Request translation of Bharatiyar's verse

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nri
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Request translation of Bharatiyar's verse

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Can someone please translate the following verse of Bharatiyar?
This is in the second stanza of Bharata desam enRu peyar solluvAr.

Bharata pOril vendRa manamaruLAl tuyar baram aruLvAr selva baram uruvAr

Thanks very much

Ponbhairavi
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Re: Request translation of Bharatiyar's verse

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This verse is not found in my book of Bharathi's poems. It may be helpful if the whole second stanza ( four lines ?) is quoted

nri
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Re: Request translation of Bharatiyar's verse

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The song goes like this:

Bharata dEsam enRu peyar solluvAr midi bhayam koLLuvAr tuyar pagai velluvAr
Bharata pOril vendRa manamaruLAl tuyar baram aruLvAr selva baram uruvAr

veLLi pani malayin mIdulAvuvOm adi mElai kadal muzhudum kappal viduvOm
palli talamanaithum koil seiguvOm engaL bhArata dEsam enRu tOL kottuvOm

singaLa tIvinukOr pAlam amaipOm ...

Thanks.

Pratyaksham Bala
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Re: Request translation of Bharatiyar's verse

Post by Pratyaksham Bala »

>Bharata pOril vendRa manamaruLAl tuyar baram aruLvAr selva baram uruvAr<

There are a few typos in the above line.
In Chapter 2 of ‘bhArati ninaivugaL’ by Mrs. Yadugiri, the following two lines are mentioned.

“bhAratap pOr venRa kaNNanaruLAl -- tuyar
bhAramaRuvAr shelva bhAramuRuvAr.”


These are not found in any other book.

nri
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Re: Request translation of Bharatiyar's verse

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Thanks very much Pratyaksham Bala and Ponbhairavi.

What is the meaning of bhAramuRuvAr?
I know the meaning of the rest.
nri

Pratyaksham Bala
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Re: Request translation of Bharatiyar's verse

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tuyar bhAram aRuvAr = will overcome the strain of distress
selva bhAram uruvAr = will enjoy the increase in wealth

nri
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Re: Request translation of Bharatiyar's verse

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Sincerely appreciate your quick replies.
This is for my daughter's music competition.
Thanks again, Pratyaksham Bala.

rshankar
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Re: Request translation of Bharatiyar's verse

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Interesting that it is not in the published books, but, it is part of Smt. MSS' version of 'bhArata dESam enRu peyar solluvAr' in the album that was recorded to raise funds for Sankar Netralaya (although, IIRC, she and Smt. Radha sing it as 'bhArata pOril...'). Perhaps Cienu can throw some light on how this verse came to be included in their version. It would be very interesting to figure out how if there was a connection with Smt. Yadugiri Ammal!

nri
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Re: Request translation of Bharatiyar's verse

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Certainly I can't say anything if Smt MSS also sang these lines as,
"Bharata pOril vendRa manamaruLAl tuyar baram aruLvAr selva baram uruvAr"
Agreed that these lines are not found anywhere. Neither, that they make sense to me. Perhaps I miss something.

Smt Yadugiri's version as said by Pratyaksham Bala does appear meaningful.

rshankar
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Re: Request translation of Bharatiyar's verse

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nri - Sorry for not being clearer: Smt. MSS does not sing it as mannanaruLAl, but correctly as kaNNanaruLAl - the only difference between what Smt. Yadugiri Ammal wrote and Smt. MSS' version is por (in Smt. Yadugiri Ammal's version) and pOril (in Smt. MSS' version)

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