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Ini oru vaikarai by K.P. Aravindan



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iṉi oru vaikaṟai
ki.pi. aravintaṉ

uḷḷuṟai

1. iṉi ...... 23.7.1990
2. iṉi varum kālai .... 29.6.1990
3. vāṉattai veṟittiru
..... 21.6.1990
4. oḷi teṟikkum kālam .... 10.2.1989
5. nampikkaiyuṭaṉ eḻu .... 15.11.1986
6. uyirppu .... 27.7.1987
7. puḷḷikaḷ .... 1.9.1987
8. kaṭalkaḷukkappāl pirintiruppatu
.... 17.9.1986
9. uṅkaḷ nēcattuṭaṉ
10. kālam karaikiṟatu .... 15.6.1989
11. āyiṉum eṉṉa? .... 17.10.1989
12. veṇṇāṟṟaṅkaraiyil
13. iravu varukiṟatu .... 5.8.1990
14. ciluvaikaḷ .... 22.6.1990
15. mūccu muṭṭukiṟatu ....
22.8.1990
16. pirāṉs .... 20.5.1991

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1. iṉi

ivai
eṉatu
kuṟippēṭukaḷiliruntu
peyartteṭukkappaṭṭavai.
eḻuttukkaḷiṉāl āṉa
ivvuṇarvukaḷ
kavitaikaḷāyiruppiṉ
pōrāḷiyāyirunta oruvaṉ
kaviñaṉākiṟāṉ

oru noṭi;
oru kaṇam;
ōrimaip poḻutu.
kaṇ muṭittiṟappataṟkuḷ
atu nikaḻntatu.

kutteṉa
cāyntu carintu
caṭṭeṉa
mēleḻa nimirkaiyil
eccamiṭṭatu.

"yār talaiyil viṭiyumō?"
kaṇkaḷai uracum
cūriyat teṟippu;
mukilukkuḷ maṟaiyum
uyirkottip paruntu.

maṉitam uṟaintu
uyirttatu.

"kuṭimaṉaikkuḷ pōṭuṟāṉē
kōtāriyil pōvāṉ
kaṭavuḷē....kaṇṇillaiyā?"

maṇṇai vāri
vārttaikaḷai viciṟi
kāṟṟaic capittu.....
eṅkē
eṉ vīṭu?
eṉ muṟṟam?
ciṉṉak kuruvikaḷ
nam viyarvaik kuḻaiyalil
toṭṭiḻaitta kūṭu;
toppuḷ koṭiyil
pūtta ciṟumalar.
tattit tattit
taḷirnaṭai naṭantu
viritta kaṉavukaḷiṉ muṟṟam;
muṟṟattu viḷimpil,
mālaik kāṟṟukku
maṇam cērtta mallikai;
kālai iḷam malarvuṭaṉ
vaṇakkam collum cemparattai ;
kulai taḷḷik kiṭanta
paccai vāḻai;
ellāmē ellāmē
eṅkuṟṟatu.....?
eṉṉavāyiṟṟu.....?

kuṇṭukaḷ
cappit tiṉṟu
tuppiya eccattuḷ
pālmāp pēṇi
alumiṉiyak kōppai,
kuḻantaiyiṉ cūppi
eppaṭit tēṭa?
intiyac cippāyē
uṉatu nāṭkaḷil
eṉṉavāy muṉintāy?

"āḷukkoru vīṭu
vīṭṭukkoru kiṇaṟu
kiṇaṟṟukkuḷ taṇṇīr...."

ventu avintu
pocuṅkik karuki
uṭaintu noṟuṅki
citaintu citilamāyc
citaṟik kiṭakkutu.

eṉakkeṉṟoru
vīṭu;
iṉi,
atuvum illaiyeṉṟāyiṟṟu
iṉi.......
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2. iṉi varum kālai

kālaip poḻutu
vataiyuṟṟatu.
uyara uyara
vaṭṭamiṭṭum,
karaṇamiṭṭut
tāḻavantum
tīyai umiḻntaṉa
iyantirap paruntukaḷ....
irumpup paṟavaikaḷ....

kāṟṟu veṭikka
nilam atirum.
kuruti kalaintu
cilliṭum neñcakkūṭu.
uṭalameṅkum
miṉṉaṇup paramparam.
katavukaḷ tiṟakka,
citaṟic citaintavai
kaṇṇāṭikaḷ maṭṭumā?

poti cumakka
maṟutta māṭeṉa,
oliyiṉ mākaṉattuṭaṉ
kāṟṟu.
ticaikaḷait tiṉṟa
mayakkam;
mēkamūṭṭattuṭaṉ
vāṉam;
pukai paṭinta
pakal;
cevip paṟaiyaik
kiḻikkum
irumpu yantiram.

maraṅkaḷ talaivirittāṭa
ūḷaiyiṭum ilaikaḷ.
kuntiyirukka iṭamumiṉṟi
paritavikkum paṟavaikaḷ.
marattuṇṭamaṭukki
maṇam mūṭṭai
ēṟṟuvar maṉitar.

iṉi varum
kālai......


3. vāṉattai veṟittiru

poḻutu paṭṭapiṉṉāyiṉum
vīṭu tirumpalām.
iruḷ vīṭṭiṉuḷḷāyiṉum
viḷakkēṟṟalām.
kañci kālvayiṟāyiṉum
mūlaikkuḷ muṭaṅkalām.
kuṭil uḷḷateṉṟāyiṉum
tiruptiyuṟalām....

ivai taṉṉum
miñcāmaṟ pōyviṭumō?

viḷakkaṇaittal
maṇṇuṭ putaital,
pāḻ veḷiyai veṟittal,
ciluvaik kuṟiyiṉuḷ
aṭaikkalamātal
nikaḻvukaḷāyiṟṟu.....

nakaram
iṟantupaṭumō?

maraṅkoṭi paccaikaḷ
pocuṅkiya nāṟṟam,
īṉakkuralil tavippu,
nāykaḷiṉ ciṇuṅkal.
mūcciraikka nuraitaḷḷa
curukkut taṭattiṟkut
tappittōṭukiṟatu nāmpaṉ.....

maḻainīr vaṭiyum mataku,
mokkukaḷ kiḷaitta maram,
paḷḷikkūṭam
tēvarkaḷiṉ ālayam
iṅkellām
citaṟiya kaṉavukaḷiṉ kuviyal.
orumaiyiṉ karaivil
maṉita nirampal.
maṉam palamuṟum.
kaippiṭikkuḷ uyir
naḻuviyum pōkalām,
atuvāyiṉum miñcalām,
vāṉattai veṟittiru.........
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4. oḷi teṟikkum kālam

meḷaṉittuk kiṭantatu
malaippūtam.
kavintiruntatu
paṉimūṭṭam.
paṭiyavāriya mayirkkālkaḷāy
tēyilai.
irattam paccaiyākum.
karukiya koḻuntukaḷ
'cilōṉ rī' eṉa
āviyuṟukaiyil
irattamāyirukkum
racavātam nikaḻum.

cilirttu niṟkum
cavukkai muruṅkai
turaittaṉaṅkaḷukkuc
calāmiṭum tuppākki.
kaṇṇīrā viyarvaiyā
kacintu vaḻiyum nīr?
moyttirukkum veṭṭukkiḷikaḷ
koḻuntukaḷ kiḷḷum.

kūṭai tatumpum
talaimuṟaik kaṉavukaḷ,
mutukiḷai aḻuttum
nūṟṟāṇṭuk kaṉam.
kuṟiñci nilappūkkaḷ
kaṇkaḷil vaṇṇaṅkaḷ.
pūvitaḻilellām
kōrttirukkum nīrttuḷikaḷ.
malaiyiṉ neṭṭuyirppu.

viṭiyum varai āṭum
kāmaṉ kūttu.
tamiḻiṉ pāṭal.

cōmapāṉattil
nijaṅkaḷ mitakkum
cōkam tolaikkum iravu,
kaviḻntu kiṭakkum.
oḷiteṟikkum kālam.....
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5. nampikkaiyuṭaṉ eḻu

malaikaḷil uramāyt
tēnīril irattamāy
mukamaṟṟup pōṉōrē
kavaṉittīrkaḷā?

paṉip paṭalaṅkaḷai
ūṭuruvum
ekkāḷa olikaḷ.
ciṅkattiṉ vāḷ
iṉi
uṭaipaṭakkūṭum.

atō.....
vayalveḷi eṅkum
talai nimirum neṟpayirkaḷ.
vacantaṉ kūttiṉ
nāyakarkaḷ āṭṭam.
ivaṉō naṇpaṉ.

paṉaikaḷ maṟaikkum
cemmaṇ parappu.
paṉaṅkāṭṭuc calacalappu.
ōlaikaḷ urāyviṉil
akkiṉik kuñcukaḷ.

avaṟṟukkum appāl....
alaikaḷiṉ cīṟṟam,
muralkaḷiṉ tuḷḷal.
ampāp pāṭalkaḷil
cōkam tolaikkum
ēlēlōp pāṭakarkaḷ.

naṇparkaḷ...tōḻarkaḷ...

"āṟukaḷ muṉṉōkkiyē
pāykiṉṟaṉa"
appuṟameṉṉa!
aṭarnta malaikaḷiṉ
iruṭṭiṉil iruntu
tēnīr karaṅkaḷil
vilaṅkukaḷ kaḻaṟṟu.
paṉi malaikaḷiṉ
uccikaḷ piḷantu
kalaviyait toṭaṅku,
caktiyai umiḻ,
uḻutta māḷikaiyiṉ
iṭukkukaḷ eṅkaṇum
ālamvitaikaḷ.

nampikkaiyuṭaṉ
eḻu....
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6. uyirppu

uyirttirukkiṉṟēṉ.

maṇaṟ puyaloṉṟil
aḷḷuṇṭapōtu
karukat toṭaṅkiṉēṉ
imayattiliruntu
teṉṟaleṉap
puṟappaṭṭapōtum
intumāk kaṭalil
puyalurukkoṇṭatu
kālaṇi aṇinta
paccaip picāceṉap
puyaliruntatu
taṉi maraṅkaḷāy
eṉṉavar niṉṟaṉar
puyaliṉ cūḻalil
vēruṭaṉ maraṅkaḷ
tuṇṭāṭappaṭṭa nilam
tuṇṭaṇinta tōḷkaḷ
tuṇṭupaṭṭiruntaṉar makkaḷ.
ekkāḷamiṭṭatu puyal
kāykaḷ kaṉikaḷ
citaṟiṉa
koṭuṅkuṟi oṉṟu
aṟivikkappaṭāmalē
em talaiyil viṭintatu.
puyal kāppu maiyaṅkaḷai
amaikka maṟantatāl
marattiliruntu
utirnta nāṉum
karukat toṭaṅkiṉēṉ.
eṉ uyirppai iṉṉum
nerupput tīṇṭavillai.

uyirppu....


7. puḷḷikaḷ

kaṇkaḷiṉ vīccil
oru puḷḷiyil
cantikkum vēḷai
kātal arumpukiṟatu.

atu kaṇaṅkaḷ tōṟum
nikaḻkiṉṟatu.
puḷḷikaḷ māṟukaiyil
kātalum māṟakiṟatu.
kātalō
atu maṟaivatillai.
eṉatu kaṇkaḷ
vīccaip pāyckukiṉṟaṉa,
puḷḷikaḷ cantikkāta
neṭuntūrap payaṇam.

mukattaic curukki
nirākarittum,
kaṇkaḷāl erittuk
kāyamākkiyum,
nāviṉāl cuṭṭu
avamāṉamākkiyum,
oru puḻuveṉa eṉṉai
matiyāmalum.....
puḷḷikaḷ ceṉṟaṉa.
payaṇattiṉ tūram
atikam pōlum.
puḷḷikaḷ curuṅki
cūṉiyamākum.
ēkāntameṅkum
mukamaṟiyātavarkaḷuṭaṉ
kātal toṭarkiṟatu...

puḷḷikaḷ.
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8. kaṭalkaḷukkappāl pirintiruppatu

kaṭalkaḷukku appāl
pirintiruntēṉ.

tēyilaic ceṭiyiṉil
teṟitta kaṇṇīr
eṉmītum paṭṭatu.
neṟkatirk kaṭṭiṉil
paṭinta kurutiyiṉ
vāṭaiyai nukarntēṉ.
kaṭalnurai taḷḷiya
citainta uṭalkaḷ
eṉ kālkaḷil iṭaṟiṉa.
kāṟṟu cumanta
perumūcciṉ veppam
eṉṉaic cuṭṭatu.
nekiḻntēṉ;
karaintēṉ.
iṉiyavaḷ
uṉaiyum niṉaittiruntēṉ.

veṇmaṇal tukaḷkaḷil
pātaṅkaḷ patikaiyil
mālaik kāṟṟu,
melleṉa cilirttēṉ.
eṉatu ūr....
tārmīka etirikaḷ
muṭaṅki iruntaṉar.
kāvalaraṇ kaṭṭip
'poṭiyaṉkaḷ' viḻittiruntaṉar.
kaṉatta iruṭṭil
iṟukkiya pōrvaiyuḷ
eṉṉarum makkaḷ
tuyiṉṟiruntaṉar.
tolaiviṉil eṅkō
kaṇṇīr
teṟittatām.
kuruti vaṭivatāyum
yārō
collic ceṉṟaṉar.
citaitta uṭalkaḷ
niḻaṟpaṭaṅkaḷil
kāṭcikkiruntatu.
tīṇṭum tuṉpam
ētumillai.
kotittu kiṭanta
iratta nāḷaṅkaḷ
curuṅkat toṭaṅkiṉa.
iṉiyavaḷ
uṉatu itaḻiṉai
cuvaikkaiyil
vāyiṉ nāṟṟam
nāciyil ūrntatu.
kaṭalkaḷukkappāl
pirintiruppatu.....
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9. uṅkaḷ nēcattuṭaṉ

vāḻvataṉ cavālai
etirkoḷḷum
aṇivakuppil,
nēcam mikunta
uṅkaḷai iḻantōm.

tōḻarkaḷē, tōḻarkaḷē,
tēcameṉum vārttaikku
kaṉam ēṟṟiṉīrkaḷ....
ceyal eṉpataṉai
vīriyamākkiṉīrkaḷ....
uṅkaḷāl
nēcam vaṉappuṟṟatu.
maraṇam makimaiyuṟṟatu.

nīṅkaḷ,
miṭukkuṭaṉ tiraṇṭa
aṭampaṉ koṭikaḷ.
malaikaḷaiyē cumantavarkaḷ.
uṭaittavarkaḷ.

ōlaik kuṭicaikaḷiṉ
tuvāraṅkaḷ tōṟum
iṟaṅkum oḷikkatirkaḷ.
'mōppak kuḻaiyum'
aṉiccamalarkaḷ.
eṅkeṅkāyiṉum
ilaṅkait tamiḻareṉa
ematu neñcu nimirkaiyil
perumitameṉa
nīvir oḷirvīr.
uṅkaḷil teṟitta
poṟikaḷ
perun tīyeṉa
mūṇṭerikiṟatu.
eriyum....eriyum....
atu iṉṉamum eriyum...
etir koḷḷum
aṇivakuppil
uṅkaḷ nēcattuṭaṉ....
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10. kālam karaikiṟatu

kālam karaikiṉṟatu.
nī iṉṉamum
maṇam parappukiṉṟāy.
vaṇṇak kuḻaiyaleṉa
kāṭcip pulaṉkaḷ.
vāṉavilliṉ niṟam pirikkum
aṇuttuṇikkaikaḷ.
naṇpā,
untaṉ niṟam ētu?
cuṭarkiṉṟāy.

maravaḷḷit tōṭṭattil nī
vīḻntu kiṭantāy.
cemmaṇ pāttikku
nīr pāyntu koṇṭiruntatu.
tōṭṭaveḷikku
ellaiyiṭṭirukkum
paṉaikaḷiṉ piṉṉē,
ūriṉ puṟattiruntu
viḻikaḷ
uṉṉai moyttiruntaṉa.
tuppākkikaḷiṉ
muṟṟukai uṭaittu
mālaic cūriyaṉ
uṉṉait toṭukiṉṟārkaḷ.
cayaṉaiṭ kuppikku
uṉṉai oppaṭaittuviṭṭu
cirikkiṉṟāy.
miḷakāy, pukaiyilai
vāḻaiyil ellām
untaṉ cirippalai
paṭikiṉṟatu.

mutal vittu nī.
muṉṉaṟivittavaṉ nī...

cātvīkap pātaiyil
canti pirittāy.
kāla veḷiyil
cuvaṭukaḷ patittāy.
kālak karaiyilum
untaṉ cuvaṭukaḷ...

naṇpā,
ippaṭiyum kālam vantatu.
kaṟaiyāṉ puṟṟil
karunākaṅkaḷ.
acōkac cakkara
nāṟkāli amarntu
tēcaparipālaṉam.

maravaḷḷic ceṭikaḷum
kaṇṇīr ukuttaṉa.
amilak karaicalil
untaṉ cuvaṭukaḷ
erittaṉar.
muḷmuṭikaḷai makkaḷ
talaikaḷil
aṟaintaṉar.
tuḷirkaḷaik kiḷḷiyum
malarkaḷaip piyttum
iratta neṭiyiṉait
tuyttu nukarntaṉar.

naṇpā,
nī eṉṉa coṉṉāy,
karuvikaḷ kaiyeṭu,
kaḷaikaḷai akaṟṟu.
ivarkaḷō,
vayalkaḷukkut
tī vaittu,
varappiṉil
tāṉiyamaṇikaḷ
poṟukkiṉar.
intak kālam
antakāramāṉatu
pēykaḷum
pēykkaṇaṅkaḷum
pūtaṅkaḷum eṉa
narttaṉam purintatu.

āyiṉum,
uṉatu cirippiṉ alaikaḷ
āḻntu virintu
eṅkeṅkum paravi
veṭṭaveṭṭat
taḻaittatu.

naṇpā,
untaṉ iḷavayatil
uyirai veṟukkavuma
cayaṉaiṭ kuppiyai
uyireṉak koḷḷavum
cey allatu cettumaṭiyeṉa
pirakaṭaṉam ceyyavum
evai uṉṉai
untiyatō
iṉṉamum avai
appaṭiyē uḷḷaṉa.
untaṉ.
oḷirum cuvaṭukaḷum
emmetirē virikiṉṟaṉa.

kālam karaikiṟatu.
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11. āyiṉum eṉṉa

arai vaṭṭamāyk
kaṭaliṉ virivu.
vāṉmukil paṇintu
kaṭaliṉuḷ iṟaṅkum
pārvaiyiṉ tolaivā?
puviyiṉ vaḷaivā?
aṇaiyum viḷakku
oḷirvataip pōla,
vaṇṇamāyc cuṭarntu,
vaṇṇaṅkaḷ paṭaittu
cūriya maraṇam.

alai ekiṟum
kāli mukattiṭal.
kāṟṟu vāṅkum maṉitar,
kaḷavoḻukum kātalarkaḷ,
paṭṭam viṭum ciṟuvarkaḷ
māṟātiruntatu.

ciliṅkō havus
kaṭṭiṭak kāṭṭil
maṟaintu pōyiṟṟu.
naṭcattira viṭutikaḷiṉ
muṟṟukaiyil
cutantira pārāḷumaṉṟam.
tīviṉuḷ tīvāy
koḻumpu mānakaram

ituvō entaṉ
talai nakaram?

vaṇṇaṅkaḷ mitakkum.
iyantira vaṭivaṅkaḷ
terukkaḷil caṟukkum
miṉuṅkum kuluṅkam
eṉṉaiyum tiṉṉum.
avacaram, āravāram,
mukaṅkaḷai putuppikkum.
taṉitta eṉṉil
iruḷ vantu kaviyum.

inta nakaril
intat tiṭalil
ematu muṉṉavar
kāyaṅkaḷākiṉar
irattam cintiṉar.
avarkaḷ kōriya
niyāyaṅkaḷ ellām
kāṟṟil alaiyum
paṭṭaṅkāḷayiṉa.
inta nakariṉ
neṭiya terukkaḷil
ettaṉai taṭavaikaḷ
eṉṉottavar
talaikaḷai iḻantaṉar,
tīyiṉait tiṉṟaṉar.
āyiṉum eṉṉa?
mīṇṭum mīṇṭum
koḻumpu nakariṉai
eṉṉavar moyttaṉar.
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12. veṇṇāṟṟaṅkaraiyil

kāṟṟilum nīriṉ vāṭai.
nīrilum oliyiṉ tāḷam.
nīrāṭai vilakiya marutanilam
paccaiyāy cirittatu.
eṉakkuḷ mōkam.


maḻalaiyiṉ kaṉṉaṅkaḷil
vaḻiyum kaṇṇīr.
melleṉa acaintapaṭi
nīriṉ ōṭai.
kāvirik kālvāy.

veṇṇāṟṟiṉ nuraikaḷ,
paṭikaḷil paṭiyum vīṭukaḷ...
tūcu paṭarnta kūraikaḷ....
kārai peyarnta cuvarkaḷ....
nūṟṟāṇṭiṉ perumūccu.

cāṇippāl koṭuttavar
kacaiyaik kaiyil koṇṭavar
iṉṉamum...
ekkāḷattuṭaṉum
nāṉku kuṇa taḷataḷappuṭaṉum.

kuṭicaiyiṉ ōlaik kīṟṟukaḷ
mutukiṉil, iṭuppiṉil taṭava,
ūriṉ puṟattē
mukaṅkaḷil cēṟukaḷ appi,
kāntit tāttāviṉ
'kaṭavuḷiṉ kuḻantaikaḷ'....

āṭaikaḷ uṭalai maṟaikka,
pālpētam kūrmai peṟum.
āṭaikaḷ kuṟaittu
nīriṉil aḷaikaiyil,
kaṇukkālil, pātattil
puṇartal aṟṟu
muḻumaiyil kuḻaiyum
tamiḻaṉ maṟaittavaṟṟiṉ
eccaṅkaḷ
veṇṇāṟṟaṅkaraiyil.

tēva aṭiyāḷāyp
pūttāḷ mātavi.
kātalaṉ kaḷvaṉāṉāṉ,
kulavaḻakkai oḻittāḷ,
maṇimēkalaiyait
tuṟaviyākkiṉāḷ,
kōvalaṉ kolaiyuṇṭāṉ.
kaṇṇaki....
kaiyil neruppēnti
maturaikkut tīyiṭṭāḷ.

kāviyac cilampiṉ
narttaṉam nikaḻnta
kāviri viḷainilam
veṇṇāṟṟaṅ karaiyōram
maṇalil eṉ kāl putaiya....

nantiyaik kāval vaittu
vaṭṭakkal pāram vaittu
naṭamiṭa,
karuvaṟai uṭ ceṉṟavaṉ
paṭaittavaṉ maṟaintu pōṉāṉ.
rāja vītiyil,
rājarājaṉ kutiraiyiṉ
kuḷampaṭikaḷ....
īḻa, ciṅkaḷa
pōrk kaitikaḷiṉ
kālaṭikaḷ....

īḻattuṇarvu vantiṟaṅkiya
kāvirip pūmpaṭṭiṉam
kaṭalil maṟaintatu.
īḻattiṉ kaṇṇīr
kaṭalil kalakkiṟatu;
eṉṉuḷ
irattak kacivu atikarittatu.

pacumai paṭarnta
kāviri maṇṇil
mutumai maṇal mēṭukaḷ
utira māṭṭāmal
iṟuki iruntatu.
ovvoru kūraiyaiyum
āyiram tūṇkaḷ
tāṅki niṉṟaṉa,
iṭattai aṭaittapaṭi.
māṉuṭam
muṭaṅkik kiṭantatu.
iruṭṭilum
nīrmai paṭarntiruntatu.
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13. iravu varukiṟatu

iravu varukiṟatu
veḷḷi muḷaikkāta,
nilavum oḷirāta,
toṭar iravu....
veṟitta vāṉai
kaṇkaḷ koṟikka
iruḷ veḷiyai
cevippaṟai uṟiñcam.
tavittut tavittut
tattaḷittu
veḷiṟum mukaṅkaḷil
tūmakētu
ceṭṭaikaḷ virikkum.

tīyiṉ nāvukaḷ
maṇṇai nakkum.
akkiṉip paṟavaikaḷ
iṟakukaḷ utirkkum
neruppu maḻaiyil
nakaram naṉaiyum;
karaiyum,
oliyum oḷiyum
tuṇaivara,
vāṉil
yamatūtarkaḷiṉ
ulā nikaḻum.
aṇi kulaintu alaiyum
mantaikaḷiṉ ōlam
ālayaṅkaḷai niṟaikkum.
kaṭavuḷarkaḷiṉ
mūccut tiṇaṟum.
cāviṉ nukattaṭiyil
piṇaiyal
miṉṉal koṭikkālil
uyiriṉ vēr....

iravu varukiṟatu....
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14. ciluvaikaḷ

ettaṉai ciluvaikaḷaic
cumappatu?
ettaṉaiyām muṟaiyāy
aṟaipaṭuvatu?
aḻuvāraṟṟu,
eṭuppāraṟṟu,
putaippāraṟṟu
vayalkaḷilum
terukkaḷilum
vaḻinaṭaiyilum
nām
evaṟṟaik kaṇṭōm?

maṇṇuṭaṉ kalakkum
vāḻvu.
uyir
kacintu, vaḻintu
perum natiyil
payaṇam.
taṇṇīrk koṭiyil
tākam taṇiyum.
kuruvikaḷ piṉṉiya
kūṭukaḷ,
tāyat tākattaik
kiḷaṟum.

pattoṉpatu taṭavaikaḷ
paṭaiyeṭuppu,
varalāṟu
eṇṇikkai kūṟum.
eṅkaḷ tōḷkaḷil
ciluvaikaḷ.
eṇṇikkai
yārukkut teriyum
akati eṉa
mukattiṉil eḻutuvar.
kaṭṭiya
cēlait taṭuppukkuḷ
kuṟaṇṭum
vayiṟum māṉamum
vitaittum
aṟuttum
timiṟiṭum karaṅkaḷ
irantuṇṇa
nīḷum,
avamuṟṟut toyyum,
kuṭalaik kuṭal tiṉṉum
āḷ māṟi
mukam pārttu
paciyāṟat tavikkum.
neñcukkuḷ
āṇikaḷ iṟaṅkum.
iṉi varum nāḷil,
nam vayiṟṟiṉ
kaṉiyai
nāmē pucippamō?
kālam vitikkumō?
ciluvaikaḷ muṟiyumō?

ciluvaikaḷ
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15. mūccu muṭṭukiṟatu

mūccu muṭṭukiṟatu
veppa iruṭṭu.
eripaṟṟu nilaikku
ēṟic celkiṟatu
kaṇṇiṉ katakatappu,
cataikaḷiṉ nericalil
viyarvaik karaical.

muṇumuṇuppum vimmalum
paṟkaṭippum
perumūccumeṉa
uyiriṉ yācippu.
āṟaṭik kuḻikkuḷ
nāṉ.
nāṅkaḷ.
kuḻikku veḷiyē
aṉaivariṉatum cevikaḷ
cattattiṉ rutra tāṇṭavam.
maḻai veyilukku?
vīṭu
neruppu maḻaikku
kōḻiyiṉ iṟakkaikkuḷ
kuñcukaḷ otuṅkum.

vāṉil vallūṟukaḷ.
kuḻataikaḷ vīṟiṭukiṟatu.
eṉṉaik kai
tīṇṭukiṟatu;
maṉaivi.

ammā aṉuṅkukiṟār.
aiyāviṉ irumalil
uyirik kulai aṟukiṟatu.
itu eṉṉa vātai!
vīṭṭukku vīṭu
putai kuḻikaḷ.
uyirc caṭalaṅkaḷ.
cavakkuḻikku
vācal kiṭaiyātu.
enta vaḻiyilum
cāvu nuḻaiyum.
aimpoṟikaḷaiyum
mūṭavēṇṭum.
eppaṭi?
"kaiyatu koṇṭu
meyyatu potti
kālatu koṇṭu
mēlatu taḻuvi"*

kaṭal kaṭanta naṇparkaḷē,
nāṉirukkum nilaiyil
uṅkaḷukkut tūtaṉuppa
veṇkāl nāraiyaiyā
ceṅkāl nāraiyaiyā
inta nērattil
etai nāṉ tēṭa?
mūccu muṭṭukiṟatu.

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* catti muttup pulavariṉ ceyyuḷ aṭikaḷ.

16. pirāṉs

paṉippukāril pakal uṟaiyum.
ilai utirnta maramellām
paṉipaṭiya aḻakuṟum-
talai naraitta ammākkaḷaippōl.

vāṉam utirkkum veṇnuraippūkkaḷ
nilam mūṭum;
nilam mūṭum paṉippaṭalam
iruḷ viḻuṅkum,
veṇmai cintum;
eṉ aṇukkuḷ kuṭaiyum.

kuḷirnuḻaiya
āṭaikkuḷ...pōrvaikkuḷ
uṭal oṭuṅkum
ituvum ciṟaitāṉ.
kaṟuppu....veḷḷai....civappu...cemmañcaḷ
kāṇum mukaṅkaḷil pala vaṇṇaṅkaḷ
naṭpu cuṭarum;

kaṟuppu--veḷḷai illā
nammavar mukaṅkaḷil
pūnākam neḷiyum;
anniyam tōṉṟum.

veṟṟuṭampum...viyarvaik karaicalum
koṭiya paciyilum...cinēka maṉitarum
ivaitāṉ-ivaitāṉ.
namatu iruppiṭam-
cutantiram viriyum.

erikkum veyilil-
viḷaiyum uppu...
nam pūmiyil paṭiyum
veṇnuraip pūkkaḷ.

pirāṉs: 20/2/1991

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