Sirandha Raghamedhu? (Tamil)

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.