Telugu original: Narla Venkateswara Rao <br />English Translation: Ch J Satyananda Kumar <br /> <br />Goppa satyamaina guddigaa nammina <br />Kurchaledu kanti konchamaina <br />Guddi nammakaalu godduke tagunu raa <br />Navayugaala baata naarla maata <br /> <br />Lokamella kalasi yekamainanu gaani <br />Dheerudaina vaadu maara bodu <br />Dheera gunamu naruni divyuni jeyuraa <br />Navayugaala baata narla maata <br /> <br />Kannulela nijamu kanaka poyina <br />Nalka yela nijamu palka kunna <br />Medha yela nijam shodhincha lekuna <br />Navayugaala baata narla maata <br /> <br />Manchi chedda levo panchangamanduna <br />Kaana vacchunanuta kalla maata <br />Manchi cheddar lanevi manalone kalavu raa <br />Nava ygaala baata naarla maata <br /> <br />Gata vibhuti toda, mruta bhashatodanu <br />Jaati mundu ketlu saga galadu? <br />Arina diviteelu daarelaa choopuraa? <br />Nava yugaala baata narla maata <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Even a great truth, if believed blindly <br />Can’t gather light even a slight <br />Blind beliefs are meant for beast alone <br />Modern times’ way, Narla’s sway <br /> <br />Even if all world is united as one <br />One who is courageous won’t change <br />Courageousness makes a man divine <br /> Modern times’ way, Narla’s sway <br /> <br />Why to have eyes when can’t view truth <br />Why to have tongue when can’t say truth <br />Why to have mind when fails to search the truth <br />Modern times’ way, Narla’s sway <br /> <br />To say, Good and bad would be found in an almanac <br />Is nothing but a vague claim <br />Good and bad are found in us alone, <br />Modern times’ way, Narla’s sway <br /> <br />With the past sacred ash and dead lingo bash <br />How the nation would march ahead? <br />How the unlit torches would show the way? <br />Modern times’ way, Narla’s sway<br /><br />Ch J Satyananda Kumar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/blind-beliefs-are-for-beasts-alone/
