Vandadum cholai thanile

Vandadum cholai thanile

By

Kalki Krishnamoorthy

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

Raga Hari Khamboji
Tala Roopakam

Pallavi

Vandadum cholai thanile, kandu yenathu
ullam kondan sakhiye

Anupallavi

Kontal polum vannamudayan ,
Gokula thandha balan avano,

Charanam

Pada thamaigal nondhida paar thanil ,
Yenai thedi vandavan , Madhavam Mathurai maindan,
Maraigal paravum maayan avano?

English translation

Pallavi

Oh friend, in the garden where bees dance,
He saw me and stole my heart.

Anupallavi

Is he the boy given by Gokula,
Having the colour of the cloud?

Charanam
He came in search of me in this world,
In spite of pain to his lotus like feet,
Is he Madhava the son of Mathura?
Is he the enchanter praised by Vedas?