En Swasa Kaatre

This was written when someone special drastically left my life (though just physically). The first proper poem in Tamil that I have written.

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EN SWASA KAATRE

En kannil pugundhu manathil nindraai
Manathil oru kodi aasai thandhaai
Thookkam keduthu kanavil vandhaai
Nenjai ennidam irundhu thirudinaai.

Kal manathai un sirippaal karaithaai
En Ninaivil paadhiyai paarvaiyaal abagarithaai
Theiveega kuralaal punnagai poothaai
Un asaivil ennai mayanga seithaai.

Arugil vandhaal vaarthaiyai sirai adaithaai
Paarkaamal ponaal uyirai varudinaai
Thikketra manithanaai alaya vaithaai
Ippadi kavithaiyaai pulamba seithaai.

Dhideer ena kilambinaai
Ennai vittu vilagi sendraai
Manathai pilandhu udiram udirthai
Ennai seyal izhakka seithaai.

Un kannil enna maayamo
En nenjil yerpatta kaayamo
En nizhal unakku baaramo
Un manam ethanai aazhamo !

Aasai kanni ennai vittu sellathey
En kanavil mattum varuven endru sollathey
Manathai ippadi thavikka vittu kollathey
Unnai paarkaamal en kanngalai izhakka vaikkathey.

Ennai paithya kaara viduthiyil serkaathey
En manam un pirivai yerkaathey
Anbae alaigal pondru karaiyaathey
Ennai vittu engeyo poi oliyaathey.

Unnai kaanamal kodhippadaindhen
Unnai thedaamaleye soarvadaindhen
En manathil unnai aravanaithen
Nee illamal ponathaal naan thoolaga odindhen.

Paruvam maarinaalum nee pasumaiyaai iruppai
Kaalangal maarinaalum nee kanavaai midhappai
Aandugal ponaalum andraadam nenjil niraindiruppai
En uyirae ponaalum en udirathil nee oondriruppai !

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The search has just begun !!! (For expressing my thots in my mother tongue)

Feb 2002