Makes me feel so proud every time I listen to this ЁЯЩВ

Poet: Karunanidhi
Music: A.R Rahman
Event: World Classical Tamil Conference 2010

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ропро╛родрпБроорпН роКро░рпЗ, ропро╛ро╡ро░рпБроорпН роХрпЗро│ро┐ро░рпН

piRappukkum ellaa uyirkkum piRandhdha pinnar,
yaadhum oorae, yaavarum kaeLir

for all living beings (who are equal by birth), after their birth,
every place is home, every one is a relative,

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uNbadhu naazhi uduppadhu iraNdae
uRaividam enpadhu ondRae
uraithu vaazhndhdhoam uzhaithu vaazhvoam

a handful of food to eat, a couple of clothes to cover the body,
only one place to live,
we have lived keeping these things in mind, lets word hard and live,

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роиройрпН роорпКро┤ро┐ропрпЗ роироорпН рокрпКройрпН роорпКро┤ро┐ропро╛роорпН

theedhum nandRum piRar thara vaaraa enum
nan mozhiyae nam pon mozhiyaam

evil or good, are not caused by others, but are always self inflicted,
its our language that taught us this, it is our golden language,

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poarai puRam thaLLi poruLaip podhuvaakkavae
amaidhi vazhi kaattum anpu mozhi
ayyan vaLLuvarin vaaymozhiyaam
semmozhiyaana┬а thamizh mozhiyaam (4)

To push war and hatred on the backseat, and making all the material wealth common to everyone,
To show us the path to peace; our dear language has shown us all,
It is the oral language of our father Valluvar,
Its our Tamil language which is (now) a classical language,

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{oaraRivu mudhal aaRaRivu uyirinam varaiyilae
uNarndhdhidum udalamaippai paguthuk kooRum,}(2)

from a single-sensed organism to the six -sensed (humans) organisms,
its characters depict the body structure of them all,

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роЪрпЖроорпНроорпКро┤ро┐ропро╛рой родрооро┐ро┤рпН роорпКро┤ро┐ропро╛роорпН(4)

oalkaap pugazh tholkaappiyamum
oppatRa kuRaL kooRum uyar paNpaadu
olikkindRa silampum, maegalaiyum
sindhdhaamaNiyudanae vaLaiyaabadhi kuNdalagaesiyum
semmozhiyaana thamizh mozhiyaam,(4)

ancient Tamil literature like the olga pugazh, tholkappiyam,
and the matchless thirukkural , teach us higher way of life (morals and values),
enchanting literatures such as silappathikaaram, manimekalai , jeevaka sintamani,
vazhayapadhi and kundalakesi (In Tamil literature, they are the aim perum kaapiyangal (five greatest epics)),
Its out Tamil language which is (now) a classical language,

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роЪрпЖроорпНроорпКро┤ро┐ропро╛рой родрооро┐ро┤рпН роорпКро┤ро┐ропро╛роорпН

kamba naattaazhvaarum kaviyarasi avvai nallaaLum(2)
emmadhamum aetRup pugazhkindRa(2)
ethanaiyoa aayiram kavidhai neyvoar tharum
puthaadai anaithukkum vithaaga viLanggum mozhi
semmozhiyaana thamizh mozhiyaam(3)

the language used by Kambar; his fellow men, and the princess of poetry – Avvai,
our language accepts all religions and sing praises of them,
our language has produced poets who write thousands of poems,
our language is the basis that weaves into every new cloth we wear (every action we do. ┬аIts the basis of our life),
Its our Tamil language which is (now) a classical language,

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agamendRum puRamendRum
vaazhvai azhagaaga vaguthaLithu
aadhi andhdhamilaadhu irukkindRa iniyamozhi
oadhi vaLarum uyiraana ulaga mozhi(2)
nammozhi nam mozhi adhuvae

what is inside, what is outside;
our language beautifully presents to us (in the right perspective), the meaning of “life”,
our language is sweet and has no known beginning , no end,
it has grown close to our hearts and become a part of our soul, it is a universal languauge,
its my language, its our languauge, that is…

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semmozhiyaana┬а thamizh mozhiyaam
thamizh mozhi thamizh mozhi thamizh mozhiyaam,

Its our Tamil language which is (now) a classical language,
Tamil language, Tamil language, Tamil language,

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semmozhiyaana┬а thamizh mozhiyaam4)

Its our Tamil language which is (now) a classical language,

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thamizh mozhiyaam engaL thamizh mozhiyaam(2)
vaazhiya vaazhiyavae thamizh vaazhiya vaazhiyavae(2)

its Tamil languauge, our Lamil Languauge,
Let it live forever, Tamil , Let it love forever,

роЪрпЖроорпНроорпКро┤ро┐ропро╛рой┬а родрооро┐ро┤рпН роорпКро┤ро┐ропро╛роорпН

semmozhiyaana┬а thamizh mozhiyaam,

our Tamil language is a classical language,

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  1. Dr. Sethuraman Subramanian

    Thamizh rasikan:
    You could rewrite the lyrics in transliterated Roman script—using capital letters for the long sound (neDil) and lower case letters for kuRil (kutrezhuththu). That would make it much more readable and sensible too. Also you could say Thamizh instread of Tamil. Use “L” for the word paLLam and “l” for the word palli, etc.

  2. Tamil Rasigan

    Hi Dr.Sethu,
    Thanks for the suggestions, I will keep this in mind for all further translations. Appreciate your emphasis on transliteration. I have kept in mind your previous suggestions when I write.

    Thanks again!

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