Chandernagor [English translation]

She had, she had

a first-rate Chandannagar.

She had, she had

a well-built Chandannagar.

Only for me, only for me

did she unveil her cashmere,

her gardens, her wealthy neigbourhood,

and her Chandannagar at last.

In these circumstances,

no way I would have

left the Indian trading posts.

She had, she had

two plentiful Yanams.

She had, she had

two fresh and round Yanams,

and only I, and only I

ventured into her bush,

her wold, her vales,

her hills of Yanam.

In these circumstances,

no way I would have

left the Indian trading posts.

She had, she had

an awkward Karaikal.

She had, she had

a moody Karaikal.

Still at night I reached

her nirvāṇa regularily,

all this despite

her bloody Karaikal.

In these circumstances,

no way I would have

left the Indian trading posts.

She had, she had

a small and frail Mahé.

She had, she had,

a small and hidden Mahé,

but I had to quench

my fires in the monsoon,

and rouse, rouse myself from

the delights of Mahé.

In these circumstances,

no way I would have

lingered in the Indian trading posts.

She had, she had

an easy Pondicherry.

She had, she had

a welcoming Pondicherry.

She soon, she soon

showed a new tourist

around her trading post,

her flora and her geography.

In these circumstances,

no way I'll see again

the Indian trading posts.