Sunday, September 22, 2013

NAMMALVAR: TIRUVOIMOZHI: A SELECTION: 5-6-2

கற்கும் கல்விக்கு எல்லை இலனே என்னும்;
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கற்கும் கல்வியீர்க்கு இவை என் சொல்லுகேன்
       கற்கும் கல்வி என் மகள் காண்கின்றனவே?
(5-6-2)

My girl who’s just learning to speak
Says,
           “I’m beyond all learning,
           I’m all the learning you learn.”
           “I’m the cause of all learning,
                 I end all learning,
            I’m the essence of all learning,”
                                                       Says she.
Does my girl talk this way
        Because our lord of all learning
               Has come and taken her over?
How can I tell you,
               O learned men!
(Translation: A K Ramanujan)



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