Translation - Anjali Anjali
This translation is for the song Anjali Anjali from the Tamil movie Duet. A very melodious song sung by none other than S.P.Balasubramaniam. The song can be found here.
[This song is sung in praise of the female lead role by her love. Anjali is the heroine’s name in the movie and the whole song revolves around the word Anjali - meaning offering. The situation is one in which she is in love with two men. One a poet and another a musician. As this song is a very difficult one to translate, I will do a line by line translation.]
anjali anjali pushpaanjali [Anjali, I rain flowers on you]
poovae un paadhaththil pushpaanjali [My sweet flower, I offer flowers at your feet]
ponnae un peyarukku ponnaanjali [My precious, I offer treasure to your name]
kannae un kuralukku geethaanjali [My dear I offer songs to your voice]
kan kaanaa azhaghirkku kavithaanjali [To your unseen beauty I offer poems]
(anjali…)
kaadhal vandhu theendum varai iruvarum thaniththani [Until we fall in love both of us are separate entities]
kaadhalin pon sangili inaiththadhu kanmani [But love’s chain of gold binds us both eternally, my love]
kadalilae mazhaiveezhndhapin endhaththuli mazhaiththuli [Once a rain drop falls to the ocean, how can it be identified?]
kaadhalil adhupoala naan kalandhittaen kaadhali [The same way I have fallen in love mixed with the essence]
thirumagal thiruppaadham pidiththuvittaen [I have fallen at the feet of a goddess]
dhinamoru pudhuppaadal padiththuvittaen [Everyday I have sung a new song]
anjali anjali ennuyirk kaadhali [Anjali, Anjali, you are my soul mate]
(poovae…)
[Sung by female]
seedhaiyin kaadhal anru vizhi vazhi nuzhaindhadhu [In the Ramaya, Sita’s love drilled into her through her eyes]
koadhaiyin kaadhalinru sevi vazhi pughundhadhu [Kodhai,or Andal in south indian mythology felt love seep into her through her ears. Signifying she fell in love with music/song. This is the same way Anjali has also fallen in love today. One single line means so much. Amazing work isn’t it?]
ennavoa en nenjilae isai vandhu thulaiththadhu [I don’t know why, but today my heart is lost in the music]
isai vandha paadhai vazhi thamizh mella nuzhaindhadhu [Tamil words (implying peotic verses) also found the same way into my heart]
isai vandha dhisai paarththu manam kuzhaindhaen [I look to the direction through which the music entered and my heart melted to the music]
thamizh vandha dhisai paarththu uyir kasindhaen [Then I turn to the direction of the poems and my life slowly leaked away]
anjali anjali ival kalaikkaadhali… [(sings from the third person view) Anjali is an art lover.]
[Here she expresses her offerings to both the singer/poet and the musician as well.]
anbea un anbukku pushpaanjali [My love, I offer flowers to your love towards me]
nanbaa un kannukku natananjali [My friend I offer dances to your eyes]
kannaa un isiai vaazha geethaanjali [I offer songs for the long life of your music]
kaviyae un thamizhvaaza kavithaanjali [Oh poet, I offer poems for the long life of your verses]
[male]
(anjali…)
azhagiyae unaippoalavae adhisayam illaiyae [Oh beautiful lady, there is no other wonder that can be like you]
anjali paeraichchonnaen avizhndhadhu mullaiyae [When I told the name Anjali aloud, the hid its face paling in comparison]
kaarththigai maadham poanaal kadummazhai illaiyae [There was also no rain after the month of december]
kanmani neeyillaiyaen kavidhaigal illayae [Wthout you my love, there won’t even be any poems]
neeyenna nilavoadu pirandhavalaa? [Were you born with the moon?]
poovukkul karuvaagi valarndhavalaa? [Were you concieved in the bud of a flower?]
anjali anjali ennuyirkkaadhali… [Anjali, Anjali, you are my soulmate]
(poovae…)
