ninnai charaNadainthEn, kaNNammA
ninnai charaNadainthEn
ponnai, uyarvai, pugaLai virumbidum
ennai kavalaigaL thinna thagAthena..
ninnai charaNadainthEn, kaNNammA
ninnai charaNadainthEn
midimaiyum achamum mEvi en nenjil
kudimai pugunthana, kondr(u)avai pOkkena
ninnai charaNadainthEn, kaNNammA
ninnai charaNadainthEn
thunbam ini illai, sOrvillai
sOrvillai, thORpillai
anbu neRiyil aRangaL vaLarththida
nallavai nAttida, theeyavai Ottida
ninnai charaNadainthEn, kaNNammA
ninnai charaNadainthEn
-Bharathiyar
Discaimer :
I am not a literary guy. So the above might be incomplete lyrics of the song. This just from my memory. If some one can correct me I will be more than happy ! Further, the context, the translation etc are purely my interpretation. Other POVs are most welcome ( and anticipated )
Context :
Bharathiyar is one of the most respected and popular modern Tamil Poet. His range is from Patriotic to Romantic to pious. He is an extremist - in his thoughts and words! Passionate, eccentric. Literary depth of his poems are so deep that some of them are a part of Preschool Rhymes and some of them are still being debated in literary circles as to what they mean !!! In fact the very Preschool rhymes are still discussed in literary circles as to what they actually mean : the symbols and semantics.
A prominent theme in his poems is Lord Krishna. He addressess Krishna in three different ways.
Kannan : Lord Krisha : whom he prays to, plays with, rags ..
Kannamma : Lord Krishna as a girl : whom he prays to, flirts with, loves, teases ..
Kanna : Bala Krishna, the kid : whom he prays to, plays with, enjoys his pranks ...
The above song belongs to the Kannamma theme where he prays to her and sings about the greatness of surrendering to "her"
Translation:
ninnai charaNadainthEn, kaNNammA
ninnai charaNadainthEn
I surrender to thee, Kannamma
I surrender to thee
ponnai, uyarvai, pugaLai virumbidum
ennai kavalaigaL thinna thagAthena..
Gold, status, fame wished for
by me, the grief that engulfs because of these wishes, I cant stand grief, so ...
I cant stand the grief that comes with my materialistic wishes, so ...
ninnai charaNadainthEn, kaNNammA
ninnai charaNadainthEn
I surrender to thee, Kannamma
I surrender to thee
midimaiyum achamum mEvi en nenjil
kudimai pugunthana, kondr(u)avai pOkkena
Cowardice and fear spread in my heart
They have taken my heart as their home, to kill them and remove them ..
ninnai charaNadainthEn, kaNNammA
ninnai charaNadainthEn
I surrender to thee, Kannamma
I surrender to thee
thunbam ini illai, sOrvillai
sOrvillai, thORpillai
There will be no more sorrows, no tiredness
No despair and no defeats
anbu neRiyil aRangaL vaLarththida
nallavai nAttida, theeyavai Ottida
In order to encourage virtue through the path of love
In order to let goodness prevail and in order to drive away the evil
ninnai charaNadainthEn, kaNNammA
ninnai charaNadainthEn
I surrender to thee, Kannamma
I surrender to thee
English :
I surrender to thee, Kannamma
I surrender to thee
Gold, status, fame wished for
by me, the grief that engulfs because of these wishes, I cant stand this, so ...
I surrender to thee, Kannamma
I surrender to thee
Cowardice and fear spread in my heart
They have taken my heart as their home, to kill them and remove them ..
I surrender to thee, Kannamma
I surrender to thee
There will be no more sorrows, no tiredness
No despair and no defeats
In order to encourage virtue through the path of love
In order to let goodness prevail and in order to drive away the evil
I surrender to thee, Kannamma
I surrender to thee Close
Cheti
That comment makes me ROFLMHO. Thanks!!!
Yea... you mentioned that already
Later,
Meera
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Meera
I dont like wars !!!!
Like Sup says, while you can make love why make wars !!!! THats one of the reasons I steer clear of all the online "fights" ! lol !
You come armed ! LEts discuss !
And as we discussed earlier - Simple is Sophistication !
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Cheti
ROFL - ok I just have to bring my credentials and prove it you.... is that it? :D
Wait up bud :)) Will arm myself and wage a war :)))))))))))))))
I know because I know...what else is there to know...his life is open...and in public.
You don't mix up well... you just ask point blank questions and quite simple at it...so settling issues with you is simple too.
:)))
Meera
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Your tagged pardnur ;) play wid moi :D
http://hebrewprincess.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/03/8-is-just-a-number.htm
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Meera San
Bharathi is also highly romnticised ! THink about it - you call him a passionate genius romantic creative soul ! And you have not read on him ! How do you know ? From the Poems ? or from the movies ? or from the society that goes Gaga over him ? WHy do they go Gaga over him ? Because of the movie Kappalottiya thamizhan or Sivaji Ganesan's portrayal of the song Sindhu Nadhiyin Isai ? or more recently the movie Bharathi ? Or because they have actually read on him !
He is all that no doubt - but how do you know ?
I love to mix up well settled issues !
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I will include these line Shobana, I guess there are versions and when it becomes very complicated Senthamizh, I am lost !!!!
Kannamma IMHO is definitely is a form of Kanna ! She is indeed love, mother, friend & godess - and since he cannot attribut it to Kanna directly, he attreibutes it kannamma !
Thanks for the comment !
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OS, thanks. Let me be modest and say this is my attempt at a tribute ! I love his poems too ! I have a CD and a cassetter
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THanks Sampath ! And thanks for the multiple receos of my Trip to Wayanad Blog !!
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Hi Soumya
His poems lend themselves such range of interpretation, that it can be a nursery Rhyme or a a subject of a thesis !!! I love the way its done in the Move "Ezhavathu Manithan"
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Hi Raj
thanks for those links !
I think Tamil Virtual University is the one thats doing the digitisation project !
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