VAALI[Guna] Appanendrum ammaiyendrum…

Movie: Guna
Poet: Vaali
Music Director and Singer : Illayaraja
Song Sequence: (1)-(2)-(3)-(1)-(4)-(5)-(6)-(1)-(7)-(8)-(9)-(1)-(2)-(3)-(1)-(2)

(1)appanendrum ammaiyendrum aanum pennum, 
kotti vechcha kuppaiyaaga vandha udambu,
nyaana penne kuppaiyaaga vandha udambu,

this body that we don, is nothing but piled up waste that a man and woman who took the role of father and mother produced,
oh virtuous women, this body is just a byproduct,

(2)adhu budhdhanendrum siththanendrum piththanendrum aavadhenna,
sakkaiyaaga pogum karumbu,
nyaana penne sakkaiyaaga pogum karumbu,

how is it that it can transform into becoming the buddha, or the sages, or the madman, (intriguing)
finally just like the chaff of the sugarcane (bagasse) that remains after all the juice is extracted from sugarcane, similarly you will also be drained of all your life and become dead(waste) one day,
oh virtuous women, only the baggasse will remain of the sugarcane,

(3)bandha paasa setril vandhu vilundha degam, 
endha gangai aatril indha alukku pogum,

our bodies have fallen into the marsh of relationships, love etc,
where should one go to wash off the stains due to it , ( just like people go the Ganges river to wash off their sins, where do I go to wash off the stains due to falling into the marsh of relationships, love etc)

(4)kuththam kurai yedhumatra jeevan ingu yaaradaa, 
suththam endru yaarum illai, paava moottai thaanadaa,

who among us has not committed mistakes or not born with limitations? ( all of us have our own limitations and mistakes),
nobody is pure, we are all just sacks filled with sins,

(5)sivanai kooda piththan endru pesugindra ooradaa,
budhi ketta moodarkkendrum nyaana paarvai yedhadaa,

this society ( people) will even speak of lord Shiva too as being a madman,
all these ignorant mindless people, don’t have the vision of knowledge,

(6)aadhi mudhal andham un sondham un bandham nee ullavaraidhaan,
vandhu vandhu koodum kooththaadum vittodum oar sandhai kadaidhaan, 
idhil nee enna naan enna, vandhaalum sendraalum ennaachchu vittu thallu,

people from the beginning to the end who your own, or are your relatives will stay so only till you exist,
all these relations come together, play together, separate; all this is just a trade market where people just fulfilling their own desires and aspirations,
in this what are you, what am I ? whether people come or go, don’t mind, just stay detached and move on,

(7)kaiyyum kaalum mookkum kondu aada vandha kaaranam,
aadi thaane seththu vecha paavam yaavum theeranum,

the reason why we came here, with these hands, legs and nose is to dance(play),
we should dance ( play), so that we can clean (clear) all the sins that we have accumulated,

(8)aada aada paavam serum aadi odum maanidaa,
aada naanum maatenn endru odipponadhaaradaa,

oh human! you dance (play) and run around, what you don’t realize is that with all the dance(play) you are accumulating sins,
but then who realizes this (no one objects to not dance (play) and run away)?

(9)thattu kettu odum thallaadum ennaalum un ulla kurangu, 
kattupada koodum eppodhum, nee podu mei nyaana vilangu, 
manam aadaamal vaadaamal,
mei nyaanam undaaga anyaanam atru vilum,

your mind ( which acts like a monkey) , always runs around offtrack and is always restless,
you can always control this monkey, if you put it in the cage of salvation and knowledge,
if the heart does not dance around (play) or stoop,
and as you gain more knowledge all the ignorance will go away.