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Monday, 15 September 2014 About Me

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Chinnanchiru kiliye.. Celebrating parenthood of a daughter..! Follow 18

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Chinnanchirukiliye kannamma selvakkalanjiyame --kaapi (this raaga here represents the mood
of uttering cute endearments)
Ennai kali theertte ulagil etram puriya vandaai Blog Archive
Pillai kaniy amuthe kannamma pesum porchithirame
2014 (5)
Alli anaithidave enmel aadi varum thene (chinnamchiru)
September (5)
Odi varukaiyile kannamma ullam kuliruthadi --maand (this raaga here represents the instant My grandfather my sadguru...
happiness that the heart is filled while the child is running towards you with open arms) Mesmerizing abhangs on my Vittal..
Aadi thirthal kandaal unnaippoi aavi tazhuthadi Chinnanchiru kiliye.. Celebrating
parenthood of a ...
Uchithanai mukarnthal garuvam ongi valarithadi --vasantha (this raaga here represents the
Abhangs on Pandhrapur , divine abode of
pride of having a daughter! , one gets goosebumps while listening to these lines) Vittal.
Mechi unnai urar pugazhnthaal meni silirkuthadi
Radhakalyanam , Vittal Rakumayi Bhajan
Sampradayam...
Kannathil muthamittal ullamthaan kalveri kolluthadi --tillang (this raga here represents the
feeling of eternal bliss of being a father/mother to a daughter)
Unnai thazhividilo kannammaa unmathamaguthadi
Un kannil neer vazhindaal en nenjil uthiram kottuthadi --neelamani (tears starts rolling while
listening to these lines reminding you of your beautiful daughter, no matter how strong you
are)
En kannil paavayanro kannammaa En uyir ninnathanro!

(the song is usually stopped here , as there is nothing more to say after saying my life is
yours!)
shaTru mukham shivandAl manadu sancalamAgudaDi --Hindolam
neTri shurungak-kaNDAl enakku nenjam padaikkudaDI
shollum mazhalaiyilE kaNNammA tunbangaL tIrttiDuvAi --neelambari
mullai shirippAlE enadu mUrkham tavirttiDuvAi

inbak-kadaigaLellAm unnaip-pOl EdugaL sholvaduNDO --valachi

anbu taruvadilE unainEr AghumOr deivamuNDO

mArbilaNivadarkkE unnaippOl vaira maNigaLuNDO --madhyamavati

shIr peTru vAzhvadarkkE unnaippOl shelvam peridumuNDO

The above is a poem from Bharatiyaar the great Tamil poet who was a great patriot. The
meaning for this song could be found in many blogs but I feel these word to word meaning for
this poem is doing only 1% justice to the song. The exact words can be experienced in the
original Tamil words alone,no synonyms in English match these expressions.

Meaning : My petite (little) parrot my beautiful treasure ,wholesome happiness you came to
create progress in my life. My speaking golden portrait , your speech is child-like fruit dipped
nectar. You come before me so gracefully that I feel like hugging you with elevated emotion.
When you come running towards me my heart chills, when I see you dancing with merriness
my soul hugs you , when I kiss/smell your forehead I feel strongly proud. If I hear someone
praise you with sincerity my skin tingles with excitement. If I kiss you on your cheeks, my heart
goes to trance as if it is drunk with nector. If I hug you with passion I feel blissful happiness. If
your face turns to discomfort, even momentarily, my heart is disturbed. When I see your
forehead wrinkle, my heart flutters with fear... If I see even small droplets of tears in your eyes,
a whole river of blood flows in my heart. (because) You're the light of my eyes and my life is
yours. In your child-like speaking, you'll cure all my worries/misery. In your innocent smile,
you'll cure me of my ignorance. Can you even be described in pages and pages of Happy
stories? In sharing Love, can even a God equal you? To wear on the chest, are there even
diamonds/pearls like you? Is there even a larger treasure than you in my life? i.e. You're the
most prosperous treasure in my life.

I dont know if the words chosen to write this poem is great or the feeling that the song brings
out makes it great, but it is magic.
The song is composed by this poet addressing his daughter (a small girl child) and some say
that it could also be written to his wife , I dont see anything wrong in this conclusion because
like every man wants to see his mother in his wife , at least in few aspects like
cooking,feeding,keeping his things tidy and spoiling him but doing everything possible with no
complaints at all. I wonder if it is ever possible to get any close to MIL's qualities in husbands
opinion ? hmm thats an another debate! Same way it could also be possible that every woman
wants to see her father in husband, like being protective, doing any task asked unasked with a
smile, and spoil them with all the unconditional love and uttering endearments, make us feel
like princess at the top of the world! Again we can debate, no man can be equaled to ones
father! Its impossible!

Now coming back to the poem, its considered as though narrated by a father/mother to his/her
daughter..kanna (krishana) is the word endearment used by almost everyone in Tamil.. my
daughter asks why kanna why not Radha ? I replied saying that if she doesnt want to be called
'Kanna' I shall call her kannamma and she was happy :) , this was even before knowing this
poem. This song would be enjoyed more if you have a daughter. The grace they carry right
from birth, the different emotions they display so easily at a very young age as young as 7
months! Their habbit of nonstop talking , their way of becoming serious mimicking the elders ,
their wisdom, smartness, always one step ahead of the boys even in their toddler hood !.Their
non stop attempts to look beautiful , their tidiness, organized way of doing things ,their
calmness , their sweet voice ,their humming habit while they are engrossed in some serious
work , their way of dancing when they are happy I can go on and on and on , my daughter is
very very special not because she is 'my' daughter because she is a daughter.

I keep telling my son/nephew that super man , he man ,spider man ,whatever man is not a hero
, hero is one who respect woman , know to make them happy, protect them always and the one
who never make them cry. Now, a man writing this poem must be something , he must be so
beautiful inside to express such wonderful feelings with so much grace , feeling of pride to
have a daughter ,feeling of elevated happiness to see the beloved child happy and to go
through acute pain while the child is in tears ..the song is composed with ragas reflecting the
appropriate feelings ,a beautiful raga malika , the group of ragas having common feel (notes)
make up raga malika. This very rare combination of Raagas picked up for these expressions
are just perfect , like these ragas existed only to express these feelings!

There are songs that are sung well and the credit goes to the singer for his expressions,there
are songs which can be expressed well enacting and credit goes to the expressions of the
dancer/actor, there are songs that are composed with appropriate ragas and credit goes to the
raga , but this one goes well with everything but the major credit goes to the song itself! it
could thrill you just reading the lines..

When I got married I dint a know a word in Tamil , today I am glad that I am able to understand
the poems (in original language) written by great poets such as Bharatiyar , Rajaji , Ambujam
Krishnam, which sing the glory of Lord, my learning effort was worth it! my marriage to a
Tamilain was worth it!
There are many links in youtube for this song , light , fusion , Carnatic, semi Carnatic etc ..but
I being a Carnatic gamaka obsessed I like T M Krishnas version..original authentic very
much Carnatic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VIWcXf54I

Please listen to this song at least once ! its worth !

Also I strongly feel that instead of putting sex determination not done here on the pregnancy
scan doors they can put this poem along with meaning! Celebrating parenthood of a
daughter..!
I am not a Tamilian , but I am one who enjoys Tamil ,any mistake of mine here in this post
must be considered as ignorance of a child who is yet learning..:)

Posted by shubhasmi c s at 11:57

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