Monday, August 31, 2009

ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF A TELUGU SONG

Translation of my favourite song from the Telugu Movie. "SIRIVENNALA".
Best song by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry garu.Its hard to find such a song and movie these days.Hats off to Kalatapasvi Viswanath garu..!!!
Great master piece !! Superb lyrics, SPB and P Sushila's vocals !!
KV Mahadevan's music Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia ji's Flute recital , What a team effort!! when ever i listen this song my eyes flooded with tears and am unable to control my tears.Really hats of to all.......

vidhaata talapuna prabhavinchinadi anaadi jeevana vEdam
The wisdom of life that originated in the Creator's mind.
Om! praaNa naaDulaku spandana nosagina aadi praNava naadam
Om is the primordial sound, that stimulates the nervesOm!
kanula kolanulO pratibim binchina viSvaroopa vinyaasam
Om is the sound, that reflected as a great form in my eyes like a lake.
eda kanumalalO pratidhvaninchina virinchi vipanchi gaanam
Om is the sound, that resonated in my heart of moutains
sara sasvara sura jarI gamanamou saamavEda saaramidi
this is a sweet and melodious stream that flows like the gist of Sama veda (knowledge of music)
nE paaDina jeevana geetam ee geetam
I m singing my life as a song.
virinchinai virachinchitini ee kavanam
As a creator (virinchi) I wrote this song
.vipanchinai vinipinchitini ee geetam
As a bird I m tweeting this song.
Stanza.1
prathisa vaeneeya paina dinakara mayoogha tantrulapaina..jagrutha vihanga tathulai vineela gaganapu vedica paina...::
Veena that is formed in prar-disha [in the direction of sunrise] with sun-rays as its strings.animated birds are playing the strings of that veena on the stage of sky [gaganapu vedika]
palikina kilakila tvanamula swaragathi jagathiki sreekaramu kaaga..viswakaryamunakidi bhashyamugaaa
those rhythmic tweets of the birds, initiate the beginning of the universe. annotate the creation of universe
Stanza 2 :
janinchu prathisishu galamuna palikina jeevananaada tarangamchetana pondina spandana dhvaninchu hrudayamrudangadhvanam...:
the tune of life that forms every infant's cryanimated and enthusiastic sounds of the percussion (i.e. heart) [refering to heart beat]anaadiraagam aadi talamuna anantha jeevana vaahini gaa..saagina srushti vilaasamu ni...
with primordial melody in primordial beat flowing like an unstoppable river (i.e. life)thus continued the creation of universe ....
naa uchwasam kavanam naa nishwasam gaanam....:
my inhalation is a hymn, my exhalation is a song..
sarasaswarasurajhareegamanamavu samaveda saramidi...nepaadina jeevana geetham...ee geetham..
this is a sweet and melodious stream that flows like the gist of Sama veda (knowledge of music)I m singing my life as a song....

2 comments:

  1. Beautiful. You translated it in an excellent way. I love this song, I could earlier understand only to some extent now it is very clear. Thanks for this wonderful gesture.
    Balaji-Sydney-Australia
    jbaus_36@yahoo.com

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  2. May I request you to translate the song from New Maro charitra. Ninnu Nannu...

    Ninnu Nannu Chero jagaalalo atu itu padesinaa...
    Prathi kshanam madhey ila Smarinchinaa......

    || Ninnu....||

    Prapanchamey Melesinaa...
    Veleyani gnapakama......
    Kane kaley kanneraaye
    Nijaluga marakumaaa.....!

    Gathinchina kshanaalene
    Mudesina Aa varama...
    Vidhey ila valeysina,
    Jayinchunu Naa premaa......

    || Ninnu....||

    Naa manasey virisey swaraaluga,
    Gathaanikey nivaligaa pedhalu paadanee....
    ivala naa ushodhayam jagaalu chudanee...
    Prathi kalaa ugadhila sumaalu pooyani.........

    Thanks in advance Shaija
    Balaji-Sydney-Australia

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