Alankar(Decor) -273 Poem by Indira Renganathan

Kriti--Lullaby
Raga senjurutti
Tala-Khanda jathi Eka--Tisra Gati

1 Thalelo thalelo thaa le..lo
Thalelo thalelo tha le lo
Thalelo thalelo thaa le..lo
Thalelo thalelo tha le lo

2 Son of the fulgent sun oh my golden darling
Kiddo thalelo tha le lo
Mother land's prosperous affluence you roll on oh my dear
Oh my Great thalelo tha le lo

3 Blessed by Lord Ganesh may your dreams grow in His grace oh my
Kiddo thalelo tha le lo
There's no world without water so too I'm without you sleep in sweet
Dreams dear thalelo tha le lo

4 Oh fragrant Jasmine oh evening moon's blaze oh my
Beauty thalelo tha le lo
Happy life's lovely child, sample of soothing breeze oh my sweet
Ditty thalelo tha le lo

5 Mother land's prosperous affluence you roll on oh my dear
Oh my Great thalelo tha le lo
Happy life's lovely child, sample of soothing breeze oh my sweet
Ditty thalelo tha le lo

6 Thalelo thalelo thaa le..lo
Thalelo thalelo tha le lo
Thalelo thalelo thaa le..lo
Thalelo thalelo tha le lo

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Note: Below is the transliterated Tamil version of the above English song
The Tamil song is also composed by me.

1 Thalelo thalelo thaa le..lo
Thalelo thalelo tha le lo
Thalelo thalelo thaa le..lo
Thalelo thalelo tha le lo

2 Sooriya lokaththin sudaril udhiththa thangame
Thalire thalelo thaa le lo
Seermigu boomiththaai sezhippil thavazhum selvame
Sirappe thalelo thaa le lo

3 Nambikkai nayakan thumbikkai Ganesan thunaisei
En seiye thalelo thaa le lo
Neerindri ulakillai neeyindri naanillai niththiraik
Kanavile thalelo thaa le lo

4 Mallikai maname maalai madhiyin oLiye*
Azhage thalelo thaa le lo
Mangala vaazhvin maadhiri maarutha thendrale
Themmaange thalelo thaa le lo

5 Seermigu boomiththaai sezhippil thavazhum selvame
Sirappe thalelo thaa le lo
Mangala vaazhvin maadhiri maarutha thendrale
Themmaange thalelo thaa le lo

6 Thalelo thalelo thaa le..lo
Thalelo thalelo tha le lo
Thalelo thalelo thaa le..lo
Thalelo thalelo tha le lo

Note: Lullaby is Thalattu in Tamil.Thalelo is a tamil musical word
set to a soothing tune sung in repetitions to put the baby to sleep.

Apart from the earlier said format of kritis there are exceptional examples
like this lullaby song written in stanzaic quatrain form also come under
the catagory of Kriti

Jathi. Jathi of a tala specifies beat count of the rhythm cycle.
It specifically applies to laghu component(s) of the talam and not necessarily to the entire
talam. The different jathis are tisra (three beats in lagu) , chathusra (four) , khanda (five) ,
misra (seven) and sankeerna (nine) .

Gati or Nadai - Pulse or gait of the tala. Gati is the Sanskrit term while ‘Nadai' is the Tamil term and refer to the same entity.
The number of subunits within an Akshara determine the Gati or Nadai.
Number of Subunits ----------> Type of Gati or Nadai
4 or multiples of 4 ---------> Chaturashram
3 or multiples of 3 ---------> Tishram*
7 or multiples of 7 ---------> Mishram
5 or multiples of 5 ---------> Khandam
9 or multiples of 9 ---------> Sankeernam