Ararum kanathe – Chandrolsavam

Singer – P Jayachandran , Sujata

Lyrics – Gireesh Puthencherry

Composition – Vidyasagar

Prelude – I have spent days listening to this tuneful song from Chandrolsavam . Even though the film was released in 2005 , I got time to listen to it calmly after engineering . The song is composed in raag Shuddha Saveri , which is playful . The song begins with the sound of chirping birds . This song celebrates the rekindling of love between Chirakkal Srihari and Indulekha, the names of the characters played by Mohanlal and Meena

Ararum kanathe aromal thai mulla pinneyum poov idumo ?

Will the dearest jasmine flower bloom in the month of Capricorn unseen by all  ?

Poonchilla thumbin mel chanchadum poomott enn nenjodu chernidumo ?

Will the swaying flower bud on the branch- tip cling to me ?

Kalapura meyyum kanni nilave inniyum varumo thiruonam ?

Please tell me , virgin moonlight , grazing over the barn !  Will the festival of Onam come again ?

Mudithumbil eran thulasiyum ayi eniyum varumo dhanumasam ?

Will the season of Sagittarius come with a tuft of hair adorned by wet basil leaves

Onnu thottal thane mulamo manasil ullil mouna veene ?

Oh silent lute inside the heart ! Will you hum a tune alone , by a single touch  ?

Our pattin shruthi avan our moham mathram

I wish I were the pitch of a song.

Pazhaya kinavin munthiri neeril pavam hridayam aliyunnu

My heart is melting in the wine of the old dream .

Thalukal mariyum mizhikalil oro moham veruthe viriyunnu

As I turn the pages of life, a desire is blooming in my eyes.

Doore etho pakshi padunnu katharam sneham geetham

A bird is singing a poignant love song from afar.

Oru neelambari ayi njan athil manje poyi

I became Raag Neelambari and got merged in the song sung by the bird.

Postlude – Gireesh Puthencherry’s breathtaking lyrics show us the syncing of nature with the emotions of the lovers . The hero is asking the moon whether the joyous times will return in his life as he was released from jail for a crime he had not committed. The demureness of the heroine is described as the one performing fast for the longevity of the beloved or husband by the arrival of the season of Sagittarius when the festival of Thiruvathira is celebrated. The whole movie is summarised in the last lines of the song when the love, which could not end in marital bliss, only got richer with time like wine . As the hero and heroine are both singers in the movie,the lyricist had used different musical themes to show how music unites them.