Dhanumasa Palazhi - Rasam

Singer - KS Chitra 

Lyrics - Kavalam Narayana Panicker 

Composition - Job Kurien 

Prelude – The song has filled my imagination due to the usage of exquisite words by Kavalam Narayana Panicker . The song from the movie Rasam celebrates the emotions of expatriates celebrating Thiruvathira in foreign countries away from their motherland . 

Dhanumasa palazhi thira thullum poo thiruvathirayil

The waves in the ocean of milk are dancing on the day of the first Thiruvathira of a newly wed  woman in the Sagittarius month .

Pattil aliyum adi ulayum pathiravinu lahari

The waves rise and recede amidst merging in the song. The midnight is intoxicated. 

Manasuniraye panineer kulirum manavum aniyum maraunadan penne

Marunadan malayali penne

Oh foreign Malayali woman ! Your mind is filled with the coolness and fragrance of rosewater

Amandam ilaki ninnil hemanth swapna tharangam

You are dancing intensely like the ocean's dreamy waves in the pre-winter season . 

Anganemare mangalyaperumezhum shringarasmritikalumayi

Oh beautiful women ! Recall the grandeur of the wedding's seven sacred vows and the way you adorned yourself on the day of the nuptials. 

Poovamban kamanakalkku arumayarachanam vambanananganu mai kodu

Allow yourself to be struck by the arrows of flowers shot by the dear majestic king Kamadev (Cupid ), writing your love story according to his wishes. 

Shiva perumal thirumeniyil ashaririayavanum thiruvathira noyambinal mai kodu

Allow your body to be struck by  arrows of flowers of Kamadev, who was burnt into ashes by Lord Shiva,  making him bodiless . The married woman keeps a fast during the Thiruvathira festival . 

Chanthu chanthanam chinthoora kuriyumai azhaku ozhikidum mudanadakalumai

The married women are wearing religious marks of sandalwood paste and vermillion on their foreheads, giving them exceptional beauty . There is the swaying of the tuft of hair and sinuous movements of the dance .

Kalakakali padi kondu elakum mudi madi kondu ayya ayyaya

The moving tresses of the married women and the song sung with sweetness invited everyone to join the Thiruvathira festival . 

Meyyaraponkaniyum oyyarapookiladuma kamane ethirelkkam

Let us welcome Kamadev ( Cupid ) by wearing golden jewels and with an enchanting gait in the festivity. 

Inangi kummi adichidenam avane vanangi kummi adichidenam

Dance in sinuous movements together by clapping hands with rhythm and offering salutations to Lord Shiva.  

Postlude – This song mentions the sixteen adornments of bridal makeup and seven vows of marriage . This song is indeed an ode to the devotion of a woman who keeps fast for the longevity of her husband during the festival of "Thiruvathira " in Sagittarius month.