Sunday, September 04, 2011

The light of life….Deepavu ninnade

One of my favorite all time kannada song, which captures the complexity of life is from Mysore Mallige album. It made me to think that poet has captured the essence of life so nicely;

Whenever I listen to this song-am mesmerized- it’s so thought provoking, takes me into another world – forget myself and the surrounding. Life is so uncertain, everything is the divine play of the supreme lord….the song says the same:

Deepavu Ninnade gaLiyu ninnade, aaradirali beLaku
kaDalu ninnade, haDagu ninnade muNugadirali badaku……..

‘Everything is yours- the light, air, water……do not put off the light of life- the shore/bank (as in river)belong to You oh god, so does the boat in which we sail-do not let the life drown/get washed away’

BeTTavu ninnade, bayalu ninnade, habbi nagali preeti
neLalu bisilu yellavu ninnave irali ekareeti

The mountains and the plains are yours; let love blossom(the poet means to say let there be vegetation/there ought not be a draught)
The sunny days and rainy are yours -measure them on a same scale

Alle ondu siDilu iigondu mugilu,ninage alankara
alle ondu hakki, ille ondu muguLu ninage namaskara
kaDalu ninnade,haDagu ninnade muLugadirali baduku….

The roaring thunder and the rain clouds adorn you like jewels; the birds and smiling faces sing thy praise…..don’t let the boat of life to be drowned

Alli raNa dundubhi illi ondu veeNe ninna pratidwani,
aa mahakavya, ii bhavageete ninna padadhwani
deepavu ninnade, gaLiyu ninnade aaradirali beLaku
kaDalu ninnade, haDagu ninnade muNugadirali badaku……..


Amidst the war cries, I string the melodious Veena which is your very voice; Epics have been written in your praise, I’m singing a song for you which I regard it as a foot-step to realize you……you are the light and wind too ; let not the light of my life extinguish, let the shore of my life along with the boat in which I sail by your support; not wash away/drown.

These are reflections of a thoughtful Sunday morning…

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