Panam yennada panam

Panam yennada panam 

By

Kannadasan

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

1. Panam yennada panam  , panam ,

Gunam thanada  nirantharam ,

Yennidathil illathathaa ,

Nll vilai pogaathatha ,

Athanayum pethenada,

THathuvathai kathenada ,

Irakka  manathai kedukkum  ,

Arakkan  panam  , panam, panam

1,Noney  what is money  money  ,

Only character is permanent ,

Is that  one that is not with me  ,

Can it not be sold to good value,

I got every thing  , I leaned philosophy  ,

Money , money  , money is the ogre  ,

That spoils a merciful mind.

2,Sondhamillai , bandhamillai  , yeri midhikkum,

THol meethu   yeri nindru   kaadhai kadikkum  ,

Pala kodi chernthaalum   melum  ninaikkum,

Padu paavi    endra perai kedukkum,

2.It iis not related , there is no attachment  ,

It would climb on shoulders and stamp  and bite our ears,

Even if several crores are earned  , it would think further  ,

And give the name    as a  great  sinner.

3.Panathal nalla ullam peyanathu  ,

GUnathale athu mendum thai aanathu ,

pOnnulagil poradinen , kan izhandhu kondadinen,

Mannanukkum melaginen ,

THannam thani aalaginen,

Irakka manathai kedukkum  ,

ARakkan  panam, panam, panam,

3.Due to money a good heart became a ghost,

And due to good character  , it again became a mother ,

I struggled in this golden world, I lost my eye and celebrated,

I became   greater  than the king,

And I became a person who is all alone,

Money , money  , money is the ogre  ,

That spoils a merciful mind.

4.kAsu endra  chollin  porul   kutham yenpathu,

Kasu vara odi vidum   chutham yenpthu,

Nanayam endral  athan per nermai enpathu  ,

Nallavarkku  kasu  panam  thevayathathu.

4. The meaning of the word “money ” is  “crime”,

When money  comes all relations  run away  ,

When you say “straight forward”, it means  “honesty”.

To the good people  there  is no need for wealth.

3.Bhagawanin maniyosai  ketkindrathu,

Panam yennum perasayai   maraikindrathu ,

Nalla  budhi yaar  thanthathu  ,

Pillayidam thaan vandathu,

Entha nilai vanthal yenna  ,

Nalla  vazhi  naan chelvathu  ,

Irakka manathai kedukkum  ,

ARakkan  panam, panam, panam,

3. The sound of bell of the God is being heard,

And it hides the  avarice    called money,

Who gave us a good mind ,

It came from the child,

Whatever   state  may come  ,

The way that I follow is the good way,

Money , money  , money is the ogre  ,

That spoils a merciful mind.

Film Anthaman Kadhali (1978)