Raja’s Miracle…..Ilayanila… Thirst that never Ends….

Have you ever felt an unending thirst ????
Have you ever sensed your nerves dancing???
Have you ever experienced a Virtual Guitar in your hands???
If not….then listen to Ilayanila……
SPB…a special mention about this person….
Raja n SPB is the best combination ever possible….lot many songs can be listed to prove this…and Ilayanila tops the list….

Guitar and SPB voice competes to start this melody…..both in a mild tone…..
The third line both start rising in their own tones……
And then comes the MAGNIFICIENT interlude…….
The interlude which is as unique as RAJA…..
The interlude which instigates happiness in all the senses……
The descending Guitar......listening to which unknowingly heart and head swing together in the same note…
Even the people who don’t know anything about Guitar will start moving their fingers imagining the Fretboard(finger board) of guitar in hand….
Following with a heavenly flute…….sounding like answering the preceded Guitar's happiness….
Answering the guitar…Flute continues the tune in same happiness and much sweeter tempo……Haa…heavenly Flute…
The charge of sweetness is transferred from Flute to SPB …along with Bass guitar and drums accompanying him….
After a few minutes of sweet tenderness with the first charanam….Raja takes the charge of throwing our overwhelmed hearts from that charanam to the second interlude…
An other amazing interlude…..Raja…Raja..Raja..Raja….
Guitar …..Guitar…Guitar…..Playing the strings of heart…..Interlude goes on….
The last charanam becoming more sweeet with SPB’s mark of smile at one of the lines…….
POSTLUDE…….ohhhhhhhhhh………
Who else can compose this????????????????
GOD….
Who else can sing this????????????????????
Melody King…..
Every time this track ends up very soon….. :)
Thirst never ends……
Nothing surprise that this track became a inspiration for many other musicians ..one of whom composed “Neele Neele Ambar pe” in the similar tune in hindi…rendered by the great Kishore Kumar sir…….
Heard from few musician friends that…When they learn Guitar…when filmy musicians come for auditions to the colleges in search of Guitarists…The first and last test they ask them to under go is to play first interlude of Ilayanila…..
Ofcourse that’s a tough TEST..isint it :)
SPB in Asianet channel interview mentioned that… The Guitarist took 16 takes to complete this song recording…
Ofcourse that Rakshas might have composed this in no less than 16 minutes… Who knows??? After all he is GOD …..
Raja…Whose music obviously raises a urge to understand the lyrics once in a while….made me know the lyrics of this masterpiece even..
and it goes like this…..

Ilayanila poLigiradhe idhaiyam varai nanaigiradhe
The young moon is shining and it is cooling my heart (literal meaning is my heart is getting wet because of moon's shine)
Ula pogum megham kana kaanume ...vilaaa kaanume vaname
The clouds are going for a ride dreaming and the sky is celebrating a festival
Varum valiyil pani malaiyil paruvanila dhinam dhanaiyum ...mughil edhuthu mugam thudaithu vidiyum varai nadai paLagum
On the way the moon gets wet in the dew rain and it takes the clouds ,wipes it's face and learns to walk till day break.
Vanaveediyil mega oorvalam kaanum podhile aarudhal tharum.
On the sky's road there is a cloud procession and it's sight is very re-assuring.
Paruvamaghal vidigalile kanavu varum
Dreams comes in the eyes of a young girl

Ilayanilaaa poLigiradhe
Ula pogum megham kana kaanume ...
vilaaa kaanume vaname
Ilayanilaaa poLigiradhe
Mughilinangal alaigiradhey mugavarigal tholaindhanavo?
The clouds are going in all directions..have they lost their addresses ?
Mugavarigal tavirayadhal aludhidhumo adhu malaayo
Having lost the address,will they cry and is it the rain??
Neela vanile velli odaigal ooduginradhey enna jadhaigalo
There are a lot of silver streams in the blue sky what do they depict ?
Vinvivaliyil vidhaithadhuyaar navamanigal
Who sowed the 9 stones on the sky !!!!