meaning for cinnam ciru peN pOlE

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kunjamma
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meaning for cinnam ciru peN pOlE

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Dear members I have posted the lyrics of" cinnam shiru peN pole " could some one please help me with the meanings
rAgA: sindhubhairavi. t/Adi tALA. Composer: ?

1: cinnam ciru peN pOlE sitraDigaL uDukkum shivagangai kuLattarugE shrI durgai shirittiruppAL
2: peN avaLin kaN azhagai pEshi muDiyAdu perazhagukkIDAda vEronrum kiDaiyAdu
3: minnalai pOl mEni annai shivakAmi inbamellAm taruvAL eNNam ellAm uraivAL
4: pinnal jaDai pOTTu iccippu shUDiDuvAL pittanakku iNaiyAga nartanam ADiDuvAL
thanks in advance

rshankar
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Re: meaning for cinnam ciru peN pOlE

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Kunjamma - here you go. The words in red font are slighly different from the lyrics you posted.
This was a favorite of Seerkazhi Sri Govindarajan. He used to sing it beautifully. I have seen this danced once, by Smt. Bala Devi Chandrasekhar.
pallavi
cinnam ciru peN pOlE siTRADaigaL uDukkum shivagangai kuLattarugE shrI durgai shirittiruppAL

Beside/near the (arugE) SivagangA (Sivagangai) pond (kuLattu), wearing (uDukkum) clothes (SiTRADaigaL) like (pOlE) a young (cinnam ciru) girl (peN), dEvi durgA (SrI durgai) will be smiling (SirittiruppAL)!

anupallavi
peN avaLin kaN azhagai pEshi muDiyAdu perazhagukkIDAga vEronrum kiDaiyAdu

The beauty (azhagai) of her (peN avaLin) eyes (kaN) is beyond description/words (pESi muDiyAdu); there is absolutely nothing (vEronrum kiDaiyAdu) to equal (IDAga) her dazzling beauty (pErazhagukku)!

caraNam
minnalai pOl mEni annai shivakAmi inbamellAm taruvAL eNNam ellAm uraivAL
pinnal jaDai pOTTu iccippu shUDiDuvAL pittanakku iNaiyAga nartanam ADiDuvAL

Mother (annai) SivakAmi, with a complection (mEni) that is lustrous like (pOl) lightning (minnalai), will grant (taruvAL) all (ellAm) kinds of joy (inbam), and will reside (uRaivAL) [1] in all (ellAm) of one's thoughts (eNNam)! Braiding her hair (pinnal jaDai pOTTu), she will adorn it (SUDiDuvAL) with the flower (pU) of a fig tree (icci) [2], and dance (nartanam ADiDuvAL) as the partner (iNaiyAga) [3] of Siva (pittanukku) [4].

FOOTNOTES
[1] I wonder if uraital or uRaital has another meaning like 'understands' or 'knowing'...
[2] I wonder if there a symbolism to pArvati wearing an icci-pU, like Siva wearing a konrai-pU
[3] iNaiyAga - as his equal, his partner, his consort etc.
[4] Siva is refered to pitta/pittan (madman) most notably by sundarar

rajeshnat
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Re: meaning for cinnam ciru peN pOlE

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The composer of the song is UllundurPettai shanmugham

kunjamma
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rshankarji thank very much for such beautiful word to word meaning .Ever greatful .Wishing you and all the members of our Rasika forum a

kunjamma
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rshankarji thank very much for such beautiful word to word meaning .Ever greatful .Wishing you and all the members of our Rasika forum a"Very Happy new YEAR"

rshankar
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Re: meaning for cinnam ciru peN pOlE

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Kunamma, you are very welcome. I love this song! I forgot to mention that the temple ponds in many temples have names - like the one in tirupati is called pushkaraNi, IIRC, and the one in kuzhikkarai is called gartA. The pond in the cidambaram temple is called SivagangA - 'SingAramAna Sivagangaiyil mUzhgi, SivakAmi sannidhi munbAga vandu...' goes a composition of Sri GKBs.

rajeshnat
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Re: meaning for cinnam ciru peN pOlE

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rshankar wrote: The pond in the cidambaram temple is called SivagangA - 'SingAramAna Sivagangaiyil mUzhgi, SivakAmi sannidhi munbAga vandu...' goes a composition of Sri GKBs.
That composition is by Muttu TAndavar (Sevikka vendum ayyA)

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