A.. pai
vEguMTa mOhana prasAd from "sAMdhyabhAsha" 1999

jeMDA vaMdanaM cEsinapuDu
nijaMgAnE mohammeeda EDupocciMdi
egiripOyina ammani kAviliMcu kunnaTTu
baLLO mAshTArlu oDilO prEmani nErpinaTTu
dESabhakti gEyaM evaroo pADalEka rikArDu peTTinapuDu
cinnapuDishTaMgA tinna cAkleTlipuDu cirAku O
nityAvasara sAMvatsareeka prArthana kOsaM moogAM
iMtakaMTE pushkara piMDAlu puNyaM
heDmAshTAru Thapeemani paDipOyAru
Sishyulevaroo vimAnAllO rAlEdu
keerti kAyAnni EdO nimurutoonna jnApakaMtO mOsAM
smaSAnapu skoolu aseMblee dAkA

A bonus poem! The following was written perhaps in the early sixties, yet it is as relevant today.

prArdhana
dEvarakoMDa bAlagaMgAdhara tilak from "amRutaM kurisina rAtri"

dEvuDA, rakshiMcu nA dESAnni
pavitrula nuMDi pativratala nuMDi
pedda manushula nuMDi pedda pulula nuMDi
neetula reMDu nAlkalu sAci busalu koTTE
nirhEtuka kRupA sarpAlanuMDi
lakshalAdi dEvuLLa nuMDi vAri poojArula nuMDi
vAri vAri pratinidhula nuMDi
sidhdhAMta kEsarula nuMDi sidhdhula nuMDi
Sreemanmadguru paraMpara nuMDi

dEvuDA,
nalabhai kOTla manushyulatO nijamaina prANaM vunna
manushyulatO niMDina dESaM nAdi
Akalee bAdhaloo AMdOLanaloo samasyaloo
virivigA vunna vicitra soudhaM mAdi
kaDupu niMDugA AhAraM guMDe niMDugA ASlEshaM
bratuku poDugunA svataMtraM
koMceM puNyaM kiMcit pApaM
kAsta kanneeroo mari kAsta saMtOshapu tEneeroo
cAlu mAku taMDree
saradAgA nijAyiteegA jaali jaaligA
haayi haayigA bratukutAM
mAku naTanalu vaddu mA coTToo kaTakaTAlu vaddu
goppaloo gOsAyi ciTkAlu vaddu

dEvuDA,
katti vAdaraku tegina kaMThaMlO haThAttugA
AgipOyina saMgeetAnni vinipiMcu
mAnava caritra puTalalO netturoliki
mAsipOyina aksharAlni vivariMcu
rahsya sRushTi sAnuvula nuMDi jAripaDE
kAMti jalapAtAnni coopiMcu
mammalni kanikariMcu
cAvu puTTukala madhya saMdEhaMlAMTi
jeevitaMlO naluvaipulA aMdhakAraM
maMcigaMdhaMlAga parimaLiMcE mAnavatvaM
mAkunna okE oka alaMkAraM
majilee majileeki alisi pOtunnAM
malupu malupukee rAlipOtunnAM
ASala veccani pAnpu meeda svapnAla pushpAlu jallukuni
Adamarici kAssEpu viSramiMcaDAni kanumatiMcu taMDree