Lyrics of "evari maata" Song

కాంభోజి రాగం 

ఆది తాళము 

ఎవరి మాట విన్నావో రావో 

ఇందు లేవు భళి  భళి 

 

అవనిలో నా(ఆ)ర్షేయ పౌరుషేయ 

మంది చోద్య మెఱు(గ లేనయ్య 

భక్త పరాధీను (డనుచు పరమ భాగవతుల చేజంటి 

వ్యక్త రూపు(డై పలికిన ముచ్చట యుక్త మనుచు నుంటి 

శక్తి గల మహాదేవు(డు నీవని సంతోషమున  నుంటి 

సత్త చిత్తుడగు త్యాగరాజ నుత సత్యసంధు(డను కొంటి  నిలలో

 

kaaMbhOji raagaM aadi taaLamu evari maaTa vinnaavO raavO iMdu laevu bhaLi bhaLi avanilO naa(aa)rshaeya paurushaeya maMdi chOdya me~ru(ga laenayya bhakta paraadheenu (Danuchu parama bhaagavatula chaejaMTi vyakta roopu(Dai palikina muchchaTa yukta manuchu nuMTi Sakti gala mahaadaevu(Du neevani saMtOshamuna nuMTi satta chittuDagu tyaagaraaja nuta satyasaMdhu(Danu koMTi nilalO

(A personal note: I came to Carnatic (Indian classical) music in a strange way, through a circuitous route. First I learnt and enjoyed the popular Telugu and Hindi movie songs. They were mostly romantic type interspersed with a few serious tragic sad songs. When I first started listening the Carnatic songs (mostly composed in my mother tongue Telugu), I did not get their meaning. I could not decipher the core essence because of poor diction and heavy makeup of musical tidbits. But when I got a few CDs and cassettes of singers like Dr. Balamuralikrishna and Gopalaratnam, I instantly got hooked to the Carnatic music. Some personal background might have helped too. This song is from my first CD of the legendary musician and modern composer. Dr. Balamurali poured all his skills, talents, and emotion into this piece. I can now fully understand the distraught emotional state of Tyagayya. We'll come to its meaning later. Every word and syllable must be pronounced correctly without mumbling or swallowing. Anyway, the song is rendered in Adi talam, one can pick a slow pace according to ones temperament.)

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