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...
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...
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’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...
