Another song the late Jon Higgins is remembered for is Kaa Vaa Vaa.
kaa vaa vaa kandaa vaa vaa
ennai ka vaa vElavaa
shhanmugaa vaa vaa
pazhani malai urayum muruga vaa vaa
dEvaadi dEvan maganE vaa
dEvi maDiyil amarum guhanE vaa
deyvayAnE manavALa vaa
sharavanabhava paramatha yaala
shhanmuga vaa vaa
aabataruLara aruL oli tarum pannai
annalay eeyya vaa
paaba tiral tarum pabam-agala varum
pazhanivalar karuNai mazhaiyE vaa
tabatraya veyilara nizharal tarum
vandaruvE en kula guruvE vaa
shree padmanaabha marugaa vaa
sharavanabhava muttayyaa vaa
kaa vaa vaa ...
This is a composition in Tamil of Paapanaasam Shivan in Raga Varaali, set to Adi talam. The devotee pours his heart out, calling to Lord Muruga.
To hear Jon Higgins sing Kaa Vaa Vaa, click here (open the link in a new window).
2 comments:
Kaa Va Vaa, is rendered in Varali and not Kambhoji as stated in the space under Jon Higgins.
Since you are writing about different songs, including those in Tamil, would you like to write about Skanda Shasti Kavacham and Kandar Anubhuti ? The former is a composition of Devaraya Swamigal (antecedents unknown) and is one of the most important devotional works on Lord Muruga. Simple to understand, it is verily a kavach or armour for every person who devoutly sings the same. Kandar Anubhuti was composed by Arunagirinathar, the celebrated composer of Thiruppugazh. Arunagirinathar lived in the 15th century, according to an article in Wikipedia. It is set in extremely poetic and classical Tamil, unike Skanda Shasti Kavacham, but is no less in devotional purport
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