Ayiram Ayiram gopiyargalodu

'Ayiram Ayiram' is a beautiful tamil composition of Nila Ramamurti, daughter of the famous composer Papanasam Sivam,
set in charukesi raaga and adi tala.
This song was sung and made famous by Smt.M.L.Vasanthakumari.

Lyrics of 'Ayiram ayiram' below :

Song : Ayiram Ayiram gopiyargalodu
raagam : charukesi
Talam : Adi
Diety : Krishna
Language : tamil
Composer : Nila Ramamurti


Pallavi
Ayiram Ayiram gOpiyargaLoDu naTam
Adi viLaiyADi varum Ananda krishnan (avan)

AnuPallavi
nEyamODu ennai avan nADi vandu ninriDuvAn
neela varNa kaNNan avan kOla kuzhal oodhi nindrAn (ayiram)

Charanam
konjum shalangai olikka vanjiyarin veettu
tayir pAlai ellAm uNDu pashu pOlE oLindiDurAn
anji ninru aDiyum paTTu annaiyum viyandiDavE
aNDa charAcharam pavaLa vAyil kATTiDurAn (Ayiram)


Meaning :

Nila Ramamurti addresses Lord Krishna as the one who plays and dances happily with thousands of Gopikas around him.

ayiram - 1000

gopiyargal - gopikas

natam - dance

Adi vilayadum - dance & play

In anupallavi, She addresses Krishna as 'neela varna kannan' (blue skinned) , one who plays the flute and will come and solve our problems whenever needed.

neyamodu - with sympathy

ennai nadi vandhu nindruduvaan - come to me

neela - blue

varna - colour

kolakuzhal oodhiduvaan - play the flute

In the charanam, the composer narrates Lord Krishna's mischiefs.

Wearing the anklets in the foot, he is the expert in stealing the curd, milk and he acts like a cow as if he is innocent. When caught by his mom, to her surprise when he opens the mouth, one could see the world in his mouth.

konjum chalangai - anklets

thayir, palai - curd, milk

ellam undu - eat

pashu pole olindhuduvaan - hide like a cow.

adiyum pattu - beaten up

annaiyum viyandhidave - even his mom(yasodha) got surprised

anda characharam - world

vaai - mouth