Asai mukham marandu poche

 

By

 

Mahakavi Bharathiyar

 

Translated by

 

P.R.Ramachander

 

Raga Johnupuri

Talam

 

Pallavi

 

Asai mukham maranthu poche-idai,

Aaridam cholvenadi thozhi

 

Anupallavi

Nesham marakkavillai  nenjam yenil,

Ninaivu mukam marakkalamo?

 

Charaanam

 

1.Kannil theriyudhoru thotham-athil,

Kannan azhagu muzhudillai,

Nannu mukha vadivu kanil –antha,

Nalla malar chirippai kanom

 

2.Oyvum ozhithalum illamal –avan,

Uravai ninaithirukkum ullam,

Vayu muraippathundu  kanday-antha

Mayan pugainai yeppothum.

 

3.Kangal purinthuvita pavam-uyir,

Kannan uru  marakkalachu,

Pen kal idathil idhu  pole-Oru,

Pethayai munbu kandathundo

 

4.Thenai maranthirukkum vandum –oli ,

Chirappai  maranthu vitta poovum,

Vanai  marathirukkum payirum-intha,

Vaiyam muzhuthum illai thozhi.

 

5.Kannan mukham maranthu ponal-indha,

Kangal irundhy pyan undo,

Vanna padamum illai kandai-ini,

Vazhum vazhi yennadi thozhi

 

English translation

 

Pallavi

 

I have forgotten the face that I love,

Dear friend, to whom shall I tell this.

 

Anupallavi

 

When the heart has not forgotten the love,

Is it proper to forget the face from memory?

 

Charanam

 

1. A form is seen by my eyes,

In which I do not see the full beauty of Krishna,

When I see the form of his face, I am not able,

To see his flower like smile in that.

 

2. Without any let of, my mind,

Thinks of my relationship with him,

And you have seen that my mouth,

Always tells about his fame.

 

3. Due to the sin done by my eyes,

The form of Krishna was forgotten,

Have you seen among women,

An innocent one like this ever?

 

4. Oh  my  friend in this entire world , there is no,

Bee which has forgotten the honey,

Flower that has forgotten the necessity of light,

And the crop which has forgotten the sky.

 

5.What is the use of having these eyes,

If we forget the face of Lord Krishna?

You know that I do not have his color portrait,

And Now what is the way to live?