VELLAI NIRATHORU POONAI
Here is another great poem by Mahakavi Bharathi. Seeing all around him, he felt that even in our country colour is going to make people inferior or superior. In this simple song he tells us that, just like kittens of different colours are same, people of different colour are same.
Why God did you create me black ? A girl asks the Lord.
Vellai nirathoru poonai - engal
Veettil valaruthu kandeer.
Pillaigal pettrathap poonai; - avai
perukkoru niram aagum;
Saambal niramoru kutti, - karun
santhu niramoru kutti,
pambu niramoru kutti, - vellai
paaliniramoru kutti.
Endha niramigunthalum - avai
yaavum oreytharam andro ?
Indha niramsiridendrun
Inthattramendru sillalamo ?
Vannangal vettrumai pattal - athil
maanudar vettrumai illa.
Ennangal seigaigal ellam - Ingu
Yaavarukkum ondruenal kaaneer.
...
Anbendru kottu murase, - Athil
yaarukkum vidudalai undu;
...
Thunbangal yavume pogum - verum
soodhu pirivugal ponal.
TRANSLATION
Oh Krishna
There are none who would want not to see you,
But There are none who would want to see me
OH Krishna,
There are none who hate you after seeing you,
But there are none who love me after seeing me,
Oh Krishna
It is always welcome to you,
And always no entry for me
Oh Krishna
No one can see my good mind,
But all of them only see the colour of my skin,
Oh Krishna,
The people to whom I belong hate to see me,
If Woman means prettiness, what am I ?
Oh Krishna,
You are not worried, for people come to see you made of rock,
Was there any need for you, to create me as black.
(The poem is a work of social criticism on the discrimination of people on the basis of caste or color)
You have seen a white cat,
Groeing in our home,
That cat gave birth to kittens,
And each of them were of different colour
Ash coloured was one kitten,
Dark black coloured was another kitten,
One kitten was of the colour of the snake,
And another was of the colour of white milk.
Whatever may be their colour,
Are they not of the same kind,
How can we tell that one colour,
Is inferior and the other superior ?
Just because their colours are different,
Human beings do not differ,
Whether is it thought or action, please,
See that they are same for every one.
What a tragedy ? Why are we loving a white cat more than a black one ?
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