Thiruvempavai by Manickavasagar (9th century CE) and Thirupavai by Andal (7\/8th century) are special hymns sung during the month of Markazhi (December-January). This year, our daughter chose to sing and record all the songs from Thiruvempavai. While she was preparing for singing, I drew inspiration from her and translated some of the songs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In these songs, a set of girls wake up early in the mornings of Markazhi to set out to take bath and offer prayers to Shiva. There are others who are reluctant to shed the comfort of the bed during those cold winter mornings. A set of songs depict a playful dialogue between the girls who have woken up and a girl who is yet to get off her bed. In other songs, we see a monologue deriding the sleeping girl and urging her to join them. There is also a set of songs which are hymns sung by the girls in praise of Shiva. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Hey lass with large and luminous eyes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You hear us sing of the rare immense radiance –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lord with no beginning nor end,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And yet, how can your eyes slumber?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Are your ears impregnable? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When a friend heard <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The praises we sang on the streets<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of Mahadeva\u2019s feet, adorned with anklets,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She gasped and sobbed, and spellbound<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She rose and rolled off her flowered bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then feeling worthless she lay motionless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What can I say: such was her nature.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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2. Song #2<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
“Night and day, whenever we spoke, you\u2019d say,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your love was reserved for the irradiant god.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Have you now relegated your love to the bed,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My bejeweled friend?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tch, tch, bejewelled girls! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Are these samples of your teasing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is this the occasion to mock and taunt me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The flowerlike flaming feet of Shiva<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blinds the devas but he offers them to us<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the sacred dancing hall of Thillai*.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who are we but his dear ones?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*Thillai – the Nataraja temple at Chidambaram.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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3. Song #3<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
“Girl with pearl white teeth! Daily you\u2019d wake before us <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And rave sweetly as your mouth salivates, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Our rapturous Father, nectar divine!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wake up now and open your door!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cVeteran Devotees of Shiva! You define<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Being a devotee and show discipline!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019re new. Would it hurt to condone our lapses?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What ails your love? Do we not know it\u2019s true?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Won\u2019t anyone with a fine mind hail our Lord?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
O girl, we deserve all this for waking you now!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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4. Song #6<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
“Gazelle-like girl! Yesterday you said you\u2019ll come tomorrow<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To wake us up yourself. Never mind. Don\u2019t fret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tell us where you went. Has the day not dawned yet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Dwellers of) The skies, the earth and all else struggle to know<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Him who comes here unsought, blesses and owns us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We sing praises of his anklet-clad large feet. Open up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your flesh melts not. Only you can be so stuck up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sing of him who\u2019s the lord for us and others.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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5. Song #7<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
“Ma*! Are these some of your quirks? Many Devas<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grasp him not, he of great fame has no peer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the conches sound you chant the name Shiva<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before we say Thenna#<\/sup>, you melt as a candle in fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My mate, my leader, ambrosia – him we called<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By many names, hear us! How do you still slumber?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like stone-hearted simpletons, you’re lying idle!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If this be the nature of sleep, what can we utter?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* Ma – an endearing term (meaning mother) used to call a girl, in this case, her friend.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
#<\/sup>Thenna – The Lord of the South, Shiva.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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*<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
6. Song #8<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
“The fowls crow and the other birds follow<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the seven notes flow, all conches blow<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peerless great flame, peerless great grace<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hear ye, we sing of his peerless excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
May you live long; what is this sleep, won\u2019t you tell<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is this what you meant that you love like Thirumal?*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only He lords over the deluge and time<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sing of him who in his left half has his dame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*Thirumal, who sleeps on the sea of milk<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u0b8f\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0baa\u0b99\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
*<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
7. Song #9<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
“First drink from the sea to shrink it and rise up<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Darken like Her who holds sway over us<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Flare your lightning like her slender waist<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blare your thunder like her golden anklets<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bare your bow like her divine brows<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our Lord is inseparable from Her <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who reigns over us. She rushes to bestow <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On his devotees and us her sweet blessings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Likewise shower on us your rain, O Cloud!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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*<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
8. Song #17<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
“The red-eyed Narayan does not have it <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neither does the tetraheaded Brahma<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nor do the Devas. Nowhere can such bliss<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Be found, the bliss we are blessed with,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
O girl with black hair beset with bees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He sanctifies us by gracing all our homes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And presenting his lotus-like golden feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our custodian, Our gracious ruler,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Divine nectar for us, his devotees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let us sing of him and be well;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Plunge into the lotus pond and play.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Thiruvempavai by Manickavasagar (9th century CE) and Thirupavai by Andal (7\/8th century) are special hymns sung during the month of Markazhi (December-January). This year, our daughter chose to sing and record all the songs from Thiruvempavai. While she was preparing for singing, I drew inspiration from her and translated some of the songs. In these songs, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":10371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,11,30],"tags":[1118,1117,1110,87,1119],"class_list":["post-10369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-poetry-english","category-reviving-the-classics","tag-manickavasakar","tag-thiruvempavai","tag-1110","tag-87","tag-1119"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":965,"url":"https:\/\/tamizhini.in\/?p=965","url_meta":{"origin":10369,"position":0},"title":"Devadasis: Beyond Constructs and Contentions","author":"B.C. \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bc0\u0bb7\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb7\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd","date":"14.11.18","format":false,"excerpt":"I. 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But no one so far has written a biography of a language. David Shulman has reason to write not a history but a biography. The reason is very simple. For him Tamil is a living being and one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "English"","block_context":{"text":"English","link":"https:\/\/tamizhini.in\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tamizhini.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Tamil-350x350-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":820,"url":"https:\/\/tamizhini.in\/?p=820","url_meta":{"origin":10369,"position":2},"title":"Devadasis: Myths, Misconceptions and Complex Truths","author":"\u0b85\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bcd","date":"12.10.18","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cDevadasis: Beyond Conventional Constructs\u201d by B.C. Anish Krishnan Nayar published in Tamizhini on September 13, 2018 was an exercise in revisionism and mudslinging. 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