Bharathiyar’s Poem – “Besought”
Translated by Lekha Murali
Besought
Why build an exquisite veena1,
Only to be heedlessly cast-off into dust?
Tell me O! Sivasakthi2 –
You, (who) created me with a scintillating...
Bharathiyar’s Poem : Rendezvous missed
Translated by Lekha Murali
Rendezvous missed
By banks of the sacred river, on the southern corner,
In the garden of Champaka1 (flowers),
Should I wait, you promised to...
Liberation – Little Sparrow – By Bharathiyar
Translated by Lekha Murali
Liberation – Little Sparrow
Stay liberated -
Like this little sparrow
In eight directions, it flies and roams,
Into the air, it ascends; swims rapidly...
Bharathiyar Songs
Translated by A.K. Ramanujan
Wind
Wind, come softly.
Don’t break the shutters of the windows.
Don’t scatter the papers.
Don’t throw down the books on the shelf.
There, look what...