Jnayam, thano  neer chollum

 

By

Gopalakrishna Bharathiyar

 

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

 

Ragam Sankarabharanam

Thalam Aadhi

 

Pallavi

Jnayam  thano neer chollum , ooy –Nandanare,

Namma Jathikku adukkumo

 

Charanam

Cheriyilla vazhakkam –neer,

Cheythu kondu  vandha pazhakkam-Indha,

Oorilengum athu muzhakkam –vegu

Uruthiyachuthu ozhukkam –ithu

 

English translation

 

Pallavi

Please tell whether it is just, Oh Nandanar,

Will it be proper for our caste

 

Charanam

You have followed a practice not in our slum,

A practice that you have made of your own,

And this has spread throughout this village ,

And this practice  has become firm here ,

(Is it just, Oh Nandanar)