alai paayudE
raagam: kaanaDaa

22 kharaharapriya janya
Aa: S R2 G2 M1 D N2 S
Av: S N2 P M1 G2 M1 R2 S

taaLam: aadi
Composer: OotukkaaDu VenkaTasubbaiyyar
Language: Tamil
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pallavi

alai pAyudE kaNNA en manam migha alai pAyudE
un Ananda mOhana vEnugAnamadil

anupallavi

nilai peyarAdu shilai pOlavE ninra
nEramAvadariyAmalE migha vinOdamAna muralIdharA en manam (alai)

caraNam

teLinda nilavu paTTappaghal pOl eriyudE un dikkai nOkki enniru puruvam neriyudE

kaninda un vENugAnam kATril varugudE kaNgaL shorugi oru vidham varugudE

madhyama kaalam

kaditta manattil urutti padattai enakku aLittu magizhtta vA oru tanitta vanattil aNaittu enakku uNarcci

koDuTTu mugizhtta vA kalai kaDal alaiyinil kadiravan oLiyena iNaiyiru kazhal-enakkaLittavA

kadari manamuruga nAn azhaikkavO idara mAdaruDan nI kaLikkavO idu taghumO idu muraiyO

idu dharumam tAnO kuzhal UdiDum pozhudu AdiDum kuzhaigaL pOlavE manadu vEdanai mighavODu

(alai)

Meaning:

pallavi
My mind is all aflutter, Oh Krishna, listening to the joyous, enchanting music of your flute, My mind is all aflutter!

anupallavi
Transfixed, I stood there like a statue, oblivious of even the passage of time, hey, mysterious flautist!

caraNam
In this clear moonlight (that makes a day of the night), I strain my eyebrows hard and look in your direction, the mellow tunes of your flute come floating in the breeze... my eyes feel drowsy and a new feeling sweeps my being

Come! Mould my tender heart, make it full and fill me with joy! Come! take me to a lonely grove and fill me with the emotions of ecstatic union!

You are the one who danced and made merry on the sun-bathed waves of the ocean! Am I to go on pleading for you with melting heart, While you are enjoying yourself with other women? Is it right? Is it proper? Is it what dharma is? My heart dances even like your eardrops do when you blissfully play the flute! (My sad heart is all aflutter)

Notation:
Notation is available here in Tamil on page 1 and page 2. Notation in English is here.

Other information:
Lyrics and Tamil notation contributed by Lakshman Ragde. English notation contributed by M Sekhar. Meaning from http://www.angelfire.com/ns/AlaiPayude/alai.shtml