Chumai thangi charinthal chumai yennavagum

Chumai thangi charinthal  chumai  yennavagum

By

Kannadasan

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

1. Chumai thangi chainthal  chumai  yennavagum,

Mani dheepam oynthaal , oli yengu pogum

1.When the burden-rest   falls  what will happen to the burden,

When the gem lamp gets exhausted  , where would the light  go?

2.Chirithalum podhum ,

Deivangal koodum  ,

Chilai pola chainthaal,

Kalai yengu pogum,

Kula mangai koondhal  ,

Kalainthu aadalaama

Malar choodu kanne  , Manavalan munne

2,A laugh is all  that is needed ,

For all the gods to assemble,

But if it topples like a  statue  .

Where  would the art go?

Can the hair  of  a well bred lady,

 Get untied and start waving?

Oh darling  , decorate it with flower ,

Before him who weds   you,

3.Mana malai  konda madhurai meenakshi  ,

Nadamada vendum , naan thedum kakshi  ,

Alamelu mangai  thunai undu kanne  ,

Alankara  manjal niraam  kakkum unnai

3.The meeakshi of Madurai who got the wedding garland  ,

Would move about, This is the scene for which   I am searching ,

Darling there   is help from allamelu  mangai  ,

The ornamental yellow would protect your colour.

Film: Thanga padakkam (1974)

Ullathil iruppathellam,

Ullathil iruppathellam,

BY

Kannadasan

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

1,Ullathiliruppathellam,

Chollavor varthayillai,

Naan oomayai   pirakkavillai  ,

Unarchiyo marayavillai 

1,To speak out all  that is in our mind,

There appear  to be no words,

I was not dum , when I was born,

And my sensations have  not disappeared.

2.En thangame   unathu meni  thangi naan,

Chumanthu   chella   yenakkoru  banthamillai

Evarukko iraivan thanthaan

2.Oh my darling   to carry and go  ,

Your body , I do not have any relationship,

God has given to  some one unknown.

3.Nalu perukku nandri,-antha

Nalu perukku nandri,

THayillatha  anadhaikellam  ,

Thol  koduthu thooki   chellum,

Nalu perukku nandri

3.Thanks for four people –thanks,

To   those four people  ,

Thanks to those people   who lend  ,

Their shoulders and carry   ,

The orphans  who do not have a mother.

4,Uravu yendrum  pasam yendrum,

Iraivan potiya vilangu,

Azhuvatharkkum   chirippatharkkum  ,

Amaintha ullam ondru.

4,The chain called relation and affection,

Is the   one put   by the God .,. but,

There    is only one heart.

To cry as well as laugh.

5.AAthru vellam    thane odum,

Aasai vellam sondham thedum,

Sondham yedum illai yendraal,

Antha neram nalvar vendum –antha,

Nalu perkku nandri

5.The river water   would flow by itself ,

The water  of desire would search for relationship,

If there    are no relationships  ,

At that time it would need four people,

Thanks are to those four people.

6.Inbathai pangu vaithal ,

Punnagai cholvathu nandri,

Thunbathil pangu kondaal ,

Kanneer cholvathum nandri,

6.If we are sharing pleasure ,

A smile  would say thanks,

But if we are   sharing sorrow,

 The tears   would say thanks.

7.Vaazhum pothu  varuvorkellam,

Varthayale nandri cholvom,

Varthayindri pogum pothu,

Mounathale nandri cholvom,

Nalu perukku nandri

7.When I am living , to all those who come,

I would say thanks by use of words,

And when there   are  no words ,

I would tell  thanks by silence,

Thanks to those   four people.

Fim Sange Muzhangu(1972)

Vaazhndu paarkka vendum

Vaazhndu paarkka vendum 

By

Kannadasan

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

1. Vaazhndu paarkka vendum  -arivil,

Manithanaga vendum  ,

Vasal thedi ulagam  -unnai,

Vaazhthi pada   vendum,

1,We have to try to live  -in wisdom,

WE should become a man,

The entire world   should  ,

Come in search of your gate ,

And sing your praises.

2.Nadu kaakka vendum –mudinthaal  ,

Nanmai cheyya vendum  ,

Kedu cheyyum manathai-kandal,

Killi veesa vendum.

2.WE should   protect the country =

If possible we should do good  ,

And if we see people who do evil,

WE should pinch and  throw them off.

3,THamizhum vaazha vendum  -manithan,

Tharamum vaazha   vendum  ,

Amaithi yendrum vendum -aasai,

Alavu kaana vendum.

2. The   Tamil   also should live ,

tHe quality of man also should live  ,

Peace   should always be there ,

And there should be limit   to the desires.

3,Kathu veesa vendum  -pengal,

Kadhal pesa vendum  ,’

Kadhal pesum pengl  -vazhvil  ,

Kavithayaga vendum.

3.Wind should blow  ,

Ladies    should talk of love  ,

And those ladies who talk love,

In life  , should become poems

4.Manan kakka  vendum  -pennai,

Madithu  vaazha vendum  ,

Unmai  nanbar vendum –iruvar,

Oruvaraga  vendum.

4.We should protect our self  respect  ,

We should live   respecting ladies,

We should    have   true   friends  ,

Two of us  should  become one.

Film Santhi  (1965)

Valarntha kada mutta vanthaa

Valarntha  kada  mutta vanthaa

BY

Kannadsan

Translated by

P.R.ramachander

1. Valarntha  kada  mutta vanthaa,

Vacha chedi mullana,

POna janma  pavamadi-ammalu  ,

Thottilile pambirundhaa ,

THolile  puli kedanthaa ,

Pethavanga thalayezhuthu- Ammalu

1.If grownup bull comes   to knock  ,

If the plane we  planted was a thorn,

It is a sin committed in previous birth-Oh lady ,

If snake is there  in the cradle  ,

If tiger lies on the shoulder ,

It is the fate of parents-oh lady.

2.Muthamittum aasai illai  ,

Chithathilum pasamillai,

Ratham yenna  aachthadi-ammalu  ,

Vithu vita madugalum ,

Veedu kandu thirumba varum  ,

Petha pulle oduthadi-ammalu 

Puthi kettu porakka vechan  -ammalu.

2.Even after kissing there is no love ,

There is no affection in the mind  ,

What happened to the blood-oh lady,

Even the cattle that  we solf,

Would see the house and come back  ,

tHe child we gave birth is running away-Oh lady,

He made him born after losing his brain-oh lady.

3. Kanneril neerumillai  ,

Kai chorum irangavillai  ,

Ennamellam thudikkuthadi-ammalu,

Mannile naan nadanthaa ,

Man kooda kumbidume ,

Yen pulle pagachuthadi –ammalu  ,

REndu pethu  onnu kettuthu-ammalu.

3. There is  no water   in the tears  ,

The  rice in the hand does not go in,

All my thoughts are shivering –oh lady  ,

If I walk on the mud,

Even the mud would salute me  ,

But my child has enmity-oh lady ,

Giving birth to two one has become bad-oh lady.

4. OOrile per irukka  ,

Uthavanga mathipirukka ,

Veru vazhi theriyalaye=ammalu  ,

Tholil potta thundu  ,

Kalile vizhundhu vita  ,

Vaazvile arthamenna  -ammalu  ,

Pillai vagayai maruvathu yennalu.

4.When you have  name in home town,

When the dear ones   are   respecting  ,

I do not find any other   way- oh lady,

The towel that is put on the shoulder ,

If it falls on the feet ,

What  is the meaning in life-oh lady,

When would the  son get reformed?

Film Kal thoon  (1981)

vasantha kala kolangal

vasantha kala kolangal

By

Kannadasan

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

1. vasantha kala kolangal,

Vaanil vizhuntha kodugal  ,

Kalainthidum kanavukal  ,

Kanneer  chinthum ninaivukal.

1.The appearance   in the spring season,

Is the lines  that fell on the sy  ,

They are dreams that   shatter  ,

They are thought which make tears flow.

2.Alayil aadum kakitham  ,

Athilum yenna kaviyam  ,

Nilai illatha manitharkal,

Avarkkum yenna  uravukal  ,

Ullam endrum ondru- athil .

Irandum undallavo

2.The paper that shakes  in the waves,

In that   what is that   epic,

To the men who are   not stable  ,

What are relations to them  ,

Mind is always one  -

In that   are not both    ther.

3.THeril yerum munname ,

DEvan ullam   therinthathu  ,

Nalla velai   thiru ullam  ,

Nadakkavillai thiru manam .

Nandri, nandri DEvaa –unnai ,

Marakka   mudiyumaa

3.Even before  he got in to the chariot  ,

The mind of the  God was known,

It is good that the  divine mind  ,

Did not allow  the marriage to happen,

Thanks, thanks , God  ,

Can I ever   forget  you.

Film THiyagam  (1978)

Yaarai thaan nambuvatho

Yaarai thaan nambuvatho

By

Kannadasan

Translated  by

P.R.Ramachander

1. Yaarai thaan nambuvatho pedhai nenjam  ,

Ammamma  bhoomiyile   yaavum vanjam  ,

Uravellam  mullakum  ,

Uyir yellam   kallagum

1.Whom will   this  innocent heart believe  ,

Alas, alas  , how much deceit  on this earth  ,

Al relations are  thorns,

And all the souls  become stones.

2,Vettai aadum maan aanen ,

Vithai kattum porul aanen,

Kattil vaazhum  kiliyagamal  ,

Nattil  vaazhum pennanen.

2. I became a  hunted   deer,

I goot a thing that   shows off  ,

Without becoming a parrot of forest,

I became a  lady living   in the country.

3.Annai pethaal pennendru ,

Athanaal thane   thuyar indru  ,

Kannai thantha deivangale  ,

Karunai   thanthaal aagatho.

3. All the sorrow is  due to ,

Mother  giving birth to a girl ,

Oh Gods which gave  the eye ,

Can you not give us mercy?

4.Azhakai kattum kannadi  ,

Manathai katta koodatho  ,

Pazhagum pothe  nanmai theemai  ,

Parthu cholla   koodatho?

4, Can not the mirror  which,

Shows the beauty   show the mind

Can not the good and bad  be ,

Shown to us when we move with him?

5.Vaazhthum kayyil vaal undu ,

POthum mozhiyil   visham undu ,

Vancham chinthum punnagai illa  ,

Manithar  inge evar undu?

5. In the hands that greet , ther is sword ,

In the words   that praise , there  is poison,

Which man is here  who has  ,

Smile that   sheds   cruelty.

Film Parakkum paavai (1966)

Yarai nambi naan piranthen

Yarai nambi naan  piranthen

By

Kannadasan

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

1. Yarai nambi naan  piranthen,

Pongadaa ponga-yen,

Kalam vellum, vendra pinne ,

Vangadaa vanga.

1.Believing in whom was I born,

Goaway please , go away ,

Time will win  , and after the victory,

Please do come , do come.

2. Kulathile thanniyille,

Kokkum ille , meenum ille  ,

Pettiyile panamum ille,

Petha pullai sondhamille

2. There   is no water in the pond ,

Nor is there a stork   nor the fish,

And there  is no money in the box ,

And our own son is not related   to us.

3.THennai pethaa  ila neeru  ,

Pillayai pethaa kanneru  ,

Pethavan maname  pithamma  ,

PIllai maname  kallamma

2. If you give birth to coconut , you get sweet water,

If you give birth to a son, you get tears  ,

The mind of  the one who gave birth  is crumbling mud ,

And the mind of the  child is like the stone.

3.Panayile choru irunthaa ,

Poonaikalum sondhamadaa ,

Sodhanayai pangu vachaa,

Sondhamille  , bandhamille  .

3. If there  is rice  in the pot,

Even cats would be our relations,

If we are sharing  misery ,

There are no relations, no friends,

4.Nenjamirukku  thunivaaga  ,

Neramirukku thelivaga  ,

Ninaithal mudippen   sariyaaga ,

Nee yaar, naan yaay podaa  p[o.

4. There is a mind which is bold  ,

There is time   which is clear ,

If I think of it, I would complete it properly.

Who are you,. Who am I, get lost.

5.Aadiyile kathadichaa ,

Ippasiyil mazhai varum  ,

THedi varum   kalam vandhaa  ,

Chelvamellam odi varum,

5.If wind blows in July-august ,

It will rain in october-november,

When the time comes when everything comes in search of us,

All wealth would come running   to us.

Film Yengal  oor Raja (1968)