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கனவு / Dream by N.V.Sathiyamoorthy

 

கனவு
ந.வீ.சத்தியமூர்த்தி

நேற்றிரவு 
நீராடி வந்தாய்
காற்றில் பரவா ஈரக்கூந்தலை
கைவிரல் கொண்டு 
கனியாய் வருடினேன்
காலையில் பார்த்தால் 
விரலெல்லாம் 
பஞ்சு

Dream
Written by N.V.Sathiyamoorthy
Translated by Inbha, Aravindan, and Sulosana Karthigasu

Last night
You came to me after a bath
The wind couldn’t ruffle
Your wet hair
I gently caressed them apart
My fingers
playing with each strand

When it dawned
I found my fingers
Full of lint

Sathiyamurthy Veeraiyan came from India in 1995. His poems were published in Tamil Murasu and has won prizes in competitions conducted by Tamil organisations. In 2007, he won the second prize for the Golden Point Award. He is a lifetime member of the Singapore Tamil Association, and has been active in Kavimaalai since 2000, and a Member in the executive committee since 2015. So far, he has published four poetry collections.

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Poems on the MRT is an initiative by the National Arts Council, in partnership with SMRT and Stellar Ace. Produced by Sing Lit Station, a local literary non-profit organisation, this collaboration displays excerpts of Singapore poetry throughout SMRT’s train network, integrating local literature into the daily experience of commuters. Look out for poems in English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil in trains on the East-West, North-South and Circle Lines, as well as videos created by local artists and featuring local poets in stations and on trains. The Chinese, Malay, and Tamil poems are available in both the original languages and English. To enjoy the full poems, commuters may read them on go.gov.sg/potm.

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