Nanda unakkindha mathi

By

Gopalakrishna Bharathi

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

Ragam Mohanam

Thalam Aadhi

Pallavi

Nandaa Unakkindha mathi thandathu aaradaa

Anupallavi

Antharangam sondhamay irundathu maranthu poy,

Vindhayay ninaindha thinno , andha velai puthi illai

Charanam

Kollai kattu nari pol pillai katti pesuvay,

Kallai katti kopam kondu chollai katti yesuven,

Thillai yendru chonna thellam illayindru pochutha,

Kallai yendru iyar chonna cholle nijamachuthaa,

Chithamum thelinthathaa, kaththalum parinthathaa,

Chattam chattam nallathu nallathu metha metha sandhosham.

English translation

Pallavi

Oh Nanda, who ever gave you this thought

Anupallavi

Forgetting that you had a mind of your own,

Why these strange thoughts ,for this is not wisdom

Charanam

You would talk showing your teeth like the homestead jackal,

I would become angry s and then how you a stone and berate you,

All that you told about Chidambaram , have they vanished,

Has the words of Brahmin not to learn has become true,

Has your mind become clear, has the shouting subsided,

Law and law is good , This is indeed a very happy news.