Ki. Pi. Aravintan: Ini oru vaikarai

iṉi oru vaikaṟai

ki.pi. aravintaṉ

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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

** iṉi oru vaikaṟai** muṟṟum..

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