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...
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 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...
Bharathiyar Poems (Subramania Bharati)
Translated by Rajesh Subramanian
1.
I won't fall
Filling their stomach every time
after strenuous search,
Gossiping around with many many petty stories,
Their minds saddened and
burdened with endless despair,
Most...
