Mavunathil vilayadum mana sakshiye

Mavunathil vilayadum mana sakshiye

BY

Kannadasan

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

1. Mavunathil vilayadum mana sakshiye,

Ayiram ninaivaagi  , ananda kanavagi  ,

Kariyam thvaraanaal  kangalil  neeragi.

1.Oh conscience    wgich plays   in silence ,

AS thousand thoughts  , as joyful dreams  ,

And if the act is a mistake as tears  from the  eyes.

2.Rakasiya churangam   nee nataka arangam  ,

Nee sodhanai kalamallavaa –oru kanam,

THavaraagi-pala yugam thudippaye  ,

Oomayin  parivaagi  kangalil vadippaye .

2,You are the hidden treasure   and the stage of the drama  ,

You are  the research laboratory –if for one second ,

You commit a mistake , several eons you would   shiver ,

And   like the mute person, you would shed tears.

3.Unmaikku oru sakshi ,

Poi cholla palar sakshi  ,

Yatrukkum nee allavaa nenje,

Manithanin mizhal allava  ,

AAsayil kallagi ,

Achathil mezhugagi  ,

Yaar mukham paarthalum  ,

Iyathil   thavippai nee.

3.For truth one witness,

For  lies    several witnesses,

Are you not for every body-oh mind,

Are you not shawdow of man,

Who becomes hardened in desire  ,

Melt down  in fear  ,

You would worry  due to suspicion,

If you see   face of any one.

Film Nool veli (1979)