Chalamela Varnam

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preyas
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Chalamela Varnam

Post by preyas »

Can some one please post lyrics and meaning for this varnam. Any interpretations for this shall be very helpfull.

rshankar
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Re: Chalamela Varnam

Post by rshankar »

Preyas, using the advanced search option in the upper right corner of all pages, I found this discussion for a varNam in nATTakurinji: http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic. ... 269#p89269

preyas
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Re: Chalamela Varnam

Post by preyas »

Thank you for pointing it out. I thought I searched but I believe I might have missed it.

I have taken the liberty of copying the words from that discussion.

calamEla jEsEvayya (varNa). rAgA: nATakuranji. Adi tALA.

Composer: Mulaivittu Rangasami Nattuvanar.

A few minor spelling and transliteration corrections and readjustment of spacing is given below: Now the meaning should be clear!

P: calamEla jEsEvayya cakkani mA rangayya |

A: kala kAlamu nI pAdamulE gatiyani nammi yuNDaga
(muktAyisvara sAhitya)
kari moraliDa vini, rayamuna veDali, makarini dunimi,
kari-varadu-Dani birudu dharanu velasi, suralu pogaDa galigina
patita pAvanuDa! nA manavi vina ||ca||

C: nannu brOva nIku bhAramA

1: idE bAgani UrakAnu nIvunna ninu nE viDacedanA

2: nIdu smaraNa gAka vEre eruganu, nIraja nayana, danuja mada haraNa

3: anDANDamulaku-nadhipati-vani niNDa moraliDaga, vinI-vinaka yuNDa
sari-yagunA? madana janakuNDa, varamosagi anudinamu

4: A draupadiki valuva sabhalO tarugakanu osagina mahA daya gala ninu
pogaDanu nA taramagunA, siri velayu rangapurini Elina pati,
nAgala rangani komaruNDa, telisi teliyaka nadacina palu naDatalanu
madi talupa valadu, valadu, sharaNu murahari

Note1: I only changed a letter here and there and readjusted the spaces to bring out the meaning more clearly.

note2: in C4, instead of "valuva sabhalO tarugakanu osagina" I suggest using "sabhalO taragani valuva-losagina" as the syntax is more straight forward, provided the tAla is ok. More research and discussion is required about this.

rshankar and Lakshman - is it possible to get a translation for this song along with discussion points like you would normally do. Trying to understand it from a dance interpretation point of view.

Thank you

Vishkir
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Re: Chalamela Varnam

Post by Vishkir »

Namaskaram. I have learnt this Varnam from my guru from Kalakshetra but I have failed to find any good recording of the audio. I was wondering if anyone could help me get a good quality, uncut version of the audio, the version choreographed by Rukmini Devi. I will be willing to pay for the audio if it is necessary, I don't mind. Assistance will be highly appreciated guys.

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