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Alai Payuthe Kanna

 

By

 

Oothukkadu Venkata Subba iyer

 

Translated by

 

P.R.Ramachander

 

Raga Kaanada

Thala Aadhi

 

Pallavi

 

Alai payudhe , kanna , en manam miga Alai Payudhe,

UN Ananda mohana venu ganamathil,

 

Anupallavi

 

Nilai peyandru Kanna , shilai polave nindra,

Neram avathu ariyamale miga

Vinodhamana Murali Dhara , en manam

 

Charanam

 

Telinda nilvu patta pagal pol eriyuthe , un dikkai nokki  yen iru puruvam neriyuthe,

Kanintha un venu ganam  kattil varugudhe , kangal sorugi  oru vidhamay varugudhe

Kaditha manathil  oruthi padathai  enakku alithu  magizhttava,

Oru thanitta vaanathil  anaithu enakku  unarchi koduthu mugizhttavam

Kalai kadal  alayinil kadiravan oli ena  inayiru  kazhal enakku alithava,

Kadari manam uruga naan  azhaikkavo ,

Idara maadarudan nee kalikkavo,

Idhu thagumo  , Idhu murayo, Idhu dharmam thano,,

Kuzhal oodhidum pozhudu  aadidum  kuzhaigal polave,

Manadu  vedanai migavodu,

 

English Translation

 

Pallavi

 

Waves are flowing, Krishna, my mind is flowing like waves,

Hearing the pretty joyful music of your flute

.

Anupallavi

 

Completely upset, I stood like a rock,

Not understanding the passage of time,

Oh very peculiar holder of flute, my mind

 

Charanam

 

The clear moon light is burning me like the morning sun,

My eye brows are crunching seeing the side, where you are,

The well ripened music of your flute is coming in the air,

My eye balls are going in and I am feeling peculiar,

Are you trying to make me happy by giving the picture of some one?

Are you trying to embrace me in a lonely forest and drown me by giving me sensation?

Are you giving me dancing anklets like the waves of the sea of art which appears like the light of Sun?

Shall I cry with melting mind and destroy?

Is it all right, is it proper, and is it Dharma?

Playing flute and dancing for some time like your ear drops 

When you play flute with divine joy, my mind is paining.