(Translation on request for JN)
Chithra is a journalist working for a leading newspaper in Delhi. She is an upcoming star on her team. Her boss is also her mentor and acts as a local guardian. She meets Kiran, an actor, while doing an interview. They keep in touch after that and starts to date. One day Kiran proposes marriage to her and she accepts it. A melodious song about being in love from the movie Indraprastham.
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Thankathinkal kili aayi kurukaam, thaarathooval menayaam, nanayaam,
neeraadi aadum nirasandhyayil
[Like a golden moon bird I’ll croon, weave feathers with stars and get wet
bathe and dance in this brimming twilight]
Thankathinkal kili aayi kurukaam, thaarathooval menayaam, nanayaam,
neeraadi aadum nirasandhyayil
[Like a moon bird I’ll croon, weave feathers with stars and get wet
bathe and dance in this brimming twilight]
Vandu ulanja malar pole, vaarnilaavin ithal pole
nenchinullil oru moham, athinindraneela laya bhaavam
[Like a flower shaken by the beetle, like a petal of moonlight
in my heart is a desire, with a blended hue of blue sapphire]
Kunkuma megham kuliru korkkum oru manjala pole ulaavaam
Ambili naalam pathiye meettum oru thamburu pole thalodaam
[Like a wave of fog weaved by the crimson cloud, I’ll sway
Like a thamburu* which is played slowly by a moonbeam, I’ll caress]
Thankathinkal kili aayi kurukaam, thaarathooval menayaam, nanayaam,
neeraadi aadum nirasandhyayil
[Like a golden moon bird I’ll croon, weave feathers with stars and get wet
bathe and dance in this brimming twilight]
Aa….
Doore aaro paaduka aanu oru devahindolam
Ullin ullil pranaya sarodin saandramaam naadam
[At a distance, someone is singing a heavenly music note
In hearts deepest corner is playing a dense sound from a sarod of love]
Kaathil melle kikkili koottum chillu lolaakkil
kaathara swara manthram unarthum lola sallaapam
[On the glass earring which tickles the ear softly
a tremulous magical sound note woken up by a soft chant]
Oru koadi sooryamani thaedi, thelivaanil melle uyaraan vaa,
shishiram pakarum panineer mazhayil veruthe nanunanayumbol
[Searching for a crore of sunbeam drops, come to fly up in the clear sky
when we get drenched softly in the fragrant rain which winter pours]
Dhithana Dhithana …
Thankathinkal kili aayi kurukaam, thaarathooval menayaam, nanayaam,
neeraadi aadum nirasandhyayil
[Like a golden moon bird I’ll croon, weave feathers with stars and get wet
bathe and dance in this brimming twilight]
Paal churathum pournami vaavin palli manchathil,
kaathu irikkum kinnari muthe, nee enikkalle?
[In the royal palanquin of the full moon which oozes milk
hey adorable pearl who waits, aren’t you mine?]
Poothu nilkkum punchiri mottil nulli novikkaan,
kai tharikkum kanni nilaave, nee kinungalle!
[To pinch (playfully) and hurt the blossoming bud of smile
hey new moonbeam whose fingers throb, don’t whine!]
Thaniye thelinja mizhideepam, pathiye ananju oru irul moodaan
mukilin thanalil, kanavin padavil, mazhavil chiraku aerumbol
[The lamp of eyes which lighted on its own, to let it extinguish slowly, let the darkness cover
under the shade of a cloud, on the step of a dream, when we rise on rainbow wings]
Dhithana Dhithana ….
Thankathinkal kili aayi kurukaam, thaarathooval menayaam, nanayaam,
neeraadi aadum nirasandhyayil
[Like a moon bird I’ll croon, weave feathers with stars and get wet
bathe and dance in this brimming twilight]
Vandu ulanja malar pole, vaarnilaavin ithal pole
nenchinullil oru moham, athin indraneela layabhaavam
[Like a flower shaken by the beetle, like a petal of moonlight
in my heart is a desire, with a blended hue of blue sapphire]
Kunkuma megham kuliru korkkum oru manjala pole ulaavaam
Ambili naalam pathiye meettum oru thamburu pole thalodaam
[Like a wave of fog weaved by the crimson cloud, I’ll sway
Like a thamburu* which is played slowly by a moonbeam, I’ll caress]
*Thamburu or Tanpura is a string instrument.
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