Acham Thavir! Vs Aram Seiya Virumbu!

Can you Imagine actor Vikram giving a dubbing voice for actress Jyothika. How bad such idea sounds? Thank god such thing never happened. However, In Indian movies, we accept the lyricists writing songs that represents feminine feelings. I my opinion female mind is very deep, delicate and complex and could not be very well represented by any male poet, however genius he might be. This can be verified from the songs like “ondraa, irandaa aasaigal” or “Vaseegara” written by poetess Tamarai, which are totally different from songs written by male counterparts (I guess they are not poet or Poetess, just lyricists.)

Similarly, in the world of devotional literature too so many poets wrote songs in “Naayika Bhavam”, which is imagining oneself as lady love and God as lover. But they all appear falling short of expressions when compared to romantic simplicity of women folk singers. Of course, they are not too many to find in the field of Bhakthi Literature. As far as I know Andal Nachiyar is the only female among azwars and Karaikal Ammaiyar among Nayanmars. One can also site Meera as an example.
I have not read much of the poems of any of them. However I have brief introduction to andal. For beginners, "Azhwargal oru eliya arimugam” is the best site. I have many times noticed woman display both childish and sensitive characters simultaneously. Men always fail to understand their subtleties. (Guess Vice Versa is also true)

When Andal begs for a “Parai” a musical device, in tirupavai, she sounds like an adamant kid. However when she declares in this song her love for the God she leaves everyone amazed.



she has offered her body and soul totally to the god. She cannot Imagine to get married to a human being. Such talks sound like, the holy "Havis" ( things offered to gods through ritual called Homam) meant for demi gods, are being consumed by lowly creature like fox. If anybody arised such talk she would cease to exist. She gives this as a warning to "Manmadhan", the god of love, who unites people in marriage.

(Sorry for my worst translation. Hope this helps in understanding the stanza given above.). I don't think any man could have written like this. Just to drive home my point that feminine feelings cannot be expressed well by male counterparts, I tried to show this example

We find such differing perceptions between men and women in every aspect of life. Hope everyone knows "AathiChudi" which is meant for kids. Just think of difference between “Aram seiya virumbu” (like doing righteous things) and “Acham Thavir” (Avoid Fear). One was written by Avvaiyar and another by Barathiyar. One can see how varying the outlooks are.
Hence I always feel it is better to let female artists to handle creative works that tries to express the feelings of women. Guess that will make the outcome more enjoyable.

Note: Desikann sir's translation to the Andal's poem
[O God-of-love! These swollen breasts of mine are meant for Krishna, lord of discus. Like a sneaky jackal from the forest toppling and sniffing the sacrificial Havis that vedic seers had kept for the gods, if you marry me to a mortal, I shall not live, take note.]