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Enter Poem or Quote (Required) The Parrot and the Woodpecker may turn... [Sung by TEnicayccal Cellappa] Translated by T.Wignesan mAnkiliyum marankottiyum The parrot and the woodpecker kUtutirumpa tatayillai their nests to regain nothing waylays nAnkal mattum ulakattilEyE Only we in all this world nAtutirumpa mutiyavillai our homeland to seek may not turn nAtutirumpa mutiyavillai our homeland to seek may not turn [Above refrain repeated twice] cinkalavan pataivAnil From skies filled with Sinhalese planes neruppai alli corikiratu fire tumbles down in seething showers enkal uyir tamil Elam Our lifeblood our Tamil Eelam cutukAtAy erikiratu a simmering graveyard on fire tAykatarap pillaikalin While mothers rave in pain children’s nencukalaik kilikkinrAn breasts the oppressor tears apart kAyyAkum munnE ilam Long before they might ripen tender pincukalai alikkirAn the buds crushed from burgeoning [Refrain] pettavankal UrilE Those who begot us back home Enku rAnku pAcattilE tossing turning in their longing for us ettanai nAl kArttiruppOm For how many days might we linger on atuttavan tEcattilE in the other man’s refugee land unnavum mutiyavillai Without proper food urankavum mutiyavillai without sufficient sleep ennavum mutiyavillai Unable rightly even to think innumtAn vitiyutillai when will the day dawn for us [Refrain] kitti pullu atittu nankal We who played at kitti pullu* vilaiyAtum teruvilEyE joyously in the heedless streets katti vayttuc cutukirAnAm There now tethered others lie felled yAr manatum urukavillai no no hearts pain for us Ur katitam patikkayilEyE When our eyes light on letters from home vimmi nencu vetikkitu sobs prise open our brimming breasts pOrpulikal pakkattilEyE By the flanks of battling Tigers pOkamanam tutikkitu there to be our hearts throb and yearn [Refrain] Note: * A competitive game played by hitting a small stick with a bigger one, the goal being to cover the greatest distance. Also called in Tamil Nadu and Malaysia: kavuntA kavunti. © T. Wignesan – Paris, 1995. From the collection: “Words for a Lost Sub-Continent” (2001). Excerpted from “Kasi Ananthan: Poet Laureae of Tamil Eelam” by T. Wignesan in Hot Spring: A Journal of Commitment, Vol. 3, No. 9 (London), December 1998, pp. 17-18.
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