Sodanai mel sodanai podhumada saami

Sodanai mel sodanai  podhumada saami

BY

Kannadasan

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

1. Sodanai mel sodanai  podhumada saami,

Vedanai than vaazhkkai yendral  , thangathu bhoomi

1.Problem   after problem, Oh God it is sufficient  ,

If life itself is pain, the   earth cannot   hold   it.

2.Sondham oru kai vilangu   nee pottathu –Antha,

Bandham  oru kaal vilangu  -Naan pottathu

2.Relationship is the chain tying the hands , put by you,

And That attachment is the chain tying the legs  put by me.

3,AAdharam illayamma,

AAruthal cholla –Naan,

Avatharam  illayamma

thathuvam cholla.

2 I am not  your support , oh lady  ,

To console you-Oh Lady,

I am not an incarnation ,

To teach you philosophy.

3.Parikram  thedi  ini,

Yevvidam chella  -yenakku  ,

Adhikaram illayamma  ,

Vanakam chella.

3,Where would I go now,

Seeking redemption  , I

Do not have the power to ,

Go to the land in the sky.

4.Oru naalum nan ithu pol ,

Azhuthavanalla-antha,

THirunalai  magan koduthaan,

Yaridam cholla

4.Never at any time  ,

I have cried like this  ,

That  festival was given by my son,

To whom shall I tell.

5.THanadavillai amma  ,

Chathai aaduthu –athu,

Thanthai yendrum pillai yendrum,

Vilayaduthu.

5.Oh mother he did not get affected,

But his flesh  is  getting affected  and it plays,

As   the father   and also as the son.

6.Poovaga vaithu irundhen ,

Manam yenpathu athil,

Poo nagam pugunthu kondu,

Uravendrathu

6 I had kept my mind like a flower,

And in that a flower  snake entered,

And it told it is a relation.

7.Adi thangum idhayam ithu,

Idi thanguma,

Idi pola pillai vanthaal,

Madi thanguma?

7.This is a heart that tolerates  beating,

Would   it be able   to bear  a thunder,

If  a son coms like thunder,

Would the lap  be able to bear it?

Film Thanga padakkam (1974)