Mampazham and Vazhakkula
Prathapan Sreedharan
memories. I am trying to recall my school days. It was in the sixties.
The most awaited occasions were (barring summer vacations, of course)
the youth festival and school anniversary. All those associated
literary, sports and cultural competitions........ More about that
later, perhaps.
There always was a light music competition. The most beloved pieces
were Changampuzha's "VAZHAKKULA" (and its concocted versions as well)
and Vailoppallie's MAMPAZHAM. As was common of all my contemporaries, I
also knew these two lovely pieces by heart. Ten years of PRAVASAM has
taken its toll. It is after a very long time that I am trying to recall
those lines. What all I remember are the first two lines.
Malayappulayana mazha vanna kalath
Madathin muttathoru vazha nattu......
and
Angana thaimavilninnadhyathe pazham veezhke
Ammathan nethrathilninnthirnnoo chudukanneer........
Both these poems describe the trauma of loss (Like "ROSE BUD"). Can
some one post the remaining lines?
Prathapan
Jacob Thomas
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>There always was a light music competition. The most beloved pieces
>were Changampuzha's "VAZHAKKULA" (and its concocted versions as well)
>and Vailoppallie's MAMPAZHAM. As was common of all my contemporaries, I
>also knew these two lovely pieces by heart. Ten years of PRAVASAM has
>taken its toll. It is after a very long time that I am trying to recall
>those lines. What all I remember are the first two lines.
>
>Malayappulayana mazha vanna kalath
>Madathin muttathoru vazha nattu......
>
>and
>
>Angana thaimavilninnadhyathe pazham veezhke
>Ammathan nethrathilninnthirnnoo chudukanneer........
>
>Both these poems describe the trauma of loss (Like "ROSE BUD"). Can
>some one post the remaining lines?
>
>Prathapan
I also remember only the first two lines, but I remember the vAzhakkula lines as:
malayappulayanA mAdathin muTathu
mazhavanna naaLoru vAzha vechu
Jacob
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joseph
In article <1992Nov30.1...@nynexst.com>, jac...@nynexst.com (Jacob Thomas) writes:
>I also remember only the first two lines, but I remember the vAzhakkula lines as:
>
>malayappulayanA mAdathin muTathu
>mazhavanna naaLoru vAzha vechu
>
The English translation of this poem, which can be sung in the
same tune as the original Malayalm version, is quite interesting too.
It goes something like:
"Malaya, the pulayan in front of his little hut,
planted a plantain in rainy season...."
james joseph jos...@c2a.crd.ge.com
George Kutty
(minor correction follows)
malayappulayanA mAdathin muTathu
mazhavanna naaLoru vAzha nattu
I can recall 4 more lines. Does anyone care to continue?
manathArilASakal pOlathilOrOrO
marathakakkUmbu podichu vannu
malayakkidangalilonnayathinEyum
azhakipulakkaLLiyOmanichu
George
P J Narayanan
>There always was a light music competition. The most beloved pieces
I think these poems were recited in the "recitation" competetion, and
not in the light music (laLitagAna) competition.
>were Changampuzha's "VAZHAKKULA" (and its concocted versions as well)
>and Vailoppallie's MAMPAZHAM. As was common of all my contemporaries, I
>also knew these two lovely pieces by heart. Ten years of PRAVASAM has
>taken its toll. It is after a very long time that I am trying to recall
>those lines. What all I remember are the first two lines.
>
>Prathapan
I have recited both of the above in our school competitions and once
in the district level. However, the pravAsam has taken its toll on me
too. Of vAzhakkula, I can only remeber the first two couplets that
were posted here:
malayappulayanA mATattin muT~Tattu
mazhavanna nALoru vAzhanaTTU
manatArilAshakaL pOlatilOrOrO
maratakakkUmpu muLacchuvannU
The story that unfolds in that (reasonably long) poem is quite touching
and tragic indeed. One of the concluding couplets goes:
itinokke pratikAram cheyyataTangumO
patitarE ninngaL tan pinmuRakkAr?
However, I have better luck with mAmpazham. My mother used to sing it
often and I must have known it by heart by the time I was 7 or 8. I think
my recollection of it is mosty correct, though I might have forgotten
some portions or replaced a word with another. This too is a tragic story
of a mother whose toddler son dies...
PJN
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mAmpazham
by
vailOppiLLi shrIdhara mEnOn
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angaNattaimAvilninnAdyatteppazham vIzhkE
ammatan nEtrattilninnutirnnU chuTukannIR
nAlumAsattinmunpilERenAl koticchiTTi-
bbAlamAkandam pUttiTTuNNikaL viriyavE
ammatan maNikkuTTan pUttirikatticchapO-
lammalaR chenTonnoTicchahLadicchaTuttettI
choTicchU mAtAvappOL"uNNikaL virinjapU-
voTicchu kaLannjallO kusR~tikkurnnEni"
paitalin bhAvam mARI, vadanambujam vATI,
kaitavam kANAkkaNNu kaNNunIr taTAkamAy
"mAmpazham peRukkuvAn njan varunnillE"nnavan
mampezhum malaRkkulayeRinnjU veRum maNNil
vAkkukaL kUTTicchollAn vayyatta kiTangalE
dIrghadaRshanam cheyyum, daivajnjarallO ninngal
tungamAm mInacchUTAl taimAvin marataka-
kkingiNi saugandhika swarNamAyttIrum munpE
mAnkani vIzhAn kAttunilkkAte mAtAvinTe
pUnkuyil kUTum viTTu paralOkatteppUkI
vanavarkkArOmalay, pArinekkuRicchudA-
sInanay, krIDarasa lOlanAyavan vAzhke
angaNattaimAvilninnAdyatteppazham vIzhkE
ammatan nEtrattilninnutirnnU chuTukannIR
ayalvakkattekkocchukuTTikaLulsAhattO-
Tavartan mAvinchOTTil kaLivITunTakkunnU
"pUvalanaNNARkkaNNA mAmpazham tarukenn"Ul-
ppUvALum kotiyOTe viLicchu kUvITunnu
utirum madhurangaLOTicchenneTukkunnU
mutirum kOlahala mangaLadhwanattOTum
vAsantamahOtsavamANavaRkkennAlavaL-
kkAhanta! kaNNIrinAl andhamAm varShakAlam
puratO nistabdhayay telliTa ninniTTu tan
durita phalam pOluLLappazhameTuttavaL
tannuNNikkiTAvinTe tAruTal maRacheyta
maNNilttAn nikshEpicchu mandamAyevam chonnAL
"uNNikkaikkeTukkuvAn, uNNivAykuNNan vEnTi
vannatAnImAmpazham, vAstavamaRiyAte
nIrasam bhAvicchu nI pOyatengilum kunnjE,
nIyitu nukarnnAlE ammaykku sukhamAvU
piNanngippOyITilum pinne njan viLikkumpOL
kuNunngikkuNunngi nIyuNNuvAn varARillE?
varika kaNNAlkkANan vayyattOrenkaNNane
tarasA nukarnnAlum tAyatan naivEdyam nI"
orutaikkuLirkaT~TanngarikattaNannjappOL
arumakkunnjin prANan ammayEyashLeShicchU.
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