Alai Payudhe

Ragam: Kanada {22^nd mela kharaharapriya Janyam}

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanada_(raga_group)

ARO: S R2 G2 M1 D N2 S ||

AVA: S N2 P M1 G2 M1 R2 S ||

Talam: Adi

Composer: OotukkaaDu VenkaTasubbaiyyar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oothukkadu_Venkata_Kavi )

Version: Maharajapuram Santhanam (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKAVDdL3E_I )
Lyrics Courtesy: www.karnatik.com & Lakshman Ragde

Youtube Class / Lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPeOjQGST8I

MP3 Class / Lesson: http://www.shivkumar.org/music/alaipayudhe-detailed.mp3

Pallavi:

alai pAyudE kaNNA en manam migha alai pAyudE un Ananda mOhana vEnugAnamadil

Anupallavi:

nilai peyarAdu shilai pOlavE ninra nEramAvadariyAmalE migha vinOdamAna muralIdharA en manam

caraNam

teLinda nilavu paTTappaghal pOl eriyudE un dikkai nOkki enniru puruvam neriyudE

kaninda un vENugAnam kATril varugudE kaNgaL shorugi oru vidham varugudE

madhyama kaalam

kaditta manattil urutti padattai enakku aLittu magizhtta vA

oru tanitta vanattil aNaittu enakku uNarcci koDuTTu mugizhtta vA

kalai kaDal alaiyinil kadiravan oLiyena iNaiyiru kazhal-enakkaLittavA

kadari manamuruga nAn azhaikkavO idara mAdaruDan nI kaLikkavO

idu taghumO idu muraiyO idu dharumam tAnO

kuzhal UdiDum pozhudAdiDum kuzhaigaL pOlavE manadu vEdanai mighavODu (alai)

Meaning:

My mind (“en manam”) is all aflutter (“alai pAyudE”), Oh Krishna (“kaNNA”), listening to the joyous (“Ananda”), enchanting (“mOhana”) music (“gAna”) of your (“un”) flute (“vEnu”), My mind is all aflutter!

Transfixed, I stood (“ninra”) there like (“pOlavE”) a statue (“shilai”), oblivious (“ariyAmalE”) of even the passage of time (“nEramAvada”), hey, mysterious (“migha vinOdamAna”) flautist (“muralIdharA”)!

In this clear (“teLinda”) moonlight (“nilavu”) that makes a day (“paTTappaghal pOl eriyudE”) of the night, I strain my two (“enniru”) eyebrows (“puruvam”) hard (“neriyudE”) and look (“nOkki”) in your (“un”) direction (“dikkai”), the mellow tunes of your flute (“kaninda un vENugAnam”) come floating in the breeze (“kATril varugudE”)... my eyes (“kaNgaL”) feel drowsy (“shorugi”) and a new feeling sweeps my being (“oru vidham varugudE”).

Come (“vA”)! Place your feet and mould (“urutti padattai”) my heavy heart (“kaditta manattil”), make it full (“enakku aLittu”) and fill me with joy (“magizhtta”)! Come! take me to a (“oru”) lonely (“tanitta”) grove (“vanattil”) and fill me (“koDuTTu mugizhtta vA”) with the emotions of ecstatic union (“aNaittu enakku uNarcci”)! You are the one who danced and made merry (“iNaiyiru kazhal-enakkaLittavA”) on the sun-bathed (“kadiravan oLiyena”) waves (“alaiyinil”) of the ocean (“kalai kaDal”)! Am I to go on pleading (“kadari … nAn azhaikkavO”) for you with melting (“uruga”) heart (“manam”), while you are enjoying (“kaLikkavO”) yourself (“nI”) with other (“idara”) women (“mAdaruDan”)? Is it right (“idu taghumO”)? Is it proper (“idu muraiyO”)? Is it what dharma is? (“idu dharumam tAnO”).

My heart (“pozhudu”) dances (“AdiDum”) even like (“pOlavE”) your eardrops (“kuzhaigaL”) do when you blissfully play (“UdiDum”) the flute (“kuzhal”)! With (“mighavODu”) a sad (“vEdanai”) mind (“manadu”), my heart is all aflutter)

Pallavi:

alai pAyudE kaNNA en manam migha (alai pAyudE) un Ananda mOhana vEnugAnamadil

Sahithya: alai pAyudE kaNNA
Meaning: My mind (“en manam”) is all aflutter (“alai pAyudE”), Oh Krishna (“kaNNA”),

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nS- r ; P pmG ; ; | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ||

alai pA - yu dE - - - - - - - - - - - -

nS- r ; P pmG ; G | G pmmr ; R s R- s ; S ||

alai pA - yu dE - - - kaN NA - - - en manam mi - gha

nS- r ; P pmG ; G | G pmmr ; R s R- rs S- S ||

alai pA - yu dE - - - kaN NA - - - en manam mi - gha

nS- r mpN np G ; ; G | gmP ; R s R- rs S- S ||

alai pA - - yu- dE - - - kaN NA - - - en manam mi - gha

Sahithya: ... un Ananda mOhana vEnugAnamadil

Meaning: … listening to the joyous (“Ananda”), enchanting (“mOhana”) music (“gAna”) of your (“un”) flute (“vEnu”), My mind is all aflutter!

nS- r mpN np G ; ; S | nr s n P p p mnp- g , -m r s ||

alai pA - - yu- dE - - - un A -nanda mOhana vE-nu gA namadil

nS- r mpN np G ; ; S | nr s n pn p n pmn p- g , -m r s ||

alai pA - - yu- dE - - - un A -nanda mOhana vE- nu gA namadil

nS- r ; R R , gm rsnp ; | ; ; ; ns ,r- rp mm G ||

alai pA - yu dE - - - - - - kaN -- NA - - -

; ; ; ; gpmm ; R | S ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ||

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Anupallavi:

nilai peyarAdu shilai pOlavE ninra nEramAvadariyAmalE migha vinOdamAna muralIdharA en manam

Sahithya: nilai peyarAdu shilai pOlavE ninra

Meaning: Transfixed, I stood (“ninra”) there like (“pOlavE”) a statue (“shilai”), …

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; gm , d N S ; ; S | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ||

nilai peyar rA - - du - - - - - - - -

; gm , d N S ; ; S | ; n s , s S S ,n nrS ;np ||

nilai peyar rA - - du -shilai pOla vE - nin—ra-

; gm , d N S rG, R S | ; n s , s S S ,n nrS ;np ||

nilai peyar rA - - du -shilai pOla vE - nin—ra-

; gm , d N S rG, R S | ; n s , r R rS, rpG ; R ||

nilai peyar rA - - du -shilai pOla vE - nin - ra

Sahithya: nEramAvadariyAmalE migha vinOdamAna muralIdharA en manam

Meaning: … oblivious (“ariyAmalE”) of even the passage of time (“nEramAvada”), hey, mysterious (“migha vinOdamAna”) flautist (“muralIdharA”)!

D n s , n p m D n p , m M | d d n- p , p – mp nd – P G ; ||

nEra mA- vadari yAmalE migha vinOda mA - na mura lI- dha rA

D n r s- n p m D n p , m M | d d n- p , p – mp nd – pm gm r s ||

nEra mA- vadari yAmalE migha vinOda mA - na mura lI- dharA en- manam

nS- S ; np G ; ; S | nr s n pn p n pmn p- g , -m r s ||

alai pA - yu- dE - - - un A -nanda mOhana vE- nu gA namadil

nS- r ; R R , gm rsnp ; | ; ; ; ns ,r- G ; ; ||

alai pA - yu dE - - - - - - kaN -- NA - - (contd)

Charanam:

teLinda nilavu paTTappaghal pOl eriyudE un dikkai nOkki enniru puruvam neriyudE

kaninda un vENugAnam kATril varugudE kaNgaL shorugi oru vidham varugudE

Sahithya: teLinda nilavu paTTappaghal pOl eriyudE

Meaning: In this clear (“teLinda”) moonlight (“nilavu”) that makes a day (“paTTappaghal pOl eriyudE”) of the night,

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; d n , d – P P P , m P | m P - p ; M P-nd pmG ||

teLin da ni la vu paTTa paghal pOl - e ri yu- dE - -

; d n , d – P P P , m P | m P - p ; M P-nd pmG-G ||

teLin da ni la vu paTTa paghal pOl - e ri yu- dE - un

Sahithya: ..un dikkai nOkki enniru puruvam neriyudE

Meaning: I strain my two (“enniru”) eyebrows (“puruvam”) hard (“neriyudE”) and look (“nOkki”) in your (“un”) direction (“dikkai”),

G – gpmm R-R ; S S ; | g M – d D D M D nrS P ||

Dik kai - - nO - kki enn- i ru pu ruvam ne ri yu- dE

Sahithya: kaninda un vENugAnam kATril varugudE

Meaning: the mellow tunes of your flute (“kaninda un vENugAnam”) come floating in the breeze (“kATril varugudE”)...

; gm , d -N S , s S S | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ||

kanin da un vENu gAnam - - - - - - - -

; gm , d -N S , s S S | ; , s , s -S sn r s dN, ||

kanin da un vENu gAnam - - kA -Tril va ru-gu- dE -

D- gm , d -N srG ,r S S | ; , s , s -S sn r s dN, ||

kanin da un vE- Nu gAnam - - kA -Tril va ru-gu- dE -

Sahithya: kaNgaL shorugi oru vidham varugudE

Meaning: ...my eyes (“kaNgaL”) feel drowsy (“shorugi”) and a new feeling sweeps my being (“oru vidham varugudE”).

D –, d , D –m D D , m D | m D –n S – S s n r s n P , ||

- -kaN gaL sho rugi o ru vidhamai - va ru- gu- dE - -

; , d , D –m D D , m D | m D –n S – S ns Rgr snP ; ||

- -kaN gaL sho rugi o ru vidhamai - va ru- gu- dE - -

madhyama kaalam

kaditta manattil urutti padattai enakku aLittu magizhtta vA ; oru tanitta vanattil aNaittu enakku uNarcci koDuTTu mugizhtta vA ; kalai kaDal alaiyinil kadiravan oLiyena iNaiyiru kazhal-enakkaLittavA

kadari manamuruga nAn azhaikkavO idara mAdaruDan nI kaLikkavO ; idu taghumO idu muraiyO idu dharumam tAnO ; kuzhal UdiDum pozhudAdiDum kuzhaigaL pOlavE manadu vEdanai mighavODu (alai)

Sahithya: kaditta manattil urutti padattai enakku aLittu magizhtta vA

Meaning: Come (“vA”)! Place your feet and mould (“urutti padattai”) my heavy heart (“kaditta manattil”), make it full (“enakku aLittu”) and fill me with joy (“magizhtta”)!

s S s p P p m M m d D d | mD n s N p m D n S ; ||

kaditta manattil u ru tti padattai enakku aLittu magizhtta vA

s S s p P p m M m d D d | mD n s N p m D n S - ns ||

kaditta manattil u ru tti padattai enakku aLittu magizhtta vA oru

Sahithya: oru tanitta vanattil aNaittu enakku uNarcci koDuTTu mugizhtta vA

Meaning: Come! take me to a (“oru”) lonely (“tanitta”) grove (“vanattil”) and fill me (“koDuTTu mugizhtta vA”) with the emotions of ecstatic union (“aNaittu enakku uNarcci”)!

r R r r R r g M r s S s | mD n s N p m D n S ; ||

tanitta vanattil aNaittu enakku uNarcci koDuTTu mugizhtta vA

Sahithya: kalai kaDal alaiyinil kadiravan oLiyena iNaiyiru kazhal-enakkaLittavA

Meaning: You are the one who danced and made merry (“iNaiyiru kazhal-enakkaLittavA”) on the sun-bathed (“kadiravan oLiyena”) waves (“alaiyinil”) of the ocean (“kalai kaDal”)!

s s s s p p p p m m m m d d d d | m d d n s n - p m m D n S ; ||

kalai kaDal alaiyinil kadiravan oLiyena iNaiyiru kazhal-ena kkaLitta vA-

Sahithya: kadari manamuruga nAn azhaikkavO idara mAdaruDan nI kaLikkavO

Meaning: Am I to go on pleading (“kadari … nAn azhaikkavO”) for you with melting (“uruga”) heart (“manam”), while you are enjoying (“kaLikkavO”) yourself (“nI”) with other (“idara”) women (“mAdaruDan”)?

n s r – r r – r r r R - s r , p G | g g m- r , r s s N – d n , n S ||

kadari manam uruga nAn azhai kkavO i dara mA - daruDan nI kaLi kkavO

Sahithya: idu taghumO idu muraiyO idu dharumam tAnO

Meaning: Is it right (“idu taghumO”)? Is it proper (“idu muraiyO”)? Is it what dharma is? (“idu dharumam tAnO”).

s s – n s R ; s s - n s R ; | s r - s r R – s r P G ; ; ||

idu taghu mO- idu murai yO- idu dharu mam tA- nO - - -

Sahithya: kuzhal UdiDum pozhudAdiDum kuzhaigaL pOlavE manadu vEdanai mighavODu (alai)

Meaning: My heart (“pozhudu”) dances (“AdiDum”) even like (“pOlavE”) your eardrops (“kuzhaigaL”) do when you blissfully play (“UdiDum”) the flute (“kuzhal”)! With (“mighavODu”) a sad (“vEdanai”) mind (“manadu”), my heart is all aflutter)

g g - g m r s – s n s n p m n p m – d | , n S , n n p n n p m g m r s ||

kuzhal U - diDum pozhu dA-diDum kuzhaigaL pO - lavE manadu vE-danai mighavODu (alai)

nS- S ; np G ; ; S | nr s n pn p n pmn p- g , -m r s ||

alai pA - yu- dE - - - un A -nanda mOhana vE- nu gA namadil

nS- r ; R R , gm rsnp –ns | rpmm G ; G gpmM r ; S ||

alai pA - yu dE - - - - kaN NA - - en manam mi - gha

nrsS,- n ; n S ; ; ; | nrsS,- n ; n S ; ; ; ||

alai pA - yu dE - - - - alai - pA - yu dE - - -

nrsS,- n ; n R ; ; ; | S ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ||

alai pA - yu dE - - - - - - - - - - - -