Amma Ravamma thulasamma

 

By

 

Saint Thyagaraja

 

Translated by

 

P.R.Ramachander

 

Raga Kalyani

Thala

 

 

Pallavi

Amma Ravamma thulasamma,

Nannu palimpavamma,

Sathathamu padamule namminanamma

 

Anupallavi

 

Nemmathini nee viha , parammulu osakudhuvu  anusu,

Kamma vilthuni thandri kalanaina payadata.

 

Charanam

 

Nee mrudhu thanuvanu kani nee parimalamu kani,

Nee mahathwamunu kani, neerajakshi,

THama rasa dala nethru Thyagarajani mithru prematho,

Siramunannu pettu kondata.

 

English translation

 

Pallavi

 

Mother, please come, oh mother Thulasi

Please take care of me,

For I always believed in your feet.

 

Anupallavi

 

Knowing that you will grant peace here and in the heavens,

The father of the God of love, it seems would never leave your company.

 

Charanam

 

Seeing your soft body, seeing the sweet smell of yours,

Seeing your greatness, Oh Goddess with lotus like eyes,

The God with eyes like lotus leaf,

Who is a friend of Thyagaraja,

Kept you with love on his head.