Shyama Meghame – Samayam Illa Polum
Composition – Salil Chaudhary
Lyrics – ONV Kurup
Singer – KJ Yesudas
Prelude – The song “ Shyama Meghame “ from the 1978 film “ Samayam Illa Polum “ is like the drizzle in the monsoon season accompanied by a gentle breeze . The song brings about the pangs of separation of the lover from the beloved, with the rain pitter – pattering analogous to tear drops .
Shyama meghame nee en prema duthu mai
Doore poi varu
Oh dark cloud ! Go forth and return, delivering my message of love far away .
Ente devi kezhum doora mandirathil poi varu
Go and deliver it to my beloved who weeps in the faraway mansion and return.
Shyama meghame nee en prema duthu mai
Doore poi varu
Kamarupa kanu nee en kathareyam kaminiye
Oh Kamadev ( God of desire and love ) ! Behold my melancholic, passionate beloved.
Kannuneril punchiriyay
You are like the tear with a smile.
Kattu ulakkum deepam ayi
You are like the flame of the lamp which flickers in the breeze.
Vishlathamam tantrikalil
Vismrithamam nadamay
The sound from the tired strings of the lute sets a forgetful tune .
Chilluvathil pali nikki melle en peru chollumo ?
Will you gently move the sash of the glass window and enunciate my name ?
Neelmizhiyam poovil uzhum
Neer mani kai kollumo nee
Will you take the teardrop in the palm of your hand which emerges from the long flower like eyes ?
Omalal than kathilente
Vedanakal chollumo ?
Oh dearest beloved ! Will you tell your sorrows in my ear ?
Postlude – The song penned by ONV Kurup has been inspired by the epic lyrical poetry “ Meghadhoota “ by the greatest poet of India , Kalidas . The poem is the first messenger poem ever written, which has inspired other poets to write poems using the same theme . The whole story of “Meghadoota “ involves a yaksha ( nature spirit ) who had been banished from the kingdom of Kubera ( God of wealth ) for one year due to negligence of duties . The kingdom of Kubera is Alakapuri in the Himalayan ranges . The yaksha is a newlywed who had been separated from his wife . He travelled southwards and dwells in the Ramagiri mountains of the Vindya ranges in central India .Due to a stroke of luck , he espied a rain cloud and sent a message to his wife through it . Taking cues from the lyrical poem of “ Meghadhoota “ , lyricist ONV Kurup has created a masterpiece showing the sorrow and grief of a lover on being separated from his beloved . The lyricist ONV Kurup had brought about the theme of sending the message using a cloud with his stylish and lucid expressions giving us a peep in to the heart of the lover living in the memories of his beloved .
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