by Damodara Rao Dasu

P	suvi suvvi suvvani sudatulu danchedarO lAla ||	Young women are pounding grains singing rhythmically "suvvi suvvi".
C 1	vanitalu manasulu kundena chEsiTu valapulu taganinchO lAla kanuchoopulaneDi rOkanDlanu kannelu danchedarO lAla ||	The women are pounding grains in mortars with wooden pestles. Their minds are like rims on mortars and their glances are like pestles.
C 2	bangAru cheragula paTTupuTTamulu kongulu toolaga Oh lAla anganalandaru ati vEDukatO sangaDi danchedarO lAla ||	Edges of their silk sarees with golden borders are slipping while they are pounding.
C 3	ghallu ghallu manu kankaNa ravamula pallava pANulu Oh lAla allana naDumulu asiyADuchu satu lollane danchedarO lAla ||	Their anklets are making tinkling sound while the women are pounding with their delicate hands. Their slender waists are dancing gently.
C 4	kappura gandhulu kammani puvvula chapparamulalO nO lAla teppalugA rati tEluchu kOnE Tappani pADedarO lAla ||	Pleasant fragrance of camphor and flowers is permeating all over the thatched sheds. They are singing merrily about the union of Venkatapati and Alamelumanga who graced by the side of Pushkarini tank.