The late Tamil poet ‘Paavendhar’ Bharathidasan penned Thamizhukkum Amudhendru Per. Thanks to the Tamil Nadu government, the literary ‘amudhu’ of Bharathidasan with mature ideas soaked in the richness of Tamil language, could now be translated and served to the Arabic world living far away from the Tamil speaking society.
Associate Professor A. Jahir Husain, Head, Department of Arabic, Persian and Urdu in the University of Madras, has translated 50 poems of Bharathidasan into arabic. The book, made possible by a grant of the State government, was released recently. The grandson of late Bharathidasan and president of Bharathidasan Trust, Ko. Bharathi, has organised an event to release the book in Puducherry on April 29.
“I have selected poems that I thought would be suitable for the Arabic-speaking countries. I have chosen poems on themes such as nature, education, women rights, freedom, among others,” says Mr. Husain. He has earlier translated the Thirukkural, select poems of late poet Subramania Bharati and Avvaiyar’s Athichudi into Arabic too.
