Kannada film music

[rajeshkrv]

Here is a beautiful song from the movie ‘chaduranga’ means Chess game, a b/w film released during 1968.
Song is sung by P Susheela and S Janaki for Bharathi and Chandrakala in the film. Song is about the two lovers of a person praising each other.
The ‘god’ in this song refers to husband. Meaningful lyric by R N Jayagopal and melody composed by R Rathna.

Lyric follows:

chitra: chaduraMga 1968
gAyana: pi susheela/es jAnaki
saMgIta: Ar ratna
sAhitya: Ar en jayagOpAl

mamateya tOTada malligeye
maruguve Etake nI nuDiye
dEvara hUvidu bADihudu
pUjege hosa hUvu bEkihudu /mamateya/

vINe haLatu AdarEnu
hommuva nAda haLatEnu
taMti harida vINeyoLage
maMjuLanAda bahudEnu /mamateya/

mellane gALi bIsidarEnu
tEluva nauke muLuguvude
sAvira harake hottarEnu
muLugida nauke tEluvude /mamateya/

dEvanu olidu nelesalu baMda
maMdiravallave nI munna
dEvana guDiya maMgaLa beLake
Aralu biDenu nA ninna /mamateya/

Meaning of the song:

Jasmin flower (malligeyE) bloomed in the garden (tOTada) of affection (mamateya)
Tell me (nI nuDiye) why (Etake) are you feeling pity (maruguve)
Flower (hUvidu) belongs to the god (dEvara) is withered (bADihudu)
need (bEkihudu) fresh flower (hosa hUvu) for the worship (pUjege)

Though (AdarEnu) Veena (vINe) is old (haLatu)
melody (nAda) it produces (hommuva) is it old? (haLatEnu?)
Veena (vINeyoLage) with the string (taMti) cut off (harida)
can it produce (bahudEnu) melody (maMjuLa nAda)

Will the floating (tEluva) ship (nauke) sink (muLuguvude?)
because of slow (mellane) moving (bIsidarEnu) breeze (gALi)
Even if you pay (hottarEnu) thousands (sAvira) of vows (harake)
will the sinked (muLugida) ship (nauke) float again (tEluvude?)

You (nI) are the one (maMdiravallave) who came (baMda) early (munna)
for dwelling (nelesalu) here after loved (olidu) by god (dEvanu)
Sacred (maMgaL) light (beLake) of this god's (dEvana) temple (guDiya),
I (nA) won't allow (biDenu) you (ninna) to dry up (Aralu)

Listen to the song here:

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my fav song .. beautiful one