Lyrics please - uppum karpooramum - marimutta pillai

[smala]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTqJ1XFO ... re=related

exquisite in melting behAg.

[mahakavi]

The composer's name is: mArimuttA piLLai

[Sundara Rajan]

The following lyrics of the song were obtained by listening to the quoted Sanjay youtube:

uppum karpooramum onRaippOl irunthAlum
oorengum perithAi karpooramthanai solvArE
appadippOl anEha thalam irunthAlum
antha allal vinai tholaikkum thillaipathikku nEr

innamum oru thalam irukkum enRu
orukkAlE (orukkAlum) yEn malaikkiRai manamE

sonna sonna thalamkaL engum Odi kaLaithu
sOthithu aRinthAl intha Adi chidambaram pOl (innamunm)

viNNulakathil meen inamellAm koodinum
veN niRamAm oru thaN mathi oLi illathu

kaNuLAviya alli thiRLAi poothAlum
oru thAmarai malarukkov vAthu

maNNulakathil uLLa tharukkaL anaithum koodi
maru ulavum (?) kaRpaka tharuvukku iNai varAthu

puNNiya thalamkaL pala irunthum
natEsan vAzhum puNdareekapuram
pOl kandu solla vErEthu (innamum oru thalam)

Corrections welcome

[smala]

If someone can post a translation it would help. Thanks.

[sankark]

people praise camphor even if camphor and salt look alike/similar
likewise, similar to, thillaipathi, that rids one of troubles and vinai

mind, why do you wonder, perhaps there is one more thalam (similar to..)

once tired of running hither and thither to all other thalams talked about
to find the truth (mind, why do you wonder)

viNNulakathil meen inamellAm koodinum
veN niRamAm oru thaN mathi oLi illathu

all the stars were to conjoined won't get the brightness of the cool moon

many alli (lily) flowers that bloom together won't equal a single thAmarai (lotus)

all the trees in this earth won't equal the karpaka tree (maru ulavum ?)

though there are many sacred thalams, what can be talked about as the
equal of the pundareekapuram where natEsan presides (mind, why do you wonder)