Alai Payude

Composition by OotukkaaDu VenkaTasubbaiyyar

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Title: Alai Payude

Composer: OotukkaaDu VenkaTasubbaiyyar

Language: Tamil

Ragas: Kanada

Talas: Adi

Sources:

karnatik.com 1
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org): Notation (HTML)
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org): Notation (PDF)
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org): Detailed lesson (MP3)
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org): Recording (MP3)
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YouTube: Video
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Lyrics

pallavi

alai payude kanna en manam miga alai payude un ananda mohana venuganamadil

anupallavi

nilai peyaradu silai polave ninra neramavadariyamale miga vinodamana muralidhara en manam (alai)

caraNam

telinda nilavu pattappagal pol eriyude un dikkai nokki enniru puruvam neriyude kaninda un venuganam karril varugude kangal sorugi oru vidham varugude madhyama kalam kaditta manattil urutti padattai enakku alittu magiltta va oru tanitta vanattil anaittu enakku unarcci koduttu mugiltta va kalai kadal alaiyinil kadiravan oliyena inaiyiru kalal-enakkalittava kadari manamuruga nan alaikkavo idara madarudan ni kalikkavo idu tagumo idu muraiyo idu dharumam tano kulal udidum poludu adidum kulaigal polave manadu vedanai migavodu (alai)

Notation

From Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org)

Pallavi:
alai pAyudE kaNNA en manam migha alai pAyudE un Ananda mOhana vEnugAnamadil

Anupallavi:
nilai peyarAdu shilai pOlavE ninra nEramAvadariyAmalE migha vinOdamAna muralIdharA en manam

caraNam
teLinda nilavu paTTappaghal pOl eriyudE un dikkai nOkki enniru puruvam neriyudE
kaninda un vENugAnam kATril varugudE kaNgaL shorugi oru vidham varugudE

madhyama kaalam
kaditta manattil urutti padattai enakku aLittu magizhtta vA
oru tanitta vanattil aNaittu enakku uNarcci koDuTTu mugizhtta vA
kalai kaDal alaiyinil kadiravan oLiyena iNaiyiru kazhal-enakkaLittavA
kadari manamuruga nAn azhaikkavO idara mAdaruDan nI kaLikkavO
idu taghumO idu muraiyO idu dharumam tAnO
kuzhal UdiDum pozhudAdiDum kuzhaigaL pOlavE manadu vEdanai mighavODu (alai)

Meaning:
My mind (“en manam”) is all aflutter (“alai pAyudE”), Oh Krishna (“kaNNA”), listening to the joyous
(“Ananda”), enchanting (“mOhana”) music (“gAna”) of your (“un”) flute (“vEnu”), My mind is all
aflutter!

Transfixed, I stood (“ninra”) there like (“pOlavE”) a statue (“shilai”), oblivious (“ariyAmalE”) of even
the passage of time (“nEramAvada”), hey, mysterious (“migha vinOdamAna”) flautist
(“muralIdharA”)!

In this clear (“teLinda”) moonlight (“nilavu”) that makes a day (“paTTappaghal pOl eriyudE”) of the
night, I strain my two (“enniru”) eyebrows (“puruvam”) hard (“neriyudE”) and look (“nOkki”) in your
(“un”) direction (“dikkai”), the mellow tunes of your flute (“kaninda un vENugAnam”) come floating
in the breeze (“kATril varugudE”)... my eyes (“kaNgaL”) feel drowsy (“shorugi”) and a new feeling
sweeps my being (“oru vidham varugudE”).

Come (“vA”)! Place your feet and mould (“urutti padattai”) my heavy heart (“kaditta manattil”), make
it full (“enakku aLittu”) and fill me with joy (“magizhtta”)! Come! take me to a (“oru”) lonely
(“tanitta”) grove (“vanattil”) and fill me (“koDuTTu mugizhtta vA”) with the emotions of ecstatic union
(“aNaittu enakku uNarcci”)! You are the one who danced and made merry (“iNaiyiru kazhal-
enakkaLittavA”) on the sun-bathed (“kadiravan oLiyena”) waves (“alaiyinil”) of the ocean (“kalai
kaDal”)! Am I to go on pleading (“kadari … nAn azhaikkavO”) for you with melting (“uruga”) heart
(“manam”), while you are enjoying (“kaLikkavO”) yourself (“nI”) with other (“idara”) women
(“mAdaruDan”)? Is it right (“idu taghumO”)? Is it proper (“idu muraiyO”)? Is it what dharma is?
(“idu dharumam tAnO”).

 My heart (“pozhudu”) dances (“AdiDum”) even like (“pOlavE”) your eardrops (“kuzhaigaL”) do when
you blissfully play (“UdiDum”) the flute (“kuzhal”)! With (“mighavODu”) a sad (“vEdanai”) mind
(“manadu”), my heart is all aflutter)

Pallavi:
alai pAyudE kaNNA en manam migha (alai pAyudE) un Ananda mOhana vEnugAnamadil

Sahithya: alai pAyudE kaNNA
Meaning: My mind (“en manam”) is all aflutter (“alai pAyudE”), Oh Krishna (“kaNNA”),

  1         2        3         4                     5         6             7               8
nS- r      ; P     pmG        ;;           |        ; ;        ;;            ;;              ;;       ||
alai pA    - yu    dE - -     --                     --        --            --              --

nS- r      ; P     pmG        ;G           |        G pmmr ; R               s R- s  ; S ||
alai pA    - yu    dE - -     - kaN                 NA - - - en             manam mi - gha

nS- r      ; P     pmG        ;G           |        G pmmr ; R               s R- rs          S- S ||
alai pA    - yu    dE - -     - kaN                 NA - - - en             manam mi          - gha

nS- r      mpN np G ;     ;G               |        gmP    ;R                s R- rs  S- S ||
alai pA    - - yu- dE - - - kaN                     NA - - - en             manam mi - gha

Sahithya: ... un Ananda mOhana vEnugAnamadil
Meaning: … listening to the joyous (“Ananda”), enchanting (“mOhana”) music (“gAna”) of your
(“un”) flute (“vEnu”), My mind is all aflutter!

nS- r      mpN np G ;     ;S               |      nr s n  P pp                mnp- g              , -m r s ||
alai pA    - - yu- dE - - - un                   A -nanda mOhana             vE-nu gA              namadil

nS- r      mpN np G ;     ;S               |      nr s n  pn p n             pmn p- g              , -m r s ||
alai pA    - - yu- dE - - - un                   A -nanda mOhana             vE- nu gA              namadil

nS- r      ; R     R , gm     rsnp ;       |        ; ;        ; ns          ,r- rp          mm G ||
alai pA    - yu    dE - -     --                     --          kaN          -- NA          - - -

;;        ;;       gpmm     ;R         |            S;         ;;           ;;          ;;            ||
--        --         --       --                    --         --             --        --

Anupallavi:
nilai peyarAdu shilai pOlavE ninra nEramAvadariyAmalE migha vinOdamAna muralIdharA en manam

Sahithya: nilai peyarAdu shilai pOlavE ninra
Meaning: Transfixed, I stood (“ninra”) there like (“pOlavE”) a statue (“shilai”), …

   1        2         3         4               5         6            7           8
; gm      ,dN        S;       ;S |             ;;         ;;           ;;          ;;                 ||
  nilai    peyar    rA -      - du             --         --           --          --

; gm      ,dN        S;       ;S |             ;n s       ,sS          S ,n        nrS ;np            ||
  nilai    peyar    rA -      - du             -shilai     pOla        vE -        nin—ra-

; gm      ,dN       S rG,     RS |             ;n s       ,sS          S ,n        nrS ;np            ||
  nilai    peyar    rA -      - du             -shilai     pOla        vE -        nin—ra-

; gm      ,dN      S rG,       RS |           ;n s      ,rR       rS, rpG ; R             ||
  nilai    peyar   rA -        - du           -shilai    pOla     vE - nin - ra

Sahithya: nEramAvadariyAmalE migha vinOdamAna muralIdharA en manam
Meaning: … oblivious (“ariyAmalE”) of even the passage of time (“nEramAvada”), hey, mysterious
(“migha vinOdamAna”) flautist (“muralIdharA”)!

D n s , npm         D n p , m M | d d n- p , p – mp nd – P G ;                            ||
nEra mA- vadari    yAmalE migha vinOda mA - na mura lI- dha rA

D n r s- n p m D n p , m M | d d n- p  , p – mp nd – pm gm r s ||
nEra mA- vadari yAmalE migha vinOda mA - na mura lI- dharA en- manam

nS- S      ; np    G;       ;S            |      nr s n  pn p n      pmn p- g           , -m r s ||
alai pA    - yu-   dE - - -  un                 A -nanda mOhana      vE- nu gA           namadil

nS- r      ; R     R , gm      rsnp ;     |       ; ;     ; ns        ,r- G         ; ; ||
alai pA    - yu    dE - -      --                  --       kaN        -- NA        - - (contd)

Charanam:
teLinda nilavu paTTappaghal pOl eriyudE un dikkai nOkki enniru puruvam neriyudE
kaninda un vENugAnam kATril varugudE kaNgaL shorugi oru vidham varugudE

Sahithya: teLinda nilavu paTTappaghal pOl eriyudE
Meaning: In this clear (“teLinda”) moonlight (“nilavu”) that makes a day (“paTTappaghal pOl
eriyudE”) of the night,

   1          2         3            4      5        6              7          8
;dn       ,d–P         P P         ,mP | mP- p ;M                  P-nd        pmG        ||
 teLin     da ni      la vu         paTTa paghal pOl - e           ri yu-      dE - -

;dn       ,d–P         P P         ,mP | mP- p ;M                  P-nd        pmG-G ||
 teLin     da ni      la vu         paTTa paghal pOl - e           ri yu-      dE - un

Sahithya: ..un dikkai nOkki enniru puruvam neriyudE
Meaning: I strain my two (“enniru”) eyebrows (“puruvam”) hard (“neriyudE”) and look (“nOkki”) in
your (“un”) direction (“dikkai”),

G – gpmm R-R          ; S               S;   |gM –d DD      MD     nrS P                  ||
Dik kai - - nO        - kki             enn- i ru pu ruvam ne ri yu- dE

Sahithya: kaninda un vENugAnam kATril varugudE
Meaning: the mellow tunes of your flute (“kaninda un vENugAnam”) come floating in the breeze
(“kATril varugudE”)...

; gm    , d -N        S,s            SS | ;;              ;;        ;;         ;;         ||
  kanin da un        vENu          gAnam - -              --        --         --

; gm    , d -N        S,s            SS | ;,s              , s -S   sn r s    dN,         ||
  kanin da un        vENu          gAnam - - kA           -Tril va ru-gu-    dE -

D- gm , d -N          srG ,r            SS | ;,s           , s -S  sn r s     dN,         ||
 kanin da un         vE- Nu             gAnam - - kA      -Tril va ru-gu-    dE -

Sahithya: kaNgaL shorugi oru vidham varugudE
Meaning: ...my eyes (“kaNgaL”) feel drowsy (“shorugi”) and a new feeling sweeps my being (“oru
vidham varugudE”).

D –, d     , D –m       DD        , m D | m D –n S – S        snrs nP,           ||
- -kaN      gaL sho     rugi       o ru vidhamai - va         ru- gu- dE - -

;,d        , D –m       DD        , m D | m D –n S – S        ns Rgr snP ;       ||
- -kaN     gaL sho      rugi       o ru vidhamai - va         ru- gu- dE - -

madhyama kaalam
kaditta manattil urutti padattai enakku aLittu magizhtta vA ; oru tanitta vanattil aNaittu enakku uNarcci
koDuTTu mugizhtta vA ; kalai kaDal alaiyinil kadiravan oLiyena iNaiyiru kazhal-enakkaLittavA
kadari manamuruga nAn azhaikkavO idara mAdaruDan nI kaLikkavO ; idu taghumO idu muraiyO idu
dharumam tAnO ; kuzhal UdiDum pozhudAdiDum kuzhaigaL pOlavE manadu vEdanai mighavODu (alai)

Sahithya: kaditta manattil urutti padattai enakku aLittu magizhtta vA
Meaning: Come (“vA”)! Place your feet and mould (“urutti padattai”) my heavy heart (“kaditta
manattil”), make it full (“enakku aLittu”) and fill me with joy (“magizhtta”)!

sSs      pPp     m M m d D d | mD n            sNp         mDn          S;       ||
kaditta manattil u ru tti padattai enakku      aLittu     magizhtta     vA

sSs      pPp     m M m d D d | mD n            sNp         mDn          S - ns ||
kaditta manattil u ru tti padattai enakku      aLittu     magizhtta     vA oru

Sahithya: oru tanitta vanattil aNaittu enakku uNarcci koDuTTu mugizhtta vA
Meaning: Come! take me to a (“oru”) lonely (“tanitta”) grove (“vanattil”) and fill me (“koDuTTu
mugizhtta vA”) with the emotions of ecstatic union (“aNaittu enakku uNarcci”)!

rRr      rRr      gMr sSs       | mD n         s N p       mDn       S ;         ||
tanitta vanattil aNaittu enakku   uNarcci      koDuTTu     mugizhtta vA

Sahithya: kalai kaDal alaiyinil kadiravan oLiyena iNaiyiru kazhal-enakkaLittavA
Meaning: You are the one who danced and made merry (“iNaiyiru kazhal-enakkaLittavA”) on the sun-
bathed (“kadiravan oLiyena”) waves (“alaiyinil”) of the ocean (“kalai kaDal”)!

s s s s pppp            mmmm dddd | mddn sn - pm                       mDn       S;      ||
kalai kaDal alaiyinil   kadiravan oLiyena iNaiyiru kazhal-ena         kkaLitta   vA-

Sahithya: kadari manamuruga nAn azhaikkavO idara mAdaruDan nI kaLikkavO
Meaning: Am I to go on pleading (“kadari … nAn azhaikkavO”) for you with melting (“uruga”) heart
(“manam”), while you are enjoying (“kaLikkavO”) yourself (“nI”) with other (“idara”) women
(“mAdaruDan”)?

n s r–r r– r r r         R - s r , p G | g g m- r , r s s    N–dn                 , n S ||
kadari manam uruga       nAn azhai kkavO i dara mA - daruDan nI kaLi               kkavO

Sahithya: idu taghumO idu muraiyO idu dharumam tAnO
Meaning: Is it right (“idu taghumO”)? Is it proper (“idu muraiyO”)? Is it what dharma is? (“idu
dharumam tAnO”).

ss–ns     R ;           ss- ns    R ;      | sr -sr R– sr          P G           ; ;     ||
idu taghu mO-           idu murai yO-        idu dharu mam tA-     nO -          --

Sahithya: kuzhal UdiDum pozhudAdiDum kuzhaigaL pOlavE manadu vEdanai mighavODu (alai)
Meaning: My heart (“pozhudu”) dances (“AdiDum”) even like (“pOlavE”) your eardrops
(“kuzhaigaL”) do when you blissfully play (“UdiDum”) the flute (“kuzhal”)! With (“mighavODu”) a
sad (“vEdanai”) mind (“manadu”), my heart is all aflutter)

g g- g m          r s– s n        s n p m n p m – d | , n S , n n p n n p m g m r s ||
kuzhal U -        diDum pozhu     dA-diDum kuzhaigaL pO - lavE manadu vE-danai mighavODu (alai)

nS- S      ; np     G;       ;S        |    nr s n  pn p n      pmn p- g         , -m r s ||
alai pA    - yu-    dE - - -  un           A -nanda mOhana      vE- nu gA         namadil

nS- r      ; R      R , gm   rsnp –ns |      rpmm G     ; G    gpmM r    ; S ||
alai pA    - yu     dE - -   --    kaN       NA -       - en   manam mi - gha

nrsS,- n   ; n      S;       ;;        |   nrsS,- n      ; n    S;          ;;       ||
alai pA    - yu     dE - -   --            alai - pA    - yu    dE -        --

nrsS,- n   ; n      R;       ;;        |   S;          ;;      ;;      ;;            ||
alai pA    - yu     dE - -   --            --          --      --      --