Request for Lyrics and Meaning for 2 songs

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savannahmagic
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Post by savannahmagic »

Please could someone post the lyrics and meaning s for :-

1. Saranam Saranam ( sung by OS Arun for dance- composed by Muralidharan)
2. Kunreri Ninraaley (compsed for dance by Haridoss)

Lakshman
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Post by Lakshman »

caraNam sharaNam shrI AnyjanEyA. rAgA: shuddhasArang. k/Eka tALA. Composer: Madurai Muralidharan.

P: caraNam sharaNam shrI AnjanEyA caraNam sharaNam shrI rAma dUtA
A: arivu kozhundE AnandamE anbin vaDivE shrI AnjanEyA
aramAi tiramAi Akki ninrAi varamE vandaruLvAyE shrI AnjanEyA
C1: mAnattezhundu vaNNak-kadirOnin vazhi ninru vaLar kalai payinravA
mOna tavattOnE mUlavanE jnAlattuyarnda shrI AnjanEyA
2: vAnavar vAzhttum vAnara vIrA vAyuvin maindA shrI AnjanEyA
tEn amar shOlaiyil anjanai Inra nallAnandanE en shrI AnjanEyA
3: peN avaL sItaiyai ten ilankai senru kaNDingu vandu seidi uraittavA
aNNalin innal kaLaindavan nI en arum deivamE shrI AnjanEyA

rshankar
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Post by rshankar »

Here is my attempt at translating caraNam SaraNam AnjanEyA:

pallavi
caraNam sharaNam shrI AnjanEyA caraNam sharaNam shrI rAma dUtA


I seek the refuge (SaraNam) of your feet (caraNam) SrI AnjanEya, the messenger (dUtA) of lord SrI rAmA!

anupallavi
arivu kozhundE AnandamE anbin vaDivE shrI AnjanEyA
aramAi tiramAi Akki ninrAi varamE vandaruLvAyE shrI AnjanEyA


SrI AnjanEya you are the personification (vaDivE) of love (anbin), happiness (AnandamE) and searing/flame-like (kozhundE) intellect (arivu)! You became (Akki) the pinnacle of virtue (aRamAi) and prowess (tiRamAi) and stood tall (ninrAi)! Now, please come (vandu) and bless us (aruLvAyE) with boons (varamE).

caraNam 1
mAnattezhundu vaNNak-kadirOnin vazhi ninru vaLar kalai payinravA
mOna tavattOnE mUlavanE jnAlattuyarnda shrI AnjanEyA


You are the one who practiced (payinravA) the art (kalai) of growing huge, and jumping high (vaLar) by jumping up into the sky (mAnattezhundu) and trying to obstruct (ninru) the path (vazhi) of the colorful (vaNNa) sun (kadirOnin) [1]. Oh practitioner of silent (mOna) penance/austerities (tavattOnE); the primeval lord (mUlavanE)! SrI AnjanEya who is pre-eminently (uyarndavA) wise (jnyAla)!

caraNam 2
vAnavar vAzhttum vAnara vIrA vAyuvin maindA shrI AnjanEyA
tEn amar shOlaiyil anjanai Inra nallAnandanE en shrI AnjanEyA


Oh brave monkey (vAnara) warrior (vIrA) who is praised (vAzhttum) by the gods (vAnavar), son (maindA) of vAyu (vAyuvin)! My (en) Lord AnjanEya, who was brought forth (Inra) [2] into this world by anjanA (anjanai) in a grove (Solaiyil) where nectar/honey (tEn) resides (amar).

caraNam 3
peN avaL sItaiyai ten ilankai senru kaNDingu vandu seidi uraittavA
aNNalin innal kaLaindavan nI en arum deivamE shrI AnjanEyA


You are the one who went (Senru) to lankA (ilanakai) in the south (ten), and discovered/beheld (kaNDu) that (avaL) lady (peN), sItA (sItaiyai), and returned (vandu) to this (ingu) place and proclaimed (uRaittavA) the news (Seidi) of her sighting to rAma. My (en) beloved/unique (arum) lord (deivamE), you (nI) are the one who removed/destroyed (kaLaindavan) my lord, SrI rAma's (aNNalin) affliction (innal) [3].

FOOTNOTES
[1] Refers to the bAla lIlA of hanumAn when he jumped at the sun and tried to swallow him, thinking he was a bright orange - the ensuing impenetrable darkness led the gods to plead with him to spit the sun out!
[2] Inra - gave birth to
[3] When hanumAn returns from lankA, he finds rAma in the grip of extreme sorrow, ennui and lassitude at the thought that they may never find Sita - hanumAn's proclamation of 'kaNDEn, kaNDEn, kaNDEn, sItaiyai kaNDEn rAghavA' infuses him with new life and purpose and he sets about building up the army to fight Sita's captor.

PUNARVASU
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Post by PUNARVASU »

rshankar wrote:

caraNam 1
mAnattezhundu vaNNak-kadirOnin vazhi ninru vaLar kalai payinravA
mOna tavattOnE mUlavanE jnAlattuyarnda shrI AnjanEyA

You are the one who practiced (payinravA) the art (kalai) of growing huge, and jumping high (vaLar) by jumping up into the sky (mAnattezhundu) and trying to obstruct (ninru) the path (vazhi) of the colorful (vaNNa) sun (kadirOnin) [1]. Oh practitioner of silent (mOna) penance/austerities (tavattOnE); the primeval lord (mUlavanE)! SrI AnjanEya who is pre-eminently (uyarndavA) wise (jnyAla)!

1) I feel that the starting words should be vAnam rather than mAnam-
'mAnam(sky)' is used only colloquially.
2) jnAlam means world-not to be confused with jnAnam(knowledge) .

Regarding HanumAn's proclamation after seeing sIta dEvi,
kambar says it beautifully
kaNdEn kaRpinikku aNikalanai'- to assure rAma that he did see sIta and saw her as pure as ever.
Hanuman is therefore called sollin selvan.

rshankar
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Post by rshankar »

As far as I am aware, jnAlam also means wise, in addition to 'world' or earth....

arasi
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Post by arasi »

Ravi,
Yes. nyAlam also means uyarndOr (the wise ones?).
nyAlam paDaittOn is nAnmugan where it means 'the creator of the worlds. nyAlattu uyarndOnE! can mean the great one in all the worlds, I suppose.

aRamAi, tiRamAi Agi ninRAi : Agi=being the embodiment of;

'mAnam uyarndOn': I think too that mAnam is vAnam in spoken tamizh, not to be confused with mAnam which means gauravam, dignity. I think Punarvasu is right.

arasi
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Post by arasi »

Punarvasu,
kaNDanen kaRpinukkaNiyaik kaNgaLAl kaNDanen
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CHELLAM
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Post by CHELLAM »

CAN SOME ONE HELP WITH THE AUDIO FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL SONG

Thanks in advance

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