Originally posted by: _Lord.of.Light_
I am a Malayalee but brought up in Maharashtra .. i can speak Malayalam , but unfortunately cant read or write in my mother tongue .. Malayalee by blood but Marathi Manus by character ..
I have never been able to understand even a single Malayalam song till date .. the lyrics & words used are so high-funda & complicated - almost Shakespeare-ish that i wonder if it is Malayalam at all .. Spoken Malayalam is entirely different from what i hear in the songs .. i wonder why that is ..
Oh, didn't know that... but, Lord, in all the few Malayalam songs I've listened to, all their meanings are sooo good. I love how they're so indirect even in romantic songs, with all the poetical references to nature, and inclusive of all emotions 😃 ..it's different from what we usually listen to na :) ..also, maybe it's a nice way to 'preserve' and propogate 'old'(or should i say non-colloquial?) malayalam, IDK tho :p .
I think it's the same with telugu, I never understand telugu song lyrics word for word, however get the general meaning, I have to ask my parents for meanings. However, a new trend has begun in telugu songs where the lyricists are being little liberal by adding simple telugu words, english words, or even the urdu slang we use here :-)
Do you like any Malayalam songs? feel free to suggest! :)
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