KANNADASAN

[Apoorva raagangal] yelu swarangalukkul yethanai paadal…..

Movie: Apoorva raagangal
Poet : Kannadasan
Singer: Vani Jayaram
Music: M.S Viswanathan 

Yelu swarangalukkul yethanai paadal ,
idhaya surangaththul yethanai kelvi ,
kaanum manidharukkul yethanai salanam,
verum karpanai sandhoshaththil avanadhu gavanam.

Just with these 7  notes (sa , re , ga , ma , pa ,da , ne) , how many innumerable songs?
Within one’s heart (depicted as a tunnel) , how many innumerable questions?
In the people we see , how many innumerable disturbances (indecisions),
all his(human’s) attention is for mere  imaginary pleasures , 

kaalai elundhavudan naalaiya kelvi, 
adhu kaiyil kidaiththa pinnum thudikkudhu aavi, 
enendra kelvi onru endraikkum thangum 
manidhan inbathunbam edhilum kelvidhaan minjum.

As soon you wake up in the morning , you are worried about the tomorrow!
once you reach it also , your soul is restless ,
the question of “why”  always stays along,
In human’s happiness or sadness , finally what remains is a question only ,

enakkaaga nee aludhaal iyarkaiyil nadakkum, 
nee enakkaaga unavu unna eppadi nadakkum ,
namakkendru bhoomiyile kadamaigal undu,
adhai  namakkaaga nam kaiyaal seyvadhu nanru,

You can cry on my behalf, this can naturally happen,
however how can you eat  for me? ( you have to eat to satisfy your hunger, some body else eating on your behalf would not reduce your hunger),
In this earth each of us has our duties to perform,
its good to perform these duties with our own hands , for ourselves.
aarambaththil pirappum un kaiyil illai,
yendrum aduthadutha nadappum un kaiyil illai,
paadhai vaguththa pinbu bayandhenna laabam,
adhil payanam nadaththividu maraindhidum paavam,

In the beginning , your birth is not in your hands,
always, what happens after another , is also not in your hands,
Once you have decided on a path to be taken,  what is the use of getting scared?
take the path and go ahead with your journey , all the sins will  disappear

naalai poludhu endrum namakkena vaalga, 
adhai nadaththa oruvanundu kovilil kaanga,
velai pirakkum endru nambikkai kolga ,
endha vedhanaiyum maarum megaththai  pola.

always live tomorrow in the belief that it is for us,
to guide us along there is someone , find it in the temple,
believe that your time will come,
every sorrow will vanish  like a passing cloud.