Friday, March 6, 2009

No grievance

This is a song in Tamil. I try to hear and sing it every day if I can. Sung by MS Subbulakshmi, the nightingale of India. She was 82 years old when she sang this. This was her last song in her last ever concert. I had the great fortune to hear one of her live concerts some 30 odd yrs back. She looked resplendent as ever, her songs were filled with devotion and she poured her soul into her singging. The lyrics were by Rajaji.



The essence of the song is that "There is no grievance for me Oh Lord, when you are there".

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was to have said - "Who am I , a mere Prime Minister before a Queen, a Queen of Music ".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.S._Subbulakshmi

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