Yarada manithan inge

Yarada manithan inge

By

Kannadasan

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

1. Yarada manithan inge,

Kooti vaa avanai inge  ,

Iraivan padaippile  ,

Kurangu thaan meethi inge ,

Manitharil naikal undu  ,

Manitharil narikal undu,

Parvayil  pulikal undu ,

Pazhakkathil pambum undu.

1.Who is man here ,

Please bring   that man here ,

In the creation of God,

Only monkey is left here ,

There are  dogs among men,

There   are  foxes among men,

There are some who look like tigers,

There are even some who are like snakes   to move.

2.Nayum nariyum  , puliyum , pambum ,

Vaazhum bhoomiyile  ,

Manam   panpu , jnanam konda ,

Manithanai  kanavillai.

2.In this earth where

,Dogs, foxes  , tigers and snakes live ,

We are  not able to see  men ,

With self respect  , culture  and  wisdom.

3.Chirippinil  manithanillai  ,

Azhukayil  manithanillai ,

Ullathil  manithanillai  ,

Urakkathil  manithan undu.

3.In laugh there  is no man,

In cry there  is no man,

In the heart   there is no man,

But  in sleep  there  is man.

4.Vaazhum mrugam , thoongum deivam,

Naduve  manithanada,

Yenge oruvan irunthaal  avanai  ,

Ulagam  vanangumadaa.

4.The man is  in the middle of,

The living animal   and the  sleeping God,

Where  a person is,

He would be saluted by the world.

Film Lakshmi Kalyanam (1968)