Friday, March 13, 2015

Kavi Arasu Kannadasan

Kannadasan  was a great poet of Tamil language  and chose to write lyrics    for songs in Tamil films.   He lived   between 1927 and 1981, Initially he was a   great Atheist    and later  he himself got changed    to a great devotee  of Krishna. All  his song lyrics   had a haunting effect  on the listeners.Even when he  was  an atheist  his   songs  were  thoughtful and  vaguely philosophical . Later when he became  a great devotee of God  , his poems  were   extremely  thoughtful and  pregnant  with philosophy  . AS a big fan of his lyrics .  I have decided   to translate  in to English   some of his philosophical   song lyrics.  I am doing this  so that  even people who speak  languages   different from Tamil  and the  modern youngsters  understand the thought  process   of this great Tamil poet, My translations are dedicated   to that  giant poet in Tamil.
   All these songs   have been taken by an Android App  on Kannadasan's spiritual songs.I gratefully acknowledge my indebtedness

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