Nyayire' -- Sun

Nyayire' ,eeroolai yenna seidhu vittai?,

voittinayaa? kondraayaa? vizhungi vittayaa?

katti mutthamittu nin kadhirgalagia kaighalal,

Maraithu vittaya?

eerul ninaikku pagaiya?

Eerool nin unnavu porulla? --

meaning---

Hey sun ,what did you do with darkness?

Did you chase it?or kill it? or swallow it?

Or did you kiss it and embrace it with beams of shining rays?

And thus hide it?

Is darkness your enemy?

Or is darkness your food?


Adhu nin kadaliya?

irrvellam ninnai kanadhu mayaikkithil,

eerund iruindhada?

Nininai kandavudan ninolli thanungkondu,

Ninnai kalandhu vi ittadha?

meaning--

Or is it your lover?

had it darkened at night ,despondent at your absence?

On seeing you did it absorb your light,

And mingle within you?


Neengal eeruvarum oru thai vayarru khuzhandaigala?

Munnum pinnumag vandhu ulaghaithai kakkum padi,

Ungal thai yevi eeruikkiralla?

Ungallakku maranam illaiya? neengal amudhama?

Nyayir' unnai pughazh kindren!

meaning :

Or are you both children of the same womb?

Did your mother order you to guard this world one after the other?

Are you deathless? Are you the elixir of life?

Sun , I praise thee!