[Salangai Oli] vedham aNuvilum oru naadham

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Movie: Salangai Oli (Sagara Sangamam)
Lyrics: Vairamuthu
Singers: S. P. Balasubramanyam, S. P. Sailaja
Music Director: Ilaiyaraaja
Song Sequence: (1)-(1)-(2)-(1)-(3)-(3)-(4)-(5)-(5)-(6)-(1)-(7)-(8)-(9)-(9)-(10)-(1)-(2)-(1)-

(1)வேதம் அணுவிலும் ஒரு நாதம்
(2)நான் பாடும் ராகங்கள் நாத விநோதம்
சாவின் ஓசை கேட்கும் போதுன் பாதம் ஆடாதோ

vaedham aNuvilum oru naadham
naan paadum raagangaL naadha vinoadham
saavin oasai kaetkum poadhun paadham aadaadhoa

the guiding principles! in every atom (of me) is music,
the ragas that I sing are wonders of music!
won’t the legs dance even when the sound of death is heard?

(3)சங்கீத நாட்டியமே ஒரு யாகம்
(4)தேகங்கள் எரியும் தியாங்கள் புரியும்
ஆடுகிறேன் இது அமைதியின் கீதம்
ஜீவிதமே ஒரு நாட்டியம் ஆகும்

sanggeedha naattiyamae oru yaagam
thaegangaL eriyum thiyaangaL puriyum
aadugiRaen idhu amaidhiyin keedham
Jeevidhamae oru naattiyam aagum

The art of dance is a penance (performed with sacred fire),
bodies will burn and make sacrifices,
I am dancing here, this is the song of silence,
Our life itself is like a dance,

(5)உயிர் பிரிந்தாலும் நடமிடுவேனே
(6)என் உயிரைத் தேடுகிறேன் நானே

uyir pirindhdhaalum nadamiduvaenae
en uyiraith thaedugiRaen naanae

Even when my vitality (life) leaves me, I will dance!
I am now searching for my vitality (life),

(7)mAtru devO bhava, 
pitru devO bhava, 
AchArya devO bhava, 
atithi devO bhava

Regard your mother as god!
Regard your father as god!
Regard your teacher as god!
Regard your guest as god!

(8) எனை ஆளும் குருவென்ற தெய்வம்
எதிர் வந்து நடமாட வேண்டும்
சலங்கைக்குள் ஒலிதானே வேதம்
சன்னிதானம் இனி உந்தன் பாதம்

enai aaLum guruvendRa theyvam
edhir vandhdhu nadamaada vaeNdum
salanggaikkuL olidhaanae vaedham
sannidhaanam ini undhdhan paadham

My teacher, who is my god and rules over me,
should come in front and dance now!
In those anklets, the sound is the guiding principle!
The divinity is in your feet from now!

(9) நடராஜன் பாதத்தில் கலை சாயுமா
நான் சிந்தும் கண்ணீரும் கரை மீறுமா

nadaraaJan paadhathil kalai saayumaa
naan sindhdhum kaNNeerum karai meeRumaa

will the art bow at the feet of Nataraja (the supreme of dance form)
will the tears that I shed also cross the borders,

(10)கனவிலும் நனவிலும்
கனவிலும் நனவிலும் அழகிய பரதங்கள் ஆடு

kanavilum nanavilum
kanavilum nanavilum azhagiya paradhangaL aadu

In the dreams, In the state of being awake,
In the dreams as well as in the state of being awake, dance the art form of bharatanaatyam

(11) Jayanthi the Sukruthino
Rasa Siddha Kaveeswara
Nasthithesham Yasha Kaye
Jara Maranajam bhayam
Naasti Jara Maranajam bhayam
Naasti Jara Maranajam bhayam

Only those are victorious,
the great poets who through their literary works have written about every situation with the right emotion,
they will live forever, their fame will never
be maligned nor will it die away,

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