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Saturday 6 January 2007

A thousand anklets clinked!

I have been hearing this song from the times when I was a tiny tot, when blaring radios from neighbourhood households and every corner shop piercing through your ears was a well-acknowleged part of life. Everybody who was exposed to Aakashavani (All India Radio) during that age was too familar with the announcer's bassy voice saying: 'rachana Vayalar, sangeetham Devarajan master, paadiyathu Yesudas'. (For those non-Mallus - it means: 'penned by Vayalar, composed by Devarajan and rendered by Yesudas')

And, obviously, this one becomes a favorite for an attempt at translation! I've noticed it's when I get too many things to do that my mind diverts to non-priority stuff like blogging to while away my time. And, when I'm in no mood to write on my own, I can easily get lost in translation! Here's the original lyrics for now, just to remind me to post the translation on a later date. And once more, kudos to the late genius of Vayalar for his imagination, which needs to be appreciated outside the O-circle (literal translation of another Malayalam usage: 'tta'-vattom) of Kerala.

"Aayiram paadasarangal kilungee..
Aaluvaappuzha pinneyumozhuki
Aaarum kaanathe olavum theeravum
Aaalinganangalil muzhukee (Aayiram paada)

Eeeranaaya nadhiyude maaril
Eee vidarnna neerkkumilakalil
Verpedunna vedanayo…
Eeridunna nirvrithiyo..
Omale..aaaromale…onnu chirickoo
Orikkal koodii (Aayiram paada)

Eee nilavum ee kulirkaattum
Eee palungu kalpadavukalum
Odiyethum ormakalil
Omalalin gadhgadavum
Omale..aaaromale…onnu chirickoo
Orikkal koodii (Aayiram paada)
"

Film: Nadi (1969)
Singer: Yesudas K J
Lyrics: Vayalar
Music: Devarajan (Also see: Kaumudi Article)
Lyrics Courtesy: DearOnline Lyrics Forum
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