Pullanalum Purushan

Pullanalum  Purushan

 

By

Shivam Perinkulam 

 

Translation attempt by

P.R.Ramachander

 

புல்லானாலும் புருஷன், கல்லானாலும் கணவன்

வாயைதிறந்தொரு வார்த்தை நீ சொல்லாதே ! புல்லானாலும் 1

 

Pullanulum  purushan , kallanulum  kanavan

Vayai  thiranthoru vaarthai   sollathe                           Pullanalum

 

Even if  he  is grass , he  is your  husband

Even  If he  is stone  , he is your husband

Do not tell a single    word  opening  your mouth ------  Even if it is grass

 

வேலைக்கு போகாமே வீட்டிலேயே குந்தி

வெட்டிச்சோறு தின்னு கும்மாளம் போட்டாலும்,

பிள்ளைகளை தூக்கி தண்ணீலே போட்டாலும்,

பெண்டாட்டியை போட்டு 'டும்' 'டும்' ன்னு போட்டாலும் புல்லானாலும் 2

 

Velaikku pokaame veettleyea kunthi,

Vettisoruthinnu kummalam pottalum,

Pillaikalai thookki thanneele pottalum

Pentattaipottu tom, tom nnu pottalum –pullanalum

 

Even if he  sits in the house  without going for work

Even if he needlessly shouts after eating food  of the home

Even if he  lifts the babies  and puts  in water

Even if he  beats  his   wife Dum , Dum                  Even if it is grass

 

தண்ணி அடிச்சுட்டு வீட்டுக்கு வந்தாலும்

தடியாலே நீ அவன் தலைமேலே போடாதே,

ஆடு, கோழி, காசு அத்தனையும் போயி

ஆண்டியா வந்து உன் முன்னாலே நின்னாலும் புல்லானாலும் 3

 

Thanni aditchuttu veetukku vandalum

Thadiyalea nee avan thalaimelea podathea

Aadu, koshi, kasu athanaium poyi

Andiyavandu un munnale ninnalum              pullanalum

 

Even if he   drinks  toddy   and comes  home

Do not hit him   with a huge stick on his  head

Even if he loses  goat , hem , and money

And comes  and stands  before you  as a  beggar          Even if it is grass

 

'குப்பம்மா எல்லாம் என் தப்பம்மா , ஒனக்கொரு

கோயில்கெட்டி கும்பிடறேன், தாயி பொன்னம்மா'

இப்படியெல்லாம் சொல்லி இரவிலே வந்து ன்னை

எஈமாத்துவன் இனி பெத்துககாதே தாயி ! புல்லானாலும் 4

 

 

 ‘Kuppamma ellam en thappamma onakkoru

kovilketti kumbideran thayi ponnamma’

Ippadiyellam solli iravile vandunnai

eamathuvan, ini pethukkathe, thayi. pullanalum

 

Oh Kuppammma    everything is my mistake, I will,

Build a temple for you and salute you, darling golden girl

Saying  things like this I, he will  com at night,

And deceive   you, oh mother  do not give more  births        Even it is grass

 

 

Dying days

Dying days

By

Oviyachinthu in tamil

Tanslated  by

P.R.Ramachander

(The scene of a death from the man dying is described here in a great fashion.kudos to the poet)

 Joy  was absent  in all faces

 

All relations  crowding together,

Were  Talking about the good in him

 

Unable to stand, talk  and even move

He  was  couting his  last days

 

All relations  simply drowned

Him with   their  love

 

Seeing those  relations,

Who Never  talked  a single word,

To him  who was  living alone,

Loving  him so muchand showering,

All that is  good on him,

He closed  his eyes  with great wonder

 

Whe n you do not get even a drop of love,

Even while living , many human minds

Are  dead  even when alive,

 

 

 

Go Cyclone , go

 

Go Cyclone , go

By

Poet  Vairamuthu

 

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

(Here is a poetic request to the cyclone to go away in tamil by one of  the greatest poets in Tamil. God bless him)

Due to trees  getting uprooted

Not cleaning the teeth,

Due to palf leaf roofs  getting disturbed,

Not able  to fan with a palm fan

Without playing  marbles ,

By  robbing away children

Due to not flying kite,

With  dead bodies  of poor

With pleasure , please cross,

Become   the  breath

Would your  great speed,

Be greater  than the big breath of  the poor ,

Poet  Vairamuthu

Sanskrit birthday card

Sanskrit   birthday card

Translation by

P.R.Ramachander

 

Today one of my friend  used this very pretty

Sanskrit words  to wish another friend

 

शुभ जन्म दिनं तुभ्यं

 शुभ जन्म दिनं तुभ्यं

शुभ जन्म दिने तवहे

सकलं मधुरं भूयात

सकलं सफलं भूयात

सकलं च शुभम भूयात।

 

Shubha  Janma  Dhinam Thubhyam

Shubha  janma  Dhinam  Thubhyam

Shubha janma dhinam thvahe

SAkalam  Madhuram bhooyath

Sakalam saphalam   bhooyath

SAkalam mcha  shubhamam  Bhooyath

 

Today  is your charming/auspicious  birthday

Today is  your  charming  /auspicious  birthday

Let your birthday  be charming/auspicious

Let everything become  sweet

Let everything be  successful

Let everything become charming/auspicious

Vanangukirom Amma

Vanangukirom  Amma

We are  saluting you, oh mother

 

By

Lakshmi Mohan

 

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

 

(The writer  has  her DIL  in her DIL  and has  written this great poem.I  wanted to make it only for her Mummy  and have suggested an alternative line, with a wet eye. Sister , whoever  you are, you have done  a great job. Excuse me  )

 

1.Ninaivil  yendrum neeye  Amma

Yengal kanavilum  neeye  Amma

Nithamum  vananginom  Amma

Nin kuzhandaikal   yemai  Kaappai  amma

 

In our thought  , you are always  there, mother

In our dreams  , you are  always  there  mother

WE saluted you daily  , mother

WE are your babies, please protect us  , oh mother

 

2.Nee  yemai  vittu  pirinthu chendraalum Amma

Neee thaan  yengalai  vazhi nadathum deivam amma

Nee  pethra  makan  madiyil  thalai  chaithu , Amma

Neengaa  idam   idhayathil pethrai  Amma

 

Though you  have  parted  and gone away from us Oh Mother

You are the God who guides our way  , Oh mother

Keeping your head on lap of son  whom you gave birth, Oh mother

You made  an not erasable place  in our mind  , oh mother

 

3.Anbodu  aravanaithai   yemaye  , Amma

Andrum  indrum , yendrum  ungal  thunaye  Amma

Arugil  irunthu  anaithum kathru  thanthai Amma

Annaye  , yenakku  mamiyaaralla  nee Amma

(annayeemakku  unayandri  veru  deivam illai  , Amma)

 

You hugged  us   with affection , oh mother

Then , today and for ever , yours  was the help oh mother

You sat near  us and taught  us everything  , oh mother

Oh mother  , to me you are not mother in law  , oh mother

(oh mother  except you we do not haave any god  oh mother)

 

4.Varudangal  kadanthu vittathu   yemai  nee pirinthu  Amma

Vaattam thaan yendrume  yen nenjil  neeyidri  Amma

Vandaai  Umai chuthiye   naangal  thirinthom Amma

Vittu chendraalum yengalul yendrum  neengale Amma

 

After  your parting us  , several years have passed, oh Mother

Without you, sense ofincompletness  is always there in our mind , Oh mother

WE wandered  like a bee , round and round you  , Oh mother

Though you have left us , only  you are there  in our mind oh mother

 

 

Tastey incarnations of Potato

Tastey  incarnations  of Potato

 

Translated  by

P.R.Ramachander

You  made the D.Osa  Pregnant  ,

And made it costly

You  came  with Puri Maharaj,

And  made   him Puri  Masala,

You hid  inside  folded spread  flour  ,

And made  him  Sam Oza

You went inside  Puri  Junior,

And became  the  Pani Puri

You got fried  in this slices  and got name  of Chips,

In some  places  and french fries  in other,

You  got friendship with  Pea(ce.s) 

And became a  great side dish

You  joined  with chana Dhal  ane became Koot

You cut  and got tucked  in Pav

And made  him Vada  Pav

Though you made  the hips  ,

Of  those  who like you fat,

And is the source  of Car bow  high drate

Of many  in this world  ,

Oh Pot  at O,

It is difficult to live  without you

Does caste of child depend on Father or mother ?

 Does caste  of child depend  on Father or mother 

Compiled by

P.R.Ramachander

 

Ravana was born to a maharshi(Brahmin) and a rakshasi- he was considered as a Rakshasa mostly and as a Brahmin some times

 

Parasara  was a Brahmin-  His son born out of a fisher women ,Veda Vyasa   was a Brahmin

SAnthanu  was a kshatriya-All his three sons(one by a river)  and another2  by fisher women  were kshatriyas

Does it mean  the caste  of son depends on father?

 

But

Veda Vyasa  was a Brahmin- His son by a  non Brahmin girl Vidhura was not Brahmin

                                                  -His sons by Kshatriya  girls were Kshatriya

Does  it mean  that caste  of son depends on mother?

I am proud of india

I am proud of india

 

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

 

(I read this in Tamil   and enjoyed it .)

 

I  am proud  of my India

I  brush my teeth   with Colgate

I shave   with Gillete  Razor

I apply  Old spice  Shaving lotion

 

I am proud of my  India

I use Head and shoulders shampoo

I  Use  Lux soap for bathing

I use foreign scent  after that

I am proud of   India

I wear  Jocky  underwear
I wear   Cruezo vests

I wear peter England shirt   and jeans

 

I am proud of India

I eat Maggi noodles  for break fast

I eat Mexican Tortilla   bread

I drink   Nescafe  coffee

 

I  am proud of India

I wear rebook shoes

I carry  Samsung phone

I wear Ray bun glasses

 

I am proud of India

I ride a Suzhuki bike to office

I work on apple  computers

I offer coca cola  to my visitors

 

I am proud of India

I visit Mcdonalds  on way back,

I get  Domino Pizza   for kids

And food from KFC   for my wife

 

I am proud of India

And   I am not able  to understand

Why  our foreign exchange goes down

And why  Indians are  not proud of me

My stories for children

 

My stories   for children

    Many of you may not know that  I write  stories  for children too  .These are  available   in my web site   Raja THatha’s corner and is being referred  to by many mothers.  You can directly download   all stories  by clicking .

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Hope  you will tell these  stories for your children, Raja Thatha

Bhagawan Sri Ramana Maharshi (tamil)

பகவான் ஸ்ரீ ரமண மகரிஷி

Bhagawan   Sri Ramana  Maharshi

By

Sri Anand Vasudevan

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

புண்ணிய பூமியன்றோ திருச்சுழி

நம் யாவர்க்கும் பிறந்ததோர் நல்வழி

மதுரையில் உணர்ந்த மரண அனுபவம்

அருணையை அடைந்த அதிசய அற்புதம்

 

Punniya  bhoomiyandro  Thiruchuzhi

 Nam yaavarkkum  piranthathor  nal vazhi

Madhurayil  unarnth  marana  anubhavam

Arunayai   adaintha  athisaya anubhavam

 

Is not  Thiruchuzhy  a blessed land

A good  way was born to us  all there

The  death like  experience  in Madurai

The miracle  of it reaching  Thiruvannamalai

 

(Bhagawan Ramana  was born in thiruchuzhi village so that  he can show us all a proper path,

At age 16  in Madurai ,  he experienced a feeling of death and  it was a miracle, that  he reached

THiruvanna malai)

 

 

மூன்று ரூபாய் ரகசிய பயணம்

அண்ணாமலையாருடன் நிரந்திர சங்கமம்

உலகம் திரண்டது பாலனைக் காண

அழகம்மையும் சேர்ந்தாள் தன் சிசுவைப் பேண

 

Moondru   roopai  ragasiya  payanam

Annamalayaarudan   niranthara  sangamam

Ulagam  thirandathu Balanai kaana

Azhagammayum   chernthaal than sisuvai pena

 

The secret  journey  of three  rupees

The permanent merger   with  Lord  Annamalai

The entire world   assembled  to see  the boy

Alagammai also went there  to nurture  her kid

 

(He ran away to thiruvannamalai  travelling in a train(spent 3 rupees)  and merged  completely with God annamalayar.He became  so well known that  people  all over the world came  to see him. His mother  came to know  he was there and came   to look after him)

 

உண்ணாமுலையம்மனின் அற்புத லீலை

பாமாலையாய் உதித்தது அக்ஷரமண மாலை

நான் யார் எனும் சலியா விசாரம்

பகவான் நல்கிய உன்னத மார்க்கம்

 

Unnamaulayammanin   arputha  leelai

Paamaalayai  udithathu akshara mana  maalai

Naan yaar  yenum  chaliyaa  vicharam

Bhagawan  nalkiya  unnatha  maargam

 

The divine  sports  of Goddess  Unnamulai

The  never fading (letters) scented  galand rose as garland of poets

The never boring thought  of “Who am I?”

The great path  granted  by Bhagawan

 

(he was forced  to beg for food for his  followers . He wrote  a great  tamil prayer , which showed  great path of Realisatioon)

 

அஹந்தை அழித்து அகத்தில் பயணம்

நமக்கும் விளங்கும் ஓர் நாள் நிச்சயம்

பகவான் திருவடியில் சரணாகதி

ரமணா எமக்கு நீயே கதி

 

Ahanthai  azhithu akathil  payanam

Namakkum  vilangum oar naal  nichayam

Bhagwan  thiruvadiyil  Sarana gathi

Ramanaa  yemakku  neeye  gathi

 

The travel inside  after  destroying the pride ,

One  day  we will also understand  that,

The complete  surrender at divine  feet of Bhagawan,

Oh Ramana you are our  only  path

 

 

Sound(hindi)

Sound

Translation attempt

By

P.R.Ramachander

Control the sound  while talking  ,Sound has neither  arm nor legs

Produce  one sound, it would be medicine say another  it would be village

Control   the   sound while talking, Sound attracts attention

Sound can wound the mind, it can increase  your respectability

Sound leaves  your face, sound   does not come back

Sound   which is full of love, sound only makes  mind calm

Sound has  colours  of emotions, sound has great  respectability

Sound has  form of life, Sound itself  is   ship  of earth

Sound can produce  bitterness, Sound can remove enmity

Sound  can join  broken minds, sound only increases  love

Mazhai(chandamarutham)

 

Mazhai(chandamarutham)

 

By

Mahakavi Bharathiyar

Translation attempt

By

P.R.Ramachander

 

(Today I posted a poem in Tamil  about rain  . Sri Ramakrishnan KS  gave me this treasure on Rain  by Bharathiyar.  I tried  to translate it)

 

மழை_கவிதை

 

#சுப்பிரமணிய_பாரதியார்

 

 

திக்குக்கள் எட்டும் சிதறி-தக்கத்

தீம்தரிகிட தீம்தரிகிட தீம்தரிகிட தீம்தரிகிட

பக்க மலைகள் உடைந்து-வெள்ளம்

பாயுது பாயுது பாயுது-தாம்தரிகிட

தக்கத் ததிங்கிட தித்தோம்-அண்டம்

சாயுது சாயுது சாயுது-பேய்கொண்டு

தக்கை யடிக்குது காற்று-தக்கத்

தாம்தரிகிட தாம்தரிகிட தாம்தரிகிட தாம்தரிகிட

வெட்டி யடிக்குது மின்னல்,-கடல்

வீரத் திரைகொண்டு விண்ணை யிடிக்குது;

கொட்டி யிடிக்குது மேகம்;-கூ

கூவென்று விண்ணைக் குடையுது காற்று;

சட்டச்சட சட்டச்சட டட்டா-என்று

தாளங்கள் கொட்டிக் கனைக்குது வானம்;

எட்டுத் திசையும் இடிய-மழை

எங்ஙனம் வந்ததடா,தம்பி வீரா!

அண்டம் குலுங்குது,தம்பி!-தலை

ஆயிரந் தூக்கிய சேடனும் பேய்போல்

மிண்டிக் குதித்திடு கின்றான்;-திசை

வெற்புக் குதிக்குது;வானத்துத் தேவர்

செண்டு புடைத்திடு கின்றார்;-என்ன

தெய்விகக் காட்சியை கண்முன்பு கண்டோம்!

கண்டோம் கண்டோம் கண்டோம்-இந்தக்

காலத்தின் கூத்தினைக் கண்முன்பு கண்டோம்!

 

English translation

With  the eight directions  bursting,

Dheem  Thari kida Dheem thari kida Dheem thari kida  , dheem thari kida

And with neigbouring mountains breaking, water,

Is flowing  , flowing , flowing, Dhaam thiri kida

Thakkam thadhingida, thithom , Universe

Is bending , bending , bending, The wind,

Like  devils and ghosts  is beating fast

Thakka tham tharikida Thaam tharikida, thaam tharikida

The lightning  cuts  the sky and beats, the ocean

With valorous waves, is ponding  the sky

The cloud is beating and pounding,

The clouds  ae digging hole in he sky  saying koo, koo

The wind  is  keeping beats and  shouts

Drinking holes   in the sky  , saying

Chatta chada  , chatta chada data

Oh valorous brother, how   did this rain come

 

Oh brother  universe is shaking,

The adhi sesha lifting  its thousand heads,

And jumping again and again like  the devil

The directions  with fear  is jumping and devas,

Are telling   play the drum now

What a divine scene   we saw before  our eyes

We saw, sw , saw   , the  torrential dance

Of dance  of these  times  before our eyes

A poem to father

 

A poem to the father

 

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

 

A mother  would make  me feel  ,

Her  affection  in many many ways,

But father would  make you feel,

Just  by pressing  your hand.

 

He has  never told me  before me,

I have heard it only  from others

That  he feels very proud of me ,

And has  found  no words  ,

To tell  how  much he loves  me

 

Though   mother  has scolded ,

Me umpteen times , I never felt about it

But once  my  father’s  face fades,

It has  touched me a lot  immediately

 

Only when all my friends  tell me

“Do you know  how great is your father?”

Then only  I did  realize that ,

I have got a father , that,

No one else  has got

 

Possibly  God has  sent father,

To immediately  fulfill  even,

A speck of your  desire.

 

What  would  my father , who has,

Taught  me how  to walk   and live,

Thought   when , I provided  him,

Support  to walk , due to his age .

 

Whenever  people  have asked me  ,

“are  you pet of father  or pet of mother?”

I had told them  with  great pride,

Father’s pet , who was mother’s pet”

But today  after  he  has left  me ,

Whose  pet I am?

 

Though millions  tell me ,

“I am there  for you,

Who ever  can ever support ,

Me  like  my father?’\

 

He never told me  to do anything

He   has never , ever  scolded me even once

He never   told me  not to do ab=nything,

But by some thing , his face controlled me”

 

I have  never showed,

Nor has  he showed,

Our  affection to each other,

But to wipe  away  the flowing tears,

Which heralds  it to all,

My  father  is no more there.

 

Show  yor affection to father,

And your unending love  to your mother

Today itself,

For after   some times  ,

He may not be there to hear it.

 

(thanks to blog http://salemdistpress.blogspot.com/)