sabdam thillai ambalam thannile - lyrics

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ganeshpv
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sabdam thillai ambalam thannile - lyrics

Post by ganeshpv »

Does anyone have lyrics for this sabdam?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPxxWxbrRb4

ksl
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Re: sabdam thillai ambalam thannile - lyrics

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Tillai ambalam tannile natam seidhidum natarajan
en ellai atra kaadal nenjinal eppo dan arivaro di
sakhi ingu dan varuvaro di

karpanaikkum ettidaa uyar gaganaththil nindraadidum
arputham natam nenjil nindrennai aatti vaippadum enadi
sakhi aavi shorvadum enadi

swappanathil kanda deivam (devano) sonda naayagan (nathanum) aavado (aavano)
arpapedayin aasai ambalam taadumo ullam (nenji) tedumo
sakhi vaadum en ullam terumo

tat di tham dhimi, di di tom ena taalam melam muzangida
ardha(?) en ullam vaadumbodingu (aazum naayagam) aavalaai varuvano di
idarkkaarudal mozhi kooradi (solladi)


The lyrics in bracket is how the video goes. The lyrics out of bracket is what i ahve been taught. Please correct me wherever needed.

rshankar
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Re: sabdam thillai ambalam thannile - lyrics

Post by rshankar »

Whose composition is this? Lovely Sabdam...

ganeshpv
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Re: sabdam thillai ambalam thannile - lyrics

Post by ganeshpv »

Ravi or KSL, can you please provide meaning?

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Re: sabdam thillai ambalam thannile - lyrics

Post by rshankar »

Ganesh, here you go. I have based this on the words I hear in the link you posted. This is an interesting Sabdam where the caranas are in the form of questions (except the last one). Do you know who the dancer is in the clip you posted? It looks to be vintage, going by the sepia tints of the video.

tillai ambalam tannilE naTam seidiDum naTarAjan
en ellai aTRa kAdal nenjinil eppO tAn aRivArODI
sakhi ingu tAn varuvArODI


The lovelorn nAyikA asks: ' When (eppO tAn) will naTarAja (naTarAjan), who dances (naTam SeidiDum) in (tanilE) the temple/hall (ambalam) at cidambaram (tillai), come to understand/realize (aRivArO) in his heart (nenjinil) my (en) boundless/limitless (ellai aTRa) love (kAdal) for him? Oh friend (sakhI), will be at least (tAn) come (varuvArO) [1] here (ingu)?'

kaRpanaikkum eTTiDA uyar gaganatil ninRADiDum
aRputam naTam nenjil ninRennai ATTi vaippadum enODI
sakhi Avi SOrvadum enODI

The nAyikA wonders: 'Why (EnO) is it that his wondrous/amazing (aRputam/arbhutam) dance (naTam), performed (ADiDum) continually (ninRu) in the lofty (uyar) skies (gaganattil) that are beyond (eTTiDAda) even my imagination (kaRpanaikkum), has established (ninRu) itself in my heart (nenjil) and is torturing (ATTi vaippadum) me (ennai) so? Of friend (sakhI), why (EnO) does my spirit (Avi) languish (SOrvadum) so?'

svappanatinil kaNDa dEvanum sonda nAthanum AvanO
aRpapEdayin Asai ambalattADuvAr nenjil eRumO
sakhi vADum en uLLam tERumO


She continues to wonder: 'Will the god (dEvanum) that I beheld (kaNDa) in my dreams (svappanattil) ever become (AvanO) my very own (sonda) husband/Lord (nAthanum)? Will the desire (ASai) of this insignificant (aRpa) and foolish woman (pEdayin) ever ascend/reach (ERumO) the heart (nenjil) of the one who dances (ADuvAr) in the (golden) hall (ambalattu) (of cidambaram)? Oh friend (sakhI), will my (en) grieving (vADum) heart (uLLam) thrive/be reassured (tERumO)?'

tat di tAm dhimi, di di tOm ena tALa mELam muzhaNgiDa
ardhan en uLLam ALum nAyakan AvalAi varuvAnODI
idarkkAruDam mozhi sollaDI


She beseeches: 'As the cymbals (tALa) and the drums (mELam) resound (muzhaNgiDa) to SorkaTTu that go (ena) tat di tAm dhimi di di tOm, will ardhnArISvara (ardhan) [2], the lord (nAyakan) who rules (ALum) my (en) heart (uLLam), come (varuvAnO) to me with eager anticipation (AvalAi)? Please tell me/explain to me/ennumerate (mozhi SollaDi) the (astrological) signs (AruDam) [3] that foretell/portend this (idarkku).'

FOOTNOTES
[1] 'DI' is a term of familiarity used in addressing women/girls of a lower social standing, or younger age. It is also used among friends as a term of familiarity
[2] ardhan means 'he who is half' – refers to the fact that Siva as ardhnAri is either half (man) or half (woman)
[3] In KSL's original posting this was written as ARudal which is solace, but the sound bytes from the audio track, and the actions used in the clip posted, it is 'AruDam' which I have translated as some sort of soothsaying/reading palms/looking at the horoscope etc, based on the meaning conveyed by the dancer.

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Re: sabdam thillai ambalam thannile - lyrics

Post by ganeshpv »

Thanks Ravi. I am not sure who the dancer is. Or the composer of the sabdam. It is a beautiful sabdam for sure. Had never heard it before.

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Re: sabdam thillai ambalam thannile - lyrics

Post by radhikashetty »

Not sure who the dancer is. But, Bharata Natya Kalalaya is a Bharatanatyam institution in Kolkata.
http://www.kutcheribuzz.com/news/200910 ... kannan.asp

sathirdance
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Re: sabdam thillai ambalam thannile - lyrics

Post by sathirdance »

This sabdam is a composition of Thanjavur Arunachalam Pillai

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Re: sabdam thillai ambalam thannile - lyrics

Post by DanceKala »

I was taught "aadum en ullatthaalum Naayakan aavalaayai varuvaarodi"...Will the naayaka who dances (aadum) and the one who reigns my heart (ullam) come to me (varuvaarodi) eagerly (aavalaayai).

Thanks
Kala

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Re: sabdam thillai ambalam thannile - exquisite !

Post by nAdopAsaka »

I was looking for complete lyrics of this Sabdam and am grateful for this thread (a decade old) !!

Exquisite renditions are available of 5- 10 years ago

The potency of the rAgas is vastly amplified by the dance, and the interpretations given are exquisite !!

The rAga rasa pours out from the eyes, hands and bodies of these great artistes..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJrUyW2i0Ak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM7Barh ... Vs&index=4

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Re: varnam after the Sabdam

Post by nAdopAsaka »

I confess I do not follow dance much (I realize now after all these years it is my loss)

Unerringly , however, the search for good music has enlarged the empire of my senses.

A cursory search of available dance versions motivated by the grace and skill of one of the Sabdam exponent’s noted in below post was rewarded with a superb Todi varna (both dancer and singer are exceptional, in my opinion)

The versions are about decade old but "age cannot wither , nor custom stale" the infinite variety and beauty of these examples of the great art form...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YlYwbPA-G0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UhHDYm_PDw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km6fKOqYLT0

Both the kAmbhoji+rAgamAlikA Sabdam and the Todi varnam invoke the SivA.

As the preceptor of dance the natarAja , (the deity addressed in these), seems quite pleased with the offerings !!..they are simply terrific..

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Re: tillana

Post by nAdopAsaka »

Even to my untrained eye this looks pretty terrific !!
graceful, elastic movements matching the movement of the famous tillAnA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ix2T-Wu670

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Re: sabdam thillai ambalam thannile - lyrics

Post by nAdopAsaka »

the vidUSi sudhAR and her daughter show how the rAga bilahari adorns the madurai dEvi in this sweet tillana

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

MDR/MSG show how to dance with bilahari even while seated

the bilahari “nAma kirtanamE” – which carries the varadadAsa mudra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKtLp1qlKUg

if anyone has lyrics for these two bilahari’s, would be greatly appreciated if they can be posted

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