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Kavingyan kavingyan
Bhaarathi kettaan
Kaani nilaththil oru veedu
Kavingyan vazhiyil naanum ketten
Kavidhai vaazhum siruveedu
Siruveedu siruveedu
Siruveedu siruveedu
Oru pakkam nadhiyil osai
Oru pakkam kuyilin bhaashai
Ilam thennayin keetru
Jennalai urasum thiruveedu
Virumbudhae manasu virumbudhae
Virumbudhae manasu virumbudhae
Siru thennanguyilgal paadi ezhuppivida
Thendral vandhu vaasal theliththuvida
Kottum pookkal kolam varaiyumpadi
Virumbudhae…
Virumbudhae manasu virumbudhae
Virumbudhae manasu virumbudhae
Thakka theemtha theemtha
Thirathirana…(7)
Thakka theemtha theemtha
Thirathira thira thira thiranaa
Kanaakkandu thoongum varayil
Nilaa vandhu kadhaigal solla
Kannaadi muttram ondru vendumae
Minnal vandhu theendumbodhu
Vetkkam vandhu moodikkolla
Kangalaaga jodi jannal vendumae
Parandhodum paravai koottam
Iravodu thangichella
Maragadha maadam ondru vendumae
Kolusoliyum kolusoliyum
Sirippoliyum sirippoliyum
Yedhiroliththu yedhiroliththu
Isai varanum
Indha vaasal vandhaal
Kobam theerumpadi
Veesum kaatril aayul koodumpadi
Pesum vaarththai kavidhai aagumpadi
Virumbudhae..
Virumbudhae manasu virumbudhae
Virumbudhae manasu virumbudhae
Kodaikaala megam vandhu
Mottaimaadi melae nindru
Kudithanneer pozhiyumbadi vendumae
Vaazhndhavargal kadhayaicholli
Varungaala kanavai enni
Oonjalaada thinnai rendu vendumae
Thalaimurai maarumpodhum
Parambarai thaangum vannam
Thanga mani thoongal
Ezhu vendumae
Silar ninaivaai
Perum kanavaai
Aranmanayaai adhisayamaai
Idhu varumo
Nallaar kangal kandu potrumpadi
Pollaar manasum nindru vaazhthumpadi
Yellaa uravum vandhu vaazhumpadi
Virumbudhae..
Virumbudhae manasu virumbudhae
Virumbudhae manasu virumbudhae
Siru thennanguyilgal paadi ezhuppivida
Thendral vandhu vaasal theliththuvida
Kottum pookkal kolam varaiyumpadi
Virumbudhae…
Virumbudhae manasu virumbudhae
Virumbudhae manasu virumbudhae
The poet, the poet,
Bharathi asked for
a house on a small piece of land.
Following the poet's path, I too asked
for a little house where poetry lives.
A little house, a little house,
a little house, a little house.
On one side, the sound of the river,
on the other side, the language of the cuckoo,
with young coconut fronds
brushing against the window—a blessed home.
My heart yearns, oh my heart yearns!
My heart yearns, oh my heart yearns!
For little cuckoos in the coconut palms to wake me with song,
for the gentle breeze to sprinkle water at the doorway,
for falling flowers to draw patterns on the ground,
it yearns...
My heart yearns, oh my heart yearns!
My heart yearns, oh my heart yearns!
Thakka theemtha theemtha
Thirathirana...
Thakka theemtha theemtha
Thirathira thira thira thirana
Until I drift off to sleep dreaming,
for the moon to come and tell stories,
I want a courtyard of glass.
When lightning flashes and touches,
to close shyly like eyelids,
I want a pair of windows like eyes.
For flocks of flying birds
to stay and rest through the night,
I want an emerald balcony.
The chime of anklets, the chime of anklets,
the sound of laughter, the sound of laughter,
echoing and resounding,
music must fill the air.
Step into this doorway,
and all anger should melt away;
in the blowing breeze, life should grow longer;
every spoken word should become poetry;
it yearns...
My heart yearns, oh my heart yearns!
My heart yearns, oh my heart yearns!
For summer clouds to arrive,
linger over the open terrace,
and shower down pure drinking water.
Telling stories of the elders who lived before us,
dreaming of days yet to come,
to sit and swing, we need two veranda seats.
As generations come and go,
to hold up the family line through time,
seven golden, jeweled pillars
are what we need.
In people's memories,
as a grand dream,
like a palace, like a wonder,
will this all come true?
So that good people see and admire it,
so that even unkind hearts stop and bless it,
so that all our kin can gather and live together,
it yearns...
My heart yearns, oh my heart yearns!
My heart yearns, oh my heart yearns!
For little cuckoos in the coconut palms to wake me with song,
for the gentle breeze to sprinkle water at the doorway,
for falling flowers to draw patterns on the ground,
it yearns...
My heart yearns, oh my heart yearns!
My heart yearns, oh my heart yearns!
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