Vemana Satakam - Alpudepudu palkun

Alpudepudu palkun adambaramu ganu

Sajjanundu palku callaganu

Kancu mroginatlu kanakambu mroguna

Visvadabhirama , Vinura Vema!

or

అల్పు డెపుడు పల్కు ఆడంబరముగాను
సజ్జనుండు పల్కు చల్లగాను
కంచు మ్రోగునట్లు కనకంబు మ్రోగునా
విశ్వదాభిరామ, వినురవేమ!

English Translation:

A mean(low) person always speaks pompously

A good person speaks softly

Does gold reverberate the way brass does?

Beloved of the Bounteous, Vema, listen!

Meaning:

A mean person brags. A good man speaks with composure. Does gold sound the way bronze sounds? 

Here the sound made by gold is equivalent to the words of a good man, and the ringing of bronze is equivalent to the talk of a mean, arrogant person. Mere sound does not make one’s speech noble or acceptable.

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Source: Bharatwiki, Telugutrack and  C.P. Brown Academy