Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Ullam Enbadhu aamai

 Ullam enbadhu aamai 

Adhil unmai enbadhu oomai

Sollil varuvadhu paadhi

Nenjil thoongi kidappadhu needhi


The heart is like a tortoise

(In it) truth lies mute

Words express only half

What remains dormant is the truth (what’s just)


Dheivam endraal adhu dheivam

Verum silai endraal adhu silaidhaan

Undu endraal adhu undu

Illai endraal adhu illai

Illai endraal adhu illai 


If you say it’s God, it is God

Or if you say it’s only a statue, then it’s only a statue

If you say it is, it is

If you say it isn’t, then it isn’t.

(Undu means it is there or it exists, illai means no, or it’s not there)


Thanneer thaNal pol eriyum

Senthalum neer pol kulirum

Nanbanum pagai pol theriyum

Adhu naal pada naal pada puriyum

naal pada naal pada puriyum


Cool water will feel like hot coal

Hot coal will feel like cool water

Friend will seem enemy

That will be clearer (to understand) as days go by

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