Lyrics and meaning of the varnam "calemela" by Vadivelu

Place to go if you want to ask someone identify raga, tala, composer etc or ask for sāhitya (lyrics) or notations or translations.
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sarawrkn
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requesting for the lyrics and meaning of the varnam "calemela" by Vadivelu(Tanjore Quartet).It is in Shankarabharanam raga and ata tala.

Lakshman
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calamEla jEsEvurA. rAgA: shankarAbharaNa. k/aTa tALA. Composer: Svati Tirunal/Vadivelu.

P: calamEla jEsEvurA sarasaku rArA nA sAmi
A: jalajAkSuDaina cakkani sarasijanAbha dEva
(muktAyisvara sAhitya)
sAreku ala sarOjamukhi ninnenaya talapu madibUni valacinadanarA nanu vitaraNa
salpeda navura panivinara nera sarasuDa vatancu batimAlikoniTu manavi
ceviniTugoni satini maruni gitanani hatamu yanishamu viDanani priya celiyayini
C: pApajAti mAruDu
1: incuvilu dhariNIcipuDu mari pancasharamuliTu nenci sAgEnurA
2: pAmaguri kucayugamulu purinci virisharamul viDuvaga nE hA velati
nEneTula sahintunani celipaluke vinara sarasuDa itO nEDu
3: pApa bhujabhAra madhu pAnulaliDa krpA rahitamai sabhAyanucu
pATalanu pADE celipAliTukapAyamagu pATigAnu
4: nIsATi vishAla nayana gAna nanuvaga jentEnu sarasamugA
intIvarAkSi nItO pondujEsi nandamondaga maruni kadanambu
nanu ladalaka benagonavale nani kalavara paDucunnadi
idi samayamu vadarA tagadura pantamu valadu vinu

sarawrkn
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Post by sarawrkn »

thanks for tht.cakkani means beautiful right? i havent understood much of it though.Is this a mixed language?However thank you for the lyrics.

dnayar
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Namaste
Requesting word-meanings for this composition. Also Lakshman Sir, I've never seen charana sahityam for this composition! was wondering why it isn't published commonly. Any thoughts?
Many thanks

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Post by aaaaabbbbb »

Is there any audio?

dnayar
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Post by dnayar »

thanks for the response.
I don't have the audio of the charana sahityams as it is not usually sung in concerts :(

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Respected Lakshman Sir,

Thanks forbthe audio link.

Much obliged Sir.

Regards.

Savitri

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aaaaabbbbb wrote: 17 Dec 2024, 21:34 Respected Lakshman Sir,

Thanks for the audio link.

Much obliged Sir.

Regards.

Savitri

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