Compositions of Subbarama Iyer (Lyrics provided by Mr.Lakshman)
Meanings: Indira Kadambi
nAn angE varuvEnO (p). rAgA: shankarAbharaNa. cApu tALA. Subbarama Iyer.
Naan ange varuvenO dOretaan Inge varuvaarO yenDre
Nayande pesi avar manadei arindhu vaaDi
Naan – I; ange – there; varuvenO – should I go; dOretaan – king
himself; Inge – here; varuvaarO – will come; yenDre – like that;
Nayande pesi – sweetly talk; avar manadei – his mind; arindhu – know;
vaaDi – come
O friend! Go to my lord and talk to him nicely and find out what is
there in his mind – whether should I go to meet him there or king
himself will come to meet me here
Vaanavar paNiyum vELUr thannil vazhar Mutthukumareshar meedhe
maiyyallagade ini taaLEne maanE aDi tEnE
Vaanavar – god; paNiyum – worshipped; vELUr thannil – near ; vELUr;
vazhar – one who rules; Mutthukumareshar – muthukumaresha; meedhe – on
him; maiyyallagade – infatuation/ madness; ini taaLEne – now can’t bear;
maanE – dear; aDi tEnE – O honey;
O my dear friend! I have fallen madly in love with that Muthukumaresha(
of vELUr), whom other Gods worship him with reverence. I can’t
bear this separation anymore. Please go and ask him whether I should go
there or he will come here.
OhO yendre alankarithu konDEn andhineramella
Yennuyire avar vara kaaNene urugudhu yen uLLam
Oho yendre – Exqusitely; alankarithe kondEn – I Dressed up; Andhi
nEramellaam – Whole evening; Yenn uyirE – My life; Avar – he; vara
kaaNene – no sign of him coming; urugudhu - melting of heart; Yenn
uLLam – my heart/mind
I dressed exquisitely the whole evening.There is no sign of his arrival. My heart is suffering.
thOghayei naan thODuthen malarmaNam
poghudOrunuDi yugamaagude
thuNai seiyyaDi paataki indha
vELayil moDiseyyalaagumO pODi
thOghaye ?? – friend; naan thODuthen – I wore; Malar – flower; manam –
fragrant; pOgudhu – passes; OrunuDi – one second; yugamaagude – like an
yuga(era); thuNai seiyadi – Help me; paataki - ……../ indha vELayil
– at this time; mOdi sayyalagumO – indifferent, how can you be
?; pODi – go
O friend. How can you be so indifferent to me at this time? Help me. As i
wear the fragrant flowers and wait for him, even a second seem to be
like an yuga.
