ಜೀವನದಿ ಓ ಜೀವನದಿ

jivanadi o jivanadi// jivanadiyu

nine agi iḷidu ba svami

bayarida sakala janake niru ṇiso svami

devadi deva rajadhiraja parama dayakara

adharisu parambarisu kai hiḍidu naḍesu – jivanadi

1.tande tayi yaru illa

i loka yatreyalli

baruḍagi hoyitu nanna jivana

sun’yada dikkinalli – devadhi

2.lokadalli sigalaradanta

orateyu ninagid’ḍi

jivavuḷḷa nirannu niḍi

jivava uḷisid’ḍi –

3.id’dhaga ella illadaga

yarilla yarigi yaru illa

adiyu nine antyavu nine

nan usiru nine nine – devadh