Aalukkoru Mutham Indha
From Thanga Thambi · 1967
- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singer
- P. Susheela
- Music director
- K. V. Mahadevan
- Details
- Thanga Thambi1967
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Aalukkoru mutham indha | A kiss for each of you |
| Amma kananthilae | On this mother's cheek |
| Naalukkoru kanavu | A dream for each passing day |
| Unga amma nenjathilae | In your mother's heart |
| Female | |
| Aalukkoru mutham indha | A kiss for each of you |
| Amma kananthilae | On this mother's cheek |
| Naalukkoru kanavu | A dream for each passing day |
| Unga amma nenjathilae | In your mother's heart |
| Female | |
| Aalukkoru mutham indha | A kiss for each of you |
| Amma kananthilae | On this mother's cheek |
| Female | |
| Pinju kaalgal nenjil pattaal | When your tender tiny feet touch my chest |
| Pani vizhundhadhu polae | It feels like dew falling gently |
| Kodiyai vittu madiyil vandhu | Leaving the vine and coming onto my lap |
| Kani vizhundhadhu polae | Like a ripe fruit falling softly |
| Female | |
| Pinju kaalgal nenjil pattaal | When your tender tiny feet touch my chest |
| Pani vizhundhadhu polae | It feels like dew falling gently |
| Kodiyai vittu madiyil vandhu | Leaving the vine and coming onto my lap |
| Kani vizhundhadhu polae | Like a ripe fruit falling softly |
| Female | |
| Anbu konda idhayathodu | With a heart filled with pure love |
| Pesum deivam pillai | A child is a speaking deity |
| Anbu konda idhayathodu | With a heart filled with pure love |
| Pesum deivam pillai | A child is a speaking deity |
| Anbillaadha veedu thedi | In search of a house lacking love |
| Deivam varuvathillai | God never enters |
| Anbillaadha veedu thedi | In search of a house lacking love |
| Deivam varuvathillai | God never enters |
| Female | |
| Aalukkoru mutham indha | A kiss for each of you |
| Amma kananthilae | On this mother's cheek |
| Naalukkoru kanavu | A dream for each passing day |
| Unga amma nenjathilae | In your mother's heart |
| Female | |
| Aalukkoru mutham indha | A kiss for each of you |
| Amma kananthilae | On this mother's cheek |
| Female | |
| Paal kodukkum bakkiyathai | The blessing of nursing with milk |
| Nee koduthathu unmai | It is true that you bestowed upon me |
| Petrredukkum karanathaal | By virtue of giving birth to life |
| Perumai kolvadhu penmai | Womanhood takes immense pride |
| Female | |
| Paal kodukkum bakkiyathai | The blessing of nursing with milk |
| Nee koduthathu unmai | It is true that you bestowed upon me |
| Petrredukkum karanathaal | By virtue of giving birth to life |
| Perumai kolvadhu penmai | Womanhood takes immense pride |
| Female | |
| Paasam endra puthagathil | In the book called affection |
| Arichuvadi pillai | The child is the elementary primer |
| Paasam endra puthagathil | In the book called affection |
| Arichuvadi pillai | The child is the elementary primer |
| Kudumbam endra palliyilae | In the school named family |
| Padippaval thaan annai | The mother is the student who learns |
| Kudumbam endra palliyilae | In the school named family |
| Padippaval thaan annai | The mother is the student who learns |
| Female | |
| Aalukkoru mutham indha | A kiss for each of you |
| Amma kananthilae | On this mother's cheek |
| Naalukkoru kanavu | A dream for each passing day |
| Unga amma nenjathilae | In your mother's heart |
| Female | |
| Aalukkoru mutham indha | A kiss for each of you |
| Amma kananthilae | On this mother's cheek |
ஆளுக்கொரு முத்தம் இந்த
அம்மா கன்னத்திலே
நாளுக்கொரு கனவு உங்க
அம்மா நெஞ்சத்திலே.......
A kiss for each of you
On this mother's cheek
A dream for each passing day
In your mother's heart
ஆளுக்கொரு முத்தம் இந்த
அம்மா கன்னத்திலே
நாளுக்கொரு கனவு உங்க
அம்மா நெஞ்சத்திலே.......
A kiss for each of you
On this mother's cheek
A dream for each passing day
In your mother's heart
ஆளுக்கொரு முத்தம் இந்த
அம்மா கன்னத்திலே
A kiss for each of you
On this mother's cheek
{பிஞ்சு கால்கள் நெஞ்சில் பட்டால்
பனி விழுந்தது போலே
கொடியை விட்டு மடியில் வந்து
கனி விழுந்தது போலே} (2)
When your tender tiny feet touch my chest
It feels like dew falling gently
Leaving the vine and coming onto my lap
Like a ripe fruit falling softly
{அன்பு கொண்ட இதயத்தோடு
பேசும் தெய்வம் பிள்ளை} (2)
When your tender tiny feet touch my chest
It feels like dew falling gently
Leaving the vine and coming onto my lap
Like a ripe fruit falling softly
{அன்பில்லாத வீடு தேடி
தெய்வம் வருவதில்லை.....} (2)
With a heart filled with pure love
A child is a speaking deity
With a heart filled with pure love
A child is a speaking deity
In search of a house lacking love
God never enters
In search of a house lacking love
God never enters
ஆளுக்கொரு முத்தம் இந்த
அம்மா கன்னத்திலே
நாளுக்கொரு கனவு உங்க
அம்மா நெஞ்சத்திலே.......
A kiss for each of you
On this mother's cheek
A dream for each passing day
In your mother's heart
ஆளுக்கொரு முத்தம் இந்த
அம்மா கன்னத்திலே
A kiss for each of you
On this mother's cheek
{பால் கொடுக்கும் பாக்கியத்தை நீ
கொடுத்தது உண்மை
பெற்றெடுக்கும் காரணத்தால்
பெருமை கொள்வது பெண்மை} (2)
The blessing of nursing with milk
It is true that you bestowed upon me
By virtue of giving birth to life
Womanhood takes immense pride
{பாசம் என்ற புத்தகத்தில்
அரிச்சுவடி பிள்ளை} (2)
The blessing of nursing with milk
It is true that you bestowed upon me
By virtue of giving birth to life
Womanhood takes immense pride
{குடும்பம் என்ற பள்ளியிலே
படிப்பவள்தான் அன்னை ....} (2)
In the book called affection
The child is the elementary primer
In the book called affection
The child is the elementary primer
In the school named family
The mother is the student who learns
In the school named family
The mother is the student who learns
ஆளுக்கொரு முத்தம் இந்த
அம்மா கன்னத்திலே
நாளுக்கொரு கனவு உங்க
அம்மா நெஞ்சத்திலே.......
A kiss for each of you
On this mother's cheek
A dream for each passing day
In your mother's heart
ஆளுக்கொரு முத்தம் இந்த
அம்மா கன்னத்திலே
A kiss for each of you
On this mother's cheek
Aalukkoru mutham indha
A kiss for each of you
Amma kananthilae
On this mother's cheek
Naalukkoru kanavu
A dream for each passing day
Unga amma nenjathilae
In your mother's heart
Aalukkoru mutham indha
A kiss for each of you
Amma kananthilae
On this mother's cheek
Naalukkoru kanavu
A dream for each passing day
Unga amma nenjathilae
In your mother's heart
Aalukkoru mutham indha
A kiss for each of you
Amma kananthilae
On this mother's cheek
Pinju kaalgal nenjil pattaal
When your tender tiny feet touch my chest
Pani vizhundhadhu polae
It feels like dew falling gently
Kodiyai vittu madiyil vandhu
Leaving the vine and coming onto my lap
Kani vizhundhadhu polae
Like a ripe fruit falling softly
Pinju kaalgal nenjil pattaal
When your tender tiny feet touch my chest
Pani vizhundhadhu polae
It feels like dew falling gently
Kodiyai vittu madiyil vandhu
Leaving the vine and coming onto my lap
Kani vizhundhadhu polae
Like a ripe fruit falling softly
Anbu konda idhayathodu
With a heart filled with pure love
Pesum deivam pillai
A child is a speaking deity
Anbu konda idhayathodu
With a heart filled with pure love
Pesum deivam pillai
A child is a speaking deity
Anbillaadha veedu thedi
In search of a house lacking love
Deivam varuvathillai
God never enters
Anbillaadha veedu thedi
In search of a house lacking love
Deivam varuvathillai
God never enters
Aalukkoru mutham indha
A kiss for each of you
Amma kananthilae
On this mother's cheek
Naalukkoru kanavu
A dream for each passing day
Unga amma nenjathilae
In your mother's heart
Aalukkoru mutham indha
A kiss for each of you
Amma kananthilae
On this mother's cheek
Paal kodukkum bakkiyathai
The blessing of nursing with milk
Nee koduthathu unmai
It is true that you bestowed upon me
Petrredukkum karanathaal
By virtue of giving birth to life
Perumai kolvadhu penmai
Womanhood takes immense pride
Paal kodukkum bakkiyathai
The blessing of nursing with milk
Nee koduthathu unmai
It is true that you bestowed upon me
Petrredukkum karanathaal
By virtue of giving birth to life
Perumai kolvadhu penmai
Womanhood takes immense pride
Paasam endra puthagathil
In the book called affection
Arichuvadi pillai
The child is the elementary primer
Paasam endra puthagathil
In the book called affection
Arichuvadi pillai
The child is the elementary primer
Kudumbam endra palliyilae
In the school named family
Padippaval thaan annai
The mother is the student who learns
Kudumbam endra palliyilae
In the school named family
Padippaval thaan annai
The mother is the student who learns
Aalukkoru mutham indha
A kiss for each of you
Amma kananthilae
On this mother's cheek
Naalukkoru kanavu
A dream for each passing day
Unga amma nenjathilae
In your mother's heart
Aalukkoru mutham indha
A kiss for each of you
Amma kananthilae
On this mother's cheek
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Aalukkoru Mutham is a heartwarming Tamil lullaby celebrating maternal love and the bliss of motherhood. Sung by P. Susheela, the song captures a mother expressing profound joy as she holds her children, viewing them as living manifestations of God whose presence fills her home with divine peace.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Uvamai)
“Pinju kaalgal nenjil pattaal / Pani vizhundhadhu polae”
Compares the touch of a child's tiny feet to falling dew ('Pani vizhundhadhu polae') and a ripe fruit falling into a lap ('Kani vizhundhadhu polae').
Metaphor (Uruvagaimai)
“Paasam endra puthagathil / Kudumbam endra palliyilae”
Metaphorically compares affection to a book ('Paasam endra puthagathil') and the family unit to a school ('Kudumbam endra palliyilae').
Edhugai (Second-letter Rhyme)
“Pinju kaalgal nenjil pattaal / Kodiyai vittu madiyil vandhu”
The second consonant sound matches across lines, creating rhythmic symmetry ('Pinju' / 'Kodiyai', 'Paal' / 'Petrredukkum').
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Trivia
Featured in the 1967 film Thanga Thambi starring Ravichandran and Bharathi, this track composed by K. V. Mahadevan with lyrics by Vaali remains one of Tamil cinema's most iconic maternal melodies.
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