(this poem translated by meera from tamil to english)
Till now I have never got introduced to mike
I am spreading my words all over
For the first time
You cannot expect anything from me
I am not going to say something most special
After such a long time
Without getting permission from the landlords
Even my breath seems to be a special one
What would be there more than this?
I am bowing to him whenever I see him, and
He wanted to see me only for bowing him every time
Spent my whole age as a dead person
My heart could not bear the pain any more
For the first time, I’m standing in front of the mike
Never got a chance to speak even normally,
I do not even know how to handle this mike, but
I know am not going to forget the tears that I have shed
I can smell the fragrance of a nice perfume
Without anyone’s permission
The fragrance that comes from a beautiful flower
Spreading its fragrance for its admirer
Even I worked under this burning sun; there is no willingness to do so
They did not treat me as human being, in fact not even as a living being
He did not get any respect from me though
I made mine as a stone heart thus
He looks like as if he wore a human skin
I can’t show all the pains that I have had
Through this mike which I have not got a chance so far
But I’m sure my sound through this mike
Will reach your ears to open up your mind
கட்டுக்குள் அடங்காமல் திரியும் இளஞ்சிறுத்தை
