Rekke Iddare Sake | Chinnari Mutha | 1993

Movie: Chinnari Mutha (1993)
Director: T. S. Nagabharana
Lead: Vijay Raghavendra, H. G. Dattatreya
Music: C. Ashwath
Singers: Baby Rekha
Lyrics: H. S. Venkateshamurthy

Chorus

rekke iddare sAke...
Is it enough just with wings ?

hakkige bEku bAnu, bayalali thelutha thAnu, myAle hArOke...
The bird needs sky, to float through the land, to fly above

kAlondiddare sAke...
is it enough just with legs (hooves)

chigarige bEku kAnu, gAliya mEle thAnu, jigidu ODOke
The deer needs a forest, to go across the hurdles, to run and jump

rekke iddare sAke...
Is it enough just with wings ?



Verse 1

hUv ondiddare sAke,
Is it enough just with a flower ?

byaDave gALi,
Is the air not required,

nIve hEli,
Tell yourself,

kampa bIrOke...
to spread the fragrance ?

mukha ondiddare sAke dumbiya thAva,
Is just the face enough for a bee ?

byaDave hUva
Is the flower not required,

jena hIrOke...
to drink honey ?

Chorus


Verse 2

nIrondiddare sAke, byADave haLLa
Is it enough just with water?, is the pond not require, 

ballava balla
The wise would know

thoreyu hariyOke...
for the stream to flow ?

mOda iddare sAke, byADave bhUmi
Is it enough just with clouds, is the earth not required,

hEli swAmi
Tell o master,

maLeyu suriyOke...
For the rains to fall ?

Chorus


Verse 3 

kaNNondh iddare sAke, byADave mandi
Is it enough just having eyes ?, aren't the people required,

kaNNina munde
To be in-front of you

nimage kANoke...
So that you can see them?

koraLondiddare sAke, byADave hADu
Is it enough with just the flute ?, is the song not required ?

ellara jODi
To join everyone

kUDi hADOke...
And to sing ?

Chorus



- Translated by Nishanth