Am I not good enough? Ainkurunuru 204
  • original Tamil poem in my blog
    http://karkanirka.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/ainkurunuru204/


    What She said when her lover was within very close distance from her


    Tell me:
    how is it then
    that women gather
    like hill godessess
    and stare at me
    wherever I go,
    and say
    "She's good,she's good,"
    and I,no good at all for my man
    from the country of the hills ?

    Poet: Kapilar

    Translated by A.K.Ramanujan



    Vairam
  • How very very poignant. Should pass on this poem to
    some NRI girls here :))
  • Vairam: Good verses.

    Malathi

    The poem may point Valli's (hillock lady) desire longing for Lord.
    Muruga.

    Malaikizhava is Muruga's name, Lord of Hills (read thus instead of
    Country of Hills) :-)

    Note: Malaikizava..senthil vantha perumale - note from Arunagiri's
    song Anaivarum arunda of thiruchendur.
  • Thanks Ravi, very good observation.

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