Bliss

Came across this interesting poem written by a Persian Sufi mystic poet Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi.
I died as inanimate matter and arose a plant,
I died as a plant and rose again an animal.
I died as an animal and arose a man.
Why then should I fear to become less by dying?
I shall die once again as a man
To rise an angel perfect from head to foot!
Again when I suffer dissolution as an angel,
I shall become what passes the conception of man!
Let me then become non-existent, for non-existence
Sings to me in organ tones, ‘To him shall we return.’

These are words from his poem Masnavi.

Finally managed to get this poem from the movie Aalavandhan. Written by Vairamuthu…

Sirpamaana pendirenru thedi odum maanida;
(Hey! Man who’s running after a shaply woman)

Arpamana maadharodu aasai kolvathenada;
(Why do you desire a cheap woman)

Karpu onru-irukkudhoa;
(Has she got a thing called chastity?)

kaaval onru-irukkudhoa;
(Is there a security to it?)

karbamerum paiyanodu kavasamitirukkudhoa;
(The child inside, is it an armor for her.)

Yet another amazing set of words from Vairamuthu.

Earlier I had posted about 2 Bharathiyaar songs and about 1 or 2 other poems. And Google search of any of those Bharathi songs brings my blog as the 1st result… at least in the 1st page itself… so here goes another poem for Bharati lovers…

Suttum vizhich chudardhaan kannammaa sooriya chandhiraro
vattak kariyavizhi kannammaa vaanak karumai kollo
pattuk karuneelap pudavai padhitha nal vayiram
natta nadu nisiyil theriyum natchathirangaladi

(suttum)

soalai malaroliyoa unadhu sundharap punnagaidhaan
neelak kadalalaiyae unadhu nenjilalaigaladi
koalak kuyiloasai unadhu kuralininimaiyadi
vaalaik kumariyadi kannammaa maruvak kaadhal kondaen

(suttum)

saaththiram paesugiraay kannammaa saathiram aedhukkadi
aathiram kondavarkkae kannammaa saathiram undoadi
moothavar sammadhiyil vadhuvai muraigal pinbu seyvom
kaathiruppaenoadi idhu paar kannathu mutham onru

Was listening to a nice song and it had these lines in it. Simply nice and true!

….Udhattale kaadhal enum sollai
uraithale kooda varum thollai
Vazhum mattum, vizhigalin thookam kedum…

Meaning:
…. Even when you just say the word love
comes along the biggest trouble
Till you die, your eyes can’t sleep….

Good one…

Here is another Bharathi’s Poem. I love this song for its meaning… Got the right words for the meaning from couple of other sites…

Here goes the poem with the meaning…

Ninnai charanadainthen, kannamma
ninnai charanadainthen
{I surrender to thee, Kannamma
I surrender to thee}

Ponnai, Uyarvai, Pugalai virumbidum
ennai kavalaigal thinna thagathena..
{Gold, status, fame wished for
by me, the grief that engulfs because of these wishes, I cant stand grief, so …

I cant stand the grief that comes with my materialistic wishes, so …}

Ninnai charanadainthen, kannamma
ninnai charanadainthen
{I surrender to thee, Kannamma
I surrender to thee}

midimaiyum achamum mevi en nenjil
kudimai pugunthana, kondr(u)avai pokkena
{Cowardice and fear spread in my heart and
make it their home. To let these perish.. }

Ninnai charanadainthen, kannamma
ninnai charanadainthen
{I surrender to thee, Kannamma
I surrender to thee}

Thunbam ini illai, sorvillai
sorvillai, thorpillai
{There will be no more sorrows, no tiredness
No despair and no defeats}

anbu neriyil arangal valarththida
nallavai nattida, theeyavai Ottida
{In order to encourage virtue through the path of love
In order to let goodness prevail and in order to drive away the evil}

Ninnai charanadainthen, kannamma
ninnai charanadainthen
{I surrender to thee, Kannamma
I surrender to thee}