Saturday 1 September 2007

"Omana Thingal Kidavu"

Many a times we would have heard this song .., ha .., but this time i had a zeal to byheart the lyrics !!

This is a malayalam lullaby, sung for the great Music lover and king 'Swathi Thirunal" when he was born. He was born after a long yearning. It is in Neelambari Ragam. The song is recently sung by Bombay Jayashree in " Vatsalyam"

The lyric of this song is so beautiful that it is a lullaby not only for the king, but for the entire human generation. In this song, using appropriate phrases in sweet and chaste malayALam, the baby (king) is compared to the most beautiful things in the world that one can describe. It is to be noted that there is no mention of the word "sleep" anywhere in this lullaby. There is hardly any home in Kerala, where the newborn baby is not put to sleep by the soothing melody of the ever-popular lullaby, !!

hope you too would enjoy hearing this song..,
You can access the song from this link : http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=602263&songID=4708145{select lo-fi }

To know more about the origin of the song and its poet Irayimman Thampi
access this link http://www.carnatica.net/special/irayimman-ppn.htm
My favourites...,

Paadam namakku paadam
http://www.sayujyam.com/player/player.asp?IDSng=4720

Ormail undu enikku oru
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzEw5yg9uQo&mode=related&search=

Onnamliki renddam kili
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kdx2jIxJ1Y