Soodikkolla manam niraindha malar,
Suvaikka suvaikka thidhikkum thaen.
Unnaale magizhcchi kandavargal palar,
Pinbum unnai azhippavargal iruppadhu en?
Sala salavena odikondirukkum nadhi,
Adhil vilaiyaadikondirukkum meengal.
Adhai anaigal nirutthuvadhu oru sadhi,
Adharku unnai aalaakkiyadhum naangal.
Kulirndha nizhal kodukkum perum marangal,
Kankaanum dhooratthirku irundha innaadu.
Aakkiyapin azhitthadhum idhey karangal,
Ippozhudhu mazhai indri padugindrom paadu.
Unnai edhirthu kattinom illam,
Engal peraasaikku kaaranam panam,
Orukkanatthil aditthucchendradhu vellam,
Adakki vittai engaluduya manam.
Vella mudiyum endra aanavatthaal pattom perum thollai,
Aannaal unakku nigaraana sakthi evvulagilum illai.
Interpretation in English, also as a sonnet:
To adorn us, a fragrant flower,
And honey that is sweet to taste,
Giving us many joys forever,
Yet, why do they lay you to waste?
Rivers that run so briskly,
With many a playful fish.
Dams on them are so sickly,
This does not seem our wish.
Giant trees to give us a cool shade,
Dotted this land lane after lane.
The hands that planted them have betrayed,
Leaving us yearning daily for rain.
We build houses opposing you,
Blinded by our enormous greed.
A flood destroys them out of the blue,
Humbled, to you, we concede.
Desiring to conquer you, trouble is what our arrogance brought.
But across all the worlds, a power equal to you exists not.
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