poetries of dr.siddhalingaiah famous poet part 1 by dr raveendrahosadurga selected from poetry collection 'uuru saagaravaagi'(town becoming cean) published by ankitha prakashana

Selective translation of poetries of dr.siddhalingaiah,famous poet,from poetry collection’uuru saagaavaagi’(town becoming ocean) published by ankitha prakashana,53,gandhi bazar main road,basavanagudi,bengaluru560004. I am grateful to poet and his family members,publishers.published in 1916. Dr.siddhalingaiah part 1 : From poetry collection(uru saagaravaagi)(town becoming ocean): 1)town becoming ocean: Village godess festivalof self deception He-bufelo is not being sacrificed(killed) Choudike has broken into pieces Tonedead assadi can’t sings Preparing to celebration of suicide(selfkilling) Has sit awaiting pegion No face to civilisation and culture here To flower garden,tobee groups no happiness Siddhas buddhas unseen Is breathing poison of nagaloka(snakeworld) Is eating poison life crore Burn of enemity spreading to directions Stopped all laugh festival Town(village) becoming ocean Is shaking (thattharisu)life group Is calling shout maari(death godess) again again Paarijaatha,needle jasmine,jaaji, Nandabattalu,kanigale,coconut Lotur thulasi thumbe flower Along with my name Came botom of earth came from middle sea From delivered (begeted)mother’s body poisonous flame Became dissatisfied seven seas Is drowning rising three worlds Burning forest rising to sky high Became burnt towns and srteet Cry is manthra hahakaara is food offer All trees creeper animals birds Lost features,name form Blakened sundirectionless moon Burnt and fell star world All gods kinnaras gandharvas Without tollerating flame cried and died Heaven had burnt into ashes Without sun rise Is there sarvodaya brother? ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 2)ancients and we: In street of owner some how we had lived In day and dark were pushing time The spoiled rice which they gave thinking as mrustanna(festival) Coffee given in shell drank in kottige(cattle house) In born liberation(nirvana) our life spent Somewhere fallen langoti(piece of cloth) saved respect(honour) Seing our hunger labouredin forest wetland(gadde) Begeted mother earth mother got very much pained Seing beats fallen to us cattle group pitied At night star group poured tear water We Building bunglows for residence of lords(owners) Spent winter by sleeping in tree bushes Our reared dogs and sheeps on drinking pond water Though thirsty came without showing our people’s tears only hindu great ocean our grand and fore fathers life is residence of sorrows carrying stools of town people lifting street street dirt threw hole(dirt)school to us calling us holemaadigas cloth of dead body thinking yellowcloth(peethambara)toour body for happening death waited day and night all our elder people your small childern calllng go and come (in singular) blamed without knowledge though knowing as though not knowing,without showing done wound called your small childern sir buddhi progeny of those who ate pain exploding to call of inner witness youth people responding new world has shook(waved) hand calling daily now and then is blosoming deep red lotus ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 3)nonhealing wound: Who came getting down from hill Emiting many colours Eye shining sun bright Has spread around her Fearing for half moment,without tolerating wonder Asked who she is Godess of education I am She told me on that day To exploited people of centuries centuries Have done education cheat Spliting veda studied tongue heating lead to heard ear Pushed to severe hell Is it justified tell mother I asked Through out history like animals Lived my ancients with people who got your contract lived with them as servenr(slave) in palace in teacher’s (guru’s)house your light was shining you did not see towards hut it was nest of deep darks not accepting my words mother vedavyasa valmiki arkandeya durvasa muni(saint) mathanga rushies are not they yours teling enited anger caste defect non existing equality let there be words of that time those who became victims 0f caste fire what are those people who became ash what happened to fingure of ekalavya why there was killing of why was shambhuka killed shall I forget the insult done to karna in deep dark of ignorance why did people got rotemned don’t speak past over see ambedkar and learn to forget past brings favour she taught like this people who have forgoten history can’t create historywords of ambedkar I brought notice of godess Exceptions are not history Life of common man is history Are troubling mind and body Wounds of centuries centuries No answer to this near godess I don’t know where she went i was standing in front of rock Had carried burden(weight) of sorrow ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 4) anouncement which opened eye: When to crores and crores of gods blindness deafness touched Echala tree mother(echalamaradavva) comes and holds our hand Eating muton of dead cow were doing festival Beating drum(thamate) whole night were drinking dancing Tree did not give shadow river did not give water King did not give justice cloud did not rain Cool air did not blow ,earth did not spread green By walking in dry forest we became rock Town people death matter to inform all relatives In sun light insevere rain were making us to run To advertise news of death of town people With much expectation we waited standing siting Beyond siver cloud sounded one noise on that day Be (prepared)ready to organise fight for education Bind to principles told by buddha guru Dullness covered slept people rise up it told In hill in forest intown in street In ten directionsanouncement started to soun burden of world burden of noga carrying people rise and stand this word opened eyes of down fallen people ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 5) Total destruction: In burn of enemity smale of this world is fading In supression of love and affection My grand mothers lived in problems(difficulties) Wearing insult and degredation Father and mother’s life were not different Like dumb animals their life Forest plant tree creeper animals birds Found and pained their grief(sorrow) Difficulty of birds I thought on that day As making mind happy song On that day had counted river’s suicide As roaring grand waterfalls One day our people only, whom I had believed Pierced my back in knife they never disclosed my mistake and tell spilled crueal laugh around me I became wood for many funerals Became ash with many dead bodies The kind of my death natural told people Nobody responded tears for me ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 6)to earth mother: In maravanthe again you came to memory mother As soundimg ocean of forgoten joys Seven line hill melting to sorrow of people Flowing as riverIn dry forest land creeping as green Shines as hombale World loosing sleep to come to high level Came down to earth as sun beam Your chest’s garden garden sister’s amrutha eating Population crore was produced mother Maari and masanies taking away my prana(life) While keeping on grinding stone and dancing Calling whirl storm upseting maarie you gave me rebirth mother burning poisonous arrows following back coming hundreds of knives rushing towards me when thunderbolt comes and hits me coming from somewhere preventing stretching hand hided and kept me in sky cover mother washinhg my body mind in severe rain calling near near in river sound in sound of oceanembracing pulling consoled me in song of birds again be buding mother creeper of people’s mind let go forward these sudugadu siddhas even in inch inch of our this nonmooving world let maravanthe be sounding mother ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 7) support: For rich servents To servents hands and legs To paired oxes bent horns To horns golden colour bunches(kuchchu) To basement stone of bunglows Arms and necks of poor When cruel laugh’s(attahasa) touches sky Many peoples tears hot fountains To running golden deer new enthusiasm is friend to young player(sportsman) desire of wining is friend to sea bank’s huts line bamboo wall(thadike) is decoration to revolution cry of severe poor body stomach fire (badabaagni)is moovment for birth of uncountable gods and religions people’s fear is support to people’s hero who makes loot innocence of voter is source money(mula dhana) to sunami which asks sacrifice of lives and lives sea anger is severe dance(rana kunitha) to endless blue sky man’s wonder is good cause to know who is birth giver mother’s words are eternal truth to coming beautiful world of equality hope itself is supreme guru ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 8)in your town, mother daily death: Opening mouth for mile length swallowing delivered childern Gargling spiting vomiting blood All jaathras and peoples gathered in celebration By shouting made to cry emiting poison Hills moovedrocks rolled No account of how many were crushed Frozened snow was rolling as hill No account of those who washed(carried) aways Under remains of building who had fallen as dead body No people lift and bring out Dead bodies fallen in streets and streets No relatives to recognise Under fallen building Caught sister’s pain shout Was becoming reduced without being heard by nobody She disappeared from this world Getting irritated as snake rising hood Can we call begeted(delivered) mother One who pulled guts of tender kids Shall we call statue of kindness and patience Eyes have dried up words have stopped Line o people carrying desire of living No differentiation between poor and rich here Sounding cry for water and food Pushing days we are making a living We believing your grace daily You who protected and reared today piercing edge(knife) In your town mother daily death One which was filled by females and males Towns became destroyed(nameless) God’s festivals which were coming filling body(mydumbi) Villages got disappeared Colourful cows goats sheeps Became nameless to tell All smile floods of town got dried up Became destroyed land nepal In city of katmanandu one remaining pashupathi(animal lord) No devotees to worship mindfully The buddha born land boring graveyard Did this surendered to tempoal(not eternal) In beautiful heaven of himagiri mountain Became created one severe hell Earth and sky joining stars shaking hand Dance of deer and peacock came to an end ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 9)slum’s princess: Drive cart of sorrow friend Towards black forest There is slum’s princess Resembling socity’s golden world moover In forest of deep dark In middle of forts and dooms Riding on tiger vehicle ,emiting red sparks Is sitting princess River of pain,sea of sorrow Cloud of sorrow, who is this? Explosion of sun,earth quake Sound of thunderbolt who is this Remembering exploitation of centuries Paining boiling in sorrow Burns in valcano Flows as poison. Eternal(daily )friend of sorrowful people For dominance wickedness war faced In burning dry forest Makes to pourgolden dream rains In dried exploited mind garden Grows red rose ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 10)new life: Free away from bondages detach from hooks Be free from all bondages Where there is no base(nele) don’t try to stay Don’t shrink from negligence(degradation) In dark forest bush don’t search kajjaya(sweet) No god on your part The world of your dream is burning Create a new world Even if seen don’t be as though not seen in illusion Real light is path lamp to you Burn into ashes all falses Past is not on your part Moon of full moon day is for your joy only You don’t drown in illusion Sun and moon embrace you dailyin love Animal nature human world Drowned in sorrow and depression you Let poetry lass come and hold hand You who have drowned paathaala(deep depth) Let relatives of snake world lift above Towards green valley you rise and come friend What ever you come across see with doubt Don’t suffer by eating poison of belief Shaking body standing with head lifted Gives obstruction to you blue sky At the time of crossing seven seas Become small pond rathna ocean ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 11) gratitude: Will lift hand and join to mother earth myself In order to pay debts of many births To heightful trees standing to touch sky To cool air flower rain sunlight and rain Silent humble statue has stood by himself Wearing pure green to hill line falling in hill stretching body in field to river lne which is flowing to reach goal rushing forward putting back rising up coming down play of waves sea banks hiding many secrets deep dark dense forests in sun and noon I found you mother in star world laugh festival in jump of deers dance of peacocks in serious(gambhira) steps of elephants barren land mother making heaven world giving air and light pootecting (you are) this fancy(style,bedagu)to this world bringing from some where you are protecting peace of people ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,s 12)death: Few peaceful faces which I have not seen Few geetha and music which I have not heard Not reachable to me many fountains of joy When my death occurs will spill tears My close people only one or two Their debt I will go without repaying With spent sweet memories food box(butthi) When my death occurs stone hen singing Stone basava rises putting guturu(sound) Hundreds of laugh flowers blosom in garden Becomes very much light earth mother Big neem big jaala rocks moov Moov and come with my dead body(cadaver) On my grace will carve wtitings Person who went without being understood I don’t know from where I have come death only is hard truth I know from body of delivered mother to earth mother lap to join is it not supreme joy ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 13)hope: Snow is covering without considering day and night Insevere chills word shaking Lika wonder in wonder This mind is warm some how To people upset by hunger There were people who made to eat poison Kindness of gurus and elders Has spread to directions To make to drown ship of doubt whirl God of belief is lifting up Flower plant creeper forgoten identification Shaking body and hand are talking In deep dark of dense forests Has peeped some golden ray Loosing dark of heart and mind Can it enlight contineously In drowsiness of midnight Which tone called me This is tone beyond good and bad I respond in faith ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 14) pallavi of death: with support of rainbow was standing myself in sky beautiful arch got melted while seing only to me who moov on cloud had relation wih stars had friendship with gandharvas had identification of sun moon with no poverty or richness in world I was peaceful Was in intoixication daily myself Drinking amrutha can’t describe beauty of that world I myself was one dream I was blosoming flower Sang all raagas(tunes) Where there is no day and night Danced town of laugh In sorrowless joyful town Myself becoming friend f gods Around dark poisonous creatures Where I am now I don't know Heart has broken becoming pieces Pallavi(budding) of death is heard ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 15)useless expectation: To bud out plant flower to blsom To see fruit waited brother To realise dream of equal society Jada to moov I waited brother For sound to appear waited in silence waited for similies and metaphers let disappeared poetries return daily desired and waited to red to appear in kedage garden wandered in bank of ocean where jasmine grows where smile splits found pain and sufering in all sounding talks in streets and lanes of town searched your tone and failed when hope in inner depth collapsed fell in self deception I became away from earth’s nature This talk this face is not mine When heart and mind failed stood like this tree Will come one day which I exist ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,s 16)sea: This is whose sorrow’s source(orathe) Whose tears In front of wickedness with humbleness All god men shed tears Thia sea is my ocean sorrow of all Without boldness and anger of standing against sky long Pain has spread as seven seas World breafth Solid severe wars filtered everywhere For reason of blood tear Every evening red coloue in sea Revolutionist’s who rised to hang delivered mother’s tears Has become ocean here To peace of tomorrow who fought and died Pai has become ocean here Here is beginning where it conceals On some day will sea and sky meet ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 18)rose: In protection of false thorn A rose is blosoming This rose has no colour Often looks black If finds truth gets irritated Attacks on truth Is it symbol in society To runing exploitation and cheat Black means god’s colour But here opposite Selishness is paramartha(philosophy) All values are left In towns and bars In streets shines Always rounding in intoxication Slow walk’s body procession I saw this black rose At the end of life I stand away and see this In fear of death call ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 19)should fall slowly: Don’t push anybody to difficulty Let joy not bring ego Don’t appear peeping face in other’s joy Don’t live sowing fear in another’s face Life drowning rising in show and jump(flirt) Real real solidity are miles apart To lip border talk no heart touch In burning sunlight is burning tender jasmine creeper Today here tomorrow there from next where Baseless life Rising mirage of joywandering without goal Dry leaf this life Without bending to wickedness ,without becoming burden to earth Like mango maturing detaching stalk falling As though all sounds have subsided Should fall slowly ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,s 20)love: Rotening foul smelling bodyhousefly attacked face One eyed I loved Full of her mouth relatives of poisonous creatures Though crawling I loved her wilfully In latrine gutter in flowing ganga water Who bathed and come I embraced in my arms Her skeleton contineously embracing Kissed to leukoderma(white patched) lip Where ever she walks blood filtering thorn Smoke of her breath touching Line of white birds fell to earth No name no identity her existance Even ants did not recognise(count) Her body bad smell spreading to seven worlds God’s became ready to oil bath Sha had forgoten bath and honour Like black rose naturally To white (patch) attacked lip false did not touch Based standing in truth(real) in tongue In her ugliness(astavakra) no wickedness Loved three breasted Diged chest once as though for me I saw on that day with wonder Love amrutha vessel(amrutha kalasha) her heart I bowd joined hands to that godess ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 21)mother’s memory: Group of jamadagnies,lifting stone rock When tried to finish To feed milk to tender kid soending time was saved on that day parashurama did not kill you did not allowd to live also up to end from forest of saavanadurga brought wood bundle what was light was sugar cane stick kid is waiting brought with difficulty to taste of sugar cane was not equal though dirt of our street was filing spilling punya having people ‘s house,cleaning smearing wiping saw eyeful and enjoyed in scolds fight in disputes no failure in you,all success in one vessel(bindige) tap water fight winning joy had excited life long on the day of death of last son in three vessels one rolled I told we did not know on that day you are meru(supreme,high) made hill to wear saree border to silence of forest gave loud voice responding to call of dead friend had gone to yamaworld once though delivered(begeted) named as ‘maarakka’ did not ask for killing of husband and childern to not forget your memory first son became aasadi(……………….?) today to this bad lucked who will remove drusti(vision) bechchaarisuvaraaru(………………..?) as soon as seen who responds through tears ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 22)again menory of mother: Before sun rise sleeping childern Pampering without disturbing sweet sleep Going to dense forest bringing wood bundle Selling in magadi market(sandy) Brought up in affection She washed musure(remains) in other’s house Though tired by washing dirty clothes Was laughing on seing begeted(delivered) childern Balls(mudde) which she had brought to me was spoiled(halasu) Withot meals I left house When I went in anger making to stand in mid street Pouring tears come child to house She requested in humbleness shall I forget Which line she crossed(ullanghane) why Became target of allegation and blame Mother of six childern my mother labouring Becoming skeleton ended In living time making foot dust What if responds by tears Will mother come again will she shout or angry Will through dust in anger. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 23)father: Like houseless beggar Like silent person without mind As though has forgoten wife and childern Spent with trees and plants To heavy noga(burden) giving shoulder Ploughed wetland as ox Was labouring without day and night As servent of owner’s street Was watching owner’s garden Was crushing in aalemane(jaggery making house…?) For stomach sake as garmets mill You worked as a labour When demons came In vehicle Got down for loan recovery Joined hands held leg Put tears in humbeness If scolded no scolds in you Called sir(buddhi) to those who hit No enemity for enemity in you You were living as buddha You rised coconut tree You rised areca tree To heat of burning sun light Burnt and became coal Father you come to dream Like a feared cow form you appear in net of sufering pegions flocks ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 24)flower and ray: Doubt doubt palm (katthale?)thorns Grown in this town street Pricking myself are filtering blood In house and house even in sleep To depth of paathaala(deep depth)to height of sky Treading those who believed are dancing jumping Making desired statue soils Is it enough only if eye exists inner eye should be there Real knowledge of what is seen should happen Even in soft sweet vision there may be plan of murder Like snake flowing in flower garden The fire which gives light may burn towns and towns Burning flame may appear in heart Beauty of female and male within a moment becoming dead body May show skeletons Between piercing flowers little flower is is blosoming Attracting atention of world towards itself Somehow some why is appearing little A ray in midst of deep darks ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 25)godess of equalitysaavithri pule: Who is this luck god of dalithas Who is friend of jyothiba pule Neglected rich people and walked Towards sufering bad lucked Throws vision of kindnesss In huts enlighting lamp Education godess she is From bondage of fear of caste She will make free Community had awaited Fo release of exploited people The pains which she experienced Became poetries seas Became valcanos at end Her dress was fire flame Her words were thunder and thunderbolt Her walk is towards equality Thousand namanas to that mother ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 26)vipasana: Vipasana is expanding Everywhere awareness is appearing Full of blue sky Buddha bliss(prasannathe,satisfaction) is spreading Removing dark of human heart Procesion of light is happening In tree plant creeper in forests Desire of friendship is sounding Streets and streets that and this side All people are ours only Life creatures animals brds Are desiring socity life(organisation,association) In cave of dense forests Ray of kindness is enlighting In procesion of hundred crore population Godess of equality is mooving Path of punya(good deed) brings joy Sin delivers sorrow Who anounced cause and effect to world Sharanus to sambuddha ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 27)to huchchappa master: To huchchappa master there extraordinaryness The life which he lead is bold,direct Those who were like forest plants To group of girijanas he becoming supreme guru Brought light in their life Unpieceful saint of shaanthaveri Gopalagowda he believed and walked Seing dream of land of equality and affection His laugh,feeling face responding human love Will produce in any poor man The feel that he is ours He is ocean of interest huchchappa master Sang song of pained lfe Injustice wickedness caste foolishness cheaters Seing cruel laugh(attahaasa) got irritated Huchchappa master should stay for long time As spirit to young and new people Every body wants life of equality and dignity To running war as power ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 28)deenabandhu(relative of poor): To chancellor thimmegowda Have not touched pride and prejudice Answer to shout and scream Smile of house head(yajamaana) only To heat of sunlight of jnanabharathi Brought cool of honge To jnanabharathi which shakes in chills Gave new dress Noise in midst of shouts Won in low tone Stood as support to Poor village exploited students Considering teachers group Which was not getting increment(promotion) Rising them to high in profesion Shined humanity When all india literature meeting(sammelana) was held In shravanabelagola Siting with audiens gave support Kannada soldier(kattalu) Your relative of poor guru Is it right to forget tea you gave Hundred namanas to you Let thousand flowers blosom ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 29)shravanabelagola 2015: From borders like soldiers from temples like god From houses like relatives from hut like friends From town like valients from forest like tigers Who are lelatives who came to shravanabelagola? From lands from wet lands from garden from pet Holding yellow red flag responding mind to kannada Like sun moon star getting down from sky to earth Which is that light fallen to bahubali? Jhenkara of jaikara spreading to ten worlds Carrying shining enjoyed kannada bhuvaneshwari Dancing bending without tired rising head from success Which is army ranadheeras walking further ? To be blessed by Chaarukeerthi bhattaraka swamiji To see word service of pundaleeka haalambi To see fan(abhimaani)service (kainkarya)of balakrishna which people flowd and came like river? Kannada people kannada mind kannada ship came Inferiority complex despair dark it wiped off In chest of kannadigas enlighting spark of fight Always enlight (shine)world kannada jyothi ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,s 30)beechana kareegoudaru: Beechanahalli kareegoudaru Another name friendship and love Brought up with cattles goudaru In shadow of honge trees Saw birth place’s ways and ethics And festival and full moon days Teling farewell to Land house town Joined city to study From bondage of caste and community From headless body(kabandha) arms of foolishness Became released gouda Friend of exploited class In gallery of vidhana sabha Anounced in favour poor people Not fearing to beat of police Making to fear solid government Nagaraja megharaja Siddhalinga agrahaaras Ganganna of kenchenahalli Life friends to gouda BA honours MAdegree Goudaru Got doctorate Got gold medals Wrote uncountable stories In streets streets of bengaluru Found village innocents In sweat pouring labours Farmers working in land Motionless silence of forest Meditation of hill line Peace spread by full moon day Showd to kannada people Stories of poor student studying In early morning in lamp Told sorrows of kareem saabi Selling fishes to people Poetry flower is gouda’s friend Very rare couples(married life) One who does not desire for himself Buddha liking firm minded(sthithaprajna) Becoming model looking people Without leaving believed principles By kuvempu composed manthra maamgalya Did childern’s marriage Leaving wife childern house mata Joined vidyaranya(knowledge forest) Joining hand with kambaara Built kannada Climbed peak and stood gouda As tree giving shadow To person who fails in life Stood as shoulder to shouldar ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,end,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,