Sep 28, 2007

The elephant

Aanai aanai azhagar aanai
(Elephant belonging to Azhagar)
Azhagarum Chokarum erum aanai
(The elephant that Azhagar and Chokar climb on)
Kaati karumbinai moorikum aanai
(The elephant that breaks a tied bunch of sugarcane)
Kutti aanaiku kombu molachuadham
(The small elephant grew tusks)
Patanam ellam pardhodhi pocham
(The entire city ran away)

The story is at The Elephant

~Aditya

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

thanks for this..we've been wondering abt the words to teach my lil one. but none of us knew beyond the first line..thanks again

Anonymous said...

Theres a lil more I remember that my thathi used to sing to my nephew... dunno if she had made that up or thats how it is...
After what you have typed, it goes...
adho paar maina...
aaspathri "KOYNA"...
(Have no clue what that means!!!)
onga appa peru(name)Naina
unnodai plaina?
naan porain CHINA!!!!!!!
(usually followed by the child loosing it laughing or crying enough to never want to sing it again!!!!)

Ps: isnt this usualy sung for an infant in the "Head Bobbing Phase"?

Anonymous said...

I remember my grandmother singing this adding a few more lines...

Aanai aanai azhagar aanai
azhgarum chokkarum erum aanai
katti karumbai murikum aanai
cauvery thanniyai kalakum aanai
aanai vandhudham thopula
apa pazhuthudham maambazham
kudhirai vandhudham thopula
kulunga pazhuthudham maambazham
kutti aanaiku kombu mozhachidham
pattinathaar ellam paaka vaango
graamathaar ellam kekka vaango...