Kadavul irukkindran

Kadavul irukkindran

By

Kannadasan

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

1Kadavul irukkindran-athu un,

Kannukku therigindrathaa?

Kathril thavazhugirai-athu un,

Kannukku therigindrathaa?

1.God is there is he,

Visible to your eye?

You are swimming in the air –

Does it become  visible to the eye?

2,Irulil vizhikkindrai-yethire,

Iruppathu purigindrathaa?

Isayai rasikkidrai-isayin,

Uruvam  varugindrathaa?

2.You are staring at the dark,

Are yiou able to understand what is in your front?

You are enjoying the music-does,

Form of music come before you?

3.Ullathil irukkum ,

Unmayin vadivam,

Veliye therigindrathaa?

3.Is the form of truth,

That is inside your mind,

Visible to you outside?

4.Buddhan marainthu vittan-avan than ,

Bodhanai maraigindrathaa?

Sathiyam thothrathundaa-ulagil,

Darumam azhinthathundaa?

4.Lord Buddha has disappeared nut ,

Does his teachings disappear?

Has truth ever been defeated?

Has Dharma been ever   destroyed?

5.Charithiram  muzhuthum paditha pinnalum,

Chanchalam varugindrathaa?

THediyum kidaikkathu-neethi,

Theruvinil irukkathu.

5.After reading the entire  history,

Does nervousness ever come?

The Justice cannot be found by searching,

And It would not be in the street

6.Chattaikku adangaathu-neethi,

Chattathil mayangathu,

Kalathil thondri kaikalai neeti  ,

Kakkavum thayangaathu.

6,Justice cannot be subdued by a whip,

It would not faint  by law?

Aooearing in time and spreading its hands,

It would not ever hesitate to protect?

Film Ananda jothi (1963)