LYRICS AND MEANING-Arul seyya venumayya

[kokilapriya]

GOOD DAY:

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE POST THE LYRICS AND MEANING FOR KOTEESHWARA IYER'S COMPOSITION " ARUL SEYYA VENDUM AYYA"

tHANKS

[VK RAMAN]

Arul seyya vEnnum
rAgam: Rasikapriya
tAlam: Adi
Composer: koteeshwara Aiyyar

Pallavi
arul seyya vEnnum ayyA(nI) arasE murugayya (nI)
Anupallavi
marul uravE ennai mayakkiDum mAya
irul aravE jnAna sUriyan ena vandOr sol (arul seyya)
Charanam
Nilaiya kAyam ilaiyE idanai
ilaienRennuvadu enna mAyam
nilaienRunnaiyE ninaindu nAn uyya
nEsha kavi kunjaradAsan rasikapriya (arul seyya)

[rshankar]

I will post the meaning with some corrections to the lyrics shortly.

[kokilapriya]

THANKS. COULD YOU ALSO POST THE MEANING FOR "MOHANA KARA MUTHUKUMARA" BY KOTEESHWARA IYER

[VK RAMAN]

Please make another thread under sahitya for second song giving title of song so others can access in the future

[rshankar]

I realize I forgot to post the meaning of aruL seyya veNDum ayyA..so here goes (the lyrics are from a CD of Sri S. Rajam, in which he has sung all the kRtis from kandagAnAmudam):

pallavi
aruL seyya vENDum ayyA(nI) arasE murugayya (nI aruL…)

My Lord (arasE), murugA (murugayyA) you (nI) have to shower (seyya vENDum) your grace (aruL) (on me)!

anupallavi
maruL uravE ennai mayakkiDum mAya
valliruL aravE jnAna sUriyan ena vandOr sol (aruL seyya…)

Please appear/come (vandu) like (ena) the sun (sUriyan) of knowledge (jnAna) (and bless me, Oh murugA) with a (Or) word (sol) [1] that will dispel (aravE) the deep darkness (valliruL) of illusion (mAya) intoxicating (mayakkiDum) and entangling (uravE) me in a web of desire (maruL).

caraNam
nilaiya kAyam ilaiyE idanai
nilayenReNNuvadu enna mAyam
nilaiyenRunnaiyE ninaindu nAn uyya
nEsa kavi kunjaradAsa rasikapriya (aruL seyya…)

This body (kAyam) is not (ilayE) eternal (nilaiya), so what is this (enna) illusion (mAyam) that makes us believe (eNNuvadu) that it (idanai) is permanent (nilaiyenRu)? Oh one who is dear (priya) to the fan (rasika), the loving (nEsa) servant (dAsa), of the poet (kavi) kunjara (bhArati) [2], (you have to bless me, Oh murugA), so that I (nAn) can achieve excellence (uyya) in life by accepting/thinking of you alone (unnaiyE) as the eternal one (nilaiyenRu)!

FOOTNOTES
[1] the word (sol) I think is the praNava – Om
[2] The composer, Sri Koteeswara Iyer was brought up by his maternal grand-father, who was Kavi Kunjara Bharati – Sri KI called himself ‘kavi kunjara dAsan’ – his mudra

[rshankar]

If the lyrics of mOhanAkAra muttuk-kumarA are posted, I can translate that as well.

[Lakshman]

Kokilapriya: If you are still looking for the lyrics and meaning of mOhanAkAra please post your request as a new topic. Thanks.

[kokilapriya]

Thanks Mr. Shankar for your help. Please post lyrics and meaning for mohanAkAra muthukumara. It is very much appreciated

[Lakshman]

Kokilapriya: Please see my earlier post of Feb.13th.

[Pratyaksham Bala]

http://www.karnatik.com/c1180.shtml