Ameri_galpika 1: "mUseyyaNDi"

Nasy Sankagiri (narayans@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu)
Sat, 8 Mar 1997 11:56:31 -0500 (EST)


                             "mUseyyaNDi"
                                        - S.Narayanaswamy

5:00 PM "endukayyA, aTTA tOsukuNTAru, uNDaNDi, yippuDEgA bassoccindI,
        andaramU ekkaccu"
        "........"

5:06 PM "are, aTTa toyyamAkaNDayyA aNTe, mIkkAdu ceppEdi?
        O bAbU, A talupu dagga_runnadevarO, kAsta lOpaliki saddukOvAli, mEvantA
        ekkaddoo"
        "........"

5:10 PM "jaragaNDayyA, I basselli pOtE mallA..."
        "........"

5:13 PM "ayyayya kaNDaTru bAbU, talupEseyya mAkU, appuDE mUsettannAvETI?"
        "........"

5:15 PM "mUseyya mAkayyA, bAbbAbu, nannokkaNNI ekkeynI, arijeNTugA bOvAlayyA,
        nAyana, nI puNyavuNTadi.."
        "........"

        "hammayya"

5:17 PM "ETaNDi kaNDaTru gArU, entamandini kUrEttAraNDI, cintapaNDu kURnaTTU.
        idigO, inkevarnI ekkanI bAkaNDi, A talupEseyyaNDi, mUseyyaNDaNTE!"

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1600 AD "mA vULLO batuku kashTAvai mI dESavoccAm, mIru SAna mancOLLu. mEm
        mIkE_vaDDam rAm bAbu, idigO I mUla koncem bUvi daya cEyistE.."
        "........"

1700 AD "mA dESamlO prabhuvulOLLa pOru paLLEka pOtannAvayya, koncem lOpalrAnistE
        mI RNavuncukOm bAbu, kAyakashTam cEsuku batukutAvayya.."
        "........"

1850 AD "A inglIshOLLu mA jAtOLLani batakanITam lEdanDayya, dayunci
        lOpal_rAnINDayya..."
        "........"

1940 AD "fAsisTu niyantalu bAbu, jAtiki jAtinE nAmarUpA_llEkuNDa Basmam
        jEstannAru. ASrayavicci rakshincaNDi bAbu..."
        "........"

1960 AD "kamnishTu niyantalu bAbu, pOlIsu rAjyam arAcakam bAbu, evvaL_nApEsinA,
        mammalni mAtram lOpal_rAnivvaNDayya, mAnavatvam pEriTa..."
        "........"

        "hammayya"

1997 AD "EndaNDI, ohaTE janam, unnOLLakE udyOgAllEka CastA vuNTE, inkA I
        amAmbApatu janavantA endukaNDI, mana nettina. rAnIkaNDI, rAnIkaNDi,
        sarihaddulu mUseyyaNDi, mUseyyaNdaNTE..."
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