Originally Posted by Sudarshan C R
The film ‘Hannele chiguridaga’ was a B/W film released during 1968 and directed by Shri M R Vittal. It is the story of widow’s remarriage.
This is a marriage sequence song.
The lyric follows:
citra: haNNele ciguridAga (1968)
gAyana: pi sushIla/el Ar Ishvari
saMgIta: eM raMgarAv
sAhitya: Ar en jayagOpAl
tAyi taMdeyu hotta harakeyA phalave oDa huTTidavarA olumeya hUve
heNNinA hirimeye maitaLeda kulave ninna kai hiDivavanu balu dhanya enuve
malle mAle nallageMdu hiDidu bAramma
jAji malle mAle nallageMdu hiDidu bAramma
nalle mellanoMdu nageya celli naDedu bAramma
ninna hejje mEle hejje hAki lajjeyiMda nIniMdu /malle/
kannaDada kulamagaLe kaviya kalpaneye
sarasatiya hirimagaLe saubhAgyavatiye
kalaSagannaDi kaNNa nI teredu nODe..
olavina munnuDiya bareva cenniganA../malle/
huNNime caMdiranivanu I heNNannu ALaballavanu..
kaNNali niMdavano koDugeya taMdavano..
haseyali kAdihanu lalane nODammA.. /malle/
The meaning of the song:
You are the blessings of parents’ religious vows,
Loving child of brothers and sisters (child of the same parents), Eminence of woman-ness, Man who marry you is fortunate one.
Come with garland of jasmine (flowers) for your darling
Jaaji malle (another variety of jasmine flower)
Step in slowly with little smile
Walk-in slowly with shyness today
Great daughter of Kannada community/poet’s imagination
Elder daughter of Saraswathi with good fortune (saubhagyavathi)
Just see through the water vessel (kalashagannadi)
Handsome who is ready to start (write) foreword of fondness
(with you) for life.
He is like full moon, can govern this lady
Depicted in the eyes /brought gifts
Lady (lalane) just see him /he is waiting at mandapam (haseyali)