Sirandha Raghamedhu?
By
Cuddalore Subramanyam
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
Ragam –Ragamalika
Thalam –Aadhi
(Hear this great song sung in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP2LYwojXV0
/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb7TNoCydek
)
1.Ragathil
Sirantha Ragamedhu-Kalyaniya , Khambojiya?
1.Which is thew best
among Ragams ?-Is it Kalyani or
Khamboji
2.Agathai kulirvikkum
azhagaana thodiya, aattathirkku
ugandha Nattai Kurinjiya
2.It that
Thodi which cools the mind or Nattai Kurinji suitable for a dance?
3.Chinthai kulirvikkum
Simhendra madhyamama , Santoshathai tharum Sankarabharanama ,
Cauvery poal odum Saaveriyaa , mana kalaippai neekka valla
Kappiyaa
3.Is it Simhendra madhyamam which cools your
thoughts or is it Sankarabharanam which
leads to joy ,
Or it Saaveri which is like Cauvery
or is it Kaapi which can remove tiredness of mind?
4.Pann ishaithu paada Shanmuga priyava , Paduthu uranga seyyum
Neelambariyaa ,
Adhikaramai paada
Attanava , akhilam yellam
mayakkum Ananda Bhairaviya?
4.Is it Shanmuga priya
which helps us to compose a song and sing it or is it Neelambari which makes you sleep,
Is it Attana which
can be sung with authority or is it
Bhairavi which can please the entire world?
5.Tapam akala oru Dhanyasiya, daraniyai kakka nalla Darbaraa ,
Sarasa sallapathirkke
Sarangava, shyamalanai ezhuppa boopalama
5.Is it Dhanyasi
which helps to drive away worries
or is it Darbari which can protect the world,
Or is it Saranga
suitable for love talk or Bhoopala used to wake
up Lord Krishna?
6.Kalakalappai paada Kharaharapriyavaa , karunai
vadivana Kama vardhaniya,
Badhuriya , Shuddha saveriya, Panchamillatha Hindolama , deva manohari , deva Gandhari , theninum inikkum kaanadava
6.Is it Kharahara priya
to sing with sociability or
is it Kamavardhini, Baadhuri or Shudha Saveri which are
mercy personified,
Or is it Hindolam,
deva manohari, Deva Gandhari without
any wants or Kannada which is sweeter
than honey.
7.Manathai mayakkum
Maya malava gowlai madhuramanathor Vijayanagari, vasanthavudan , Malaya maruthamo , mandahasam
tharum mohanamo , Hamsa dwaniyudan Hamsanadhamo,
Aarabhi
manamum vendum bilahari
7.Is it Maya
malava Gowla which bewitches the mind
or is it the sweet Vijayanagari or Vasantha or Malaya marutha,
Or is it Mohanam
which grants you a smile or is it
Hamsanadha along with Hamsa Dwani Or
Aarabhi or is it Bilahari which is
wanted by the mind
8.Pann aaga paada oar
bageswariya , shanthamai paada shyamava , Singaramana
Sindhu Bhairaviya ,
Mangalam paada oar Madhyamavathiya
Is it Baageswari which can be sung as a poem or is it Shyamaa to sing peacefully ,
Or is it the
erotic Sindhu bhairavi or is it
Madhyamavathi which is used to sing
Mangalam.
9.Sruthi shuddhamagavum
swara shuddhgamagavum , sukha
bavathudan,
Paadum Ragame
Shiranthathu.
9.That Raga sung
with impeccable Sruthi , with
proper Swara ,
And with pleasant Bhava is the best.
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