Kannada film music

[Sudarshan C R]

Today is kannaDa rAjyOtsava. Hearty greetings to all our members.
Here is a song from the film ‘maMtrAlaya mahatme 1966’.
Song describes about the encourage of children on this land to become warriors.
Tune is by Rajan-Nagendra, and is composed in rare rAga of SAVITHRI – a pentatonic raga. (Harikambhoji)

chitra: maMtrAlaya mahatme 1966
gAyana: pi bi shrInivAs
saMgIta: rAjan-nAgEMdra
sAhitya: ji vi ayyar

rAga: sAvitri (harikAMboji janya)

kaliyiroMdu pAThavannu kannaDa tAy makkaLe
kalla kaDedu mUrti mADuvenna puTTa shilpigaLe /kali/

vidyeyalle vinayavide vinayadalle kIrti ide..
nimma kaiya muShThiyoLage tAya bayake bahaLavide /kali/

vijayanagaradalli vidyAraNyareMba obbaru..
maNNatAya kaNNa nIra toDeye tAne niMdaru..
eLeya tanadi ella vidye kalitu yOgiyAdaru..
kannaDa tAy maDila tuMba honna maLeya surisidaru.. /kali/

immaDi pulikESiyaMte nIvu vIrarAgabEku..
vyAsarAyaraMte nIvu padavi mOha biDabEku..
tyAga buddhiyiMda nIvu tAya sEve mADabEku..
kalitu kaligaLAgabEku nALe nADanALabEku.. /kali/

Meaning of the song:

Children (makkaLe) of KANNADA (kannaDa) mother (tAy),
learn (kaliyiri) one (oMdu) lesson (pAThavannu)
My (enna) small (puTTa) artisans (shilpigaLe)
who can (mADo) make (kaDedu) idols (mUrti) from the stone (kalla)

Education (vidyeyelle) has modesty (vinayavide) and
modesty (vinayadalle) has fame/glory (kIrti) in itself (ide)
Plenty (bahaLavide) of mother's (tAya) desires (bayake)
are in the pugh (muShTiyalli) of your (nimma) hands (kaiya)

There was one (obbaru) VIDYARANYA (vidyAraNyareMba)
in the kingdom of VIJAYANAGARA (vijayanagaradalli)
struggled (tAne niMtaru) a lot to wipe-out (toDeye)
the tears (kaNNa nIra) of mother-soil (maNNa tAya)
became YOGI (yOgiyAdaru) by learning (kalitu)
all types of education (ella vidye) in his younger-age (eLeyatanadi)
He brought (surisidaru) the rain (maLeya) of gold (honna)
on this KANNADA (kannaDa) soil/land (tAy maDila tuMba)

You (nIvu) have to become warrior (vIrarAgabEku)
like IMMADI PULAKESHI (immaDi pulakEshiyaMte)
Leave it off (biDabEku) the desire (mOha) of
getting graduation (padavi) like VYASARAYA (vyAsarAyaraMte)
you (nIvu) have to serve (sEve mADabEku)
this land (tAya) with sacrifice (tyAgabuddhiyiMda)
Become brave (kaligaLAgabEku) by learning (kalitu) and
rule (ALabEku) this land (nADa) tomorrow (nALe)

video courtesy: www.youtube.com
View the song here:
Raj kumar and children on the screen: