Sruthi Kl C Thudithalam’s ‘Maayum Maayum’ is from the album ‘Narivetta’, starring Tovino Thomas. Vinu Kidachoolan wrote and composed the track. It begins with a hypnotic chant, asking the physical world and its illusions to dissolve.
Maayum Maayum
Sruthi Kl C Thudithalam • From “Narivetta”
Narivetta’s Maayum Maayum Lyrics Translation
The verses detail the community’s grief over a lost child. They tell their deity, Kinaathi, that the child has faded away. This leads to a direct request for the spirit to guard them from surrounding adversity.
Maayum Maayum Maayum ManneFade, fade, fade, O world
Maayum Maayum MaayeFade, fade, O illusion
Kinaathi Pattola Purathoruthiri MaayeO ‘Kinaathi’, upon your silk robe is a touch of magic
Maayum Maayum Maayum ManneFade, fade, fade, O world
Maayum Maayum MaayeFade, fade, O illusion
Kinaathi Pattola Purathoruthiri MaayeO ‘Kinaathi’, upon your silk robe is a touch of magic
Kaavile Karimullu Kaayanju PoyaWhen the wild jasmine in the sacred grove withered
Neram Poya Neram Vanthala KinaathiAs time passed, you arrived, O ‘Kinaathi’
Kaavile Karimullu Kaayanju PoyaWhen the wild jasmine in the sacred grove withered
Neram Poya Neram Vanthala KinaathiAs time passed, you arrived, O ‘Kinaathi’
Maayum Maayum Maayum ManneFade, fade, fade, O world
Maayum Maayum MaayeFade, fade, O illusion
Kinaathi Pattola Purathoruthiri MaayeO ‘Kinaathi’, upon your silk robe is a touch of magic
Pettapulle Maanju Maranju PoyaThe child she bore has faded and disappeared
Aalu Nizhalenthi Paranje KinaathiTell us what the human shadow holds, O ‘Kinaathi’
Aarathilarinjo Ariyatheyo KettiKnowingly or not, the ritual ties were bound
Kaalu Kuthi Kaalukaay Melukuriyum VacheWith stomping feet, ankle bells, and a sacred mark on the brow
Chuvaduveche Enkale KaappaAs you take your steps, protect us
Enkale Chutti Vantha VaathaneFrom the evil that has surrounded us
Kannukuthi KaavaPierce its eye and guard us
Thudiyum Veche PattukettichuttiWith the ‘thudi’ drum, wrapped in silk robes
Aadi Paadi Vantha Enkale TheyyankakkuFor our ‘Theyyam’ deity who came singing and dancing
Votta Voli KaaniShow us the one true light
Maayum Maayum Maayum ManneFade, fade, fade, O world
Maayum Maayum MaayeFade, fade, O illusion
Kinaathi Pattola Purathoruthiri MaayeO ‘Kinaathi’, upon your silk robe is a touch of magic
Aasha Theyya Bhoomi TheyyaThe ‘Theyyam’ of hope, the ‘Theyyam’ of the earth
Oonjurappu KettiHas established its firm presence
Aalarinju NeeyarinjuThe people knew, and you knew
Paari ParantheAs you soared and flew
Paappe Thantha ThengaamurikkiruFor the half-coconut the elder gave
Kanda OoyutheSee how it sways
Paappathina Eerum PorumFor the elder, the threads of fate
KettunadantheWere woven together as he walked
Maayum Maayum Maayum ManneFade, fade, fade, O world
Maayum Maayum MaayeFade, fade, O illusion
Kinaathi Pattola Purathoruthiri MaayeO ‘Kinaathi’, upon your silk robe is a touch of magic
Maayum Maayum Maayum ManneFade, fade, fade, O world
Maayum Maayum MaayeFade, fade, O illusion
Kinaathi Pattola Purathoruthiri MaayeO ‘Kinaathi’, upon your silk robe is a touch of magic
Maayum Maayum Music Video
The invocation is part of a Theyyam folk ritual, a prayer born from loss. The community’s singing and dancing lead to a final plea. The meaning of the ‘Maayum Maayum’ lyrics centers on asking the deity to show them the one true path.