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Song 637 - alagin mARu (kadhirgAmam)

alakin mARu mARAtha kalathi pUtha vEthALi
     adaivil njALi kOmALi ...... aRameeyA

azhivu kOLi nANAthu puzhuku pUsi vAzhmAthar
     aruLi lAtha thOdOya ...... maruLAki

palaka lAka rAmEru malaika rAsa lAveesu
     paruva mEka mEthAru ...... venayAthum

parivu RAtha mApAthar varisai pAdi yOyAtha
     parisil thEdi mAyAtha ...... padipArAy

ilaku vElai neeLvAdai yerikoL vElai mAcUri
     leRiyum vElai mARAtha ...... thiRalveerA

imaya mAthu pAkeera thinathi pAla kAsAra
     liRaivi kAna mAlvEdar...... suthaipAkA

kalaka vAri pOlmOthi vadavai yARu sUzhseetha
     kathira kAma mUthUri ...... liLaiyOnE

kanaka nAdu veedAya kadavuL yAnai vAzhvAna
     karuNai mEru vEthEvar...... perumALE.

......... Meaning .........

alakinmARu mARAtha kalathi pUtha vEthALi: I am like a broomstick, an unchangeable witch, and a devil;

adaivu il njALi kOmALi: a worthless dog, a silly clown,

aRameeyA azhivu kOLi: I destroy myself by not giving alms to others;

nANAthu puzhuku pUsi vAzh mAthar: shamelessly, I hanker after whores wearing perfumes like musk,

aruL ilAtha thOL thOya maruL Aki: with a delusory lust to hug their loveless shoulders, (and in search of riches to shower on them)

pala kalai AkAra mEru malai kara asalA: (I praise others singing) "Oh, you are the seat of many an art; Your charitable arms are as strong as Mount Meru;

veesu paruva mEkamE thAru ena kaRpaka maramE enRu: Your benevolence is comparable to the seasonal rain-bearing clouds; and You are like KaRpagam, the wish-yielding celestial tree" and so on.

yAthum parivu uRAtha mA pAthar varisai pAdi: My songs are wasted praising those unsympathetic and treacherous sinners;

OyAtha parisil thEdi mAyAthapadi pArAy: Kindly bestow Your grace on me so that I do not die roaming about constantly in search of gifts!

ilaku vElai neeL vAdai eri koL vElai: You wielded the elegant spear on the seas on which the Northern Inferno (VadamukAgni) was burning;

mA cUril eRiyum vElai mARAtha thiRal veerA: You never abstain from Your task of precisely throwing Your spear on SUran, who had disguised as a mango tree, Oh Great Warrior!

imaya mAthu pAkeerathi nathi pAlakA: You are the dear son of two mothers, one, PArvathi, the Daughter of HimavAn, and the other, River Ganga.

sAral iRaivi kAnam mAl vEdar suthai pAkA: She is the Goddess living in the valley of VaLLimalai; She is the daughter of the famous hunter (NambirAjan); She is Your consort VaLLi by Your side!

kalaka vAri pOl mOthi vada ai ARu sUzh seetha: Like the roaring seas this beautiful river (MaNikka Ganga) flows furiously from the northern side of this cool place,

kathirakAmam mUthu Uril iLaiyOnE: known as KadhirgAmam, an ancient town, which is Your abode, Oh Young One!

kanaka nAdu veedu Aya kadavuL yAnai vAzhvAna: She is DEvayAnai whose hometown is the golden celestial land, and You are her Life!

karuNai mEruvE thEvar perumALE.: You are the most compassionate one like Mount Meru. You are worshipped by the celestials, Oh Great One!

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