Sangam Poetry – (Translated by A.K. Ramanujan)
1.
Yesterday,
some people of this town
said about me,
she is the woman
of that man from the seashore
where great waves break
on the white sands.
Mother heard it
and asked...
Silappadhikaram : The Story of the Jewelled Anklets – Prof. A.L. Basham
Introductory Note:
Silappadhikaram, the story of Jewelled Anklets, is rooted in the ordinary lives of the early Tamils of the Pandyan Kingdom in the first...
Silappathikaram – Excerpts in English translation
Translated by Chenthil Nathan
Clamour of farmers, clamour of sluice gates,
Clamour of water breaking river banks, clamour of revellers
Celebrating fresh floods – escorted...
Tirumurai The Sixth ( St. Appar’s Thaandaka Hymns)
English Translation by Dr. T.N. Ramachandran
1.
Has He placed on His crown
of matted hair the moon
against which billows
of the great Ganga dash?
Does He desire
the musical...
Kamba Ramayanam
Translation by Chenthil Nathan
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Verse - 5278
Ravana pleading his love to Sita in Asoka Vanam
Many todays have passed; many tomorrows have passed;
Yet this is the...
Aka Nanuru : Palai – 163
Translated by Dr. A. Dakshinamurthy
(The heroine speaks in desperation to her friend who consoles her)
The cool clouds gathered in the sky
And poured heavily with...
Twelve Sangam Poems
Translated by E. Annamalai and H. Schiffman
1.
Whether town or forest
whether lowland or hill,
In whatever way people are good
the earth is good.
Long may it prosper.
(Auvaiyar,...
Kalingathu Parani
Translation by Chenthil Nathan
“He’ll come” you swing it open
“He won’t” you swing it close
You swing it all night
till the hinges erode, Open that door.
(Verse...
Landscape in Sangam Literature – By Dr.P.Aruna Devi
Poetry is a literary art that reflects human life in an aesthetic way. It deals with many concepts like love, war, truth, happiness, frustrations,...
Birds and Beasts : Codes / Symbols in the Scheme of Sangam Love...
By Govindaswamy Rajagopal
Present-day man has become absolute mechanical and obsessed with material gratification. Up till the period of industrialization, evidently he lived ‘the natural...
