Showing posts with label Sindhu Bhairavi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sindhu Bhairavi. Show all posts

Friday, February 13, 2015

MWC_Edition90‬

February 13_KV

So many days of MWC; so many songs; so many varied genres, emotions, languages. Yet, the essence of all these different tunes at the root level is the same. It's mindboggling to think that every piece of music in existence is made up of only 7 simple notes. Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Da Ni / Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti / A B C D E F G

Within the 7 notes, so many songs!
Simple. And this is the translation of the first line of today's song.

Vani Jayaram won the national award as best female playback singer for this hauntingly beautiful ragamalika. The main raga in the song is Pantuvarali and the other three ragas are : Sivaranjani, Sindhubhairavi and Kambhoji.

Dancing elegantly in the composition of maestro MSV, the words penned by the great poet, Kannadasan, who manages to describe the essence of life in a nutshell... in just 4 paras... Featured in the movie Apoorva Ragangal directed by the one and only KB,

Yezhu swarangalukkul etthanai paadal
http://youtu.be/csnyfoXugdE

[Lyrics & translation source :
http://kannadasansongs.blogspot.com/ ]

Yezhu swarangalukkul, ethanai paadal
Idhaya surangathul ethanai kelvi
Kaanum manidharukkul ethanai salanam
Verum karpanai sandoshathil avanadhu gavanam

(How many songs in seven notes
How many questions in the tunnel that’s one’s heart?
How many disturbances in the people you see?
In empty imaginary pleasures lies his attention

Aarambathil pirappum un kayil illai
Pinbu aduthaduthu nadakkum, un kayil illai
Paadhai vagutha pinbu bayanddhenna laabam
Adhil payanam nadhi vidu, maraindhidum paavam

In the beginning, birth isn’t in your hands
Then one thing happens after another, that’s not in your hands either
Once you’ve decided on a path, what’s the point in getting scared
Walk that path and the sins will disappear

Yenakkaga nee azhalam iyarkail nadakkum
Nee enakkaga unavu unna eppadi nadakkum?
Namakendru boomiyile kadamaigal undu
Adhai namakkaga nam kayyal seivadhu nandru

You can cry on my behalf, it’s possible (in nature)
How can you eat for me?
We all have our duties to perform
It is best if we do them ourselves

Naalai pozhudhondru undu adhu namakkena vaazhgha
Adhai nadatha oruvanundu koilil kanga
Velai pirakkum endru nambikkai kolga
Endha vedhanayummaarum megathai pole

There’s tomorrow, live in the belief that it’s for us,
There’s someone to guide it, find Him in the temple
Believe that your time will come
Because every sorrow is like the shifting clouds

Yesterday is history; Tomorrow is mystery;
Today is a gift; that's why it is called 'Present'
- Master Oogway, The Kungfu Panda

Have a wonderful weekend, ya'll! 


Monday, February 9, 2015

MWC_Edition32

December 18_AS

In the movie Sindhu Bhairavi, Suhasini interrupts Sivakumar who is singing a carnatic song and says people would enjoy and appreciate the song better if they are able to understand the meaning of the song. Though music has no language, this MWC series has made me realize we tend to like a song even more once we know the meaning of the song.
Today I am presenting to you a song with simple lyrics "Chinnan chiru pen pole" composed by Ullundhurpettai Shanmugam and set to Ragam Sindhu Bhairavi. This comes in the category of devotional classical music. The simplicity of the lyrics makes it easier for even the common man to enjoy and appreciate.The song is about Goddess Durga and her beauty as a child.
Have any of you visited the temple that is talked about in this song?
The first is a link to the evergreen version of the song sung by none other than Dr. Seergazhi Govindarajan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEH4G1A8P8I
The next is a more recent one sung by Sikkul Gurucharan, accompanied by Anil Srinivasan on the piano.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeLQIBMEfVk
Lyrics and Translation follows
chinnanjiru peN pOlE chiTRADai iDai uDutti
sivagangai kuLattarugE srI durgai sirittiruppAL
peNNavaLin kaNNazhagai pEsi muDiyAdu
pErazhagukku IDaga vERonDRum kiDaiyAdu
minnalaippOl mEni annai sivagAmi
inbamellAm taruvAL eNNamellAm niRaivAL
pinnal jadai pOTTu pichchippU sooDiDuvAL
pittanukku iNAIyAga narttanam ADiduvAL
Translation
Dressed like a little girl
Goddess Durga is smiling on the banks of Sivaganga pond
One cannot describe the beauty of her eyes
There is nothing that equals that beauty
Mother Sivagami's body is like a lightning
She gives us all the happiness. She fulfills all our wishes.
She braids her hair and adorns it with wild flowers
Her dance is comparable to that of Lord Shiva himself.