Songs From An Unproduced Film 1 By P. S. Remesh Chandran

SONGS FROM AN UNPRODUCED FILM
 
From the book, Jalaja Padma Raaji by P.S.Remesh Chandran

രണു്ടു്.

ഒരുവസന്തം കടന്നുവന്നു 
കവിതയെഴുതിയ മിഴികളിലു്

പി. എസ്സു്. രമേശു് ചന്ദ്ര൯

(അവതരണ ഗാനം. ക്രെഡിറ്റിനും റ്റൈറ്റിലിനുമൊപ്പം)

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0DrHvpk0MI

ഒരുവസന്തം കടന്നുവന്നു
കവിതയെഴുതിയ മിഴികളിലു്
നിറയുമശ്രുകണങ്ങളു്കൊണു്ടു
പുഴയൊഴുകീ ഈവഴീ...........
പുഴയൊഴുകീ ഈവഴി.

നിറനിലാവി൯ നിമിഷഭംഗി
നിഴലിടുന്ന യമുനയിലു്
ഹൃദയഭാരം കവിതയായി
ഒഴുകിയെത്തീ പ്രിയസഖീ.......
ഒഴുകിയെത്തീ പ്രിയസഖീ.

നിറയുമരുമ പുളിനഭംഗി
കടമെടുത്ത കാ൪മ്മേഘമേ,
ഇനിയുമിരവിലു് വരുമൊ,നി൯റ്റെ
കടകടഹമാം ധ്വനിയുമായു്......
കടകടഹമാം ധ്വനിയുമായു്.

നിന്നിലിന്ദ്ര ധനുസ്സുമായി
വ൪ണ്ണശബളം മുകിലുകളു്
കളകളംകള നിസ്വനത്തി൯
ഗദു്ഗദം പദമാപദം................
ഗദു്ഗദം പദമാപദം.

നിറമിഴിയിലു് നിന്നുമരുമ
കുളിരരുവി ഒഴുകിടും
നി൯റ്റെ ന൪ത്തന വേദിയായി
സാന്ദ്രമാം ഹിമയാചലം.........
സാന്ദ്രമാം ഹിമയാചലം.

പലപളുങ്കു മണികളായി
പതനതീരമണഞ്ഞു നീ
പലരുടേയും പടഹനി൪ഘോ-
ഷങ്ങളു്കേട്ടു മയങ്ങി നീ.........
കേട്ടുമയങ്ങി നീ.

മദനഭാവം മധുരഭാവം
മഥുരത൯പുര ഗോപുരം
ഒഴുകിയെത്തും കാറ്റിലെ൯റ്റെ
പ്രിയസഖിത൯ഗദ്ഗദം...........
പ്രിയസഖിത൯ഗദ്ഗദം.

 
From Jalaja Padma Raaji. 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CKTQDC3

ഗാനം എട്ടു്

കാലമാകും കടലു്ക്കരയിലു് കടന്നുവന്നൊരു യാത്രികാ

പി. എസ്സു്. രമേശു് ചന്ദ്ര൯

 

[അവസാന ഗാനം. മലമേടുകളു് വനാരണ്യങ്ങളായി കടല്ത്തീരത്തു വന്നു ചേരുന്നു. ഈ ഗാനത്തോടെ ജലജപദ്മരാജി എന്ന ചലച്ചിത്രം അവസാനിക്കുന്നു]

 

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c--gxSEhNgY

കാലമാകും കടലു്ക്കരയിലു്  കടന്നുവന്നൊരു യാത്രികാ..രാത്രിയും..യാത്രയായു്,
കരളിനുള്ളിലു് നീയെഴുതിയ
മധുരഭാവം കവിതയായു്..കവിതയായു്..കവിതയായു്. [കാലമാകും]

സാന്ദ്രനീലവനം മുന്നിലു് തളി൪ത്തുനിലു്ക്കുമ്പോളു്
തളിരിടാത്ത വസന്തമൊന്നെ൯ മനസ്സിലു്നിലു്ക്കുന്നു,
കാലമാം തിരശ്ശീലതന്നിലു് നീവീഴു്ത്തുന്ന............. (പാസു്)
കാലമാം തിരശ്ശീലതന്നിലു് നീവീഴു്ത്തുന്ന
ചലനചിത്രം നടനചിത്രം നിശബ്ദമായി. [കാലമാകും]

മധുവസന്തം മനസ്സിനുള്ളിലു് നിറഞ്ഞുനിലു്ക്കുമ്പോളു്
മനമുലയു്ക്കും നിഴലുചിത്രം നീപതിയു്ക്കുന്നു,
കാലമാം കടലു്ക്കരയിലു് നി൯റ്റെ പാദമുദ്രകളിലു്...(പാസു്)
കാലമാം കടല്ക്കരയിലു് നി൯റ്റെ പാദമുദ്രകളിലു്  മനംപൂഴു്ത്തി മുഖംതാഴു്ത്തി ഞാനിരിക്കുന്നു. [കാലമാകും]   

NOTE:

During the 1980s, I was a frequent visitor to the Malayalam Film Production and Distribution Company, Benny Films,Trivandrum, producers of the popular film Pick Pocket. I had real ambitions of filming one of my stories, The Message Of Goodlaay, which tells the tale of a three generation-long revenge, the events starting in the Raamanaadhapuram District in Madras in the dawn of the Nineteenth Century and ending in Kerala in the late Twentieth Century. I knew well from the start that the roles of the villains from the same family in three generations, Chithrakoodam Pulikesan Thampi, his son Pushpabaanan Thampi and his grandson C.K.Saan could be acted by Mr. Balan K. Nair alone. Likewise, the roles of the three generation heroes from the same family, a Stone Cutter, his son Nesamani and his grandson, Lawyer Vijay Sikhamani could only be acted well by Sri. Gopi. And also this film with it's 19th Century Fire-brand Plunders, Mountain Horse Fights and Conflagrations of Whole opposing Villages could be directed by Sri. Cross Belt Mani only.

Then came the unique setbacks. The versatile Cross Belt Mani stopped directing films. Balan K. Nair and after that Sri. Gopi succumbed to paralysis and slowly passed away. I never again dared to even speak about this film to anyone, and is left with the songs and the story.

The story is presented in English as a book, The Message Of Goodlaay. The songs are now included in the Malayalam Poetry Book not yet published, JALAJA PADMA RAAJI, which in Sanskrit means THE LOTOS - BAND, which will be published simultaneously in English as The Lotos-Band.

These songs in Malayalam are introduced here. They are produced as the Musical Album: Puzhayozhukee Eevazhi.

1. Opening Song - Credits, Titles.
 
Oru Vasantham Kadannu Vannu Kavithayezhuthiya Mizhikalil.


Oruvasantham kadannuvannu
Kavithayezhuthiya mizhikalil
Nirayumasru kanangal kontu
Puzhayozhukee eevazhee ....................
Puzhayozhukee eevazhee.

Niranilaavin nimishabhangi
Nizhalidunna yamunayil
Hrudayabharam kavithayaayi
Ozhukiyetthee priyasakhee ................
Ozhukiyetthee priyasakhee.

Nirayumaruma pulinabhangi
Kadameduttha kaarmeghame
Iniyumiravil varumo, ninte
Kadakadahamaam dhwaniyumaay ....
Kadakadahamaam dhwaniyumaay.

Ninnilindra dhanussumaayi
Varnnasabalam mukilukal
Kalakalamkala niswanatthin
Gadgadam pad~maapadam ................
Gadgadam padmaapadam.

Niramizhiyil ninnumaruma
Kuliraruvi ozhukidum
Ninte nartthana vediyaayi
Saandramaam himayaachalam .........
Saandramaam himayaachalam.

Palapalunku manikalaayi
Pathanatheeramananjju nee
Palarudeyum padahanirgho-
Shangal kettu mayangi nee ................
Kettu mayangi nee.

Madhurabhaavam madanabhaavam
Madhurathan pura gopuram
Ozhukiyetthum kaattilente
Priyasakhithan gadgadam .................
Priyasakhithan gadgadam. 

2. End Song - Scenes : Mountains, Jungles and Sea Shore.
 
Kaalamaakum Kadalkkarayil Kadannuvannoru Yaathrikaa.

Kaalamaakum kadalkkarayil
Kadannuvannoru yaathrikaa...raathriyum...yaathrayaay
Karalinullil neeyezhuthiya
Madhurabhaavam kavithayaay...kavithayaay...kavithayaay.

Saandraneelavanam munnil thalirtthu nilkkumpol
Thaliridaattha vasanthamonnen manassil nilkkunnu,
Kaalamaam thirasseelathannil nee veezhtthunna........ ( Pause
Kaalamaam thirasseelathannil nee veezhtthunna
Chalanachithram nadanachithram nissabdamaayi. ....( Kaalamaakum)

Madhuvasantham manassinullil niranjju nilkkumpol
Manamulaykkum nizhaluchithram nee pathiykkunnu,
Kaalamaam kadalkkarayil ninte paadamudrakalil....... ( Pause Kaalamaam kadalkkarayil ninte paadamudrakalil
Manampoozhtthi mukhamthaazhtthi njaaniritkkunnu.(Kaalamaakum)

(Will Continue to other songs)

About the Author P. S. Remesh Chandran: 

Editor of Sahyadri Books & Bloom Books, Trivandrum. Author of several books in English and in Malayalam. And also author of Swan: The Intelligent Picture Book. Born and brought up in the beautiful village of Nanniyode in the Sahya Mountain Valley in Trivandrum, in Kerala. Father British Council trained English teacher and Mother University educated. Matriculation with distinction and Pre Degree Studies in Science with National Merit Scholarship. Discontinued Diploma studies in Electronics and entered politics. Unmarried and single. 

Author of several books in English and in Malayalam, mostly poetical collections, fiction, non fiction and political treatises, including Ulsava Lahari, Darsana Deepthi, Kaalam Jaalakavaathilil, Ilakozhiyum Kaadukalil Puzhayozhukunnu, Thirike Vilikkuka, Oru Thulli Velicham, Aaspathri Jalakam, Vaidooryam, Manal, Jalaja Padma Raaji, Maavoyeppoleyaakaan Entheluppam!, The Last Bird From The Golden Age Of Ghazals, Doctors Politicians Bureaucrats People And Private Practice, E-Health Implications And Medical Data Theft, Did A Data Mining Giant Take Over India?, Will Dog Lovers Kill The World?, Is There Patience And Room For One More Reactor?, and Swan, The Intelligent Picture Book. 

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E-Mail: bloombookstvm@gmail.com
 

Post: P. S. Remesh Chandran, Editor, Sahyadri Books, Trivandrum, Padmalayam, Nanniyode, Pacha Post, Trivandrum- 695562, Kerala State, South India. 

Tribute to a Vanished Song-Malayaalam-as remembered by P.S.Remesh Chandran, Editor, Sahyadri Books & Bloom Books, Trivandrum.

In our lives there are some things which come our way, captivate us, 
then skip and vanish away for ever. Many years back, a fine song
came my way, enchanted me and vanished for ever. It came in a 
cassette, a presentation to me from an unknown. I learned it and 
sang it many times and know it word by word. I can exactly imitate 
it's music. That recording is no more with me. I don't know who 
wrote those beautiful lines, who composed such thrill of a music 
and which golden voice rendered it unforgettably. I searched with
friends, books, internet. It has skipped and gone without a trace. How
I wish to hear it again! I would sell my soul to hear it again.

This is my tribute to that song which was in Malayaalam.


A SONG THAT SKIPPED AND VANISHED.



Alliyaambalppookkalil
Arayannamurangum poykayil
Krishnapaksham nizhaluveesi
Vanalilaavaay pinneyum
Vananilaavaay pinneyum.                  ( Alliyaambalppookkalil )

Kaalamavide kaatthu ninnu
Kaiyyiloru poocchentumaayi
Raavum venpakalumaayi dinangal
Kozhinjjathum pirinjjathum
Onnumariyaathe.                                 ( Alliyaambalppookkalil )

Mohamaavazhi vannupoyi
Kurunnu minnaminniyaayi
Ethetho mancheraathin naalamaay
Ananjjupoy karinjjupoy
Enna kiniyaathe.                                  ( Alliyaambalppookkalil )


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ജലജപത്മപരാഗം Jalaja Padma Paraagam. Poem. P.S.Remesh Chandran.

002. നി൪മ്മിക്കപ്പെടാതെ പോയ ഒരു സിനിമയുടെ കഥ

നി൪മ്മിക്കപ്പെടാതെ പോയ ഒരു സിനിമയുടെ കഥ
 
പി. എസ്സു്. രമേശു് ചന്ദ്ര൯

1980 എന്ന ദശകം മലയാളസാഹിത്യത്തി൯റ്റെയും സിനിമയുടെയും നല്ലകാലമായിരുന്നു. പിക്കു് പോക്കറ്റു് മുതലായ സിനിമകളു് നി൪മ്മിച്ച മലയാളം ഫിലിംനി൪മ്മാണ വിതരണക്കമ്പനിയായ ബെന്നി ഫിലിംസി൯റ്റെ തിരുവനന്തപുരം ഓഫീസിലെ ഒരു പതിവുസന്ദ൪ശകനായിരുന്നു ഈ ലേഖനകാര൯. പത്തൊമ്പതാം നൂറ്റാണു്ടിലു് തമിഴു്നാട്ടിലെ രാമനാഥപുരം പ്രവിശ്യയിലു്നിന്നാരംഭിച്ചു് ഇരുപതാം നൂറ്റാണു്ടിലു് കേരളത്തിലെ ഒരു കുഗ്രാമത്തിലവസാനിക്കുന്ന മൂന്നുതലമുറനീളുന്ന പ്രതികാരത്തി൯റ്റെ കഥപറയുന്ന ഗൂഡു്ലായു് ഗ്രാമത്തി൯റ്റെ കഥ ചിത്രീകരിക്കണമെന്നു് എനിയു്ക്കു് വളരെ ആഗ്രഹമുണു്ടായിരുന്നു.

ഒരേകുടുംബത്തിലെ മൂന്നുതലമുറകളിലെ വില്ല൯മാരായ ചിത്രകൂടം പുലികേശ൯ തമ്പി, മകനായ പുഷു്പബാണ൯ തമ്പി, ചെറുമകനായ സി. കെ. സാ൪ എന്നിവരെ ചിത്രീകരിക്കാ൯ ബാല൯ കെ. നായരെന്ന അതുല്യനടനെക്കൊണു്ടുമാത്രമേ കഴിയുകയുള്ളൂവെന്നു് എനിയു്ക്കു് അന്നേ അറിയാമായിരുന്നു. അതേപോലെ, ഒരേ കുടുംബത്തിലു്നിന്നുള്ള മൂന്നുതലമുറകളിലെ നായക൯മാരായ കല്ലുവെട്ടുകാരനായ അച്ഛനെയും, മകനായ നേശമണിയെയും ചെറുമകനായ വിജയു് ശിഖാമണി വക്കീലിനെയും ഒരേപോലെ അനായാസം അവതരിപ്പിയു്ക്കാ൯ അന്നു് കൊടിയേറ്റം ഗോപി മാത്രമേ ഉണു്ടായിരുന്നുള്ളൂ. പത്തൊമ്പതാം നൂറ്റാണു്ടിലെ കുതിരപ്പടയോട്ടങ്ങളും തീവെട്ടിക്കൊള്ളയും യഥാതഥമായി ചിത്രീകരിക്കുന്നതാകട്ടെ ക്രോസ്സു്ബെലു്റ്റു് മണിയെപ്പോലുള്ളവ൪ക്കുമാത്രം കഴിയുന്ന കാര്യവും.
 
പിന്നെ തിരിച്ചടികളുടെ കാലമായിരുന്നു. ഏകദേശം അതിനടുത്തകാലത്തുതന്നെ ശ്രീ മണി പടമെടുപ്പു് അവസാനിപ്പിച്ചു. ബാല൯ കെ. നായരാകട്ടെ പക്ഷാഘാതബാധിതനാവുകയും ക്രമേണ തിരശ്ശീലയു്ക്കുപിന്നിലേയു്ക്കു് മറയുകയുംചെയു്തു. ശ്രീ കൊടിയേറ്റം ഗോപിയും പിന്നീടു് ഇതേവഴിയു്ക്കു പോയു്മറഞ്ഞു. ഇതു് വ്യക്തമായും എനിയു്ക്കുള്ള ഒരു സന്ദേശമായിരുന്നുവെന്നു് ഞാ൯ കരുതി, കരുതുന്നു. ഇതിനുശേഷം ഈ ഫിലിമി൯റ്റെകാര്യം മറ്റാരോടുംപറയാ൯ ഞാ൯ ധൈര്യപ്പെട്ടിട്ടില്ല. ഈ ചിത്രത്തി൯റ്റെ ഗാനങ്ങളും കഥയുംമാത്രം അവശേഷിച്ചു. മുപ്പതു സംവത്സരങ്ങളു്ക്കുശേഷം ആദ്യം ഇതിലെഗാനങ്ങളും അതിനുശേഷം ഈച്ചിത്രത്തി൯റ്റെ കഥയും അവതരിപ്പിക്കപ്പെടാ൯ പോകുകയാണെന്ന സൂചന ഇ൯റ്റ൪നെറ്റിലു് പ്രക്ത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു. ഗാനങ്ങളു് പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിക്കപ്പെടുകയും ചെയു്തു.

സഹ്യാദ്രി ബുക്കു്സ്സു് & ബു്ളൂം ബുക്കു്സ്സു് തിരുവന്തപുരം ‘The Lotus Band ദി ലോട്ടസ്സു് ബാ൯ഡു്’ എന്നപേരിലു് ഇംഗ്ലീഷിലും ഫ്രഞു്ചിലും ഈ പുസു്തകം പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിക്കുന്നതി൯റ്റെ മുന്നൊരുക്കങ്ങളു് നടക്കുമ്പോളു് ഒരു മാന്യ മഹതിയുടെ അഭ്യ൪ത്ഥനവന്നു- ത൯റ്റെ ഭ൪ത്താവി൯റ്റെ ജീവിതകഥയാണതെന്നു് താനറിഞ്ഞുവെന്നും, പക്ഷെ താ൯ ജീവിച്ചിരിക്കുമ്പോളതു് പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിക്കരിക്കരുതെന്നും. രണു്ടുനൂറ്റാണു്ടുകാലം തമിഴു്നാടുമുതലു് കേരളംവരെ വിറപ്പിച്ച ഒരുകുടുംബത്തിലെ അങ്ങേയറ്റം അഭ്യസു്തവിദ്യനും അക്രമകാരിയുമായ ഒരു കുടിലഹൃദയ൯റ്റെ അക്രമജീവിതകഥ കേരളസമൂഹം വായിച്ചിരിക്കേണു്ടതല്ലേയെന്ന സന്ദേഹമുയ൪ന്നെങ്കിലും ജീവിതത്തിലേറ്റവും ബഹുമാനിക്കുന്ന, സു്നേഹിക്കുന്ന, സാധ്വിയായ ആ അദ്ധ്യാപികയുടെ അഭ്യ൪ഥന മാനിക്കപ്പെടേണു്ടതുതന്നെയാണു്, സംശയമില്ല. സ്വന്തം അച്ഛ൯റ്റെയും അമ്മയുടെയും മുഖത്തുനോക്കിയിരിക്കുന്നതിനേക്കാളു് എത്രയോ എത്രയോ അധികം മണിക്കൂറുകളാണു് നമ്മളു് നമ്മുടെ പ്രിയപ്പെട്ട അദ്ധ്യാപകരുടെ മുഖത്തു് നോക്കികൊണു്ടിരിക്കുന്നതു്! അവ൪ ജീവിച്ചിരിക്കുമ്പോളെന്നല്ല, ഒരിക്കലും ആ അക്രമപരമ്പരക്കഥ ചലച്ചിത്രമായെന്നല്ല, പുസു്തകമായിപ്പോലും പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിക്കേണു്ടെന്നു് തീരുമാനമായി. ബാല്യകാലത്തു് കണു്തുറപ്പിച്ചുവിട്ട മഹനീയജീവിതങ്ങളോടു് അത്രയെങ്കിലും നമ്മളു് ചെയ്യണം. അങ്ങനെ ഈപ്പുസു്തകത്തിലെ ഗാനങ്ങളു്മാത്രം ഇവിടെ അവശേഷിക്കുന്നു, അവ ഇവിടെ അവതരിപ്പിയു്ക്കുന്നു. എന്തും സംഭവിക്കാം, എന്നു് ഊഹിയു്ക്കാമല്ലോ.

ചിത്രം നി൪മ്മിക്കപ്പെട്ടില്ലെങ്കിലും ഗാനരചയിതാവും സംഗീതസംവിധായകനും ഉണു്ടായിരുന്നു. രണു്ടും ഒരാളു്തന്നെയായിരുന്നു, അതു് ഞാ൯തന്നെയുമായിരുന്നു. ചിത്രത്തി൯റ്റെ പേരു് 'ഗൂഡു്ലായി ഗ്രാമം' എന്നായിരുന്നതു് പുസു്തകമായപ്പോളു് 'ജലജപത്മരാജി' എന്നായി. ഈ ഗാനങ്ങളുടെ സംഗീതാംശം സംരക്ഷിക്കപ്പെടണമെന്നുള്ളതുകൊണു്ടു് അവയുടെ വീഡിയോകളു് ബ്ലൂം ബുക്കു്സു് ചാനലു് യൂ ട്യൂബിലൂടെ റിലീസുചെയു്തു. കഥയുടെ ഒറിജിനലു് കൈയ്യെഴുത്തുപ്രതി ബിജുവെന്ന ഒരു സഹപ്രവ൪ത്തകനെ ഡി. ടി. പി. ചെയ്യാനേലു്പ്പിച്ചതിലൂടെ നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടുപോയി. ഏതെങ്കിലുമൊരുകാലത്തു് ആവഴി ആക്കഥയിനിയും പൊങ്ങിവന്നാലു് ഈ ലേഖക൯ ഉത്തരവാദിയല്ല. ഇനിയഥവാ കാലം ആവശ്യപ്പെടുകയാണെങ്കിലു് ഗൂഡു്ലായിഗ്രാമത്തി൯റ്റെ കഥ പുന:സൃഷ്ടിക്കപ്പെട്ടു് സഹ്യാദ്രിമലയാളത്തിലു് പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിക്കപ്പെട്ടുകൂടെന്നുമില്ല.

സഹൃദയമലയാളിയു്ക്കു് ഈ കൃതി സ്വീകാര്യമാവുമെന്നു് പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കുന്നു. മലയാള പുസു്തകരൂപം ഈ കൃതിയു്ക്കു് ഉദ്ദേശിച്ചിട്ടില്ലായിരുന്നു. ഈ രചനകളെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള ആദ്യസൂചനകളു് പുറത്തുവന്നപ്പോളു്ത്തന്നെ പലരും രചയിതാവിനോടു് ചോദിച്ചിരുന്നു, ഈ ജലജയും പത്മയും രാജിയുമൊക്കെയാരാണെന്നു്. ജലജപത്മമെന്നതു താമര. രാജിയെന്നതു കൂട്ടം. ജലജപത്മരാജി എന്നതുകൊണു്ടുദ്ദേശിച്ചിട്ടുള്ളതു് താമരക്കൂട്ടം. താമരത്തോണി എന്നൊരു പുസു്തകം ഏതാനും ദശകംമുമ്പു് മലയാളത്തിലു് ഇറങ്ങിയിട്ടുള്ളതു് സു്മരിക്കുന്നു.

ഈ ലഘുരചനയെ സദയം സ്വീകരിക്കുക. ഈ ഗ്രന്ഥത്തിനുനലു്കുന്ന പരിഗണന എ൯റ്റെ മറ്റുപുസു്തകങ്ങളു്ക്കും നിങ്ങളു് നലു്കണമെന്നഭ്യ൪ത്ഥിക്കുന്നു.

സു്നേഹപൂ൪വ്വം നിങ്ങളുടെ,

പി. എസ്സു്. രമേശു് ചന്ദ്ര൯,
പത്മാലയം, നന്ദിയോടു്, പച്ച പോസ്റ്റു്,
തിരുവനന്തപുരം 695562, കേരളം.
തീയതി: 22-04-2018. 

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കണ്ണുകളിലു് ഹൃദയരാഗം
ഇടറിനിലു്ക്കുന്നു.

അടുത്ത ഏതാനും ലക്കങ്ങളിലായി നിങ്ങളു്ക്കു് ഈ ചിത്രത്തിലെ എല്ലാ ഗാനങ്ങളും കഥയും ഇവിടെ വായിക്കാം. ഈ കാലത്തിനുശേഷം ടെലിവിഷനെന്ന പ്രതിഭാസം നിലവിലു്വരുകയും സിനിമയിലു്ത്തന്നെ അത്ഭുതകരമായ മാറ്റങ്ങളു് നി൪മ്മാണ മേഖലയിലു് സംഭവിക്കുകയും ചെയു്തു. ഒന്നുകൂടി ഓ൪മ്മപ്പെടുതിക്കൊള്ളട്ടെ, എന്തും സംഭവിക്കാം.

Jalaja Padma Paraagam. 


Jalaja padma paraagamaayen
Kavitha vidarumpol,
Yamunathan irukarayilum mazha-
Nizhalu vazhiyumpol,
Mazhanizhalu vazhiyumpol,

Kalakalam kalahamsagaanam
Karalilunarumpol,
Kannukalil hrudayaraagam
Idarinilkkunnooo.


Opening lines from the book
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About the Author P. S. Remesh Chandran: 

Editor of Sahyadri Books & Bloom Books, Trivandrum. Author of several books in English and in Malayalam. And also author of Swan: The Intelligent Picture Book. Born and brought up in the beautiful village of Nanniyode in the Sahya Mountain Valley in Trivandrum, in Kerala. Father British Council trained English teacher and Mother University educated. Matriculation with distinction and Pre Degree Studies in Science with National Merit Scholarship. Discontinued Diploma studies in Electronics and entered politics. Unmarried and single. 

Author of several books in English and in Malayalam, mostly poetical collections, fiction, non fiction and political treatises, including Ulsava Lahari, Darsana Deepthi, Kaalam Jaalakavaathilil, Ilakozhiyum Kaadukalil Puzhayozhukunnu, Thirike Vilikkuka, Oru Thulli Velicham, Aaspathri Jalakam, Vaidooryam, Manal, Jalaja Padma Raaji, Maavoyeppoleyaakaan Entheluppam!, The Last Bird From The Golden Age Of Ghazals, Doctors Politicians Bureaucrats People And Private Practice, E-Health Implications And Medical Data Theft, Did A Data Mining Giant Take Over India?, Will Dog Lovers Kill The World?, Is There Patience And Room For One More Reactor?, and Swan, The Intelligent Picture Book. 

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A Songlet.

നാടും വീടും നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടൊരു
നാട൯ പറവയു്ക്കു്
ന൯മകളെഴുതാ൯ നലു്കുമൊ നിങ്ങളു്
ഒരുതുണു്ടാകാശം?

Naadum veedum nashdappettoru
Naadan paravaykku
Nanmakalezhuthaan nalkumo ningal
Oruthundaakaasam?

014. Song Of The Wave. Kahlil Gibran. Recast In The True Poetic Form By P.S.Remesh Chandran

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Song Of The Wave. Kahlil Gibran. Recast In The True Poetic Form By P.S.Remesh Chandran
 
Editor, Sahyadri Books & Bloom Books, Trivandrum

By PSRemeshChandra, 15th Apr 2011 [5th Oct 2010]

The sea, clouds and waves and the ever patient shore are a wonder to the new born babe, the steam engine like youth and the old man who is like a fading sunset. This energetic, thrilling, restless dame that is the ocean is shy and submissive to only one, her eternal and beloved lover, the shore. Their unending love story which has been going on and will continue to be so through the ages is presented here in the true poetic form.

Man brought back a piece of ocean with him which he still can hear in his blood and soul.


A piece of ocean is inside all beings.

Standing on the shore seeing the perpetual mounting, rolling and thundering of the waves, one will wonder how much water is there on the ocean and if there is an opposite shore, how far and distant that would be. Sea-going boats men and yaughts men won't admit that their fascination for the sea would never be satiated. From time immemorial ocean waves lapping on the shore has been reminding man of the eternity of time and of the beautiful perceptions of its creator. Expanse of the ocean is the first thing that presented man with a glimpse of the immenseness of space and eternity of time. Since life forms migrated to shore from the ocean, man brought back a piece of ocean along with him which in still silent nights he can still listen to reverberating in his blood and soul.

It is easier to count the number of poets who did not write about the ocean.


Ocean blue: the intriguing mystic attraction.

Sea shore and the ocean blue has always been an intriguing and mystic attraction to mankind. The poetical mind of the world gradually began to think of them as lovers, meeting kissing embracing and departing eternally, theirs being the most magnificent love story in the world. It is easier to count which poets did not retell this lovely love story than going after the countless number of poets who celebrated this ardence and affection of the ocean for the shore. Kahlil Gibran's Song Of The Wave surpasses every other one in it's unique poetic conceptions, beauty of diction and musical thrill. He wrote it in blank verse to mask his tune which Sahyadri Books & Bloom Books, Trivandrum recast in the true poetic form for all the world to sing. Song Of The Wave is included in his book Tears And Laughter. It is hoped that world music lovers and Kahlil Gibran fans in all continents will enjoy and benefit from being able to sing this song naturally for the first time. It is expected that beautiful orchestrations and musical albums and films of this immortal song will be made by those interested and talented. Readers, learners and researchers are advised to read Gibran's original blank verse as well.

Song Of The Wave from Tears and Laughter. The Poem Recast.



Drowning souls lifted tenderly towards shore.

4. SONG OF THE WAVE.
[Slightly edited and recast in the true
poetic form by P.S.Remesh Chandran,
Editor, Sahyadri Books & Bloom Books,
Trivandrum]

The strong shore is my beloved, and
I am his sweetheart, united we are at last
By love; and the moon draws me then from him,
I go to him in haste and depart
Reluctantly, with many little farewells.

I steal swiftly from behind the blue
Horizon, to cast the silver of my foam
Upon the gold of his sand;
And we blend in melted brilliance.

No love song equals the majesty and perfection of this scene.



When all asleep, I sit up singing in the night.

I quench his thirst and submerge his heart,
He softens my voice and subdues my temper,
And then I recite the rule of love upon
His ears, and he embraces me longingly.

At eventide I sing to him the song
Of Hope, and then print kisses smooth upon
His face; I am swift and fearful but he
Is quiet patient and thoughtful. His
Broad bossom soothes my restlessness,
As the tide comes we caress each other;
When it withdraws I drop to his feet in prayer.

Lifted drowning souls and carried them tenderly to shore.


His broad bosom will soothe my restlessness.

Many times have I danced around mermaids
As they rose from the depths,
And rested upon my crest to watch the stars;
Many times have I heard lovers complain
Of their smallness and I helped them to sigh.

Many times have I teased the great rocks
And fondled them with a smile, but never have I
Received laughter from them; many times
Have I lifted drowning souls and carried them
Tenderly to my beloved shore,
He gives them strength as he takes mine.

In the dead of night when all creatures seek slumber, I sit up singing.



The wave and shore. Theirs an eternal love story.

Many times have I stolen gems from the depths
And presented them to my beloved shore,
He takes in silence but still I give
For he welcomes me ever.

In the heaviness of night when all
Creatures seek the ghost of slumber, I
Sit up singing at one time,
At another I am awake always.

Alas! Sleeplessness has weakened me!
But I am a lover and the truth of Love is strong;
I may weary but I shall never die.

Note

The number of poets in all languages, lands and ages who wrote about the magnificence, might and beauty of the ocean are as many as there are stars in the universe. The primitive man sitting on the moonlit ocean shore under star studded skies might have been the first creator of a song. His exclamations in wonder at the series of meteorites and shooting stars raining on the blue expanse were the first poetry. No doubt Kahlil Gibran's mind synchronized with that lone singer's soul from an unthinkably far distant past. What love, caring and consideration were stored in the ocean's depths by the creator for man is beautifully conveyed verbatim by Gibran in the Song Of The Wave. The shore is none but man in a philosophical perspective. And the ocean, the creator's eternal inexhaustible kindness! 

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PSRemeshChandra
Editor of Sahyadri Books & Bloom Books, Trivandrum. Author of several books in English and in Malayalam. And also author of Swan : The Intelligent Picture Book.

Comments
Rathnashikamani
17th Apr 2011 (#)
PSRC,

This a lovely literary tribute to the true purpose of spiritual poetry. Marvelous appreciation and an excellent composition of an enchanting poem.

A Budding Writer
10th Jun 2011 (#)

PSRemeshChandra.....I am glad to know that you are an editor and author as mentioned in your profile. If you consider it as answerable, i would like to know your age. I am a teenager and have high dreams. I would like to know how many years it took you to be where you are today.

012. Creation Of Man And Woman. Kahlil Gibran. Recast In The True Poetic Form By P S Remesh Chandran

012.
The Creation Of Man And Woman. Kahlil Gibran. Recast In The True Poetic Form By P S Remesh Chandran
 
Editor, Sahyadri Books & Bloom Books, Trivandrum

By PSRemeshChandra, 8th Apr 2011 [30th Sep 2010]

Kahlil Gibran is mistakenly considered to have written his poems in free verse or blank verse but actually he was hiding his exquisite tunes behind a mask, so that the dull wits and half wits of his times won't attempt to sing them. Songs from his immortal work Tears And Laughter are fine examples of a poet locking out his lines. Two poems from Tears And Laughter, Creation Of Man and Creation Of Woman are presented here, slightly edited and recast in the true poetic form by P. S. Remesh Chandran.

A poet suspected of hiding exquisite tunes behind a mask of blank verse.



Statue of Eve in Eve Fountain, St.Petersberg.

Kahlil Gibran was a U.S- Arabic- Lebanese poet who thrilled the world with exotic tunes and captivating ideas common to all Arab and Persian poets. This wonder that was Gibran brought excellent imagery unheard of and unthought-of of before to the pages of English poetry. His poems have been a source of unending inspiration to poets and poetry appreciating public alike. He is widely accepted as a writer of what is called free verse, blank verse or prose-poems. Considering the sweetness and mellowness of his lines, it is improbable that his mind had not been impregnated with some heavenly music at the time he wrote these lines. His poems can be compared only to such brilliant and musically inspired Persian poets as Gulchin, Sana'i, Rumi, Nizami, Jami, Hafiz, Amir Khusrau, Firdausi and of course Omar Khayyam. So it was only natural there was a hilarious tune concealed behind each song and poem written by Kahlil Gibran. In almost all his poems can be found traces of slight reference to brilliant geniuses being ignored, neglected or condemned by the half wits and the jealous of their times. Thus we come to guess that Kahlil Gibran hid his exquisite tunes behind a mask of blank verse so that the dull wits and half wits of his times won't attempt to sing them.

Statutory Warning: Whoever goes after Gibran will have to suffer the same fate depicted in his poems.



Creation of the world. Painting by Brueghel.

It has been a challenge to music and poetry appreciators all over the world to rediscover the tunes hid by Gibran in his songs. A Dialectical Metaphysicist himself, some uncanny mystic fate surrounded and enveloped his poems which made them immune to unripe persons. Whoever went after Gibran to find out the hidden music in his poems had to suffer and undergo the same misery, poverty, isolation, neglect and suppression depicted by the poet in his poems. That is why those tunes and versifications which were discovered earlier never came out to the printer's press. The strike of fate on those unfortunates who attempted to recast his poems earlier might have been such forceful and complete that they never could have risen again in their lives. Recasting Gibran poems to bring out the rich musical content in them is easy, but surviving and surpassing the fatal strikes extended from the mystic hallo surrounding each poem is not at all easy. This author also did not escape unscathed. Someday I wish to write about my horrible experiences. And I hope someday the results of those other attempts would come to daylight and be published. When Gibran in one of his poems wrote about manuscript pages of the dying poet blown away to future generations by the wind, no one thought it to be a key to the mysticism surrounding the real life of this magical poet.

Dedicated to those who attempted Gibran poems earlier, but did not escape unscathed.



Created the Garden of Eden for housing man.

Tears And Laughter is one of the immortal works of Kahlil Gibran, the others being The Broken Wings and The Prophet. All poems in these works are good to be read and sung. Poems from Tears And Laughter have since been slightly edited and recast in the true poetic form by P.S.Remesh Chandran, Editor, Sahyadri Books & Bloom Books, Trivandrum. The following songs from this book are now released online so that all the world may sing them and enjoy them. Hope copyright restrictions if any won't hamper the zeal of the world and dampen the cherished wish of Gibran Fans in all countries. This work is dedicated to those creative minds from all corners of the world who attempted recasting Kahlil Gibran poems earlier, but did not survive the mystic and fatal blows from the poems.

The Creation Of Man
The Creation Of Woman
A Poet's Death Is His Life
Song Of The Rain
Song Of The Wave
A Lover's Call

 
Someone someday somewhere will recast all Gibran poems to bring out the rich musical content in them.



Paradise painted in oil by Brueghel.

It is hoped that Kahlil Gibran's other works will also be brought out in the true poetic form by others elsewhere. In coming years, recasting of more songs in Tears And Laughter will be undertaken and published. Beautiful orchestrations also will be made which finally will show to the world what a U.S- Arabic- Lebanese combination means. Sahyadri Books & Bloom Books, Trivandrum presents the first song in this series, The Creation Of Man before the poetry-appreciating public.

1. Creation Of Man. The Poem Recast.



After creation, man was shown to other creatures.

Furnace of Anger gave consuming fire,
Desert of Ignorance gave searing wind,

The shore of Selfishness sharp-cutting sand,
And feet of Ages coarse earth from under.

Combining them God fashioned Man and gave
To him a blind power, raging and driving

Him into madness which extinguishes
Only before gratification of Desire,

And placed in him Life which is the spectre of Death.
God laughed and cried, felt overwhelming Love

And Pity, and beneath his guidance sheltered Man.
Burning fire in one eye, rolling ocean in the other.

God created man out of fire, wind, sand and earth provided by anger, ignorance, selfishness and ages respectively, leaving no mighty element untouched and unutilized for his creation. It was expected that the raging blind power blown into him would drive him into his inborn madness which would extinguish only upon attainment of gratification of his desire, consuming him finally. That was the scheme. Desire was invented and designed for him, and placed in him naturally. Then God placed life in him which is in fact a manifestation and the haunting ghost-like presentiment of death. God knew that man would die someday which man alone did not know until he ate the fruit, lost his innocence and divined the ultimate knowledge of life and death. The instant he ate the fruit, the first dead leaf fell in the garden. God did see in advance his creation going after gratification of his desire and after a brief span of life, lying somewhere dead and still. That was why he laughed and cried at the same time, feeling overwhelming joy and pity for this doomed fragile creation, and decided to stay with him and to protect him under his guidance like a child who will never grow.

2. Creation Of Woman. The Poem Recast.



Woman created in elegance in the garden.

God separated Spirit from himself,
Fashioned it into Beauty and showered upon

All blessings of gracefulness and kindness
And gave the cup of Happiness and said:

"Drink not from this cup unless you forget past
And future, happiness but this moment."

He also gave a cup of Sorrow and said:
"Drink from this cup and you will understand

The meaning of the fleeting instants of
The joy of life, for Sorrow ever abounds."

Versification and orchestration of Gibran poems will become the most pleasant verbal exercise in future.

 

Expulsion from home: the price of sin and learning.

These slightly edited and recast poems of Kahlil Gibran are the first of its kind that got published ever. Only a mind perfectly thrilled at creating such perfect and exquisite tunes can write those lines. It is theorized that Gibran wrote them in this exact way, and then to mislead readers, he rearranged his lines to make them look like blank verse. Considering the majesty and loftiness of his theme, it is not unlike him to disguise his poetry in this manner and divert readers from the dazzling glory of divinity. Many poets like Rabindranath Tagore and Sarojini Naidu also have successfully locked their lines before appreciators. It is contextual to note that these two poets were admirers of Kahlil Gibran. To perfectly appreciate their poems, the readers will have to unlock or rediscover their original writing. Readers, learners and researchers are advised to read the original blank-verse text of Gibran as well. It is hoped that more Gibran poems will be recast to bring out the rich musical content in them. Versification of Kahlil Gibran poems and orchestrating them in their original tunes will become the most pleasant verbal exercise in future in the English speaking Arab world.

Note

What Gibran wrote, he experienced. Not that what Gibran experienced, he wrote. Poetry should be fact melted down in philosophy. Philosophy is to be derived by an individual from the experience he gains. Therefore, a person who writes philosophical poems incommensurate with his age, without adequate back support of experience, will be forced to experience the very things he wrote. That is Nature's balancing. The author and the commenter of this article has undergone this trial and punishment for attempting works unbecoming of age. It happened so in regard to my own literary creations. Regarding the additional punishment I have had to bear for recasting Gibran poems, I have decided to write about it in detail sometime, if allowed. One thing is certain. Kahlil Gibran wrote superb philosophical poems which fitted not his age. And he escaped from experiencing the very things. So the gravity of the residual energy envelops the poems like a black hole, draining the energy of all who deal with those poems. There have been equally disturbing stories about Shakespeare's certain plays which cause untoward incidents at wherever they are acted. The last time I heard, it was a chandelier that broke down from the roof and fell 'accidentally' on the stage.

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Comments
Rathnashikamani
20th Jun 2011 (#)
PSRemeshChandra,
You're to Kahlil Gibran, what T.S. Eliot was to John Donne.

About the Author P. S. Remesh Chandran: 

Editor of Sahyadri Books & Bloom Books, Trivandrum. Author of several books in English and in Malayalam. And also author of Swan: The Intelligent Picture Book. Born and brought up in the beautiful village of Nanniyode in the Sahya Mountain Valley in Trivandrum, in Kerala. Father British Council trained English teacher and Mother University educated. Matriculation with distinction and Pre Degree Studies in Science with National Merit Scholarship. Discontinued Diploma studies in Electronics and entered politics. Unmarried and single. 

Author of several books in English and in Malayalam, mostly poetical collections, fiction, non fiction and political treatises, including Ulsava Lahari, Darsana Deepthi, Kaalam Jaalakavaathilil, Ilakozhiyum Kaadukalil Puzhayozhukunnu, Thirike Vilikkuka, Oru Thulli Velicham, Aaspathri Jalakam, Vaidooryam, Manal, Jalaja Padma Raaji, Maavoyeppoleyaakaan Entheluppam!, The Last Bird From The Golden Age Of Ghazals, Doctors Politicians Bureaucrats People And Private Practice, E-Health Implications And Medical Data Theft, Did A Data Mining Giant Take Over India?, Will Dog Lovers Kill The World?, Is There Patience And Room For One More Reactor?, and Swan, The Intelligent Picture Book. 

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