Paroles et traduction K. J. Yesudas - Parvathi Swayamvaram

Parvathi Swayamvaram

Uthara swayam varam kadhakali kanuvaan
Uthrada rathriyil poyirunnu
Kanchana kasavulla poonchela
Uduthaval nenjeyyum ambumayi vannirunnu

Irayimman thambi nalkum sringara padha lahari
Iru swapna vedhikalil alinju chernnu
Karalile kali thattil arupathu thiriyitta
Kadhakali vilakkukal erinju ninnu (uthara swayamvaram)

Kudamaloor sairandriyayi mankulam brihandalayayi
Haripattu ramakirishnan valalanayi
Duryodhanan veshamittu guru chenganooru vannu
Varanassi than chenda unarnnuyarnnu
Ayiram sankalpangal therukal theertha ravil
Arjjunanayi njan aval utharayayi ayi
Athu kazhinjatta vilakkananju poyi
Ethra ethra ajnatha vasaminnum thudarunnu njan
(Uthara swayam varam)

Parvathi Swayamvaram

I have come to seek your hand in marriage, Uthara.
I have been waiting for this night since the day I was born.
In gilded robes, I stand before you,
My heart pounding like a drum in my chest.

My brother, Irayimman, has blessed me with words of love,
And I have dreamed of this moment since I was a child.
Sixty drums thunder in the distance,
And the lights of the kathakali dance flicker in the night (Uthara swayamvaram).

I am the dancer from Kudamaloor,The prince of Brihandalaya,
Haripattu Ramakrishnan, the warrior.
Duryodhana himself, my teacher, has come from Chenganoor.
The chenda drums of Varanasi roar in my veins.
A thousand prayers have led me to this day,
Where I will become Arjuna, and you, Uthara, will be my bride.
But after the dance, the lights will fade,
And I will return to my wandering life.
(Uthara swayam varam)