[Favorite Songs] ಹಕ್ಕಿಯ ಹಾಡಿಗೆ ...

My all time favorite poem/song.... This is also a song of the movie "Mysore Mallige" (by K S Narasimhaswamy)

ಹಕ್ಕಿಯ ಹಾಡಿಗೆ ತಲೆದೂಗುವ ಹೂವು ನಾನಾಗುವ ಆಸೆ
ಹಸುವಿನ ಕೊರಳಿನ ಗೆಜ್ಜೆಯ ದನಿಯು ನಾನಾಗುವ ಆಸೆ

ಹತ್ತಿದ ಕಾಮನ ಬಿಲ್ಲಿನ ಮೇಲಿನ ಮುಗಿಲಾಗುವ ಆಸೆ
ಚಿನ್ನದ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಜಿಂಕೆಯ ಕಣ್ಣಿನ ಮಿಂಚಾಗುವ ಆಸೆ

ತೋಟದ ಕಂಪಿನ ಉಸಿರಲಿ ತೇಲುವ ಜೇನಾಗುವ ಆಸೆ
ಕಡಲಿನ ನೀಲಿಯ ನೀರಲಿ ಬಳುಕುವ ಮೀನಾಗುವ ಆಸೆ

ಸಿಡಿಲನು ಕಾರುವ ಬಿರುಮಳೆಗಂಜದೆ ಮುನ್ನಡೆಯುವ ಆಸೆ
ನಾಳೆಯ ಬದುಕಿನ ಇರುಳಿನ ತಿರುವಿಗೆ ದೀಪವನಿಡುವಾಸೆ

ಮಣ್ಣಿನ ಕೊಡುಗೆಗೆ ನೋವಿಗೆ ನಲಿವಿಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡಿ ಹಿಡಿವಾಸೆ
ಮಾನವ ಹೃದಯದ ಕರುಣೆಗೆ ಒಲವಿಗೆ ದನಿಗೂಡಿಸುವಾಸೆ

Owing to my lack of poetic skills, I am unable give you a translation of the poem and do justice to the spirit of the poem/poet. And hence, for those of you who do not know kannada, I am really sorry.

A raw dry prosaic summary goes here.
"ಆಸೆ" means desire/wish. This poem is about what the poet wishes to be. He wishes to be the flowers which nod approvingly to the songs of the bird. He wishes to be sound of the bell around a cow's neck. He wishes to be the sky which spreads over the rainbow. He wishes to be the sparkle in the eyes of a deer. He wants to be a bee that floats in the fragrance of a garden. He wants to be a fish in the blue waters. Having said all this, the poet then moves into a different mode saying he wants to MOVE AHEAD undaunted by the thunders that cause heavy rains. He wants to LIGHT UP his tomorrow. To the earth's bounty, to pain and pleasure, he yearns to hold a mirror. Finally he wants to RESONATE/ECHO with the love and compassion of the human heart.
Well, as some of you experts might have already noted, I am miserable at translation. And I might have not done full justice. Kindly correct me wherever I have gone wrong.

The love for this poem is not only because of its meaning. I like the tune of the song also. And not to mention, the actress on whom it is pictured in the film. The initial days of Sudha Rani who plays the role of this innocent village girl.