Tuesday 28 January 2020

An Ode to Childhood : Blog # 348


An Ode to Childhood

All of us have very fond memories of childhood. It is one place we would like to walk back to and revisit in our lives.

Of the many beautiful songs from Malayalam Cinema, there is one which weaves a magnificent magic around the innocence of childhood – ‘Vennila Chandana Kinnam’ from the movie, Azhakiya Ravanan. Here, I am attempting to present to you, the essence of the song. I am not attempting a literal translation, but the endeavor is to help the non Malayalees enjoy the unparalleled beauty of this song.

I want you to close your eyes, think of your child hood, your friends from those days, the house where you lived, the food you liked, the scents you remember, how young your parents were, the summer vacations and then read the below lines.

Oh look! the shining, lovely moon has fallen in to the serene lake…
Come, let us pick it up with our little, tender hands.

When the birdie sings the melodious harvest song…
Let us build a cozy nest with its yellow feather.

In the lush green meadows where the cattle grazes…
Let us
Enjoy the tender mangoes…
Ring in the anklets of the wind…
And run up the hill of lucky red seeds…

I shall come and cover your eyes
When we play hide and seek,
Allow me a little lie, that I saw you…

Let us
Be the King and Queen of those unseen stories...
Get on the long slow swings during festivities…
Be the peacock that spreads its long beautiful tail…
Hide in those hillocks where the clouds run by…
Swim around like a golden fish…
Board the rhythms of a boat song…

Let us
Play hide and seek…
Bake mud cookies…
Play with the stones in the shades of the huge mango tree…
Go visit the temple…
One where the leaves of the mighty banyan tree meditate…

Hear my friend,  
Tomorrow is the first meal of the lovely baby sparrow…
And then, the tiny squirrel is being fed his first milk…
In a faraway land, the wind seeds are getting married…
And then, the little elephant will take bath ever so playfully…

What really struck me was the fact that most of what this song speaks holds true for almost all of us, which ever part of India we are from. The magic of Childhood remains unchanged.

Oh what a beautiful time Childhood is, isn’t it? How one wishes to hold on to those days for as long as one lives!

You may watch the song here 😊



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