Vairamuthu’s gem from Mani Ratnam’s Iruvar. Voice Over by Aravind Swamy.
Unnoadu naan irundha ovvoru maNi thuLiyum
maraNa padukkayilum maRakkaadhu kaNmaNiyae
90 nimidangaL thottaNaitha kaalamdhaan
800 aaNdugaLaai idhayathil ganakkudhadi
paarvayile sila nimidam bayathoadu sila nimidam
katti aNaithapadi kaNNeeril sila nimidam
ilakkaName paaraamal ella idangaLilum muththangaL vidaiththa mogathiL sila nimidamUnnoadu naan irundha ovvoru maNi thuLiyum
maraNa padukkayilum maRakkaadhu kaNmaNiyae
edhu nyayam edhu paavam iruvarukkum thoandravillai
adhu irava adhu pagala adhu patRi aRiyavillai
yaar thodanga yaar mudikka oru vazhiyum thoandravillai
iruvarume thodangi vittoam idhu varaikkum kaeLviyillai
achcham kalaindhaen aasayinai nee aNindhaai
aadai kalaindhaen vekkathai nee aNindhaai
kaNdathiru koalam kanavaaga maRaindhaalum
kadasiyile azhudha kaNNeer kaiyil innum ottudhadiUnnoadu naan irundha ovvoru maNi thuLiyum
maraNa padukkayilum maRakkaadhu kaNmaNiyae
Unnoadu naan irundha ovvoru maNi thuLiyum
maraNa padukkayilum maRakkaadhu kaNmaNiyae
You can watch the Iruvar Theme and Kanmaniye song here.
P.S: Any tamilians around who want to translate?
Is being a tamilian the only criteria for trying this!
Every moment that I spend with you, my dear
Not even at my deathbed will I forget
It’s those 90 minutes of our intimate embrace,
That lays heavy in my heart for 800 years
The few moments when we exchanged glances
The few moments when we feared
The few moments for those tears that flowed
When we held each other tight and close
The few moments when desire kissed all over our bodies
Not worrying what literature had to say on that
Every moment that I spend with you, my dear
Not even at my deathbed will I forget
What’s righteous, what’s evil, the thought escaped us
Was that night, was that day, oh, the knowledge iignored us
Who shall begin, who shall end, the solution eluded us
We had begun, and till now, no questions asked
You were shy in your desire
I disrupted your shyness and you wore your desire
I disrupted your clothes and you wore your shyness
Oh! Even as the royal vision vanished into a dream
The last tear still sticks to my hand
Every moment that I spend with you, my dear
Not even at my deathbed will I forget
Every moment that I spend with you, my dear
Not even at my deathbed will I forget
All my apologies to Vairamuthu 😉
Blue blistering barnacles! BD you rock!
Thank You! 🙂
gr8 translation 🙂
Superb!!