alai pAyudE
Sahityam
Pallavi
alai pAyudE kaNNA en manam alai pAyudE
un Ananda mOhana vENugAnamadil
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un Ananda mOhana vENugAnamadil
My mind is all aflutter, Oh Krishna, my mind is all aflutter!
listening to the joyous, enchanting music of your flute.
Anupallavi
nilai peyarAdu zilai pOlavE ninrRu
nEramAvAdarRiyAmalE miga vinOdamAna muraLIdharA en manam
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nEramAvAdarRiyAmalE miga vinOdamAna muraLIdharA en manam
Transfixed, I stood there like a statue,
Oblivious of even the passage of time, hey, mysterious flutist!
Charanam
teLinda nilavu paTTappagal pOl erRiyudE
dhikkai nOkki ennirRu puruvaM neLiyudE
kaninda un vENugAnaM kArRrRil varugudE
kaNgaL zorugi oru vidhamAy varugudE
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
kaLitta manattil orutti padattai enakku aLittu magizhtta vA
oru tanitta vanattil aNaittu enakku uNarcci koDuttu mugizhtta vA
kalaikaDal alaiyinil kadiravan oLiyena iNaiyirRu kazhalena kaLikkavA
kadari manamurugi nAn azhaikkavO idara mAtaruDan nI kaLikkavO
idu tagumO idu muraiyO idu dharmaM tAnO
kuzhal UdiDuM pozhudu ADiDuM kuzhaigaL pOlavE manadu vEdanai migavODu
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dhikkai nOkki ennirRu puruvaM neLiyudE
kaninda un vENugAnaM kArRrRil varugudE
kaNgaL zorugi oru vidhamAy varugudE
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
kaLitta manattil orutti padattai enakku aLittu magizhtta vA
oru tanitta vanattil aNaittu enakku uNarcci koDuttu mugizhtta vA
kalaikaDal alaiyinil kadiravan oLiyena iNaiyirRu kazhalena kaLikkavA
kadari manamurugi nAn azhaikkavO idara mAtaruDan nI kaLikkavO
idu tagumO idu muraiyO idu dharmaM tAnO
kuzhal UdiDuM pozhudu ADiDuM kuzhaigaL pOlavE manadu vEdanai migavODu
In this clear moonlight (that makes a day of the night) I strain my eyebrows hard and look in your direction the mellow tunes of your flute come floating in the breeze my eyes feel drowsy and a new feeling sweeps my being
Come! Mould my tender heart, make it full and fill me with joy! Come! Take me to a lonely grove and fill me with the emotions of ecstatic union! You are the one who danced and made merry on the sun-bathed waves of the ocean! Am I to go on pleading for you with melting heart, While you are enjoying yourself with other women? Is it right? Is it proper? Is it what dharma is? My heart dances even like your eardrops do when you blissfully play the flute! (My sad heart is all aflutter)