri
     
     ps: jalasootraM rukmiNee naadha saastri and
     maaciraaju dEveeprasaad are the only two outstanding
     parody writers in modern telugu literature; -- and,
     they could have easily improved on the pale parody
     I have subjected you to suffer!