Kannada Naadina Jeevanadi Lyrics {English Translation} » Jeevanadi | S.P. Balasubrahmanyam

Kannada Nadina Jeevanadi Ee Kaveri
This Kaveri is the life-giving river of the Kannada lands.
O Jeevanadi Ee Kaveri
Oh, this river of life, this Kaveri.
Annava Needuva Devanadi Ee Vayyari
This graceful one is the divine river that provides sustenance.
O Devanadi Ee Vayyari
Oh, this divine river, this graceful one.
Ee Tayiyu Nakkare
If this mother smiles,
Santoshada Sakkare
it is the sweetness of pure happiness.
Mamateya Matege
To this affectionate mother,
Bhagyada Datege
and to this bestower of fortunes,
Maduve Bhaktiya Vandane O
I offer my devotional greetings.

Kannada Nadina Jeevanadi Ee Kaveri
This Kaveri is the life-giving river of the Kannada lands.
O Jeevanadi Ee Kaveri
Oh, this river of life, this Kaveri.

Kodagali Nee Hutti
You are born in the hills of ‘Kodagu’ ‘a district in Karnataka’,
Hariyuve Nalivininda
and you flow with pure delight,
Tarutali Ellellu Ananda
bringing joy wherever you go.
Hasirina Bele Thandu Kudiyuva Jala Thandu
You bring green crops and provide water to drink,
Chelluve Nage Emba Shrigandha
spreading a smile as fragrant as sandalwood.
Dhumukuta Vegada Jalapatadali Vidyut Needuve
In your plunging waterfalls, you generate electricity.
Bayalali Kadali Kalakala Hariyuta Natyava Maduve
You perform a dance as you murmur through plains and forests.
Mandagamini Shantivahini
You are the one who walks gently, the bearer of peace.
Chira Nootana Chetana Dhateyu Neene Dakshina Mandakini
You are the eternal, life-renewing ‘Dakshina Mandakini’ ‘the sacred Mandakini river of the South’.

Kannada Nadina Jeevanadi Ee Kaveri
This Kaveri is the life-giving river of the Kannada lands.
O Jeevanadi Ee Kaveri
Oh, this river of life, this Kaveri.

Huttuva Kadeyondu Phalakodo Kadeyondu
A place of birth is one, and the place of purpose is another;
Sagaradali Nadigendu Sangamavu
for a river, the ultimate union is with the sea.
Tavarina Maneyondu Gandana Maneyondu
A woman has her childhood home, and then she has her husband’s home;
Hennige Ide Endu Jeevanavu
such is the journey of her life.
Tandeyu Tayiyu Annanu Thangiyu Ella Dooravu
Her father, mother, brother, and sister are all far away now,
Hosa Mane Hosa Jana Hosa Hosa Bandhavu Alle Santoshavu
yet in her new home with its new people and new bonds, she finds her happiness.
Maneya Deepavu Bala Sangeetavu
She becomes the lamp of the house, the music of its life.
Mana Mechchida Madadiyu Sikkida Vele Swarga Samsaravu
When a man finds a wife who pleases his heart, that family life is heaven itself.

Kannada Nadina Jeevanadi Ee Kaveri
This Kaveri is the life-giving river of the Kannada lands.
O Jeevanadi Ee Kaveri
Oh, this river of life, this Kaveri.
Annava Needuva Devanadi Ee Vayyari
This graceful one is the divine river that provides sustenance.
O Devanadi Ee Vayyari
Oh, this divine river, this graceful one.
Ee Tayiyu Nakkare
If this mother smiles,
Santoshada Sakkare
it is the sweetness of pure happiness.
Mamateya Matege
To this affectionate mother,
Bhagyada Datege
and to this bestower of fortunes,
Maduve Bhaktiya Vandane
I offer my devotional greetings.