Velavane unai thedi

 

By

 

Ghanam Krishna Iyer

 

Translated by

 

P.R.Ramachander

 

Raga Bhairavi

Tala aadhi

 

Pallavi

 

Velavane unai thedi  oru madanthai ,

Vidiyum alavum kathirukka vagai yenna?

 

Anupallavi

 

Valibamum, chel vizhiyum , vil puruvamum ,

Vadivil nool idayum , madhi vadanamum,

Melum avan meni pagam ponnirame,

Minnar kodi pol , anna nadayil oyilagave.

 

Charanam

 

Vidham vidhamaga pachilam  tengu meedhinile,

Ven apani tharithu  pal varisayum,

Kadalithalum adara kkani  shorukkazhagum,

Karuttai urukka kala kala yena nadayil vandu.

 

English Translation

 

Pallavi

 

Oh Subrahmanya, what is the reason for a lady,

To wait for you till day break?

 

Anupallavi

 

She is with youth , pretty eyes , bow like eye lines,

In form she has thread like middle and moon like face,

Also her body colour is  the colour of Gold,

And she is like a streak of lightning and walks like a swan.

 

Charanam

 

On the young coconut tree , wearing different types,

Of white cloths , with pretty row of teeth,

Biting  in to her fruity lips , with pretty tuck in,

She has come near the door with loud laughter on the gate.