Translation of "Ma Telugu Talli" Song

Here

Is the jasmine garland

To our Telugu mother

Here are our oil-lamp offerings

To our beloved birth mother

Full of golden resources

Her stomach,

Her glances full of compassion

Riches sprout with her smile

(Our dear mother)

When the Godavari meanderingly flows gurgling

When the Krishna runs fast with frolicking jumps 

(Verily) Golden^* crops grow on the land

Lovely pearls roll down all over

The extraordinary sculptures

Of Amaravati caves

The lilting tunes of Tyagayya

The delectable honeyed verses

Dripping from the pen of Tikkana       

Till they get etched all across

Till they spread everywhere

Rudramma’s valor

Mallamma’s fidelity

The shrewd strategy of Timmarasu

And the great Krishnaraya’s fame

Until they echo in our ears

We’ll sing - only your songs

We’ll play - only your games

Hail the Telugu mother

Hail the Telugu Mother!

*Here the imagery refers to the color of rice (paddy) fields at harvest time. Soon after harvesting mounds of white rice is seen in the rice mills next to mountains of rice husk (bran). Later rice is processed into cereals like puffed rice, a favorite snack of children. Citrus fruits (lime, orange, citron, and pomelo) are also grown abundantly in Andhra Pradesh. The little juice sacs of the fruit are known in Telugu as “pearls”.

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Both the poet Sri Sankarambadi Sundarachari and Tanguturi Suryakumari achieved extraordinary fame with this single song (State Anthem). Credit also goes to the sweet language; people often ascribe its musicality to its vowel ending. But there is more to it, Telugu has close affinity with Sanskrit (అందుకే అన్నారు సంస్కృతమును 'గీర్వాణ భాష' అని. తిట్టులు కూడా సొంపుగా ఉంటాయి మరి!)