KANNADASAN[Shanthi Nilayam] Kadavul oru naal ulagai kaana …..

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Movie:Shanthi Nilayam
Poet: Kannadasan
Song Sequence: (1)-(1)-(2)-(1)-(3)-(3)-(4)-(5)-(2)-(1)-(6)-(6)-(7)-(1)

(1)Kadavul oru naal ulagai kaana thaniye vandaaram,
kannil kanda manidanai yellam nalama yendraaram,

One fine day , god came alone to see the world,
whomever he saw , he asked  “are you fine?”

(2)oru manidan vaalvai inimai yendran
oru manidan adhuve kodumai yendran
padaithavano odane sirithu vittan

one human said ” life is sweet”,
another human said “life is a torture”,
the creator laughed at once on hearing these statements,

(3)kallam illa pillai ullam naan thandadhu
kasum panamum aasaiyum inge yaar thandadhu

God said  ” I gave the heart that doesnt involve in dupery, deception etc,
but then who corrupted it with concepts of  money, riches , desires here? “

(4)yellai illa neerum nilamum naan thandadhu
inbam thunbam yennum yennam yen vandhadhu

God said  “I gave limitless amounts of water and land,
why did the feelings  of happiness , sorrow come in?”

(5)iravanukke idhu puriyavillai
manidanin kolgai theriyavillai

God him self couldn’t understand,
he dint understand the ideals that human’s followed.

(6)palli koodam sellum valiyil kadavul nindraram
pachai pillai malalai moliyil thannai kandaram

god stood in the path leading to a school,
in the face/language of the innocent children he saw him self.

(7)ullam yengum vellam pongum anbai thandaram
unmai kanden podhum yendru vaanam sendraram

He filled the hearts of the children with lots of love,
he became happy that he saw the truth  and went back to the sky .