Varuvaanillarumee

An attempt to translate "Varuvaanillarumee" from "Manichitrathazhu"

Apologies to all lovers of this poem and the language Malayalam.

I have tried hard but fail before the fact that the beauty of a language can never be translated into another.

"Varuvaanillarumee" from the Malayalam movie "Manichitrathazhu is an amazing poem which has interpreted loneliness like none other I have read or heard.

I am lucky to know Malayalam and to at least partly understand the poet's classical creation.

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I know there is no one to come my way

Yet I await a beloveds arrival

I know both would remain my imagination

yet I desire- the beloved and his arrival

 The Spring lost its way many times

to the branches of a Mango tree that never bloomed;

And then,for the abandoned one

the seasons changed,adorning it

with blossoms of the spring.

I know there is no one to come this abandoned path

yet everyday,I walk up to the gate

lay my eyes on the path,awaiting a beloveds arrival

I know both are my imaginations

yet I desire- the beloved and his arrival

There is no one with a promise to comeback

yet in hope I keep my door ajar

A beloved is to come my way

In vain I desire- the beloved and his arrival

Once when the time stood still

I heard footsteps at the gate

I felt like the moment had brought me the spring

the spring that would never maroon me 

When I eagerly ran up to look

into the long narrow path to the gate

Someone,who had mistakenly taken the path

was returning half way to me

On the path to me,he was returning halfway 

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Varuvanillarumeng oru naalu mee vazhi-
-kkariyaam athennalumennum

Priyamulloralaro varuvanudennu njaan

Veruthe mohikkumallo

Ennum veruthe mohikkumallo

Palavattom pookalam vazhithetti poyitta-
-gorunalum pookkamangombil
athinayi mathramayoruneram rithumaari
madumaasamanayarundallo

Varuvanillarumee vijanamameevazhi-
-kkariyaam athennalumennum
padivaathilolam chennakalathavazhiyake
mizhipaaki nilkarundallo
mizhipaaki nilkarundallo
Priyamulloralaro varumennu njaanennum
Veruthe mohikkumallo

Varummennu chollippirinjupoyillarum
Ariyam athennalumennum
Pathivaayi njaanente padivathilenthino
Pakuthiye chaararullo
Priyamulloralaro varuvanudennu njaan
Veruthe mohikkumallo

Ninayatha nerathen padivaathilil oru
Padavinyasam kettapole
Varavaayalorunaalum piryiathen madhumasam
Oru mathra konduvannalo
Innu orumathra konduvannengo
Kothiyode odichennakalathavazhiyilekki-
-rukannum neetunna neram
vazhithetti vannaro pakuthikkuvachente
vazhiye thirichu pokunnu
ente vazhiye thirichupokunnu
ente vazhiye thirichupokunnu