Here is a composition by Shri Purandaradasaru. Most of the people in this world don’t like black colour in their usage.
But here shri dasaru says, don’t abuse/dislike black colour. Most of the good things are done by black coloured items.
Lyric follows:
rAga: shaMkarAbharaNa
tALa: aTTa
racane: shrI puraMdadAsaru
kappu ennalu bEDavO shrI hariyannu /kappu/
hariya madhyadi kappu hAlAhalavu kappu
parama ashvave kappu pArijAtave kappu
karigaLellavu kappu harihaya nIli kappu
aMgane kELu jagadoLu gulagaMji
shiragaLellavu kappu /kappu/
bareva kaMTave kappu bhAradvAjave kappu
bala rAghavana pAvanAMgave kappu
ereva bhUmiyu kappu eseva kastUri kappu
aMgane kELu mUrulOkadi namma
muddu kRuShNane kappu /kappu/
sAligrAmave kappu sarasijOdhbava kappu
lOlaMbugaLu kappu rucita kOgile kappu
kALiMdi nadiye kappu karimaNi sarave kappu
aMgane kELu puraMdara viThThalana mUruti kappu
Meaning of the song:
Don't say (enalu bEDavO) that SHRIHARI (shrIhariyannu) is black (kappu)
It is black every-where!!!
Lord MAHAVISHNU is black (hariya madhyadi kappu)
Deadly poison is black (hAlAhAlavu kappu)
Supreme horse is black (parama ashvave kappu)
Parijatha is black (pArijAtave kappu)
Elephants are black (karigaLellavu kappu)
God Indra is blue-black (harihaya nIli kappu)
Lady listen to me here (aMgane kELu)
In this world (I jagadoLu), heads of ABRUS PRECATORIUS seeds are black (remaining part is red)
(gulagaMji shiragaLellavu kappu)
Writing mark is black (bareva kaMTave kappu)
Bharadwaja (bird) is black (bhAradvAjave kappu)
Strenghty RAGHAVA's beautiful body is black (bala rAghavana pAvanAMgave kappu)
Soil which we grow is black (ereva bhUmiyu kappu)
Scented musk is black (eseva kastUri kappu)
Lady listen to me here (aMgane kELu)
Our lovely (muddu) KRISHNA (kRushNane) of three worlds (mUru lOkadi) is black (kappu)
Sacred stone is black (sAligrAmave kappu)
Lord Brahma is black (sarasijOdbhava kappu)
Bumble bees are black (lOlaMbugaLu kappu)
Cuckoo (koil) with sweet voice is black (ruchita kOgile kappu)
Riven KALINDI is black (kALiMdi nadiye kappu)
Garland of black-beeds is black (karimaNi sarave kappu)
Lady listen to me (aMgane kELu)
Body of Purandaravithala is black (puraMdaraviThalna mUruti kappu)
Listen to the song here:
Audio by Shri Madhu Balakrishna:
Song No. 32 from the list:
http://mio.to/album/Daasa+Guchha