cinnanjiru kiLiyE - Lyrics
cinnan siru kiLiyE raagam: raagamaalika taaLam: roopakam Composer: Subrahmanya Bhaaratiyaar Language: Tamil
1 raagam: kaapi
22 kharaharapriya janya Aa: S R2 M1 P N3 S Av: S N2 D2 N2 P M1 G2 R2 S
cinnam shirukkiLiyE kaNNammA shelvak-kaLanjiyamE ennaik-kali tIrttE ulagil Etram puriya vandAi
2
piLLaik-kaniyamudE kaNNammA pEshum por-chittiramE aLLi aNaittiDavE en munnE Adi varum tEnE
3 raagam: maanD
29 shankaraabharaNam janya Aa: S G3 M1 P D2 S Av: S N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S
Odi varugaiyilE kaNNammA uLLam kuLirudaDi Adit-tiridal kaNDAl unnaip-pOi Avi tazhuvudaDIaaDi tiridal kaNDaal unnai poi aavi tazhuvudaDi
4 raagam: vasantaa
17 sooryakaantam janya Aa: S M1 G3 M1 D2 N3 S Av: S N3 D2 M1 G3 R1 S
ucci tanai mughandAl garuvam Ongi vaLarudaDi mecci unnai yAr pugazhndAl mEni shilirkkudaDI
5 raagam: tilang
28 harikaambhOji, 30 naaganandini janya Aa: S G3 M1 P N3 S Av: S N2 P M1 G3 S
kannattil muttamiTTAn uLLam tAn kaL veri koLLudaDi unnait-tazhuviDivO kaNnammA un mattamArudaDI
6 raagam: hindOLam
20 naTabhairavi janya Aa: S G2 M1 D1 N2 S Av: S N2 D1 M1 G2 S
shaTru mukham shivandAl manadu sancalamAgudaDi neTri shurungak-kaNDAl enakku nenjam padaikkudaDI
7 raagam: neelamaNi
27 sarasaangi janya Aa: S R2 M1 P D1 N3 S Av: S N3 D1 P M1 R2 S
un kaNNil nIr vazhindAl ennenjil udiram koTTudaDi en kaNNin pAvaiyenrO kaNNammA ennuyir ninradanrO
8 raagam: neelaambari
29 dheera shankaraabharaNam janya Aa: S R2 G3 M1 P D2 P N3 S Av: S N3 P M1 G3 R2 G3 S
shollum mazhalaiyilE kaNNammA tunbangaL tIrttiDuvAi mullai shirippAlE enadu mUrkham tavirttiDuvAi
9 raagam: valaci
16 cakravaakam janya Aa: S G3 P D2 N2 S Av: S N2 D2 P G3 S
inbak-kadaigaLellAm unnaip-pOl EdugaL sholvaduNDO anbu taruvadilE unainEr AghumOr deivamuNDO
10 raagam: madyamaavati
22 kharaharapriya janya Aa: S R2 M1 P N2 S Av: S N2 P M1 R2 S
mArbilaNivadarkkE unnaippOl vaira maNigaLuNDO shIr peTru vAzhvadarkkE unnaippOl shelvam peridumuNDO
(cinnanjiru)
Meaning: By hraghav cinnam shirukkiLiyE kaNNammA shelvak-kaLanjiyamE
Cinnam shiru = Small / very Little / Petite kiLiyE = Parrot KaNNammA = dear, or a common South Indian female name (Bharthi alluded to this name quite a lot) shelvak-kaLanjiyamE - A bountiful Treasure
My Petite Parrot, My Bountiful Treasure
ennaik-kali tIrttE ulagil Etram puriya vandAi
Ennaik - For me kali - Happiness tIrttE - make whole, fulfill ulagil - In the World Etram - Progress / forward puriya - do / doing vandai - came
My Wholesome Happiness, You came to create progress in this world
2 piLLaik-kaniyamudE kaNNammA pEshum por-chittiramE
piLLai - Child kaniyamudE - Fruit dipped in Nectar kaNNammA - a common South Indian female name pEshum - to speak / speaking por - Golden chittiramE - painting
My Child-like, fruit dipped nectar, my speaking golden portrait
aLLi aNaittiDavE en munnE Adi varum tEnE
aLLi - to grab with passion aNaittiDaVE - to hug with passion, enthusiasm en - My / Mine munnE - in front Adi - Dancing / moving with grace varum - come / came tEnE - Honey
You come before me so gracefully that I feel like hugging you with passion
3 Odi varugaiyilE kaNNammA uLLam kuLirudaDi
Odi - Running varugaiyilE - coming / came kaNNammA - dear, a common South Indian female name uLLam - Heart kuLirudaDi - Cooled / Cooling
When you come running towards me, my heart chills
Adit-tiridal kaNDAl unnaip-pOi Avi tazhuvudaDI
Adit-tiridal - Dance around with merriness kaNDAl - To See unnaip-pOi - Come near you Avi tazhuvudaDI - My soul hugs you
When I see you dancing with merriness, my soul hugs you
4 ucci tanai mughandAl garuvam Ongi vaLarudaDi
Ucci - Top of forehead Tanai - That part (as in that part of the forehead) mughandal - Kiss lightly, smell garuvam - Proud Ongi - Strong ValarudaDi - Grows
When I smell the top of your head, I feel strongly proud
mecci unnai yAr pugazhndAl mEni shilirkkudaDI
mecci - To praise with sincerely Unnai - you Yar - whomever pugazhndal - praise mEni - skin shilirkkudaDI - tingles (goose bumps)
If I hear someone praise you with sincerety, my skin tingles with excitement
5 kannattil muttamiTTAn uLLam tAn kaL veri koLLudaDi
kannattil - Cheeks muttamiTTan - Kissed uLLam tAn - Heart kAL - liquor veri - berserk koLLudaDi - state of
if I kiss you on your cheeks, my heart goes beserk as if it is drunk with liquor
unnait-tazhuviDivO kaNnammA un mattamArudaDI
unnai - you unnait-tazhuviDivO - Hug with passion kaNnammA - dear, or a common South Indian female name un mattamArudaDI - blissful happiness
If I hug you with passion, I feel a blissful happiness
6 shaTru mukham shivandAl manadu sancalamAgudaDi
ShaTru - momentarily mukham - face shivandAl - redness (as in became red with embarassment, discomfort, worry) manadu - heart sancalamagudaDi - disturbed (as in I'm disturbed)
If your face turns to discomfort, even momentarily, my heart is disturbed
neTri shurungak-kaNDAl enakku nenjam padaikkudaDI
neTri - Forehead Shurungak - shrunk (as in wrinkled forehead) kanDal - See enakku - me / mine nenjam - Heart padaikkudadi - flutter with fear
When I see your forehead wrinkle, my heart flutters with fear...
7 un kaNNil nIr vazhindAl ennenjil udiram koTTudaDi
un - Your Kannil - Eyes Nir - Water (as in cry) ennenjil - My Heart udiram - Blood KoTTudaDi - pours
If I even see small droplets of tears in your eyes, a whole river of blood flows in my heart
en kaNNin pAvaiyenrO kaNNammA ennuyir ninradanrO
en - me / mine KaNNin - eyes Pavaiyenro - girl / light KannAmma - dear, a common South Indian female name ennuyir - It is actually En Uyir - My Soul / My Life ninradanro - is yours
(because) You're the light of my eyes, my life is yours
8 shollum mazhalaiyilE kaNNammA tunbangaL tIrttiDuvAi
shollum - Speaking (as in words) mazhalaiyile - child like mumblings kannamma - dear, or a common South Indian female name tunbangal - misery / sorrow / worries tIrttiDuvAi - cure (as in you will cure)
In your child-like speaking, you'll cure all my worries/misery
mullai shirippAlE enadu mUrkham tavirttiDuvAi
mullai - Jasmine flower, small, guileless Shirippale - Smile Enadu - Mine / my murkham - ignorance (as in stupidity) tavirttiduvai - avoid / avoidance
In your innocent smile, you'll cure me of my ignorance
9 inbak-kadaigaLellAm unnaip-pOl EdugaL sholvaduNDO
inbak-kadaigaLellAm - Happy stories unnaip-pOl - Like you EdugaL - Pages (as in pages of a book) sholvaduNDO - Tell
Can you even be described in pages and pages of Happy stories?
anbu taruvadilE unainEr AghumOr deivamuNDO
anbu - Love taruvadile - Giving unainEr AghumOr - Wonderful, combination / play on words -- means, nigar - (as in equal to you) deivamundo - God (as in is there a God equal to you)
In sharing Love, can even a God equal you?
10 mArbilaNivadarkkE unnaippOl vaira maNigaLuNDO
mArbil - Chest (as in over the chest) AniVadarKke - wear ( as in wear over the chest) unnaipol - like you vaira - Diamonds / precious stones manigal - Precious stones Undo - Is there?
To wear on the chest, are there even diamonds/pearls like you?
shIr peTru vAzhvadarkkE unnaippOl shelvam piridumuNDO (cinnanjiru)
ShIr - Prosperity Petru - Got (as in get prosperous) vazhvadarkke - live unnaipol - like you shelvam - Treasure (large sum of bounty) Peridu - Large Undo - Is there?
Is there even a larger treasure than you in my life? i.e. You're the most prosperous treasure in my life.
Though this song is said to describe Bharathi's feelings for a child, he has employed double-meanings which may indicate his wife, Chellamma.
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