Classic Poem

dONi sAgali munde hOgali dUra tIrava sErali
beesu gALige beeLutELuva tereya mEgaDe hArali

honnaginDiya hiDidu kaiyoLu hEmavAriya chimukise
mEghamAlege baNNavIyuta yakshalOkava virachise
nODi mUDaNadA digantadi mUDuveNNina maisiri
ranjisuttide cheluveyAkege suprabhAtava bayasiri||dONi||

dUra beTTada mEle tEluva biLiya mODava nODiri
adane hOluta ante tEluta dONiyATavanADiri

nAvu lIlAmAtra jIvaru namma jIvana lIlege
nenne nennege indu indige irali nALeyu nALege||dONi||