The divine music
born out of music of Yaazh*,
You would remain
as music
in the heaven too .
An elegy to
the empress of music , the Bharata
rathna MS Amma
By
Bharata Rathna
Abdul Kalam, the president ruling the heart of people.
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
(We were the fortunate generation who had the chance to hear , the music
from Smt.M.S.Subbalakshmi , the
nightingale of music, the empress of music
and the ocean of music whose voice used to melt even the people
who had a heart like stone. One among us who was enchanted by her
musical saga is Sri.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam the
people’s president , a great scientist and
one who has occupied
the minds of all us by his utter
simplicity and great love and here is the translation of the
song that he wrote while travelling in a plane
after hearing the
news of the passing away of MS to
heaven. I am not able to bring out the
deep hurt and sorrow
that Sri Kalam’s heart
suffered due to that sorrowful news. I
know among my friends
in face book are several
musicologists. I appeal to them all to
put in their effort to bring out a Carnatic music Krithi out of this elegy commemorating his emotions of a great man
in missing the great lady who ruled all our hearts through her songs.)
You are the seven
note music born out
of the music of Yaazh,
What your
music gave was
peace and sweetness,
Along with wealth
of music you also gave ,
The monetary wealth
in heaps and heaps ,
And you also gave a chance to God to wonder about the
greatness of human voice.
Thousands and thousands of the human beings got drenched in the epic mercy of yours and became happy,
Our heart got
drenched and happy in the sweet tone
of your musical voice
After giving wealth in to the ears , joy in the mind, joy in the
heart in heaps and heaps
As a season of spring , as music of Yaazh, you stole our heart
for the past eighty years,
And like the seven
note music , you also occupied our entire
heart.
The acme of the
world of women who wore the garland of
Madhyamavathi,
The Bharataratna who made great contribution to SriRaga and made great achievements in devotional music ,
You are the very great contribution who gave time for us to know about the music of Tansen,
You are the one
who stole the heart of Annamacharya,
Purandara dasa
And those three
great musicians who created magic,
And like the philanthropic river
which had merged
in the ocean of time ,
Your voice made
the tamil music that stole the heart, to
flower and bloom.
The crop of music
which you praised and nurtured , has
merged in to our heart, body and blood.
And gave
music to music which lives in this world, luxuriously getting its soul with the growth
of time ,
And though you
left this world and has gone
to the world of God ,
You who have been living as
sensibility in billions and billions of hearts ,
Would live in
the divine world of God
as Music.
*Yaazh was an ancient stringed
musical instrument of TamilNadu.
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