Kaana Vendamo | Sooryanarayanan | Sriranjani

Description
Song: Kaana Vendamo
Ragam: Sriranjani
Composer: Sri Papanasam Sivan

This is a wonderful Composition by Sri Papanasam Sivan on Thillai Natarajar(Lord Shiva), the Cosmic dancer.
The context of the song is to inform everyone to visit Chidambara Natarajar Temple atleast once in their lifetime to understand the original reason for the current birth.
Thiruvadhirai is one of the famous festival for Lord Nataraja, where abishekam to the deity is performed in a special manner.

Lyrics:
Pallavi
kANa vENDAmO iru kaNNirukkum pOdE viNNuyar gOpuram
Anupallavi
vINil ulagai shuTri shuTri vandAl mEdini pOTrum cidambara dEvanai
Charanam 1
vaiyattinilE karuppaiyuL kiDanduLLam naiyap-piravAmal aiyan tiru naTam
Charanam 2
OTTai shaDalam oDunga veTrelumbuk-kUTTil irunduyir OTTam piDikkumun

Meaning:

Pallavi:
Should I not see (kANa vENDAmO) the temple spire (gOpuram) that reaches into the heavens (viNNuyar) when I have the faculty of sight (iru kaNN irukkumpOdE = even as I have two eyes).
Anupallavi:
What is the purpose of futile (vINil) circling around (shiTri shuTri vandAl) this world (ulagai) if one does not see (kANa vENDAmO - when the AP is combined with the P) the Lord (dEvan) of cidambaram who is praised (pOTrum) by all living beings on this earth (mEdini)?
Charanam 1:
Isn't this life of ours (vaiyattilE = in this world) where we are caught in the never ending cycle of birth (karuppai = womb), or the soul (uLLam) emaciating disease (naiya) we call birth useless if we do not see the divine dance (tiru naTanam) of the great lord of cidambaram, Siva/naTarAja (aiyyan)?
Charanam 2:
As this hollow (OTTai) body (SaDalam) crumbles (oDunga) with infirmity, and before (mun) life (uyir) ebbs/runs away (OTTam piDikkum) from this mere (veTru) shell (kUtu/kUDu) of (skin and) bones (elumbu), should we not go to cidambaram and feast our eyes on the cosmic dance by the divine naTarAja and his lovely sivakAmasundarI?