Alai Payude Kanna, a well-known and well-loved kriti, is a superb example of this mood. 1700-1765) has painted!! Oh the poignant grief of separation from one who is loved so very much! I have previously written a post on viraha bhava, which features often in Indian literature and music. What an evocative image the poet-composer Oothukadu Venkata Subbaiyer (c. And like the ebb and flow of the waves, her heart too ebbs and flows with love, longing and despair.
Her heart lurches from one thing to another as she awaits her lover. At other times, her attachment makes her full of jealousy and doubt ‘While I cry out for you in despair, are you frolicking with other women? Is this just? Is this fair?’. ‘Won’t you come and embrace me in a lonely grove and make me flower with sensations?’ she begs in her mind. At times, her overwhelming love makes her wait unbearable.
At times, she is stilled by the music, for it is enchanting, this music that the flute player plays. Her mind is awash with misery and longing, as restless as the waves of the ocean. A young woman stands in the meadows, peering into the distance, seeking her love, the flautist. The breeze wafts in the sound of the flute being played, somewhere far away. The world is bathed in moonlight this night is almost as bright as day.
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