PS: While I know Tamil, this song was beyond my understanding and I took the help of the Banu in understanding the lyrics. What have you been listening to these days and what is your “now” song? Do tell. Some songs are beyond mere description and just need to be listened to again and again. Since that day, I have been listening to Allahvai naam… at least once or twice a day, everyday. I listened to the song almost on a loop that day, and if anybody has any doubts about the healing powers of music, let me tell you that by that evening, I was fine. Though I didn’t understand the lyrics fully, I got the emotion the song was trying to convey. The violin interlude was just as beautiful and by the time the song began, I was settled in bed, fever and body ache forgotten, my mind tuned to the nuances and melody of the song.Īllahvai naam thozhudaal is a Tamil song and is basically about the comfort that one feels when kneeling before/praying to/ worshipping God or Allah, about taking His words to our hearts and spreading His message and remembering Him. Krishna began with a brief and beautiful alaap in one of my favourite ragas, Bihag. I knew I was in for a special experience when T.M.
I needed no encouragement to click on the link in the tweet, which was a recording of an intriguingly named song. The first thing I saw was this tweet of T.M. Restless and unable sleep, I logged into my Twitter account to do ‘time pass’. Surprisingly, it was Twitter which introduced me to this gem, and I still can’t get over that. I was home on sick leave from work that weekday in October with a fever and body ache.
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