Nizhal nijathil paadhi

Kanavu meippada oru kanaa kanden

Pinbu kan vizhikkayil en ethirkaalathai nigazh kaalathil unara

embi kuthithu odum ennangalai pidithu mudichu potten

Adhil kiliambiya pala sagaapthangal

Ovvondrilum naane kadhanayagan

Nija vaazhkaiyil ennai palar gnana kuzhandhai endranar

adhai nijamaagave nambinen

Annaal mudhal kanavulagam endra nizhalil

 nijathai kaana muyandren

adhuvum naanaaga erpaduthiya nijathai

Naatkal aaga aaga suriyan endra arivoli saaya saaya

nizhalum neendadhu en kanavum brammaandam aanadhu

annizhal ennai soozha

thideerena minmini poochi pol

vandhathu oru gnana uthayam

en paadhi vaazhvu nizhalil adangivittadhu

vida matten! en kanavu kalanjiyathil

undaagum oru sagaapthathinaal adhanaal

unadaagum udhvegathilnaal

neruppinaal aana siragugal mulaithu

naalai vinnai nooki selven

Adadaa enna ithu

marubadiyum nizhal ennai suuzha aarambithu vittadhaa ?

Sari! adhanaal enna?

Naan enna nizhal vizhaadha periya kovila?

---- Venkatesh

Source in English: ---- by Mr G. Prashanth (the tamil version was started for this article as something like a translation)

Once i had a really good dream
Before I forgot, I made it heard
Dream along, they all said
And so started the obsession
Bigger and better, i learnt to dream
"Gifted" was what they called me
And happily did i respond
But then each day when i woke up
The world seemed stranger to me
As my dreams grew more wonderful
More witless turned the real
for once I stopped and thought
and then is when it came to me
Through all these years of my life
dreaming seems to be what i had really done..
And that was not what I had dreamed!
Out of the sanctuary of dreams I shall hatch
with wings of fire to ascend me
and launch myself with a conviction
to put me back in my dream.
But wait,I'm still dreaming!