A. Yecuraca: Ariyappatatavarkal ninaivaka

aṟiyappaṭātavarkaḷ niṉaivāka...!

a. yēcurācā

Etext Preparation: Dr. N. Kannan of Germany and Mr. R. Padmanabha iyer of

London, uK

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Source acknowledgement: aRiYaPPaDaTHaVaRKaL NiNaiVaKa

(a collection of Modern Tamil Poems) by a.Jesurajah

Published By: Cre-a, 268 Royapettah High Road Madras 600 014, 1st Edition,

Nov 1984

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aṟiyappaṭātavarkaḷ niṉaivāka.... ! (a. yēcurācā)

aRiyappaTatavarkaL ninaivaka...! (a collection of modern poems in Tamil) by a.

Jesurajah

kaṭavuḷukku...!

mūṭik kiṭakkiṉṟa

corkkattiṉ katavukaḷait

tiṟantu viṭṭāl...,

maṇṇiṉ kuralumakkut

kēṭkak kūṭum!

kīḻiṟaṅki,

puḻuti maṇṇiṉmēl

naṭantu vantāl,

māṉiṭattiṉ--

eḻuccikaḷai vīḻccikaḷai

muṟṟu muḻutāka

nīraṟital kūṭum. --kūṭa,

nīr...varuvīrā?

26.7.68

vā

erikiṉṟa--

kuṟumeḻuku varicai

oḷi niḻalil,

oppārik kural kēṭṭu

intap *peṭṭikkuḷ

nīyēṉ kiṭakkiṉṟāy?

mukam mūṭum,

tuppaṭṭi nīkki--

eḻuntuviṭu!;

eṉkūṭa vantuviṭu!

*peṭṭi--cavappeṭṭi

2.8.68

uṟakkam

ciluvai eḻuntuniṟkum

veḷḷaik kallaṟaikaḷ

cūḻntirukka,

kālmāṭṭil

paṭṭip pūmalarnta

*cippic ciluvai

mēṭṭiṉ kīḻ--

maṇ kuḻiyil,

iruḷil tuyilvōḷē...!

nī yeṭukkac

ceṉṟuviṭṭa eṉṉuṟakkam,

tantuviṭu!

*cippic ciluvai--cippikaḷiṉāl amaikkappaṭṭa ciluvai vaṭivam.

14.8.68

cila poḻutukaḷ...!

tuyarvantu

eṉkatavait taṭṭum pōtu,

eṉṉarukil nīyiruntu

kataicollac ceṉṟa

poḻutukaḷiṉ, niṉai vaviḻak

katavutiṟakkātāl--

tuyar vilakum!

29.8.68

ēkkam

nāṉvaṟaṇṭu kiṭakkiṉṟēṉ,

maḻai poḻiyap payir cilirkkum

vaḷamniṟainta vayaleṉṟāl

poṅkum-.

makiḻccitāṉ..!

9.11.68

mukam

meṉmukattuc ciṟu cōkam

kāṇpataṟku eṉakkā val:

uṉṉuṭaiya kaṭai vācal,

tarippiṭattu *vacuvan tāl

eṉṉuṭaiya talai nīṇṭu

uṉṉiṭattait tāṉtēṭi,

kaṉṉantaṉaik kai tāṅkum

kōlat tiṉaik kaṇṭuviṭṭāl

eṉṉuṭaiya veṟu neñcum

mukattāl niram piviṭum!

*vacu--pas

16.3.69

ōṭṭam

*māvaliyāḷ, ōṭukiṟāḷ!

toṅkukiṟa nīḷpāla

kālaṭikkuk kīḻāka

maṇkalaṅkat tāṉkalaṅki

mañcaḷ niṟattōṭu

meḷaṉam uṟaikiṉṟa

neṭumūṅkiṟ karaitoṭṭu

'muḻaṅkait tirumpalilē'

ōṭukiṟāḷ, māvaliyāḷ...!

*māvali--ilaṅkaiyiṉ mikapperiya nati

3.5.69

vārātavarkaḷ...

(1964 ām āṇṭu mārkaḻi mātam 21 ām tikati eṅkaḷ ūrkkaṭaṟṟoḻilāḷar vaḻamai

pōl mīṉ piṭikkap pōṉārkaḷ. aṉṟiravu kaṭum cūṟāvaḷi ēṟpaṭṭatu.)

eṉṉuṭaiya tōḻarkaḷ,

kaṭalukkup pōṉārkaḷ;

mārkaḻiyiṉ naṇ pakalil

*nailōṉ valaiyōṭu,

"pōyiṟṟu vāṟa" meṉac

colliviṭṭup pōṉārkaḷ.

pōṉavarkaḷ--,

appaṭiyē pōṉārkaḷ...!

*nailōṉ valaittoḻil--āḻkaṭal mīṉpiṭiyaik kuṟippatu.

8.5.69

kuṇṭūci!

kār ōṭum *kōlṟōṭṭil

tāruruki ōṭukiṟa--

matiyattil,

kuṟakku maṟukkāṉa

kūṭṭattila pōkaiyilē

ceruppaṟuntu, pōccutu...!

'ccī..caṉiyaṉ

aṟuntu pōccutē;

eṉṉaṇṭu pōṟateṇṭu'

kuḻampi niṟkaiyilē,

nītanta kuṇṭūci...!

kutti orupaṭiyāy

mēlnaṭantu pōṉōm, nām

tōḻā! eṉnaṉṟi

untaṉukkum;

uṉṉuṭaiya ūcikkum!

*Galle Road

21.7.69

perumitam

eṉṉuṭaiya vāḻvut

kālattu orunāḷil,

cantiraṉil mutal maṉitaṉ

kālaṭiyai eṭuttuvaittāṉ!

nīṇṭu...mika nīṇṭa

aṇṭaveḷic cūṉiyattuc

cuṟṟukiṟa kirakattil

maṉitat taṭam patiya,

toṭaṅkiyatōr

yukattiṉ mutal nāḷil,

nāṉum vāḻntiruntēṉ!

23.7.69

nallammāviṉ neruppuc caṭṭi

iṉṟumintap piṉṉiravil,

alām alaṟi ōykaiyilē

tikaicceḻunta nallammāḷ

pāyiruntu,

cōmpal muṟikkaiyilē,

eṅkiruntō nāyoṉṟu

ūḷaiyiṭṭuk kēṭkiṟatu...!

"eḻumpu piḷḷa...!

maṇi aṭiccup pōṭṭu...tu;

nēram pōku...tu"

taṭṭiviṭa

eḻunta makaḷ,

piṉ toṭarat

tāṉ naṭantu

kuciṉikkup pōkiṉṟāḷ.

"ciraṭṭai uṭai

aṭuppu mūṭṭu;

tēṅkāyuṭai

pālaip piḻi

maṇi,

iraṇṭaṭiccup pōṭṭu...tu.

cantikkaṭai rācaturai

kaṭaitiṟakka nālumaṇi

ākum; atukku muṉṉam

appañ cuṭṭup pōṭōṇum."

pāl piḻiñcu

mākkaraiccu,

aṭuppūṭṭi muṭicca makaḷ

tūṅkiviḻa, pōyppaṭukkac

colliyavaḷ --taṉiyiruntu

appam,

cuṭukiṉṟāḷ.

paṟṟiyeri ciraṭṭaittaṇal

karipaṟṟat taṇal niṟainta

neruppuc caṭṭikaḷ;

vīcukiṟa peru vekkai

neñciṉilum mukattiṉilum

muṉṉeḻuntu tākkit

taṉṉuṭalait tiṉkaiyilum,

kuntiyiruntapaṭi

avaṉ, appam cuṭukiṉṟāḷ.

ōm...!

piṉṉiraviṉ iraṇṭumaṇip

pōtiruntu muṟpakaliṉ

eṭṭumaṇip poḻutuvarai,

avaḷ appam cuṭavēṇṭum.

mūttamakaṉ paḷḷiyil

pattup paṭikkiṟāḷ;

ciṉṉavaṉum iṉṉum iraṇṭu

piḷḷaikaḷum kūṭa,

paḷḷikkup pōkiṉṟār.

kaṭalukkup pōṟa avaḷ

puruṣaṉ piṉṉēram,

koṇṭuvarum nālaintu

rūpāykaḷ...?

paṟṟiyeri,

āṟu vayiṟukaḷiṉ

neru papaṇaikkak kāṇātu;

paḷḷic celavukkum

vaḻikāṇa ēlātu...

ātaliṉāl,

vāḻvu tiṇitta anta

cumaiccaṭṭi neruppēnti...

paṟṟiyeri ciraṭṭaittaṇal

karipaṟṟat taṇal niṟainta

neruppuc caṭṭikaḷ;

vīcukiṟa peruvekkai

neñciṉilum mukattiṉilum;

muṉṉeḻuntu tākkit

taṉṉuṭalait tiṉkaiyilum,

kuntiyiruntapaṭi

avaḷ, appam cuṭukiṉṟāḷ.

nāḷaikkum

mīṇṭu mantap piṉṉiravil,

alām alaṟi ōykaiyilē

tikaicceḻuntu nallammāḷ

pāyiruntu,

cōmpal muṟikkaiyilē,

eṅkiruntō nāyoṉṟu

ūḷaiyiṭuṅ

kural kēṭkum...!

7.8.69

putaivukaḷ

'muṉṉāḷi ṉantat

toṭuvāṉak kaṉavukaḷ'

maṇṇiṟaṅki namainōkki

neruṅki varukaiyilē

iṟantu, pōṉāy nī...!

kōyilil *tukkamaṇi

olitta kālaipōy

vanta antappiṉṉēram,

ūrārum uṟaviṉarum

ūravalamāy uṉaikkoṇṭu

pōṉa muṭiviṉilē...

putaivukaḷiṉ niṉaivukaḷāyc

cūḻntirunta ciluvaikaḷiṉ

naṭuviṉilē

veṭṭivaitta veṟuṅkuḻiyil

iṟakki uṉaipputaikka

maṇṇiṉkīḻp peṭṭikkuḷ

putai paṭṭup pōṉāy, nī...!

nī putaiya--

'paḷḷi vakuppaṟaiyil;

cūḻiluppai marattiṉkīḻ;

kōyililum mūṇṭeḻunta

muṉṉāḷi ṉantat

toṭuvāṉak kaṉavukaḷ'

citainta kuviyaliṭai,

putaintuviṭa

itayam aḻukiṟatu...!

*oru kattōlikkar iṟantu pōṉatum, avar cērntirunta paṅkukkōyiliṉ

maṇi, avaruṭaiya iṟappait teriyappaṭuttuvataṟkāka aṭikkappaṭum.

10.8.69

nīrum oru...

kuṭimakaṉāy vārumaiyā!

(kaḷam: veḷināṭṭup potikaḷ cuṅka matippīṭṭāḷarkaḷiṉāl paricōtikkappaṭṭu

viṭuvikkappaṭum poti aluvalakak karumapīṭam: perumpālum caṉakkūṭṭattiṉāl

niṟaintirukkum.)

i

ōm aiyā!

nīr periya vīrartāṉ.

ummai itil viṭṭāl

caṭṭup puṭṭeṉṟu

veṭṭi viḻuttuvatāyk

kaṉakkak kataikkiṟīr;

"eṇṇai kāṇāta

cari yāṉacilō vaṇṭi"

eṉṟum coṇṭukkuḷ

mellac cirik kiṉṟīr.

nīṇṭa vāl pōla

kūṭṭam toṭaruvatāl,

irunta iruppiṉilē

iṭait tēṉīrum kāṇātu,

kaṭamai āṟṟukiṟa

nāmum maṉitarkaḷē!-ātaliṉāl,

maṉitac cōr...vukaḷ

emai aṇṭak kūṭuvatai

nīrum aṟiyātu...,

'piḷḷaiyiṉaik koḷḷi

neruppiṉ arukiṉilē

viṭṭuviṭṭu vantavar pōla'

pōkat tuṭituṭittu,

vārttaikaḷaic cummā

aḷḷi vīcukiṟīr

aiyā...!

nīrum, oru kaṉavāṉō...?

ii

muṉṉukku vantuniṉṟa

ummuṭaiya muṟai colli,

"itai mutalil eṭum" eṉṟum

neṟṟik kaṇ kāṭṭukiṟīr:

*ēṭṭiṟ kaṇpatittu

eḻuti nāṉ nimirntāl,

kōṭṭaiyiṉaic cuṟṟi

muṟṟukai yiṭṭavarpōl

patiṉmar

niṟkiṉṟīr.

nīrtāṉō...? irunīṇṭa kaṇṇōṭu

tuṭikkum cevvitamum

koṇṭa am maṅkai

tāṉō; kaṟuttap paṭṭaik

kaṉavāṉ tāṉō

muṉṉukku vantavarkaḷ...?

nāṉaṟiyēṉ--aiyā!

niccayamāy nāṉaṟiyēṉ,

eṉainīrum viṭṭuviṭum.

"emmuṭaiya kāciṟ

campaḷamum vāṅkukiṟa

nīrematu ūḻiyarē"

eṉṟellām,

ētētō collukiṟīr

ōm aiyā!

atu periya uṇmaitāṉ.

ummuṭaiya cēvaikkē

nām kāttuk kiṭappataṉāl

nāmum umatu, toṇṭarkaḷē!;

emmai etir pārkka

nīrum uriyavarē

āṉālum...,

urimai maṟa vāta

nīrumatu kaṭamaiyiṉai,

ēṉ maṟantu pōṉīrō...?

cīrāṉa cēvai

nāmāṟṟa vēṇṭumeṉil,

ummuṭaiya ottuḻaippum

avaciyamē āṉatiṉāl,

kumpalāyk kūṭiniṉṟu

naḷiṉak katai pēcum

muṇumuṇuppai viṭṭavarāy,

'nīrum oru...,

kuṭimakaṉāy vārumaiyā!'

* ēṭu--pativēṭu

+ paṭṭai--kaḻuttup paṭṭai

6.12.69

kīṉākalaiyil...

(1.9.70 il kīṉākalait tōṭṭattil naṭaipeṟṟa policāriṉ tuppākkip pirayōkattil

irāmaiyā, aḻakiricāmi ākiya toḻilāḷarkaḷ iṟantaṉar.)

'urimai kōri--

vēlai

niṟuttamum ceyyalākum;

kūṭṭamāyk kūṭi niṉṟu

kōṣamum pōṭalākum.'

ivai yellām,

"ummuṭaiya māperiya

caṉa nāyakac cutantiraṅkaḷ!"

eṉṉumin nāṭṭil tāṉ

eṉṉuṭaiyatōḻarkaḷ

kūṭik koṭipiṭittuk

kōṣamum pōṭṭārkaḷ;

cutantirak kāvalnāykaḷ

kuṇṭukaḷāl ataimaṟuttār.

iṟantu vīḻntōrait

taravum maṟuttavarkaḷ,

nāykaḷaip pōl--

kuppai vaṇṭikaḷil

maṉitarkaḷaik, koṇṭu pōṉār!

ō...! aṅku

'māperiya cutantirattuc

caṉanāya kam'

mēlum, nirvāṇamaṭaikiṟatu...!

18.9.70

terintu koṇṭamai...

aṉpē!

uṉṉuṭaiya tāyār oru 'mātiri' yām;

tantaiyum ētō 'appaṭittāṉām'.

eṉavākap...

paṟpala kataikaḷ vantu collukiṟār

ivaiyellām, nāṉum aṟivēṉtāṉ

ataṉāleṉṉa...?

uṉṉuṭaiya mellitaya uṇarvukaḷaip pūraṇamāy

nāṉaṟintu koṇṭatupōl...

nīyum eṉai aṟivāytāṉē?

atu, pōtum!

24.2.71

nampikkai...!

vāḻvu oruperiya

tuyaran tāṉēyeṉa,

uṟuttik kiṭantatutāṉ.

eṉmaṉa vāṉil,

tuyarniṟai mēkam

cūḻntu kavintaṉatāṉ.

tuyariṉil āḻac

cumaiyeṉa vāḻvaic

calittiṭattāṉā, vantu piṟantōm...?

illai illai!;

iṉṉam ataṉāl,

vāḻvum oruperiya

vasīkaramāyē,

nīṇṭu tolaivil terikiṟatu...

25.2.72

mēṭaiyilē cila, piramukarkaḷ...!

ūril orumaṉṟam

eṭutta viḻaviṭaiyil

pēruraika ḷāṟṟap

periya maṉitarcilar

mēṭai amarntiruntār...!

1

veyil aṉaliṭaiyil

kūtaṟ paṉi naṭuvil,

kaṇṇil karaitaṭṭā

nīṇṭa peruntolaivu

pōṉa toḻilāḷar putumīṉ poṇṭuvara,

'vāṭi'yilē niṉṟapaṭi

paṇam vāri maṭikaṭṭic

curaṇṭik koḻuttirunta

'periya *cammāṭṭi...'

2

nāḷellām poḻu tellām

nontuḻaittum toḻilāḷar,

cukamkāṇār; tuyarppaṭuvār

avar muṉṉāl...,

'ēḻaimaiyē ciṟantateṉa'

eṅkumēyillā 'mōṭcam narakameṉa'

paipiḷ katai colli,

aṉṉavarait ticai tirumpum

'eṅkaḷūrk kōyiṟ

paṅkuc cuvāmiyār...'

3

'uppum puḷiyumalla emmutaṟ piracciṉaikaḷ

tamiḻaip paṇpāṭṭaik

kāttal tā ṉeṉṟu,'

ūrveḷiyil mēṭaikaḷil

kutalait tami ḻiṉil

periya muḻakkamiṭṭu,

nāḷellām poḻutellām

veḷḷaiyaṉār tammoḻiyai,

paṇpāṭṭaip paravinitam

+kaṟuvāk kāṭukaḷil,

uṇṭu cukittirukkum

eṅkaṭai em.pi.!

ūril orumaṉṟam

eṭutta viḻaviṭaiyil

pēruraika ḷāṟṟap

periya maṉitarcilar

mēṭai amarntiruntār...!

*cammāṭṭi--vaḷḷac contakkāraṉ.

+kaṟuvākkāṭu--koḻumpu nakaril perum paṇakkārar vāḻumiṭam.

29.4.72

cuvaṭukaḷait toṭarutal...

tōḻā vā!

inta vaḻiyāltāṉ

nammuṭaiya tōḻar muṉnaṭantu, pōṉārkaḷ.

ōṅki iraikiṉṟa

kāṟṟil alaiyil,

avaruṭaiya mūccum

kalantu uḷatē!;

kīḻ, mēl vāṉil terintiṭu civappil

avaruṭaik kurutiyum paṭintē uḷatu.

'ēkāti pattiyam, mutalā ḷittuvam

niralappira puttuvam'

makkaḷaip piṇitta im

mupperum vilaṅkukaḷ,

poṭipaṭumāṟu poṭipaṭumāṟu...

lāvōcil, viyat nāmil:

aṅkō lāvil mattiya kiḻakkil

iṉṉum iṉṉum...,

aintu kaṇṭamum

parantuḷa tōḻar purintiṭu pōrkaḷ

iṉṉum iṉṉum, toṭarntē vantuḷa.

curaṇṭalka ḷillāp putiya pūmiyil

cutanti rattiṉ katakatappāṉa,

mūccuk kāṟṟiṉai mukarum maṉaippil

taṅkaḷ kurutiyaic

cataiyiṉ uyiriṉai,

emmuṭait tōḻar iḻantu pōyiṉar.

'juliyas pūcik, nakūyeṉ vāṉṭirāy

cāru majumtār, yaṉcikā' eṉavum

iṉṉum...iṉṉum...

pēraṟiyāta emmuṭait tōḻar,

taṅkaḷ kurutiyaic

cataiyiṉai elumpiṉai,

uyiriṉai yellām iḻantē pōyiṉar.

avaruṭaik kuruti paṭintuḷa civappuk

koṭiyum nālaṭit taṭaṅkaḷ patinta,

pātaiyum muṉṉāl

virintē uḷḷaṉa.

iṉṉum muṭiyā avaruṭaip paṇiyiṉai

iṉṉum iṉṉum, toṭarutal ceyvōm...!

tōḻā vā!

inta vaḻiyiltāṉ

avaruṭaik kuruti paṭintuḷa koyoṭum

nām,

naṭantu celvōm!

14.12.72

iṉṟu...

iṉṉum iṉṉum oḷi mikuvatum

iṉṉum iṉṉum uyir niṟaivatum

āṉaputiya vāḻviṉai ākkum

oruputu muṉaippu eḻuntu paravuka!

11.1.73

ciṟu katai

kāttiruntāḷ; kātal, kaṉiyum uḷattōṭu.

muṉkiṭanta cāti

mataccuvarkaḷ tāṇṭi

pōkum neṭuvaḻiyiṉ

iṉṉa letirēṟṟum

muṉ

cellum muṉaippōṭuṅ kāttiruntāṉ.

'veḷi' yellām oḷiparavip paṭinta torukālai

emmuṭaiya uṟavu 'aṇṇaṉ--taṅkai' yeṉa

colliyavaḷ colkēṭṭu mukamiruḷa niṉṟāṉ;

neñcellām iruḷōṭi,

viraintu paraviyatu.

oḷikāṇāṉ,

kaṉavu citaiyak kaṉattaneñcōṭum

niṉṟu tuyaril, uḻalukiṟāṉ.

1.12.73

nāḷ, toṭaṅku kiṟatu...!

kālai viṭikiṟatu...!

eḻuntu varukiṟāṉ.

iruḷ iṉṉum kulaiyavillai

ciṟutolaivuk kappāl oṉṟunteriyavillai;

paṉimūṭṭam:

oḷi, ciṟuvaṭṭam pōṭṭuḷatu.

kālaṭiyil niṉṟummuṉ

pōkiṟatu ṟeyilpātai:

'pālat' taṭiyil 'rōrcciṉ' oḷi paṭṭu

pāmpoṉṟu mella acaikiṟatu...

vilatti varukiṟāṉ!

iruḷil taṉimaikoṇṭu

srēṣaṉ niṉṟuḷatu.

muṉkiṭanta vāṅkukaḷil

ārō cilapērkaḷ

paṭuttum kiṭakkiṟār

ciṟutolaivil;

kaṇṇil paṭṭapaṭi 'pōsṟōvvīs'

'ṭēṟsrāmpai' yārō ōṅkik kuttukiṟār,

viṭṭuviṭṭuc cattam varukiṟatu...!

"kuṭ mōṇiṅ māsrar"

"mōṇiṅ,"

'mōṇiṅ rēṇ' kārarellām vantu kuḻumiyuḷār.

'meyilvāṉ' varukiṟatu...!

ceṉṟu 'meyil pākcai' viraintu iṟakkukiṟār:

'meyilkārṭṭiṉ' puttakattil

kaiyoppam iṭukiṉṟāṉ.

uṟumi meyilvāṉum, ōṭic celkiṟatu...!

"veṭṭuvamā māsrar?" kuṇavaṅsa kēṭkat

talaiyāṭṭa,

veṭṭat toṭaṅkukiṟār.

'ekspiras leṟṟar, cēmippup puttakaṅkaḷ;

ṟejisrar pāks.'

puttakattil viraintu eḻutat toṭaṅkukiṟāṉ

kaṭitakkaṭṭukaḷaic 'cōrṭṭar' pirittapaṭi...

veṟṟup paikaḷiṉai *ṟaṇar aṭukkukiṟāṉ.

iyantiramāy maṉitar iyaṅkat toṭaṅkiyatum,

uyirppuk kerṇaṭanāḷ

nīḷat toṭaṅkiyatu...!

*ṟaṇar. tapālōṭi.

16.12.73

aṟiyap paṭātavarkaḷ niṉaivāka

*marittōriṉnāḷ:

kallaṟait tirunāḷ!

virintukiṭakkiṉṟa cavak kālaikkatavukaḷ

vantu pōṉapaṭi, periya caṉakkūṭṭam.

kallaṟaikaḷ eḻuntuḷaṉa;

vāḻntu cokucāka

maṟaintupōṉavariṉ,

niṉaivaik kallukaḷil

varainta aṭaiyāḷam.

pūveḻuttil viparaṅkaḷ,

'ciluvai' 'cammaṉacu'

'kaṉṉimariyāḷāyc'

curūpaṅkaḷ;

kūlik kuḻaitta

mēcaṉ toḻilāḷar kaivaṇṇam.

teṉkiḻakku mūlai,

varicaiyāyk kallaṟaikaḷ:

'caṅkaik kuriya kaṉṉiyarkaḷ tantaiyarkaḷ'

paṭuttuk kiṭakkiṟārām;

paḷiṅkil avarniṉaivu

poṟikkap paṭṭuḷaṉa.

kiṇaṟṟarukil

teṉṉai marattaṭiyil,

paṭṭippū malarntuḷḷa

cippic ciluvai

mēṭukaḷiṉkīḻellām

maṉitar putaipaṭṭa aṭaiyāḷam.

pērum teriyātu

ūrum teriyātu,

yāreṉṟum aṟiyap

paṭāta maṉitarkaḷ iṅku putaintumuḷār.

yāreṉ ṟaṟiyap paṭātavareṉṟālum,

avaraik kuṟippāka

uṇara muṭiyuntāṉ...!

* 'oru karaiyil' niṉṟapaṭi

karaivalaiyai iḻuttavarkaḷ;

tāmiḻuttamīṉil cammāṭṭi koḻuttirukka

melintu karuvāṭāyk, kāyntu maṭintavarkaḷ...

+ 'alup pānti' arukil

mūṭṭai camantavarkaḷ; pāra viṟakuvaiccu

kaivaṇṭil iḻuttavarkaḷ...

poḻutu pularāta viṭi kālaitoṭaṅkiyatum

nakarai ūṭaṟutta vītikaḷiṉ vīṭukaḷil,

nāḷum aḻukkukaḷaik kaḷaintu kiṭappārkaḷ...

eṉṟa uḻaippāḷar tāmputaintu kiṭappārkaḷ!

cettup putaipaṭṭuk

kiṭanta maṇmītum

ellaikaṭṭi,

kallaṟaiyāy mēṭukaḷāy

varkkattiṉ muttiraikaḷ

varkkattiṉ muttiraikaḷ!

*marittōriṉ nāḷ-ovvoru varuṭamum kārttikai 2 ām tikati.

*oru karai-yāḻppāṇattil mīṇpiṭikkappaṭum ōr iṭam.

+aluppānti-tuṟaimukam.

27.12.73

piṟaku...

piṟakeṉṉa, ellāmmuṭintatutāṉ,

'elōyī! elōyī! lāmā capaktāṉi'

ciluvaiyi leḻunta ēcuviṉkuralāy

avaḷiṉ muṉṉāl,

avaṉiṉ muṉṉāl

niṉaiviṉi leḻunta kuraloliyellām

iṟṟu iṟṟē maṟaivatumkāṇāy.

nīṇṭuvirikiṟa pālai veḷiyil

entappacuntarai tēṭi yalaivāy?;

otuṅkikkiṭakkiṟa taṉitta tīvil

entappaṭakaik kāttum irukkiṟāy?

'ellām eppō muṭinta kāriyam.'

14.1.75

cuṭṭa kuṟi

acaikiṟa pūvāy;

māṉiṭa iyaṟkaip

puṉita miḷirvāy;

kavalaikaḷiṉṟi viṭutalaiyākat

tuḷḷiṟa āṭṭuk

kuṭṭikaḷāki

pātaiyiṉōram...

tantaiyum tāyoṭum

celkiṟa mūṉṟu ciṟumikaḷkaṇṭāṉ.

arumpiyamalarcci paravutal koḷkaiyil,

vēṟṟumaiyāka

oruttiyil maṭṭum

kōṭukaḷiṭaiyil puḷḷikaḷōṭu

noynta iḷakkac caṭṭaiyaikkāṇavum,

'vēlaikkuvaitta ciṟumi ivaḷeṉa'

caṭṭaiyiṉāṟ 'kuṟi' cuṭṭatuṇaravum

neñcu tuṇukkeṉat

tuyariṉil āḻntāṉ.

26.1.75

rūvāṉ velicaya*

veḷiyai niṟaitta

veṇkuvi vaḷaivu;

vāṉan taṭavukiṟa

curuḷmuṭi.

nīlat tiraivāṉam

iṭaiyiṭaiyē ōṭum, cilamēkam

aṭivayiṟ ṟeḻumōr

nīṇṭa paravacam:

tiṭīreṉa,

māṉiṭattiṉ piramāṇṭam!

* aṉurātapurattiluḷḷa oru peḷatta tātu kōpam

21.2.75

kāttiruppu

alai eṟiyuṅkaṭal

*'kaḷaṅ kaṭṭi'k kampil

veḷḷait taṉik kokku

yārukkākak kāttuḷatu...?

eṉakkutteriyātu!;

ataṟkum...?

* kaḷaṅkaṭṭi-nāṭṭappaṭṭa kampukaḷil valaikaḷaip piṇaittu mīṉpiṭikkum muṟai.

5.3.75

"itō!

maṉitarkaḷaip pāruṅkaḷ"

kaṇṭinakariṉ vītika ḷeṅkum

alaintutirikiṟa tamiḻttoḻi lāḷar;

tēyilait tūril māci tēṅkāy

kāyttuk kiṭakkuteṉa--

nampiēmāntu, vantavariṉ piṉṉōr

nātiyaṟṟu

cōṟṟup piṭikkāy

iṅkum aṅkum, alaintu tirikiṟār!

aṭṭaikaḷorupuṟam irattaṅ kuṭikkavum

karuppuveḷḷait turaikaḷ curaṇṭavum

eñciya uyiroṭum iruḷpaṭi layaṅkaḷil

putiya aṭimaikaḷāyc

cettapaṭi vāḻntār;

'tēciyamayamāyp' pōlic camtarmak

kāṟṟu vīciyatu:

eṟṟuṇṭa carukāy

vītiyil otuṅkiṉar.

curaṇṭaliṉ koṭiya nakaṅkaḷpatiya

araikuṟai uyiroṭum tuṭikkiṟamaṉitar!

ivar ellōrmukaṅkaḷilum tuyaraivitaittavarkaḷ

malaiyucci paṅkaḷāvil:

kaṭalkaṭanta nāṭukaḷil

cukittuk koḻuttirukka

uḻaittuk koṭuttavarkaḷ nalintumelikiṟār;

nāykaḷaippōl,

vītikaḷōram cettum kiṭakkiṟār!

kaṇṭinakariṉ vītikaḷeṅkum

vīcieṟiyap paṭṭatēyilaic

cakkaiyāka, malaittoḻi lāḷar!

12.3.75

'uyir vāḻutal'

uyirtaṭavi varuṅkāṟṟu:

tuyarviḻuṅka virintakaṭal:

kaṭaliṉmēṟ paṭarnta veḷi.

oḷiparavak kālaieḻa,

niṟaiviṉ pūraṇam.

ikkaṇattil iṟappētu...?

5.3.75

iru vēṟu naṇparkkuk kaṭitaṅkaḷ!

naṇpa!

uṉṉuṭaiya kaṭitam iṉṟu kiṭaittatu:

uyir taṭavum varikaḷai

evvāṟu eḻutukiṟāy!

uṉatu karampaṭṭu

eṉatu karam toṭum

ic ciṟutuṇṭu,

uṉatu uyirpēcum.

eṅkō tolaitūra

nāṭṭil nīyuḷḷāy

iruntāleṉ?

itō! ic ciṟu

mantirattuṇṭil

nī, eṉatarukil!

24.3.75

tiru '..........' kku

muṉpunamakkiṭaiyil naṭpu iruntatutāṉ:

pāḻveḷiyil cuṟṟukiṟa

kiraka iṭaiveḷikaḷ

iṉṟu namakkiṭaiyil.

naṭpillai;

piṉṉumēṉ pōli varikaḷaieḻutukiṟāy?

tiraiyaik kiḻi; cuyattil vērkoḷvōm.

naṭpillai yeṉṟāṟ pakaiyā?

illaiyillai

veṟum, tūrattu maṉitarnām.

ummuṭaiya kaṭitam nēṟṟuk kiṭaittatu!

24.3.75

toṭarum pirivu...!

eṅkō, tavaṟukaḷ naṭantaṉa

piḻaiyāy viḷaṅkutalkaḷ;

meḷaṉaṅkaḷ

nīḷum kōṭaiyāyt tuyaram

evvaḷavō naṭanta piṟakum

maṉṉikka avaṉtayār:

aṉpil avaṉitayam ūṟik kiṭantatu.

maṉantiṟantu pēca eṇṇiṉāṉ

niṉṟupēcavum tayārillaiyeṉa

avacaramāy,

mika avacaramāyt talaikaviḻntu pōṉāḷ.

maṟupaṭiyum,

meḷaṉattil...

pirivu toṭarntatu.

2.4.75

meḷaṉamāyp pirintu cellal...

viti atuvāṉāl,

kaiyaimīṟiyateṉa

nām, pirintucellalām.

āṉāl

uṉatumeḷaṉattil putainta uṇmaikaḷ

eṉṟaikkumāyk

kuḻappattil eṉai āḻttap

pirintuceṉṟāy;

itutāṉ,

cakikka muṭiyātatu!

28.5.75

paccōntikaḷ cila...

'ilakkiya ulakil pirapalam ākaṇum'

eṉṟa cuyattiṉ eḻuccimuṉaippu!

ciṟitutalaitūkki kaṇṇeṟintu pārppu

iṅkumaṅkeṉa periyaperiya civapputtalaikaḷ

cūḻaliṉ pirakñai vantuuṟutta

uṭaliṟ tōṉṟum 'cōkaic civappu'

'civappuvacantap' poṉ viṭiyal;

puraṭcivaruka!, veṭṭu! kuttu!

aṉupavauṇarvait tuṟanta vārttaikaḷ,

vaṟaṇṭa paṭaippaik

'kaṭṭat' toṭaṅkum!

19.6.75

pār eṭṭut tikkāyp, parantu kiṭappatu....

uṇmaitāṉ!

emmiṭameṉṉa peritāy iruntatu

kātalumnaṭpum niṟainta uḷamum:

uṇmaimaṉita iruppum allāl?

nammuṭaiyakātaliyar namaippirintu celvār;

ēḷaṉamāyc colvīci,

tōḻarkaḷum pōvār.

iṉṉum maṉam aḻiya nāmēṉniṉṟapaṭi?

ivarkaḷukku appāl maṉitarka ḷilaiyā

ēṉillai?

'pār eṭṭuttikkāyp,

parantu kiṭakkiṟatāyk' kaviñaṉ* coṉṉāṉ.

* kaviñaṉ-mahākavi

19.6.75

caṅkam puḻaikkum...

māyā kōvskikkum...!

*caṅkam puḻai!

uṉneñcai muṭkaḷ kiḻitta kataiyaṟivēṉ

"kuḷirntupōṉa eṉ nirācainittamum

mūṭupaṉiyāka, uṉ vītiyiṟpaṭarum"

eṉṟapaṭi tuyaril nī cettup pōvāy

uyirtiṉṟatu uṉ kātal.

"...noṟuṅkiyatu kātaṟ paṭaku

vāḻvum nāṉum pirintaṉam..."

ō! +māyākōvski,

tuyariṉilāḻntāy;

kuṇṭukaḷāl atai vellappārttāy.

kātaliṉ vasīkarak

kaṭumaitākka

nāṉum umpōla maṉamaḻinta kaviñaṉtāṉ

intavaṇṇamellām

namakkēṉ nikaḻkiṟatu?

mellitayaṅkoṇṭiruntōm eṉpa tālā?

mutirā iḷaiñar ceyaleṉṟu

ummaiyelām

eḷḷuvār aṇi cērēṉ;

eṉṟālum,

umatu vaḻi toṭarēṉ

ceyvataṟku iṉṉum

paṇikaḷ mika uḷatē!;

ceyalaṟṟu vāḻvil otuṅkamuṭiyātu;

** 'piṟattiyāṉellām

uḷ, nuḻaiyuṅ kālam!'

muḷmuṭi kuttum

ciluvai uṟuttumtāṉ, eṉṟālum

cāvu varai vāḻvēṉ!

cāvukku appālum

eṉ ceyaliṟ kaviyil

uyirtteḻuvēṉ;

uyirttē eḻuvēṉ!

+ caṅkam puḻai-oru malaiyāḷak kaviñar. kātalitta peṇ vēṟoruvaṉai maṇanta tuyaril

taṟkolai ceytār.

*māyākōvski - raṣyak kaviñar. niṟaivēṟāk kātaṟ tuyaril, kaittuppākkiyiṉāl cuṭṭut

taṟkolai ceytukoṇṭār.

** piṟattiyāṉ-outsider

4.10.75

cuḻal

vāḻkkaikkaṉavukaḷai nīyē aḻikkiṟāy;

maṟupaṭiyumputiya kaṉavukaḷ tarukiṟāy;

vāḻkkaiyoru cuḻal vaṭṭameṉ ṟuṇarttavā

pirital kāṭṭip

piṉ, neruṅki varukiṟāy?

naṭukkuṟṟaneñciṉ tuyarac citaṟaltiraṭṭa

eṉ neñciṉait taṭavukiṟāy;

ēṟṟiya kaṟpūram 'ammaṉ' muṉ erikaiyil,

vaṇaṅkit tirumpi

cirippaviḻtala kāṭṭukaiyil

eṉ,

uyirc cuṭariṉai vaḷarkkiṟāy!

pār! vāṉnilaviṉ oḷimaḻaiyil pūmi naṉaikaiyil

kariya iruḷvaṟaṭci kalai kiṟatu...

21.12.76

pārvai

kaṉavukaṇṭu

nāṭkaḷ palavāccu.

kālkaḷ cēṟṟil

putaintu kiṭappaṉa;

kaṇṇukkut teriyāt

toṭarvilaṅkukaḷ

kaiyaik kālaip

piṇaittum iruppaṉa.

maṇṇaimaṟantu, viṇṇil paṟakka

ācai illai;

maṉōratiya niṉaivil alaitalil

tavippum illai.

kaṉavu kaṇṭu

nāṭkaḷpalavāccu.

22.10.77

1974 tai 10*

kallukaḷum, alaikaḷum

aṉṟiraviṟ koṭumaikaḷ nikaḻntaṉa.

eṅkaḷatu peṇkaḷ kuḻantaikaḷ, mutiyōr

'vēṭṭai nāykaḷāl' viraṭṭappaṭṭaṉar

'kaippaṟṟap paṭṭa pūmiyil

anniyap paṭaikaḷāy apinayitta caktikaḷ'

oṉpatu uyiriṉ aniyāya iḻappu,

ō...! aṉṟiraviṟ koṭumaikaḷ nikaḻntaṉa.

tuyarniṟai neñcōṭum

marattil

nām, oru ciṉṉameḻuppiṉōm;

cintappaṭṭa irattat

tuḷikaḷāyc civanta 'cev virattampūkkaḷ'

nāḷtōṟum ciṉṉatti ṉaṭiyil,

etaiyō emakku uṇarttik kiṭakkum.

maṟupaṭiyum iravil koṭumainikaḻntatu,

cetta uṭalai

ōnāykaḷ citaippatāy,

marac ciṉṉattai

'avarkaḷ' aḻittaṉar.

makkaḷ valiyavarkaḷ

maṟupaṭi veḷiyiṭai

eḻuppiṉar kaṟṟūṇ;

tam neñciṉ valiya

niṉaivukaḷ tiraṇṭatāy!

mīṇṭum ōrmuṟai 'kākkiyiṉniḻal'

kavintu paṭintatu,

'atikāracaktikaḷ' kaṟṟūṇai viḻuttiṉar.

alaikaḷ ōyvatillai,

maṟupaṭiyum makkaḷ eḻuppiṉar ciṉṉam;

kallukaḷil oṉpatu, meḻuku tirikaḷ.

meḻuku tirikaḷ kuṟi yīṭāyniṉṟaṉa:

tiyākac cuṭarait

tammuḷ koṇṭatāy...

kaṟkaḷiṉ puṟattil

makkaḷ tam cuṭumūccu

nāḷum nāḷum peruki yēvarum.

aṭakku muṟaikaḷ nikaḻa nikaḻa

uṣṇavaṭṭam virivaṭai kiṟatu!

uṣṇa vaṭṭam nitamum tākkaiyil

kallum uyiruṟum, nāṭkaḷ varum;

kallum uyiruṟum nāṭkaḷum varum!

kaṟkaḷ uyirttuc cuṭaraivīcaiyil

aṭakkiya caktikaḷ tappamuṭiyumā?

aṭakkiyacaktikaḷ tappamuṭiyumā?

cōtic cuṭaril tūcikaḷ pocuṅkal,

niyati.

kaṟkaḷ uyirttuc cuṭarai vīcaiyil

makkaḷ cummā paṭuttukkiṭappārā?

kaṟkaḷ uyirkkaiyil...kaṟkaḷ uyirkkaiyil...

makkaḷum alaiyāyt tiraṇṭē eḻuvar!

makkaḷ alaiyāyt tiraṇṭu eḻukaiyil

pocuṅkiya tūcic cāmpalkaḷ yāvum

anta alaiyiṟ karaintupōkum!

anta alaiyiṟ karaintē pōkum!

* 1974 tai 10 --yāḻppāṇattil naṭaipeṟṟa nāṉkāvatu ulakat tamiḻārāycci

makānāṭṭiṉ iṟuti nāḷ aṉṟu aimpatiṉāyirattiṟku mēṟpaṭṭa makkaḷ mītu policār

tiṭīreṉap perum tākkutalai nikaḻttiṉar.

18.4.77

cūḻaliṉ yatārttam

eṉatu mukamum

āṉmāvum

aḻi kiṉṟaṉa.

orumaiyeṉa,

mūṭuṇṭa vaṭṭattuḷ

oṭuṅkiirukkak

kēṭkap paṭṭēṉ.

kālanakarvil

tāṅkāmaiyil veḷivantu

ciṟutūram,

naṭakkat toṭaṅkiṉēṉ

taṭikaḷuṭaṉ eṉaiccūḻntaṉar;

'kalakakkāraṉ' eṉṟucolli.

14.7.79

kātal toṟṟic cila varikaḷ...

kātalpaṟṟiya eṉ piramaikaḷ uṭaintaṉa

pēcappaṭṭa ataṉ

puṉitat tirai akala,

tillaiveḷiyiṉ immai

nitarcaṉamāyatu.

neñcutavippuṟa nikaḻnta kāt tiruppukaḷ;

uyirneruṭalil aḷittavāk kuṟutikaḷ

arttamiḻantu iruḷil

putaivu koṇṭaṉa.

aṇṇaṉ ammāvāyp pācaccuvarkaḷ

muḷaitteḻuntu vaḻi maṟaittaṉa:

cātiyāyk karum pūtameḻuntatu:

ciluvaiyum liṅkamum matamāymōtiṉa.

añcinaṭukkuṟṟu

"eṉṉaceyvēṉ pētai nāṉ,

avarkaḷ aḻa aḻutu

cirittāl, cirippatē eṉatuviti.

nām pirivatu nallateṉa'

otuṅkic celluvēṉ, kaṇṇīrpaḷapaḷakka

iḻuttumūṭiya tiyākap pōrvaiyuḷ

iyalāmai patuṅkum:

'meḻukutiriyilum' 'kaṟpūrac cūṭṭilum'

aṟivumayaṅka mēlum kuḷirkāyvāḷ.

nīḷum meḷaṉa iruḷil

aṉpiṉ taṭam maṟaiyum,

maṉitaṉ matippiḻantu

kātal poruḷaṟṟup pōkum,

nēcittavar neñcu tuyarilvāṭa

puttakattilmaṭṭum kātal vāḻum!

kālaṭiyil meṉmai malarkaḷ

nacintu citaivuṟum;

camūka yantirattil

maṉitam nerukkuṟum; uruvaḻiyum.

iṉṟu

veṟuppuṭaṉ purikiṟēṉ

ippuṟa nilaikaḷai.

17.10.70

niccayamiṉmai

nēṟṟu

aṅkum iṅkum palar

koṇṭucellap paṭṭaṉar:

uṉakkum eṉakkuṅkūṭa

itu pōl nikaḻalām.

tirumpivaruvōmā?

maṟupaṭiyum nāḷai

cūriyaṉaikkāṇpōmā?

oṉṟum niccayamillai,

ematiruppu

'avarkaḷiṉ' viruppil

15.7.79

putiya cappāttiṉ kīḻ

camāntiramāyc cellum

kariya tār ṟōṭṭil,

naṭantu celkiṟēṉ.

kaṇkaḷil,

piramāṇṭamāy nilaikoṇṭu

kaṟut tiruṇṭa

ṭaccuk kaṟ kōṭṭai;

mūlaiyil,

muṉṉōraip paya muṟuttiya

tūkkumaramum teḷivāy.

paranta puṟṟarai veḷiyil

tuvakkukaḷ tāṅkiya

kākki vīrarkaḷ:

aracu yantirattiṉ

kāvaṟ karuvi.

eṉṟum tayārāy

viṉaittiṟaṉ pēṇa

avar, aṇinaṭai payiṉṟaṉar:

cūḻnta kāṟṟilum,

accam paravum.

muṉṉūṟu āṇṭukaḷ kaḻintaṉavāyiṉum

niṟantāṉ māṟiyatu:

moḻitāṉ māṟiyatu:

nāṅkaḷ iṉṟum,

aṭakku muṟaiyiṉ kīḻ...

17.10.79

uṉṉuṭaiyavum kati...

kaṭaṟkarai iruntu nī

vīṭu tirumpuvāy

allatu,

tiyēṭṭaril niṉṟum

vīṭu tirumpalām.

tiṭīreṉat tuvakkuc cattaṅ kēṭkum,

cappāttukaḷ viraiyum ōcaiyum toṭarum:

teruvil cettu nī

vīḻntu kiṭappāy

uṉatu karattil kattimuḷaikkum:

tuvakkum muḷaikkalām!

'payaṅkara vātiyāyp'

paṭṭamum peṟuvāy,

yārum oṉṟum kēṭka ēlātu.

meḷaṉam uṟaiyum:

āṉāl

makkaḷiṉ maṉaṅkaḷil,

kotippu uyarntu varum.

aṟintu aṟiyātatu!

"kaṉṉaṭarkaḷ tamiḻarkaḷai

veḷiyēṟac colkiṟārām:

ciṅkaḷarum coṉṉāl

eṉṉa ceyvatām"--

tarmiṣṭar kēṭkiṟār!*

tamiḻarkaḷai maṭṭumā

malaiyāḷi kaḷaiyumtāṉ

pōkac collukiṟār

kaṉṉaṭarkaḷ!

kaṉṉaṭattukkut

tamiḻarkaḷ pōṉavarkaḷ:

malaiyāḷi kaḷum,

appaṭittāṉ.

āṉāl,

eṅkiruntu nām vantōm?

vijayaṉukkum muṉṉiruntē

iṅkē irukkiṟōm.

tarmiṣṭar,

varalāṟu paṭikkaṇum!

*āṉaimaṭuvil jaṉātipatiyiṉ pēccu.

25.3.81

eṉatu vīṭu

avarkaḷ colliṉar

intavīṭu,

eṉakkuc contamillai yeṉa.

veṟuppu vaḻiyum pārvaiyāl,

vīci yeṟinta

col neruppiṉāl

pala muṟai colliṉar,

inta vīṭu

eṉakkuc contamillai yeṉa.

nāṉum uṇarkiṟēṉ

ippōtu,

itu eṉṉuṭaiya tillaiyeṉa;

nāḷai eṉakku oṉṟumillai,

iṉṟum niccayamaṟṟatu.

eṉatu vīṭṭukkuc cella vēṇṭum:

nāṉ, pōvēṉ!

3.11.81

pōrāḷikaḷum ilakkiyak kārarum...

kirīṭaṅkaḷ cūṭiya kōmāḷikaḷ

pēṉaikaḷōṭu

'pōskaḷ' tarukiṟār.

pakkalil niṟpavaraip puṇarum vēcikaḷ

puttakaṅkaḷ piracavippar,

muṉpuṟam

kai yeḻuttukaḷōṭu.

mutukelumpukaḷait tolaittavarkaḷ

ōṅki muracaṟaikiṟār

pirakaṭaṉaṅ kaḷai!

vilāṅkukaḷ,

maṉitarkaḷeṉak kūṟi

nīccalaṭik kiṉṟaṉa.

arppaṇippilum alaippuṟutalilum

uḻaṉṟu cōrntu 'maṉitar'

'oḷiyāy irukka'

mīṇṭum muṉaivar

aṅ koṉṟum,

iṅ koṉṟumāy!

5.11.81

* * muṟṟum * *

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