I read back and forth to understand my favourite Bharati song, Kakkai siraginile Nandalala. (In the feathers of the crow I see your dark hue, Nandalala.) Those who can’t read Tamil are out of luck here, but it worked for me. Once we have teased out the meaning of each line in a song, we will hear a richer music ever after. Next in my sights is the translation of Arunagirinathar’s Tiruppugazh by N.
For example, Muruga Muruga was tuned in many versions – nattaikurinji, durbarikanada, desh, kharaharapriya, kambodhi, a couple of ragamalikas and so on. Chinnanchiru Kiliye was originally sugar rush virtual riot in Bhairavi, but it has been tuned and retuned many times. Even Rajkumar, his grandson, renders a different version. And yet, most readers today find poetry harder to follow than prose.
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In fact meetings in the marina beach during freedom struggle will not start without his songs. The crowd used to demand that he should sing first before any speakers start. Many of the songs which he composed were actually sung by him. There are also many articles by him with indepth analysis of CM. Some say TNS tuned Chinnanchiru Kiliye in the popular ragamalika . The version Rajkumar renders is set by someone!!
Bharathi’s intentions of raga are clearly spelt out by himself. If you go through any of his poetry book containing the verses you would find them. Even with the songs for which bhArathi had mentioned the rAgAs , others have changed the rAgAs… Translations to English of the lyrics of Krithis of Carnatic music , which are tomes of devotion. Join ‘Raaga Premium’ and listen to your favorite music in HD!.
May the vara kavi’s work flourish… Kaakkai Chiraginile song is a Tamil devotional song from the Nandalala released on 2006. Music of Kaakkai Chiraginile song is composed by . Kaakkai Chiraginile was sung by Pithukuli Murugadas. Download Kaakkai Chiraginile song from Nandalala on Raaga.com.
There are many other verses that have not been set to music. I remember hearing an item in Sindhubhairavi by O.S.Arun, a bhajan I think. He remarked that had he retuned it in Ataanaa, , he’d feel as if it’s insulting…and no one disagreed. One of the most popular versions of chinnanchiru kiLiyE is from the movie maNamagaL IIRC, tuned by C.