Naenu nidrimchitinae gaani naa manssu maelukoni yunnadi naa sahoadaree, naa priyuraalaa, naa paavuramaa, nishkallamkuraalaa, aalamkipumu naa tala mamchuku tadisinadi naa vemdrukalu raatri kuriyu chinukulaku tadisinavi. Naaku taluputeeyumanuchu naapriyudu vaakili tttu chunnaadu.
I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.