Emi sEturaa lingaa, Emii sEturaa
ganga udakamu techchi niiku
linga puujalu sEdamanTe...
ganganunna chEpa kappa engilanTunnaadi lingaa
mahaanubhaava maa(ha)dEvaSambhO maalingamuurti
akshayaavula paaDi techchi
aripitamu chEdamanTe...ohO
akshayaavula lEgaduuDa engilanTunnaadi lingaa
mahaanubhaava maa(ha)dEvaSambhO maalingamuurti
tummipuuvulu techchi niiku
tushTugaa puuchchEdamanTe...OhO
kommakommaku kOTi tummeda engilanTunnaadi lingaa
mahaanubhaava maa(ha)dEvaSambhO maalingamuurti
ఏమి సేతురా లింగా, ఏమీ సేతురా
గంగ ఉదకము తెచ్చి నీకు
లింగ పూజలు సేదమంటె...
గంగనున్న చేప కప్ప ఎంగిలంటున్నాది లింగా
మహానుభావ మా(హ)దేవశంభో మాలింగమూర్తి
అక్షయావుల పాడి తెచ్చి
అరిపితము చేదమంటె...ఒహో
అక్షయావుల లేగదూడ ఎంగిలంటున్నాది లింగా
మహానుభావ మా(హ)దేవశంభో మాలింగమూర్తి
తుమ్మిపూవులు తెచ్చి నీకు
తుష్టుగా పూచ్చేదమంటె...ఓహో
కొమ్మకొమ్మకు కోటి తుమ్మెద ఎంగిలంటున్నాది లింగా
మహానుభావ మా(హ)దేవశంభో మాలింగమూర్తి
Lyrics transcribed while listening to Dr. Balamuralikrishna's rendition. The meaning and devotional content will be explored in a future post. English transliteration and Telugu script were generated by Lekhini.
12 comments:
Can you please tell me which Ragam is this?
Regards
ఇది స్వోత్కర్ష కాదు. Luckily I've never needed to learn Telugu music the traditional way; I am totally ignorant of the classification of "ragas". Yet I can catch a tune (be it a Hindi song, Carnatic kriti, etc.) by ear, by just listening. But I cannot read the (music) sheet. Perhaps, being born in a musical family helped. Or, it could be the proximity to high decibel loudspeakers/radio/record players during formative years. Even when I do not know the melody (and rhythm), I could form a tune by just humming the lyrics - usually this works with Tyagaraja or Annamayya songs.
Regarding this Siva song, I will definitely try to speak with a music teacher about the "raga". And when I get the right answer, I will post it here.
There is no raga to this song, Thatvalu were songs collected by Dr M BalaMuraliKrishna, going from village to village.
Radha Vyas,
One of our young relatives, herself an accomplished Kuchipudi dancer quickly checked on the Internet and found it to be "Kalyani" (raga). I have no way of confirming it. I've asked two musicians about it, still waiting for an answer. My feeling is this: Every song (tune) can be identified with one of the major 72 mela-kirta ragas. If I have learnt any thing from Dr Balamuralikrishna and if I have understood a bit of music it is that - "any song in any language (culture) can be mapped to be a part of the 72 major ragas." Thanks for visiting this page. After reading and learning a bit of music theory I have realized that it is not easy to identify the raga of any song. Still the research is going on. Modern computer scientists (mathematicians, electrical engineers, and audio scientists) are still trying various algorithms and electronics instrumentation to correctly identify the raga of any given song. So there is a lot to this question.
Happy to see this page existing still... mahaanubhava...Ma lingamoorti..Ma deva sambho
To Unknown,
Thank you for visiting this page and commenting. You're right, even the blogger (myself) is surprised that it attracts readers from across the globe.
Well here I am in 2022. Heard this 'tatvam' by accident and came across your blog for the lyrics of song ' emi sethura linga'. Indeed very happy to see something so old being kept alive. Wish you all the best Patri
D. Chandrasekhar,
Thank you for the comment.
It's a joy to watch as to how Dr.Balamurali garu enjoys his singing and simultaneously mesmerises the audience with his lovely voice.
Srinivas Lanka,
Thank you for the comment. Dr. Balamurali belongs to that rare class of music geniuses - he is (was) beyond our approbation or critique.
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