Kallellam manikka kallagumaa

Kallellam manikka kallagumaa

By

Kannadasan

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

1. Kallellam manikka kallagumaa

Kalayellam kangal chollum kalayagumaa,

Chollellam thooya tamizh chollagumaa,

Chuvayellam idazh chindhum chuvayagumaa

1.Would all stones become Manikhya gem stone,

Would all art  become the art approved by eyes,

Would all words  become pure Tamil words,

Would all taste be same as the taste that lips drip

2. Kanmni thamizh  thanthoru thiruvachagam ,

Kallai kaniyakkum   undran vachakam,

Undendru   cholvathundran ,

Kannallava –vanna kannallava

Illayendru   cholvathu undran  idayallavaa,

Mnnlal idayallavaa

2.  The   youthful Tamil gave rise to Thiruvachagam

Your sentances would make  stones  in to fruit,

Is not your eyes that tell , it is there-the colourfull eyes,

Is is not your  waist  that    says no, the lightning like waist.

3.Kamban kanda seethai un thayallavaa,

Kalidasan sakunthalai  un cheyallava

Ambikapathi anaitha Amaravathi  ,

Mangai Amaravathi   chendra piragu  ,

Pavalarkku neeye gathi.

3,Is not the Sita found by Kamban your mother,

Is not Shakunthala of Kalidasa your daughter,

That Amaravathi embraced by Ambikapathi.

After Amaravathi went away  ,

To the  grea poets you   are  the only   aim.

Film Alayamani (1962)