<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Here are a couple of Mahakavi Bharathiyar's songs for our hero and heroine..</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Akbar:</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#000099">"MangiyadOr nilavinile kanavinilidhu kaNden</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#000099">Vayadu padinaarirukkum ILavayadu mangai</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#000099">Pongivarum perunilavu ponRa oLi mugamum</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#000099">Punnagaiyin pudu nilavum potra varum thotram</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#000099">Thungamani minpolum vadivaththaal vandhu</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#000099">Thoongaathe ezhunthennai paarenru sonnaaL</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#000099">Angathanil kaNvizhithen addadavo adadaa</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#000099">Azhagennum deivanthan adhuvenre aRinden!"</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#0000ff">" In my dream, I saw her in the dim moonlight !</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#0000ff">A young girl, of age sixteen, I guessed at first sight</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#0000ff">Her face had the full moon's brilliance,</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#0000ff">Her smile like a crescent , with a radiant countenance.</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#0000ff">Like a lightning, she came before me,</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#0000ff">Said "Awake! Look at me"</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#0000ff">I woke up suddenly and saw her! Oh God!..how pretty!</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#0000ff">I knew she was simply the Goddess of beauty!"</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">( My 'rough' translation of the Tamil poem)</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Heera:</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">(When she is thinking about sending her messages to the Rajput allies)</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#cc0000">"Akkini kunjondru kaNden--athai</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#cc0000">Angoru kaattinil pondhidai vaithen</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#cc0000">Vendu thaNindhathu kaadu-thazhal veeraththil</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#cc0000">Kunjendrum mooppenrum undO?"</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#ff0000">"I found a small spark of fire</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#ff0000">And placed it in the burrow in a forest</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#ff0000">The entire forest was burnt down to ashes</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3" color="#ff0000">An ember is mighty enough, regardless of its size!"</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">( Found the translation from some blog)</font>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="3">Karkuzhali.</font>
[/QUOTEthis poem is very beautiful aunty.I have been a regular reader of your poem and baby and babloo adventure.You are a gem aunty.I love all of your poem .Your sense of humor is too good.You and shyamala aunty are like sea of knowledge for me . I want to comment from long but being a silent member I have a habit of reading all post and never comment.
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