Notations -> http://www.shivkumar.org/music/#e
Pallavi:
ETi janmam(i)di hA O rAma
Anupallavi
ETi janmam(i)di enduku 1kaligenu
entani sairintu hA O rAma (ETi)
caraNam 1
sAti lEni mAra kOTi lAvaNyuni
mATi mATiki jUci mATal(A)Dani tanak(ETi)
caraNam 2
sAreku mutyAla hAra(y)uramu pAlu
kAru mOmunu kannulAra jUDani tanak(ETi)
caraNam 3
ingitam(e)rigina sangIta lOluni
pongucu taniv(A)ra kaugilincani tanak(ETi)
caraNam 4
sAgara Sayanuni tyAgarAja nutuni
vEgamE jUDaka vEgenu hRdayamu (ETi)
Meaning: http://thyagaraja-vaibhavam.blogspot.com/2008/07/thyagaraja-kriti-eti-janmamidi-raga.html
P: O Lord Sri rAma! Alas (hA)! What kind of (ETi) life (janmamu) is this (idi) (janmamidi)?
A: What kind of (ETi) life (janmamu) is this (idi)? Why (enduku) did this birth take place (kaligEnu)? How much (entani) shall I forbear (sairintu)? Alas (hA) O Lord rAma!
O Lord Sri rAma! Alas! What kind of life is this?
C1:
O Lord SrI rAma! Alas! What kind of life is this for me (tanaku) –
who couldn’t speak (mATalu ADani) (mATalADani) to the peerless (sATi lEni), million (kOTi) cupids (mAra) like beautiful Lord (lAvaNyuni) by beholding (jUci) Him every now and then (mATi mATiki)?
C2:
O Lord SrI rAma! Alas! What kind of life is this for me (tanaku) –
who couldn’t always (sAreku) behold (jUDani), the chest (uramu) adorned with pearl (mutyAla) necklace (hAra) (hArayuramu) and the most innocent (pAlu kAru) (literally milk oozing – baby-like) face (mOmunu), to the satiation of (my) eyes (kannulAra)?
C3:
O Lord SrI rAma! Alas! What kind of life is this for me (tanaku) –
who couldn’t exultingly (pongucu) embrace (kaugilincani), the (Lord who is) enjoyer (lOluni) of music (sangIta) (and) who knows (erigina) propriety (ingitamu) (ingitamerigina), to my satisfaction (tanivi Ara) (tanivAra)?
C4:
My heart (hRdayamu) is grieving (vEgenu) without beholding (jUDaka) quickly (vEgamE) the Lord - praised (nutuni) by tyAtagarAja - reclining (Sayanuni) (on the couch of SEsha) in the Milk Ocean (sAgara).
O Lord SrI rAma! Alas! What kind of life is this?
