Friday, September 23, 2016

Mudhiraigal Sakshi - Meenakshi Thalattu

Mudhiraigal Sakshi  - Meenakshi Thalattu


Translated by 
P.R.Ramachander

Raga  Neelambari
Thala

(Here is a pretty Lullaby   to  Goddess Meenakshi of Madhuari. You can hear it sung in  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WUs1DOyUX0 )


Pallavi 
Mudhiraigal  SAkshi  ,
Moovulagum  un Akshi  ,
Madhurai Meenakshi 
Thalelo  , THalelo

The ancient   sastras    are your witness
All the three  worlds   you rulr,
Oh Meenakshi of Madurai,
Please sleep, please sleep

Anupallavi

THamarai un Padangal ,
THandai oli naadangal ,
Ma marayil perezhile,
Aranange  Thalelo ,
Madurai Meenakshi  Thalelo , thalelo

Your feet are lotus flowers,
The musical sound we hear is  the sound of your anklets,
Oh prettiness   of the great Vedas,
Oh Pretty lady  , please sleep,
Oh Meenakshi of Madurai please sleep, please sleep,.

Charanam

1,Manikhy thottil katti  ,
Mani kannil mai  theetti.
AAni pon menikku anikalankal pootti ,
Varunikka   un pakkam  Chokkanadhar  Varuvaaro,
Madhurai meenakshi  thalelo thalelo

Tying a cradle made  of ruby  ,
After  decorating your  gem of the eyes with  Kajal,
Wearing ornaments on your body of unalloyed gold,
Would Chokkanathar   come   to your side to describe you  ,
Oh Meenakshi of Madurai please sleep, please sleep,.


2,Jnalamellam   alanthan  un thamayan,
Halam  undaan   arumai  nayakan,
Nilla pranava  porul  uraitha  kandhan un balakan ,
Kola Ganapathi pazham kandu unai valam vandhaaro,
Mahurai Meenakshi Thalelo , Thalelo

Worlds   were       measured   by  your elder   brother,
Your dear husband   ate  poison,
The skanda who  told  the meaning of “om  “ but who did not wait  is your son,
Did    the pretty   Ganesa seeing the mango fruit go round you,
Oh Meenakshi of Madurai please sleep, please sleep,.



Thursday, September 15, 2016

Bhavayami sadaa Sangeetha Subbalakshmi

Tomorrow  is the 100th  birthday   of the great M S Subbalakshmi  . On this very  auspicious day  I am  bringing to you   one krithi   composed   on her to kindle her memory in to you



Bhavayami sadaa  Sangeetha  Subbalakshmi

By
Chithraveena   Ravi Kiran

Translated  by
P.R.Ramachander

( Here  is a Krithi  extolling   the greatness of  Bharatha Rathna   MS by  another  great Musician   Chithraveena  Ravi Kiran. You can hear this great song  rendered by his disciples in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKpwJ13dxOE . The krithi is also translated there but my  translation  is slightly   different .

Deva Manohari
Pallavi 
BHavayami sadaa   sangeetha   Subbalakshmim
Pallavi
I always    meditate on   the musical maestro  Subbalakshmi
Anupallavi
Bhava bhakthi   poorna  sunada  niratham –ich-
Chavara  sadaa shiva   bhoodeva  manoharim.

Anupallavi
Who is filled  with pure sound  filled with  devotion along with   emotion,
Who   became consort of SAdashiva who is a groom    who liked her.
Hameer Kalyani
Madhura puri shanmuka   sundari   priya suthaam,
Su Dharam chala chithra   vesha  meeraa  Kalyanim

Darling daughter  of Shanumukha   Sundari   of the  city of Madhura,
Who  acted  the character  of auspicious  Meera   in a   Cine film.

Laltha
Sri Venkateswara   seva   sironmaneem   maneem   sath sva-
BHavam  prabhavam  sulalithaam maninmanim,

The head gem  in the service  of Lord Venkateswara, who is ,
A  gem of   good character, who is  powerfilled,
Who is   simply and easy   and  who is  wish gem of the  mind.

Chinthamani
Kaala   deshatheetha brinda anusarineem,
Sheela  chinthamanim   namratha  pooraneem.

She was the follower of musician bRinda  who   transcended  time and space ,
Who  shines with goiod thoughts and is full of humility

Nasika bhooshani
MIthratratha poshinim  su nasika  bhooshaneem  pa-,
Vithram  sunethram  athi madurya   bhashinim

She who nurtured friendship , who wore a  pretty nose stud,
Who is pure  , who had a great   eyes   and speaks   sweetly.

Vardhini
Bharatha kala rathna amoolya   samvardhaneem ,
Udara   guna   bharithaam  ravi sasi  sama sasvatheem.

She who received the invaluable title   of BHaratha  Rathna  ,
Who is full of charitable feelings and who is permanent like sun and the moon.




Saturday, September 10, 2016

Ranga Pura Vihara

Ranga Pura Vihara

By
Muthuswami Deekshithar

Translated by
P.R.Ramachander

Ragam-Brindavana  Saranga
Thalam Roopakam

   Hear this  song played  as a tribute   to the Bharatha  rathna MS  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo_a9DRnzJQ&list=RDVo_a9DRnzJQ#t=0

Pallavi
Rangapura Vihara , jaya  Kodanda Ramavathara  Raghu Vira   , Sri

Anupallavi
Angaja  Janaka deva  Brindavana saarangendra Varada  Rema ant,
Ranga shymalanga ,  vihanga  turanga ,   sadayapanga satsanga

Charanam
Pankajapta kula  jalanidhi   Soma  Vara  Pankaja  mukha Pattabhirama,
Pankaja Jitakama  Raghurama   Vaamanka  gata   Sita vara   Vesha,
Shankara   shayana  bhktha  santosha yenanka ravi nayana  mruduthara  bhas aka -,
Lanka DArpana  kapola   viseshumuni ,
SAnkata harana  Govinda , Venkata Ramana  Mukunda,
Sankarshana   mula kanda  SAnkara Guruguhananda

Pallavi
Victory to the  Lord Who stays  in  city of Sriranga,
Who took the incarnation of Rama,
Who has  hero of the    Raghu clan.

Anupallavi
He  who is the father  of Manmatha, the God  of Brindavana ,
The one who protected  king of elephants,
Who is the very dear one   to  Goddess Lalshmi ,
Who has a  black body, whoi traveled on a bird ,
Who has a vision of mercy  and who was  in company  of  good people.

Charanam
He was the moon of the dynasty of Sun who is a  friend  of Lotus,
Who   had a lotus  like face , Who is the  Rama who was crowned,
Whose lotus like face wins over cupid, who is Rama  of clan of Raghu,
Who has the blessed Sita     occupying his left   lap,
Who sleeps on serpent  God, Who makes devotees  happy,
Who has eyes like sun and moon,  Who speaks  soft words,
Who has  blemish less mirror like cheeks , Who is destroyer of sorrow  of sages,
Who is Govinda, Venkataramana   as well as  Mukunda,
Who  draws together   , who is the root cause  ,
 And who is  the one   who gives joy  to  Guruguha*  the Guru  of  Lord Shiva  ,
* (Lord Subrahmanya/author’s signature)



Monday, April 11, 2016

Pooja Yaatako

Pooje Yaatako
(Composer: Sri Purandaradasa)
Raaga: Todi; Taala: Roopaka

Translation
By Sri Chakravarthi  Madhusudana



P:        pUje yAtakO manuja
pUje yAtakO

A:        pUjeyali ninna mana
nilladidda mEle ninage

C1:      bhUtadayA pashcAttApa
            nItiyembudu mattilla
mAtinali jnAniyalla
kOti buddhi biDalilla

2:        hAkuvudu sAdhu vESa
sAkuvudu halavu dOSa
bEkE ninage oLLe pada
EkE bhrAnti unmatta

3:        pUjeyalli holeyanisi (pApabuddhi)*
jAji tuLasi kaiyali
mUjagadoDeya avanu elli
mArjAlanante nODadali (nOTadali)*

4:        Aseyanu biDalilla
shESashayana pUjeyalla
gAsipaTTu mADutiyalla
mOsa hOgade tiLiyo ella

5:        tande purandara viTTalana
onde manadi nene aNNayya
endu kundada padavanIva
nanda nandana tande krSNa

*Bracketed words according to the audio.

What Use is Worship

Composer: Sri Purandaradasa)
Raaga: Todi; Taala: Roopaka


Pallavi:          Hey Man! What use is worship, what use is worship?

Anupallavi: If your mind is not focussed in worship, what use is it?

Charana 1:
You have no compassion, no regret and no morals
You lack wisdom in your speech and your mind is full of mischief

Charana 2:
You wear robes of a saint, but nurture many defects
Do you desire noble status, why delude yourself, you hot-head!

Charana 3:
Your mind is sinful even while worshipping with jasmine and tulasi in hand
And where is the Lord of the three worlds,  as you are deceptive  like a cat?**

Charana 4:
You never gave up desires, all your worship of Vishnu
You are doing under duress, know everything undeceived.

Charana 5:
Brother! Single mindedly remember the Father Puranadara Vithala
The Father Krishna, son of Nanda, will give you never diminishing status

**(It is not clear what this line means. Probably it should read “mArjAlanante nOTavelli?” Nota could be   the look of a cat or its appearance .I feel  that the second meaning is more appropriate.However I would be happy if you can suggest a better alternative.) 





Thursday, March 17, 2016

Sangeetha mazhayil-A musical tribute in Tamil to the great MS

Sangeetha mazhayil

By
Sundari  Krishnamurthy  , Bangalore

Translated by 
P.R.Ramachander

(the composer  introduces her thus.” I am a Caranatic  musician , For the last 27 years  I have been composing and singing songs on the Goddess   of Kalika Durga Parameswari temple  in Bangalore
   When the queen of  Music Smt.M.S.Subbalakshmi was singing on the stage   with the supreme quality , I saw her  as Goddess  SAraswathi and composed  this song, I am dedicating that song now to all of you.”-Mangayar Malar , March 16-31, 2016 page 49.My  deep acknowledgements to the great magazine  , the great composer and the  Queen of Carnatic music , our beloved  MS)

Ragam  Karakara  Priya
Thalam AAdhi

Pallavi
Sangeetha mazhayil unnai   abhishekam  cheikindren,
Sahithya  Paradevatha  , Sri Sarada devi

Pallavi
I would anoint you in the rain of music,
Oh divine God  of Musical compositions , Oh  Goddess  Sarada

Anupallavi
Azhakiya viralkalinaal  veenayai meettidum,
Omkara  roopiniye  , Nada  Swaroopiniye

Anupallavi
Oh  Goddess  of the form of OM  who by her ,
Pretty fingers  is playing Veena  , Oh Personification of  musical   sound

Charanam
1.Nanku marai   vedangalum  unarnthavale,
Ulakil  nanilangalum  potthum nayakiye  ,
Sangeetha   jnanamum  , bakthiyum tharupavale  ,
Kalaimakale  , ulagin isai  makale,   Amma

1.Oh goddess   who is praised in all parts  of the world,
As she  understands   all the four Vedas  ,
Oh   Goddess  who gives  knowledge  of music and devotion,
Oh Goddess  of arts  , Oh  daughter of world music, Oh mother

2.Un isai  padalkalaal   bhuviyum asayume  ,
Vilanginangalum  AAdum isai paadume,
Kurai ondrum illai vaazhvil , un isai kettathume  ,
Raga , BHava  , thala  , sumanasa  vandhini

2.Due to the singing of songs by you even the world   would move  ,
Even al the animals would sing dancing music,
There is no wants in life as soon  as we hear  your songs ,
Oh  mother   saluted by Raga , Bhava, THala and good minded  people.


3.Sri Thyagarajarin  , Sri Purandara  dasarin,
Keerthanaikal  yendrum nadamidum   Thaye,
Sri Kanchi Kama koti   Sankarar   arullale  ,
Ulagellam  viyakkum    Sangeetha  ILavarasiye

3.Oh mother   who   always  makes the compositions of,
Saint  Thyagaraja and Saint Purandhara dance ,
Oh princes of music    who made  the earth  praise you,

By the grace  of  The Sankara  of Kanchi Kamakoti mutt. 

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Index for Translations of Krithis during March 2016

Translations of Krithis during March 2016

 By
P.R.Ramachander

(For quite some time I was busy with translation of stotras. In march  first week I decided that  I would translate   Carnatic Krithis   for some time , though I had translated earlier about 2000 krithis  , In these 17 days  , I have translated   the following hundred Krithis (1 from Hindi  , 3 from Kannada , one written in Manipravalam,  28 written in Sanskrit , 23 from Telugu and 46 from Tamil)  . This time  I have translated many Krithis  composed by  Ambujam Krishna and G.N.Balasubramanym)

Hindi


Kannada
2. E sriyannau nammi   higgalu  beda manave By  Sage  Purandaradasa Kannada  http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/e-sriyannau-nammi-higgalu-beda-manave.html
3. Jaya devi , jagan mathe By Harikesavanallur Muthaiah  Bhagawathar Kannada http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/jaya-devi-jagan-mathe-kannada.html
Manipravalam
Telugu
7. Biraana brova idhi By Tharangampadi panchanatha iyer. Telugu http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/biraana-brova-idhi-telugu.html
8. Charanambujamannu By  G.N.Balasubramanyan  Telugu
9. Dhanya devaduda By Patnam Subrahmanya iyer Telugu
10. Gathi veravaremma By G.N.Balasubramanyam Telugu
17.Nee samam evaru lerani  By G.N.Balasubramanyam  Telugu
18.Ne CHaranambujamannu nee nammithi  By G.N.Balasubramanyam  Telugu  http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/nee-charanambujamannu-nera-nammithi.html
23.Padha Bhajana  SAdanandame  by G.N.Balasubrahmanyam Telugu   http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/padha-bhajana-sadanandame-telugu.html
24,Paramukhamu elanamma  by G.N.Balasubrahamanyam Telugu    http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/paramukhamu-elanamma-telugu.html
26.SArojamula  by THanjavur  Shankara  Iyer  Telugu  http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/sarojamula-telugu.html
29.Santhathamu ninne  By G.N.Balasubrahmamanyam Telugu

Sanskrit
32.Eka DAntha Vinayakam  By Oothukadu Venkata subba iyer Sanskrit http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/eka-dantha-vinayakam-sanskrit.html
40.Mohana  Krishna   BY G.N.Balasubrahmanyam   Sanskrit  http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/mohana-krishna-sanskrit.html
44.Radha Samedha Krishna BY G.N.Balasubramayam   Sanskrit
45.Ranjani niranjani  by  HG.N.Balasubrahmanyam  Sanskrit  http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/ranjani-niranjani-sanskrit.html
51.SEnapathe  Namosthuthe  By Oothukadu Venkata Subba Iyer Sanskrit  http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/senapathe-namosthuthe-sanskrit.html
52.Shivananda  Kama C Vardhini  By G.N.Balasubramanyam  Sanskrit  http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/shiva-ananda-kama-vardhani-sanskrit.html
53.Sri  Gayatri devi by  Origala  Veeraraghava Sarma  , Sanskrit  , http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/sri-gayatri-devi-sanskrit.html
55.THunga theera  Vijayam   by Kamalesa  Vittaladasa  , Sanskrit  http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/thunga-theera-virajam-sanskrit.html
Tamil
57.Anandamaana By Haikesavanallur  Muthaiah  , Tamil  http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/aanandamana-tamil.html
60.Adhi Sankaran  medhai   by  Sudhananda  Bharathi   Tamil  http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/aadhi-sankaran-medhai-tamil.html
62,Alavethu eduthu uraikka  by Ambujam Krishna  Tamil
67.Jaya Maruthi Kauthuvam   by Madurai   Sri Muralidharan  Tamil  http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/jaya-maruti-kauttuvam-tamil.html
68.Arpudha  sirppiyadi  Ponnamma  by Dandayutha pani pillai  Tamil  http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/arputha-sirpityadi-ponnamma-tamil.html
70.Chandra  Shekara   by Anai Vaidyanatha iyer  Tamil http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/chandra-shekara.html
71.Sirantha  Raghamethu    by Cuddalore Subramanyan  Tamil http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/sirandha-raghamedhu-tamil.html
72.Ivan thane  , ivan Thane  by OOthukadu Venkata  Subba iyer  Tamil http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/ivan-thaane-ivan-thane-tamil.html
73.Kalai thooki nindru aadum    by Marimuthu pillai   Tamil  http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/kalai-thooki-nindru-aadum-tamil.html
74.Kanavilum  kamala  kazhal   by  G.N.Balasubramanyam  Tamil  http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/kanavilum-kamala-kazhal-inai-tamil.html
78.Maha Kali, Maha Sakthi   by  Madhrai Muralidharan   Tamil  http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/maha-kali-maha-sakthi-tamil.html
80.Padha  Malar  inaye   by G.N.Balasubramanyam   Tamil http://translationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/padha-malar-inaye-tamil.html
87.Thirupathi Malai  vasa   by Lakshmi Krishna   Tamil ranslationsofsomesongsofcarnticmusic.blogspot.com/2016/03/thirupathi-malai-vasa-tamil.html





















Varam Tharuvai (Tamil)

Varam Tharuvai 


By
Ambujam Krishna

Ragam  Dhanyasi
Thalam  AAdhi

Pallavi
Varam tharuvai  yen ayyane  piravaa  varam tharuvai   yen Ayyane

Pallavi
Oh Lord , please give me a boon, the boon of m not having   any more births

Anupallavi
Pirandhalum  nin padambhujam maravaa

Anupallavi
Even if born, a  birth which never forgets your lotus like feet

Charanam
Mukthi alikkum unnai   ethinamum  ninanthu   bhakthiyudan bajithu   chitham theliya,
Uthama gunam ongum   sathsangham  peni   un adiyaarkku adiyanaagi   unai piriyaa

Charanam
For getting clarity  of mind after singing about you with devotion,
By thinking on all days   about you who grants salvation,
Wishing for good godly company which leads to   good character ,
By  becoming  the devotee of your devotee   and then saluting you.