Sunday, April 12, 2009

amarkalam / razzmatazz

this is the lyrics of a tamil song from a movie called amarkalam. 

its beautiful.

so here goes.


Satham illatha thanimai kattaen,(I asked for a refuge isolated from the world),
Yootham illatha oolagam kattaen,(I asked for a world without wars),
Rathathil endrendrum vaegam kattaen,(I asked for passion in my blood),
Ragasiyam illam oollam kattaen,(I asked for a soul without secrets),
Uyirai killatha ooravai kattaen,(I asked for a relationship that doesn't pinch/demand your life),
Ottrai kaneer thuliyai kattaen,(I asked for a single tear drop by itself),
Valigal seyatha vaarthai kattaen,(I asked for words that don't inflict pain),
Vyathukku sariyaana vaalkai kattaen,(I asked for a life/behavior appropriate to my age),
Idigal illatha maegam kattaen,(I asked for a sky without any thunder),
Ilamai kedatha mogam kattaen,(I asked for an obsession that doesn't wreck my youth),
Paranthu paranthu naesam kattaen,(With all my heart I asked for care),
Paasaan illatha paasam kattaen,(I asked for a love without hesitation),
Pullin nuniyil paniyai kattaen,(I asked to lie atop a blade of grass),
Poovin madiyil padukka kattaen,(I asked to lie in the lap of a flower),
Thaanae urangum viliyai kattaen,(I asked for eyelids that shut and sleep easily),
Thalayai kothum viralai kattaen,(I asked for fingers to caress my hair),
Nilavin nanaiyum tholai kattaen,(I asked for shoulders drenched in the moonlight),
Neela kuyilin paadal kattaen,(I asked for the song of a blue cuckoo),
Nadantha poga nathikkarai kattaen,(To walk, I asked for a riverside),

Kidanthu urula pulveli kattaen,(To roll in, I asked for grass,),

Othu padukka nilavai kattaen,(To sleep with, I asked for the moon),

Etti parikka vinmeen kattaen,(To stretch and pluck, I asked for the stars),

Thookkam marantha thookkam kattaen,(I asked for a sleep that had forgotten to sleep!),
Thookkam marakkum kanavai kattaen,(I asked for a dream which makes me forget the sleep),
Boomikellam oru pagal kattaen,(I asked for one daytime for the entire world),
Poovukkellam aayul kattaen,(I asked for a long life for every flower),
Manitharkellam oru manam kattaen,(I asked for all man to have one heart),
Paravikellam thai moli kattaen,(I asked for a mother tongue for all the birds),
Oolagukkellam samamalai kattaen,(I asked for an equal rain for all of earth),
Oorukellam oru nathi kattaen,(I asked for one river for the entire country),
Vaanam olikka nilavai kattaen,(I asked for a moon to brighten the sky)
Vaalum bothe sorgam kattaen,(Even while living, I asked for heaven),
Ennam ellam uyara kattaen,(I asked for all my intentions to become loftier), 

Eriyum theeyaa kavithai kattaen,(I asked for a fiery poem inside of me),

Kaneer kadantha gnanam kattaen,(I asked for a realisation/truth that surpasses all tears),
Kaamam kadantha yogam kattaen,(I asked for an enlightenment that surpasses all desires),
Sutrum katrin sugandhiram kattaen,(I asked for the freedom of the wind),
Sittu kuruviyin siragai kattaen,(I asked for the canary's wings),
Uchan thalaiyil malayai kattaen,(I asked for rain at the vertex my head),
Ullankalil nathiyai kattaen,(I asked for a river under my foot),
Pani konda paadal payila kattaen,(I asked for a song inside my pocket),
Paravaikku irukkum vaanam kattaen,(I asked for the sky that belongs to the birds),
Nandri kedatha naatpai kattaen,(I asked for a friendship that doesn't destroy gratitude),
Nadunga vidatha selvam kattaen,( asked for a wealth that doesn't make me shiver/ tremble),
Malaril oru naal vasika kattaen,(I asked to live for a day in a flower),
Malaiyil sangeetham rusikka kattaen,(I asked to enjoy the music in the rain),
Nilavil nathiyil kulikka kattaen,(I asked to bathein a  moon lit river),
Ninaivil santhana manakka kattaen,(I asked for the fragrance of the sandalwood in my memory),
Vilunthal nilavupol vilave kattaen,(If i fell, i asked to fall like a moon),
Aluthaal malaipol alave kattaen,(If i cried, i asked to cry like the rain),
Yekantham yennodu vaala kattaen,(I asked for solitude to live with me),
Appothum sirikkindra oothadugal kattaen,(I asked for lips that always smile),
Panithulli pole oru sooriyan kattaen,(I asked for a sun like a dewdrop),
Sooriyan pole oru panithulli kattaen,(I asked for a dewdrop like the sun),
Raja rajanin vaalai kattaen,(I asked for the sword/valor of Raja Rajan(cholan)/great king ) ,
Valuvan eluthiya kollai kattaen,(I asked for the scroll/poetry of valluvar(thiruvalluvar)/great poet ),
Bharathiyarin sollai kattaen,(I asked for the words/morals of bharathiyar)
Parthipan kodutha villai kattaen,( I asked for the bow/ bravery given by parthiban(of ponniyan selavan fame) )
Maya kannan kulalai kattaen, ( I asked for the flute of the mesmerising Lord krishna)
Madurai Meenakshi kiliyai kattaen, (I asked for the parrot of Madurai Meenakshi)
Sontha ulaippal sotrai kattaen,(I asked for my bread to be from my own earning),
Thottukolla paasam kattaen,( I asked for affection for as my sidedish)
Malaiyai ponda thanimai kattaen,( I asked for the independence of the rain),
Pullai pondra panivai kattaen,(I asked for humility like the grass),
Puyalai pondra thunavai kattaen,( I asked for the boldness of the storm),
Idiyai thaangum tholgal kattaen,(I asked for shoulders that can withstand thunder),
Ilivai thaangam idhayam kattaen,(I asked for a heart that can bear twists),
Throgam thangum valimai kattaen,(I asked for a resilience that can bear betrayal),
Tholanthuvidatha porumai kattaen,(I asked for patience that never gets lost),
Sonnathu kaetkam ullam kattaen,(I asked for a mind/heart that obeys my command),
Sonnal saagum vaegam kattaen,(I asked for a anger that dies when it's told),
Kayavarai ariyum kangal kattaen,(I asked for eyes that can identify moles/schemers),
Kaalam kadakkum kaalgal kattaen,(I asked for legs that can walk through the times),
Chinna chinna tholvigal kattaen,( I asked for small defeats),
Seekiram aarum kaayam kattaen, ( I asked for wounds that heal fast),
Moodiyillatha moogangal kattaen, ( I asked for faces without veils/masks),
Poliyillatha punnagai kattaen,(I asked for smiles without deceit/ingenuinenty),
Thavalum vayathil thay paal kattaen,( I asked for my mother's milk when i crawled),
Thaavum vayathil bommaigal kattaen, ( I asked for dolls when i jumped),
Ainthu vayathil puthagam kattaen,(I asked for books when i was five),
Aaraam virallai paena kattaen,(I asked for the pen to be my sixth finger),
Kaasae vaendaam karunai kattaen,(I asked for sympathy not money),
Thalaiyana vaendam thai madi kattaen,( I asked for a mother's lap to rest my head),
Kootu kili pole vaala kattaen,(I asked to live in the parrot family/joint family),
Kuraintha patcha anbai kattaen,( I asked for atleast minimal love' affection),
Ithanai kaettum kidaikavillai,(I asked for so many things and yet didnt get any),
Ithilae aethuvum nadakavillai,(I didnt get any..)


2 comments:

  1. What the..! Goose bumpy!.. Pathetic.. Sigh :(.. Gimme the song.

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  2. Hey Santo...Pari here...chanced upon ur blog....good one....really nice song...but looks like u deleted the last 2 lines of this song...
    Vaalve vaalve vaendam endru,
    Maranam maranam maranam kattaen ... !
    And so I don't want life,
    And death, death, I ask for death ... !

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