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...
The Vow of Panchali – By Bharathiar/Translated by Ha Ki Valam
Introductory Note
The vow of Panchali (Panchali Sabadham in Tamil) is the culmination of a notable sequence of events in the epic Mahabharatha, which led...
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...
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...
