Aaromale: Lyrics and Translation!

This track composed by A R Rahman for the movie Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya in tamil is going places. What provoked me to write a blog about this is when a old client of mine, a german messaged me on facebook to send him more songs from India similar to this composition. He said.. “Loved this song Aromale from India by AR Rahman, what language is it? Hindi? Had a floyidish trip! ..”… and I replied … “No Dan! This is a regional language in india called malayalam”… his reply.. “Ah I dont care, I am in love with this track… Dont care what he says.. but is addictive!” .

I thought of posting the translation for a lot of people from across the globe who love this track… but dont understand what the lyrics say. I dont want to spend much time about the situation in which the song appears in the movie…  Read it here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaromale ( one of the few songs which has a Wiki entry! )

Those who love Pink Floyd would love this. A unique composition. Takes me to the 80′s classic rock as well as Carnatic concerts. All mixed in to one.  Music cant be better than this for me!

Here goes the translation….

Mamalayeri varum thennal
(A breeze which blows in through the mountains)

Pudhu manavaalan thennal
(The breeze, which is [decked up] like a bridegroom)

Palli medayae thottu thalodi kurushil thozhudhu varumbol
(When it arrives after worshipping the Holy cross at the altar)
Varavelpinu malayalakara manasammadham choriyum
(This land of Kerala will grant permission for a warm welcome)

Aaromale…..
(O, beloved!)

Swasthi Swasthi sumuhurtham
(This is a very auspicious occasion)

Sumangali bhava, manavatti
(O bride, may you be blessed with a long wedded life!)

Shyama rathri than aranmanaiyil
(In the inner sanctum of the dark night)
Maari nilkayo tharakame
(Oh star, why are u keeping away?)

Pulari manjilay kathiroliyai
(Like a ray of light in the morning mist)

Akayae nilkayo penmaname
(Are you standing afar, my lady?)

Chanju nikkuma chillayil nee, chila chilambiyo poonkuyile..
(On the bough that is bent, O cuckoo bird, did u sing sweetly?)

Manchiragile marayoliyae thediyathiyo poorangal
(Did the festivities come in search of the everlasting flame in the eastern lamp?)

Kadalinae karayodiniyum paadan snehamundo?
(Does the sea still possess the love to serenade the shore?)

Mezhuguthirigalai urugavidinyum pralayam manasil undo?
(Is there still love in the heart, to be melted like wax?)

Aaromale….
(Oh, beloved!!)

Superbly written by the great Malayalam Poet Kaithapuram… Sung by Alphonse Joseph … This track is a worldwide hit!

I just cant get enough of this song!

Indo-Pak Friendship ?

This is a very controversial post…  So people who believe in the concept of peace, can stop reading it now. And what I meant about the ‘people liking peace’ is the set of people who believe in peace on Facebook by liking the ‘V hand Signal’ by Pablo Picasso. I love a peaceful life too… I want to be safe while walking on the road at midnight holding a laptop and be sure that i am not attacked for it. I want my female friends to be able to walk on the road at 1 AM in the night without the worry of being attacked and raped. And I would love to have a picture of me shaking hands with the Pakistani Soldier on the other side of the border, smiling and post it as a profile picture on Facebook!  - Do you think all of the above can happen? Call me pessimistic … I don’t!

The so called peace lovers… human right activists…. can you justify what had been done to Saurabh Kalia ? To brush your memories … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saurabh_Kalia … please read.  For the Kargil war as per estimates ( which i believe is wrong, the number is more ) 527 soldiers lost their lives in the war.. I know at least 6 of them personally.  Was it a war which we waged against Pakistan ? I am sure you would agree .. No!

Still we have to deal with the mujahedeens … with a plane being hijacked… parliament being attacked… blasts in the capital… and when we all came together ( at least as per new channels ) was when 26/11 happened! Still we are peace lovers !

Well I am not suggesting an alternative called war to calm them…. My dear ‘peace’ loving friends, can you suggest something else so that we can have a peaceful relation with our neighbors ? Another ‘Dandi March’ ? I am sure even the so called mahatma wouldnt have had guts to sit near the border and do that … Our soldiers are better off than him!

Please post your opinions in comments… What can we do? Its high time we think about it !

Bawraa Mann … Its all about a crazy mind!

We all have a crazy side to ourselves. From the small mischiefs in school to playing a prank on our colleagues in office… its the crazy part of our mind. Its good to be crazy at times.. These times when it turns to memories are the ones which would make you smile thinking of them.  Another craziness part of mind comes to picture when you are in love… Surely these are also good memories at a stage of life when you get married and most of us change for a serious crazy phase of life with responsibilities.

Was listening to this song “Baawra Mann”   from this amazing movie “Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi” in loop today.

The songs speaks about the dreams of a crazy mind…. Listen to the song from link above. For the exact lyrics and translations please visit http://doveranalyst.blogspot.com/2011/03/bavra-mann-dekhne-chala-ek.html

My fav part of the song..

“Bavre Se Is Jahan Main Bavra Ek Saath Ho….. Is Sayani Bheed Main Bas Haathon Mein Tera Haath Ho”

Translates to : In this crazy world I need a crazy companion…. in this clever crowd, your hands should be in my hands.

Lets be crazy… take this mad life crazily! Guess we all would be more happy that way !

Coming back to life…. err blogging

Writing was a hobby which laziness took away from me.  Was listening to New York Nagarm.. the post about this song till today has highest hits on my blog.. Listening to it back again made me write… And yes as I come back to life …. since there is enough music around which inspires me to hit the keyboard and post about it… and since there are more places to drive to…. and since there are enough friends to make it a beautiful one…. and since now there is enough heart beats left for me to carry on this life…. i will write.

 

 

zikr

I am currently drowned in sufism… may be through music. Read about the term zikr and I loved it. I don’t believe in any particular religion, but sufism and its beleifs attracts me…

Here is an part of zikr below… in a way ‘speaking out’ would solve lot of issues than keeping quite.

Ahl-e-talab aja tum ko bulai ahed Allah
zikr se burh ke nahin hai amal koiee hai farman-e-rasool Allah
nijaat milti hai unko yaqeenan karein jo qalb se zikr Allah
zikr se sur kat-ta hai Nafs ka beshaq zikr hai saif-ullah

Those of you, who seek Allah’s attention, Come, as you are called byAllah.
There is no better deed than ZIKR, said the Holy Prophet of Allah.And those who do ZIKR of Allah from core of their hearts, become successful.
And Zikr cuts Nafs (a human being’s desire to do whatever he wants,good or bad but used mostly for the desire to do evil things) so Zikr is sword of Allah.

zikr aman hai zikr hai fatah zikr shifa hai zikr hai dawa
Allah ho baqimil qule fani aur fana hai sub wo muqab-Allah

Zikr is peace, Zikr is victory, Zikr is remedy, and Zikr is prayer

Only Allah is eternal and will be there when nothing else will bethere, as everything other than Allah will get destroyed one day.

peace!!

dil gira kahin par darfatan…

translates to… my heart fell of a sudden….

listening to this one with my eyes closed, takes me in to a romantic ride….. feels like falling in love….

‘teri khamosh zulfon ki gehrayian
hai jahan dil mera, uljha hua hai kahin kho gaya… tu magar, hai bekhabar, hai Bekhabar …’

Delhi 6 – quick review!

When I was watching Rang de Basanti… I was thinking, wat does the director wanna say and where is the story heading, but when it ended… I was moved… and later this movie became my favorite movie. I have seen it 7 times on the big screen and may be a 100 times on DVD. When
I was watching Delhi6, I had the similar effect and in the end, the movie did move me!
The way Rakeysh has passed on the message using the metaphor of ‘kala bandar’ is highly applaudable!
In the end it leaves you to think about the ‘kala bandar’ inside ourselves.

Don’t miss out the movie for – a great performance by Abhishek, the beautiful n honest picturizationof old delhi. You’ll feel like a part of the movie if you have ever stayed in delhi n have felt it.

There is one reason, i’ll hit back to the theater again to watch this one – the amazing picturization of the song ‘dil gira’… great fusion of old delhi roads in to new york. Have heard a lot of fusion in music but never seen a fusion of video.

My Verdict: 3 out of 5. Out of the 3 starts, 1 goes for the picturization of ‘dil gira’. Another one for beautifully capturing the namaaz at the Jama Masjid.

‘dararein dararein hain mathe pe maula, marramat muqaddar ki kardo maula’! – hope hez listening.

my first mobile blog

After being frustrated by the services of my ISP and now being ‘forced’ to follow the IT policies at my office.. wasn’t regular to blogs… thanx to WAP browsers, now i’ll try to be regular.

This is a ‘test’ post which m posting through my cell phone.

If you blog on wordpress and want to post blogs directly from your cellular phone, type http://m.wordpress.com on your phone browser. Don’t expect a cool n jazzy webpage, but thanx to the lite n simple design which makes it faster and cheaper to use..

and while I have been typing all this… I ‘really’ missed my iphone keyboard ..

A bad day…

Sometimes you come across instances in Life, where you forget your pain/anger and start believing that yes I am at a better state.
Woke up today morning to see that my car was a bit ‘high’ in the air, elevated from ground using bricks… ( remembered a scene from slumdog millionaire, also the various articles written against it for showing the ‘real’ India on ‘reels’… crap! ) . I had guessed rite.. someone broke in to it through the window… took my beloved ‘blaupunkt’ which always made sure that my long drives were less boring. My brain started calculating the effect on my wallet… and in next one hour I was with the law keepers of our country, at the police station.
 
Had to wait for 45mins to get an appointment with a cop ( probably its true what bollywood shows, the police always reaches after the crime and the criminal! )… not my frustration did not stop here… I had to give him a ride on my bike to my house and back from the police station for investigating the case… reason: he had 3 bikes at the station but with an empty fuel tank!
 
Adding to my frustration – I returned to drop the police guy and now he realises that these cases come under criminal department, and I need to comeback in an hour to meet the cop who handles the department. While I was leaving the station I saw two kids standing on one corner… I asked ke a cop what did they do.. the reply I got… “Sab chori kartein hain… saale musalman!”. This reply kind of moved me… if the law keepers have this attitude then, how can we be sure that they are not biased while enforcing it?
 
Came back to the station after an hour to find that the cops were beating up the kids turn by turn… it was like every policeman was trying to dump their frustration on these little kids…  I just could not see it… its easier to close your eyes, but could not stop the loud voices of the kids crying for help… ( for help… from whom? ) entering my ears. Later found out that these kids were crying out in telguthat they will never do it again… my house owner who accompanied me in to the station told me “I too feel like kicking these #$%#@, If they are not treated this way… they will end up doing a bigger crime!”. I am not sure if to agree to this or not… 
 
I asked the cop to take down my complaint..  which he tried his best to make it as ” I lost my car wheels and stereo ” ( you loosing the wheels of your car, is it the keys to misplace!!) … so that they have less work to do… After half an hour of argument .. he finally rephrased the sentence ” the wheels and stereo from xyz car was stolen!”. Then they again started about the muslim factor… and many more statements which if I mention it here might lead to a communal riot! 
 
India on one part connect to every part of the world inside modern architectural wonders, a little far away from that lies a world which is not even connected locally! – Yes, a diversified nation it is !!

People critisized Slumdog Millionaire for showing the real India, only when the movie was a big hit… and since my blog has a limited coverage… I am sure I wont be critisizedfor anything like this.. and even if someone does it.. I dont care.. Its easier for people to sit and write everything …  it applies for me too! 

And wise men know that  – India is much more than Slums and Dogs!

My top 10 songs in 2008

1. Kaise Mujhe Tum -  The most repeated track in a short span of time. Plus points – Vocals – Benny you are a great find and Shreya – my favorite female vocalist, Lyrics, Correctly placed in the movie
2. Kahin to – Sounds fresh…. listening to it with closed eyes will take you to the world as described in the song. Plus Points- Amazing vocals by both  – love the way Vasundhra starts with “Saansein kho gayi hain..” in a kind of rough way and the harmony in the background smoothens it. Also the part were Rashid says .. ” mulaqaaat mein… “.
3. Tum ho to – Unleashing the singer in Farhan – a rough sound which fits in to magik to create magic! A song which is not just meant for your better half or your love…. its  your best friend ( the way its picturized in the movie ). I already have done the dedication … Plus points: Farhan – Man you rock!! The way you pulled zindagiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii… is amazing ! . Lyrics – Your dad rocks too always! you simplify poetry… love this line.. “Tum ho to rahein bhi hain…. tum nahi, to raste kahan!!”.  SEL – If Rahman started the revolution, you are following it with perfection. Rock on is a perfect album where you proved to non-rock listeners that it is one of the rare genres of music where you can express all kinds of expressions.
4. In Lamhon ke – This songs acted like a slow poison to me. I am not a big fan of Sonu Nigam…. though listening to this one moves me closer to becoming one! Plus Points – One of the best Compositions I have heard ever,  Amazing use of instruments… loved the use of sarangi ( 0:45), drums through out…. and the way heavy chorus stops… ( 02:44).. leaves a silence and Sonu starts off again with jal tarang ( not sure of this ) playing in the background… and madhushree starts off.  My fav part of the track is when Sonu starts with “Mere khwabon ke… ” and then the chorus takes it from there with “Kyun hain yeh aarzoo… “. Amazing lyrics and an Amazing Composition – which makes Rahman stand out always.
5. Manmohani - An ignored track of the year – but this is an example where techno beats can carry off Hindustani Classical music. Perfectly Inter-woven… and if you like Sargams, this one is a gem in your collection. Plus points – Great fusion, amazing vocals – Vijay Prakash… who has sung this not-so-easy to sing track.
6. Kuch Kam – I had started under-estimating Vishal Shekhar after listening to their recent compositions… like Golmaal or Om Shanti Om. Dostana was ‘kind-of’ their comeback… its a pity that only their peppy numbers become hit and people kind of ignore the gems in their album. Kuch Kam is one of them….. the lyrics of the song are superb, perfectly describes the empty space in your life. Plus Points – Lyrics and perfectly woven in to the movie.
7. Zindagi - If Kuch Kam makes you realize that you are missing something in life… and how life has changed without it… then you ask “Zindagi Zindagi Kya kami reh gayi….” . I have reviewed this song before in my blog and its currently called ‘A ghazal on synth’.  Plus Points – Lyrics – Gulzar, not known for his simple lyrics, but simplifies it here. Vocals – Srinivas… Loved you ever since i heard ‘Kaisi he yeh ruth’ from Dil Chahta Hai.
8. Khuda Jaane – Another song which makes me beleive that Vishal Shekhar is back to quality music. Not a big fan of its lyrics – but I started listening to this song after hearing the Female Voice – later finding out that its Shilpa Rao.. I dnt remember hearing her before, but i am sure she will have a huge fan following after this one. KK – as usual.. yes its always as usual for him, rocks in this song.
Plus points – Shilpa Rao  – Love your voice girl.. specially when u sing.. “Karti hun sau baatein tumse…. “, I dnt know why it makes me feel I am in love.. .. .Music: Love the way Table starts off at 0:44…. and also the mixing part. But Vishal – Shekhar.. you guys have a lot to improve on the engineering part.. for example.. towards the end starting 4:50.. you guys have added and amazing harmony… but its hardly heard!
9. Jaane Kyun : I love Songs about friendship…. started with Yaaron.. Tum ho to… and now Jaane Kyun. Love the beats when it starts…. and in most songs I hate it when they mix english in to hindi just for the sake of it… but in this one its done greatly well. Love the lyrics and the peppiness of the track. Plus points : Lyrics and livelyness of the song.
10. Sindbad the Sailor : This song rocks… the lyrics which takes Sindbad as an example to prove that try again n again and you will succeed one day. Sindbad went through a lot of troubles before he succeded in his travel… similarly to be happy you need to go through lots of them in life… but sometimes.. you are still looking for that! Plus points : Inspiring Lyrics…. Love the picturisation and also the way “Tum ho to.. ” comes in the end…….

Would like to mention two songs which I have not Included in the list… “Khwaja mere Khwaja” and “Man Mohana” from Jodha Akbar. Both of these tracks stand somewhere above the rest and are beyond comparison….