Era Rara

    By Unknown - Taken on 6 October 2013 by - Daniel VILLAFRUELA-, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=97911938

Era Rara

Ragam: Brindavana Saranga, Talam: Rupakam, Composer: Muttuswami Dikshitar

Pallavi:
Refrain:
Era rArA ceyidErA I marubAriki tALagalEra
My dear, come and take my hand, I cannot bear Cupid's tortures any more
Anupallavi:
Bridge:
mAra janaka sukumAra sundara
O creator of cupid (Lord Vishnu), you are both beautiful and good
Charanam:
Lyrics:
valaci ninnu pilacina nannu
When I called you, my voice brimming with desire
sallApinci mariyu ullAsincavu
why did you not avail of the pleasure of my conversation?
sarasuDani cAla kOrinArA
Recognizing your romantic soul, I pined for you
prANa nannu kaugalincavera vaddaki
You are my life, why do you not embrace me passionately?

Cobbled together from various internet sources: rasikas.org,sangeetasudha and javali blog and edited further by Shankari and Manonmani.