Una Palabra...

Nalladhor veenai seithen....

Nalladhor veenai seidhen...
--(I)made a noble veena
Adhai Nalamkeda Puzhidhiyil Yerivadhundo...
--Would (I) throw it in the garbage?
solladi sivasakthi....
--Answer me oh Goddess
ennai suDar migum arivudan padaithu vittai...
--Why create me with a sparkling wisdom?

vallamai thaaraayo - intha
maanilam payanura vaazhvatharke
--Wont you give skill and brilliance to make
the society lead a purposeful life

solladi sivasakthi - nila
chumayena vaazhnthida puriguvayo ?
--Answer me oh Goddess
will you make them live as a
burden to the land they stand on ?

visaiyaru pandhinai pol - ullam
vendiyapadi sellum udal kaetten
--Like a moving ball - Give me a body
that moves in any way my mind directs

nasaiyuru manam ketten - nitham
navamena sudar tharum uyir kaetten
--Give me a untarnished mind - and a
life that would light up life

dasayinai thee chudinum
siva sakthiyai paadum nal agam kaeten
--Give me the drive to sing about
sivasakthi long after this body is burnt

asaivaru mathi kaetten - ivai
arulvathil unakkaethum thadaiyullatho ?
--And gimme an immovable confidence - Do you
have any problem in granting this?