英語 request for "ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)"

The language should actually be Kannada or Kanarese and it is spoken in India, their area is Karnataka.

"Below" the video there was commented that it's a a poem called "ಬಾರಿಸು ಕನ್ನಡ" by Kuvempu (ಕುವೆಂಪು). Somewhere else there was hinted that it is a patriotic song or at least has/had a patriotic meaning behind it, so if anyone can shade light upon it, it would be very welcomed : ))
I'd also very much like to know who the featured artist is.

original script: http://www.kannada-lyric.blogspot.de/2012/10/blog-post_6017.html

I found an English translation too, but I don´t know which lines are which when it comes to sounds.
http://kannadahaadulyrics.blogspot.de/2010/11/baarisu-kannada-dimdimava....