KANNADASAN[kavalai illaadha manidhan] kavalai illaadha manidhan ….

Movie: Kavalai Illatha Manithan
Poet: kannadasan
Singer: Chandrababu
Music Directors: M.S Viswanathan & Ramamoorthy
Song Sequence:(1)^5 – (2)-(2)- (3)-(3)-(4)-(2)-(5)-(2)-(6)-(2)-(2)-(1)-(1)

(1)kavalai illaadha manidhan,

The human with no worries,

(2)ulagathai arindhavan thunindhavan avane,
kavalai illaadha manidhan,

The person who has understood the world, and who is brave,
is the human with no worries,

(3)povadhai kandu kalangaamal,
varuvadhai kandu mayangaamal,

The one who doesn’t mourn about what left (one looses),
The one who doesn’t get hypnotized (too excited) with what came,

(4)mei thalaraamal kai nadungaamal,
unamiyai poiyyai unarndhavane,

one who staunchly follows truth , one whose hands don’t shiver ( fearless, is firm in his thoughts and actions),
the one who has understood the truth and the lie,

(5)vaalkai enbadhu naadagame,
vandhu ponavar aayirame ,
kondu sendravar yaarum illai,
koduthu ponathum ninaivum illai,
andha naadagam innum mudiyavillai,
marunalaikku varuvadhum theriyavillai,

This life is a drama,
where one thousand people came and went,
no body took anything with them (when they died),
what people gave (in terms of ideals, values etc.) when they went (died) is forgetten,
this drama is not yet finished,
when it recurs again tomorrow, no one realises,

(6)vaalvai arindhavan samsaari,
vaala bayandhavan sanyaasi,
kanneer vadippavan moodanadaa,
kaalathai vendravan veeranadaa,
nal inbaththai thedi uravaadu,
nee elundhidu manidha vilaiyaadu,

The one who realises life is the voluptuary,
the saint is the one who dreads living (life),
the one who sheds tears is a fool,
the one who wins in the field is the brave,
make relationships that give you good happiness,
wake up human! Play along…..