Kana Vendamo

Kana Vendamo

By

Papanasam Sivan

Translated   by

P.R.Ramachander

Ragam Sri Ranjini

Tala Roopaka

Pallavi

Kana Vendamo , iru kannirukkum podinile,

Vinnuyar   gopuram Kana   Vendamo

Anupallavi

Veenil ulagai chuthi chuthi vandhaal ,

Medhini pothrum Chidambara nadanai

Charanam

1,Vaiyathile karu ppayul  kidandhu

Ullam naiya piravamal,iyan thirunadam

2.Ottai  chadalam odunga  vethu  yelumbu kootil,

Irundhu ottam pididikku mun  kana vendamo.

English translation

Palllavi

Should I  not see, before   I lose my eyes,

Should I not see   the tower   as high as the sky

Anupallavi

Instead of wandering  aimlessly  in the world

Should I not see  Lord of Chidambaram praised by the world

Charanam

1.Instead   of taking a birth painful  to the mind,

Lying  in the    womb in  the abdomen,

Should I not see the divine   dance of the lord.

2.Should I not see  the Lord before the soul,

Before the soul leaves  the body with holes

Leaving    only the  cage   made   of bones.