Affection towards me – Thyagaraja

Devotional Song

Main Verse (Pallavi)

Oh Lord! When will You have affection towards me who is an orphan?

Middle Verse (Anupallavi)

Oh Lord! Please pardon all my mistakes,
Oh Lord Pattabhirama! Abhirama! 
(Oh Lord! When will You have affection towards me who is an orphan?)

Final Verse (Charanam)

Haven’t I believed that You alone are my mother, my father and everything else?
There is no one for me as refuge other than You.
Come down to protect me, Oh Lord,
who is praised by this Thyagaraja!
(Oh Lord! When will You have affection towards me who is an orphan?)

Original Song in Telugu:
Name: Abhimaanamennadu
Raga: Kunjari