Lyrics & Notations- Govindan Kuzhalosai

MBK · Post by **MBK** » 15 Feb 2007, 15:32

Hi

Whew!! ... this is along shot ... but I am in urgent need of the lyrics & notation for a dance piece .... the song title is Govindan Kuzhalosai - Ragamalika - Adi. It starts in Desh.

Would really appreciate it if someone could help in this regard.

Regards
MBK

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 15 Feb 2007, 16:47

Here is a rough version of the original song which was put together by Kalamamani Dr Saraswathi (who is associated with Dr Balamuralikrishna)

A friend of mine performed it recently but it was done entirely in Desh instead of a ragamalika. Contact me if you are interested in hearing this version.
Desh
SRMGRGNN RMPR-MPN SRS-N-P-M- R-MPN
S-NSN- NSN- PNP- MPNS-
SRN-DPD M-GR-G SNS- MRNS MRPM NPS-

Govindan kuzhalosai ketu
angu mevidum aavinam meidhal marandhana

PNSSSNPM PSNNNPMR MNPPPMRS NS MRPMNP SNS

Koovidum paravaigal koodugal thurandhana
Poovidai then arundha vandinam marandhana

NSRMPNSR M-GR NSRS-NDP M-GAR
NSRMGS- RMPNDP- PNSR-S-ND MGRMPNS

THATHA RITHA RITHA JONU THAKA JONU THAKA DHIMI
THARITHA DHANATHA JONUTHA DHIMITHA
THATHA RITHA RITHA JONU THAKA JONU THAKA DHIMI
THARIKITATHOM THA-3

MPG-MRS NSR- NPG-MD- NRSP
MDDN NSSR G- G-MRS NRS P-NMP MNPG- MDNS-

Katiila mangaiyar kannan kuzhal ketu
Mattila aananda kadalil moozhgi
Kannanai kandu kadhal kondu
Kanna endre thedi alaindhana [kanna nin kuzhalosai ketu]

ATANA- PMPR- SNSD- NRS NSD- PDDDNNS RSN PDNPMP
RANJANI-S-ND SND- MDMG- SRGS- RD-SRG SRGMDS
Sim.MADHYAMAM-R-G R-GRGS SGR SRN- GRS-NDP M-PPNS-
MOHANAM- DSRG PDSRG- RRG- RG-R SR SGRS RSDP GPDS- GPDR- GPDG- SRGS- PDSP- SRGPDS-
HINDOLAM-S-NGS NSD- MDNSD- GMDNSD- MDM GMG SNSD-
NGG SMM GDD MNN SGMGSN DNSDMG SGMDN

MBK · Post by **MBK** » 15 Feb 2007, 16:54

Thanks mohan
That is a great help for me.

Actually, for now, all I need is the ragamalika version for a performance next week.

God bless you!!!

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 15 Feb 2007, 20:31

MBK,
Do you need the original song? Or just the notations?
This is the cassette/CD where Neeraja has sung the song (rAgamAlikA version) under the music direction of Sri. M. Balamuralikrishna:
http://www.kanakasabha.com/kanakasabha/ ... &compoid=4

Mohan,
Is the composer, Sri M. Balamuralikrishna?

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 16 Feb 2007, 02:16

I am not to sure if the composer is BMK, Saraswathi or a collaboration.

MBK · Post by **MBK** » 16 Feb 2007, 13:11

Thanks rshankar.

I do have the original. I just needed the lyrics. My wife will perform this piece shortly & I will sing for her....& it is difficult to get the correct lyrics from the cassette.

I must thank you all .... learning & performing new pieces in my kutcheris & dance recitals is so much more enhanced having acquaintenaces such as you all. Apart from the ever ready assistance to provide the requested lyrics at lightning speed

, your opininons go a long way to enhance my concerts.

God bless you all on this Mahashivarathri.

MBK

MBK · Post by **MBK** » 16 Feb 2007, 13:27

Can anyone translate the piece.

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 16 Feb 2007, 21:03

Here is a quick overall translation:

1. Listening to the flute melody of Govindan (Krishna) the cows stopped grazing.

2. The chirping birds left their nests. The bees stopped sucking the nectar (tEn) in the flowers.

3. The girls (gOpis) upon hearing Krishna's flute melody were enthralled (with pleasure--literally immersed in the sea of happiness) and fell in love with Krishna wandering around and looking for him.

I think the two words in the caraNam are: kaTTilA (?) and maTTilA (?).

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 16 Feb 2007, 22:28

yes: the words are kaTTilA (? without restraint), and maTTilA (unrestrained - without a dam/aNai)...

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 16 Feb 2007, 23:02

I think it is kaTTiLa mangaiyar as in kaTTu + iLa + mangaiyar => youthful ladies with vigour. See http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/romadi ... =tamil-lex where first word is kaTTiLamai

Arun

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 16 Feb 2007, 23:04

On second thoughts, I guess kaTTu +ilA + mangaiyar makes good sense as "in ladies without restraint" and rhymes better with maTTilA.

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 16 Feb 2007, 23:13

btw, maTTu means measure/quantity,proportion - pl. see http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/romadi ... =tamil-lex

so maTTilA Anandam - boundless joy.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 17 Feb 2007, 00:24

maTTu also means daming something...so this is aNai kaTTamuDiyAda Anandam...same meaning...
Reminds me of the famous song from vanjikOTTai vAlibhan - kaNNum kaNNum kalandu - where character played by Padmini says/sings: 'Aru perugivarin aNai kaTTalAgum, anbin pAdayil taDai iDalAmO? pEdamayAlE, madE ippozhudE kAdalai venriDa kanavu kANAdE!'

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 17 Feb 2007, 00:29

not sure. The context is maTTilAnanda kaDalil moozgi? Daming and sea (even a figurative one!) doesnt seem to add up. Doesnt "drowned in boundless sea of joy" make better sense here?

Arun

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 17 Feb 2007, 00:34

maTTu also means a measure. immaTTu (or imbuTTu) is a colloquial expression. So maTTilA would mean immeasurble pleasure, "aLaviDamuDiyAda Anandam"

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 17 Feb 2007, 00:37

Arun...how does one bind water? By constraining it by a dam...so something that can't be bound is the same as free flowing water that has no constraints - like the ocean of love, or the river of happiness etc....they are all free flowing, unfettered and without any constraints....

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 17 Feb 2007, 00:50

ok. I thought at binding water in a sea is not something you hear often (unless may be in middle-east nowadays

). But both interpretations are probably the same thing anyway i.e. since damming as a way of containing or say measuring, then as you say uncontained => boundless).

Btw, I checked a few dictionaries (one at home, and couple online)/ i could not find dam associated with maTTu. but i will take your word for it - they are probably not the most comprehensive ones.

Arun

venkmal · Post by **venkmal** » 17 Feb 2007, 00:57

A friend of mine performed it recently but it was done entirely in Desh instead of a ragamalika. Contact me if you are interested in hearing this version.

Please post the song with the notations if available. thx.
Notations can be sent to [email protected]. thank you in advance.
mal

kutty · Post by **kutty** » 21 Jun 2007, 11:06

As stated elsewhere I am a late visitor due to my pre occupations as such I may not be of timely help to persons like MBK. However, the version, learnt by my sister in 1957, is provided below for the use of those who need in future. The piece is not composed either by BMK or Saraswathi as it existed even before 1957.

rAgamAlikai Adi

dEsh

pallavi

gOvindan kuzhalOsai kETTu angu
mEviDum AvinangaL mEygai maRandana (gOvindan)

a.pallavi

kUviDum kuyilinangaL kUTTai maRandana
pUviDai vaNDugaL tEnai maRandana (gOvindan)

suruTTi

caraNam 1:

siRuviralgaL taDavi SvarajAlangaLaik koTTa
puruvamum, nayanamum navaraSangaLaik kATTa
suruTTiya kUndalum tenRalil asaindADa
siRu nudal mangaiyar seyalizhandAr anRO (gOvindan)

bhAgEchvari

caraNam 2:

marangaLum madhura tAraiyaippozhiya
malargaL udirttu malark kombugaL ADa
maruNDa makkaNangaLum mayangiyE kETka
ezhudu sittiram pOl yAvumE irukka (gOvindan)

Sindubhairavi/aTANA

caraNam 3:

kaTTiLam mangaiyar kaNNaN kuzhal kETTu
maTTilA Ananda magizhveydi kaNNanaik
kaNDu ARAda kAdal koNDu
kaNNA kaNNA enRu mayanginar (gOvindan)

ராகமாலிகை ஆதி

தேஷ்

பல்லவி

கோவிந்தன் குழலோசை கேட்டு அங்கு
மேவிடும் ஆவினங்கள் மேய்கை மறந்தன (கோவிந்தன்)

அ.பல்லவி

கூவிடும் குயிலினங்கள் கூட்டை மறந்தன
பூவிடை வண்டுகள் தேனை மறந்தன (கோவிந்தன்)

சுருட்டி

சரணம் 1:

சிறுவிரல்கள் தடவி ஸ்வரஜாலங்களைக் கொட்ட
புருவமும், நயனமும் நவரஸங்களைக் காட்ட
சுருட்டிய கூந்தலும் தென்றலில் அசைந்தாட
சிறு நுதல் மங்கையர் செயலிழந்தார் அன்றோ (கோவிந்தன்)

பாகேச்வரி

சரணம் 2:

மரங்களும் மதுர தாரையைப்பொழிய
மலர்கள் உதிர்த்து மலர்க் கொம்புகள் ஆட
மருண்ட மக்கணங்களும் மயங்கியே கேட்க
எழுது சித்திரம் போல் யாவுமே இருக்க (கோவிந்தன்)

ஸிந்துபைரவி/அடாணா

சரணம் 3:

கட்டிளம் மங்கையர் கண்ணண் குழல் கேட்டு
மட்டிலா ஆனந்த மகிழ்வெய்தி கண்ணனைக்
கண்டு ஆறாத காதல் கொண்டு
கண்ணா கண்ணா என்று மயங்கினர் (கோவிந்தன்)

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 21 Jun 2007, 11:24

Perhaps Balamurali has retuned some of it since the commercially available version has different ragas.

kutty · Post by **kutty** » 21 Jun 2007, 11:44

mohan

Yes, I too think so

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 21 Jun 2007, 18:44

Couple of comments.
1. In kutty's version there are too many "maRandana"--especially with the birds "tuRandana" (deserted) fits better (kUviDum kuyilinangaL kUTTait tuRandana reads better)
2. The third caraNam in kutty's version reads much better meaning-wise compared to the only caraNam given earlier. Once the gOpis found KaNNan there is no need to search (tEDi) for him again (the only caraNam mentions "tEDi")

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 11 Sep 2007, 19:08

I fiund out that the song is by Guru Kameshwaran.

venkmal · Post by **venkmal** » 12 Sep 2007, 00:24

Lakshman wrote:I fiund out that the song is by Guru Kameshwaran.

would like to hear the audio. anyone can u/l please.
thx in advance
v/mal

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 12 Sep 2007, 02:09

Balamurali has sung it on the CD titled Bharatanatyam. Details here:
http://www.khazana.com/et/products/dept ... mscsstcid=

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 12 Sep 2007, 02:19

Lji,
BMK has just composed the music - The songs in this CD have been sung by Ms. Neeraja.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 12 Sep 2007, 03:36

Thanks rshankar.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 26 Nov 2008, 07:30

Here is a very graceful dancer presenting this piece:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdkCzQEe ... re=related