Lyrics by IR - ராசா எழுதிய பாடல் வரிகள்

Ending the series on IR-written songs for now with Neeraal Udal Kazhuvi

DM,

  Great Post..........  IR in sogam... thathuvam.. kaekave baya paduven...... sandhosham epadi nijamo.. sogamum
apadi oru nijam.. IR isaiyil.........

indha paatu irukae............. thannai unardhanvagaluku than puriyum. indha feelings............ thannilum... than thavarugalaium,
 pavangalaiyum Unardhavangaluku matumae puriya mudiyum indha feelings..........

enna oru compositiion... bayangaram.....  nam kalathu oru Siva Thondan........ naam koduthu vaithu irukirom. kaetpadharku......

ungalin wriitngs.... IR ai puriya vaithadhu......... apadi oru azhagana vaarthaigalil.. neengal unarndhadhai  ezhudhiyadharku
mikka nanri DM.........


This has another melody, this seemingly random song going everywhere like a snake, but succeeds in building its effect on the listener. The lines are outstanding with empaava kappal, puRapattOm and samsaara kadal and idarpattOm. At வெம்பினை காத்து வெரட்டுதே எம்மையே, Vinayagam’s voice stops, starts, stops and starts at வெரட்டுதே, coiling itself around us like a snake and also as though a person running away from something dreadful that chases him pauses to look behind, runs and pauses and runs. That karma (வெம்பினை காத்து) shakes the listener too in the brutal way it is depicted to chase the soul stuck in the slush of the sea of samsaara in the boat of sin. As the song ends asking for deliverance from the Lord, there is no guidance for the listener as the singer himself seeks here and ends seeking.


ungalin indha stanza vai padithu vittu. andha portion ai kaetka vendum........... paatai kaeka katru koduthu irukireergal... Really
Great U R  DM............


எம்பாவக் கப்பலில் எங்கோ புறப்பட்டோம்
சம்சாரக் கடலில் சருகாய் இடர்ப்பட்டோம்
வெம்பினை காத்து வெரட்டுதே எம்மையே
தம்மபயம் எந்தருளை தா.


2.The tune changes here, again not conforming to the usual rules. The singer gets here questioning life from the mother’s womb and asks for its end because the path that is untold and unpaved has the journey of wrongs continuing. At செப்பனிடா பாதையிலே, Vinayagam’s rise in pitch is wrenching and the following lude continues in its mission on building a trance (associated with Shiva) musically. This stanza also has lyrics that sound rustic where it was more complex in the first two stanzas but the effect it has is the same and the lyrics continue stunning with their literary brilliance as with their content.
தொப்புள் கொடிபுடிச்சு தொத்திவந்த இப்பிறப்பு
எப்ப தொடக்கியதோ எப்போ தடங்கிடுமோ?
செப்பவே யாரிருக்கா? செப்பனிடா பாதையிலே
செப்பாமே போகுதே தப்பு.



Lyricist IR.............. Soulful Man...... kaarigan ai kaeka sollunga. indha paataiyum... tune aiyum................ IR mudinju pogalai................

Thank you  w.r.t Kaariga AmudhavargaL, I feel they have an agenda to bring IR down with time to kill and hence indulge. Best is to ignore.

DM,
  ungal vaarthaigalai purindhu konden. 

IR ezhudhiya padalgal..........  continue pannunga pl.............

aah adhukku chinnadha oru break vuttEn ippO because avaR ezhudhina paattunaa intense aa eduthu discuss senjaa dhaan avurukku mariyaadha. 4 days discuss senjadhukkE enakku mild aa Kanna katta aarambichuduthu. Hence going to other pastures discussing his music. Shall eventually come back to his lyrics sometime soon to discuss a few more songs. appO inga vandhu share seyyarEn. Thanks

Usha ji. A Raaja written song: Ennai Oruvan Paada Sonnaan, Kumbakkarai Thangiah

DM,
  Thank u.. indha paatae naan kaetadhu ilai. idhuvum... Raja's Kalyani..... ethanai variety.............periya vishayam.....

Oh you are welcome'nga. idhula paarunga. Raaja lyrics oru notable, enakku nomba pidicha aspect.

என்னை ஒருவன் பாடச் சொன்னான்
அவன் சொன்னது போல் நான் பாடுகின்றேன்.
என்றோ...
என்னை ஒருவன் பாடச் சொன்னான்
அவன் சொன்னது போல் நான் பாடுகின்றேன்.
முன்னை கடனை தீர்த்திடென்றான்,
உந்தன் முன்னை கடனை தீர்த்திடென்றான்.
நல்ல அண்ணனுக்கு தம்பியாம் கங்கை அமரன்.
அண்ணனுக்கு தம்பியாம் அருட்குமரன்.
அன்போட்...
என்னை ஒருவன்...

The first line is repeated twice after singing it once. First, it is the plain first line. Next, he adds என்றோ and goes on with it making sense (kinda underlining that he started a decade and a half back). The gap between lines is used to fill a word in. That is Raaja. Not a note is wasted, like SPB says and when he writes, not a letter is wasted with a note. It is a perfect stitch.

But this is not all. Towards the end, he adds அன்போட்... and goes on with the first line. He sang that line thrice. Not once was it the same  and here, he underlines not only was he asked once upon a time, he was asked with love. aahaa. enna arumaiyaana ezhuthu.

Again, at the end, when he sings the full pallavi (sings it fully at the end only), the emphasis and mini pause at முன்னை கடனை for a little syncopation (?) offers this a different color. 4 times sung, 4 different colors  Homerun nu solradhu idha dhaan.

Another gem of a song is Kottikidakkudhu selvangal boomiyile from Theerthakaraiyinile. Do the following lines reveal anything:

mannil kidaikkindra kallil ondru
vairakkal endru adhai yaar sonnadhu
kannil kidaippadhai sondham kollum
chinna buthi adhai yaar thandadhu

There is more to something than meets the eye in the intended pun (and the year was 1987)