Mayakkam yenathu thaayakam

Mayakkam yenathu thaayakam

By

Kannadasan

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

1. Mayakkam yenathu thaayakam.

MOunam yenathu   Thai mozhi,

Kalakkam yenathu kaviyam  -naan,

Kanneer varainth oviyam.

1.Confusion is  my mother land  ,

Silence   is  my mother toungue ,

Worries    are my epics   and,

I am a painting drawn by tears.

2,Pakalil thondrum nilavu –kan,

Parvaikku marantha azhagu,

Thirai moodiya silai thaan  -thunba,

Chirayil malarntha  malar  naan.

2.The  moon that appears  in day time,

Is the beauty that is hidden from eye sight ,

It is the statue covered  by curtain ,

I am the flower that has opened  in the prison.

3.Naane yenakku pagayaanen-yen,

Nadakathil naan   thirayaanen  ,

Thene unakku puriyathu – antha,

Deivam varamal  vilangaathu.

3.I became  my own enemy  ,

I became the curtain   in my drama ,

Honey, you would not understand ,

Till  that Go comes  it would not be clear to you.

4.Vidhiyum madhiyum  veramma- athan,

Vilakkam naan thaan paramma  ,

Mathiyil vandhaval neeyamma  -yen,

Vazhi maraithaval  vidhiyamma.

4.Oh lady fate   and wisdom are   different ,

You please see me as its explanation,’

You are the one who came  from the moon,

And she who prevented  my way is the fate.

FilmKumkuman (1963)