Aam Bharathi Pudhiya
From Agni Sakshi · 1982
- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singer
- Saritha
- Music director
- M. S. Vishwanathan
- Details
- Agni Sakshi1982
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Aam….bharathi pudhiya thamizhukku | Yes... Bharathi is the auspicious beginning for modern Tamil, |
| Podappatta pillaiyaar suzhi | The drawn auspicious 'Pillaiyaar suzhi'. |
| Thiruvallikkeni yaanai | The elephant of Triplicane, |
| Thindru vitta thamizh karumbu | The Tamil sugarcane that was consumed. |
| Female | |
| Thanakku santhaegam vantha pothellaam | Whenever it had a doubt, |
| Aam thamizh mozhi avanaiththaan | Yes, the Tamil language itself turned to him, |
| Than agaraathiyaa puratti paarththu kondathu | Flipping through him as its dictionary. |
| Female | |
| Kosuvae unakku kodi namaskaaram | Oh mosquito, a crore salutations to you! |
| Veettukkul parakkum vimaanamae | Oh airplane flying inside the house! |
| En maamiyaar meni enna unakku meenampaakkamo | Is my mother-in-law's body an airport like Meenambakkam to you? |
| Female | |
| Raaththiriyil anu irangi | Descending like an atom at night, |
| Raththa soru unnukiraayae | You feast on blood-rice! |
| Adhu enna saamiyaar | What kind of ascetic is that? |
| Raththamo suththamaayirukka | Is the blood pure? |
| After all maamiyaar raththam | After all, it is mother-in-law's blood, |
| Adhu kozhuppu adhigam | It has high fat and arrogance! |
| Female | |
| Aanaal ondru | But one thing: |
| Marumagalaal kuraikka iyalaatha | The mother-in-law's fat that could not be reduced |
| Maamiyaarin kozhuppai | By her daughter-in-law, |
| Kosuvae nee kuraikkiraai | Oh mosquito, you are reducing it! |
| Unakku kodi namaskaaram kodi namaskaaram | A crore salutations, a crore salutations to you! |
| Female | |
| Pin kurippu | Postscript: |
| Aiyo paavam | Oh, what a pity! |
| Maamiyaarukku kosukkadi | A mosquito bite for the mother-in-law, |
| Idhu kavithaiyaal | This is a whiplash given by the daughter-in-law |
| Marumagal kodukkum savukkadi | Through poetry! |
| Female | |
| En thalaivaa | Oh my leader! |
| Un peyarai oru paper-il ezhuthi | Write your name on a paper, |
| Adhai thadavi paar | And touch and feel it; |
| Adhil eera pasai irukkum | There will be wet moisture on it. |
| Female | |
| Yaenenil un thirunaamam | Because your sacred name, |
| En udhattu echchilgalaal | With the saliva of my lips, |
| Oru naalaikku aayiram | More than a thousand times a day, |
| Muraigalukku mel | Has been bathed, hasn't it? |
| Kulippaatta pattathallavo | Postscript: |
| Female | |
| Pin kurippu | Upon reading this, |
| Idhai padiththavudan | The anger that was sitting on a chair |
| Un mookkil idhuvarai naarkaali pottu | On your nose until now, |
| Utkkaarnthu kondiruntha kobam | Should have stood up, climbed down, and walked away! |
| Ezhunthu irangi nadanthu poyirukka vendumae | There are no flowers; |
| Female | |
| Pushpangal illai | In the waters, you become a branch. |
| Neerugalil kilaippaen aavaai | The poetic verses drawn by saliva, |
| Etchilkal varaigindra viruththangal | Bees come to read them; |
| Vandukkal avattrai vaasikka varugindrana | The north wind comes to critique them; |
| Vaadai kaattru avaigalai vimarchikka varugindrathu | Only humans come to steal them. |
| Manithargal mattumae avaigalai thiruda varugiraargal | |
ஆம்......பாரதி புதிய தமிழுக்கு
போடப்பட்ட பிள்ளையார் சுழி
திருவல்லிக்கேணி யானை
தின்று விட்ட தமிழ் கரும்பு
Yes... Bharathi is the auspicious beginning for modern Tamil,
The drawn auspicious 'Pillaiyaar suzhi'.
The elephant of Triplicane,
The Tamil sugarcane that was consumed.
தனக்கு சந்தேகம் வந்த போதெல்லாம்
ஆம் தமிழ் மொழி அவனைத்தான்
தன் அகராதியா புரட்டி பார்த்து கொண்டது
Whenever it had a doubt,
Yes, the Tamil language itself turned to him,
Flipping through him as its dictionary.
கொசுவே உனக்கு கோடி நமஸ்காரம்
வீட்டுக்குள் பறக்கும் விமானமே
என் மாமியார் மேனி என்ன உனக்கு மீனம்பாக்கமோ
Oh mosquito, a crore salutations to you!
Oh airplane flying inside the house!
Is my mother-in-law's body an airport like Meenambakkam to you?
ராத்திரியில் அணு இறங்கி
ரத்த சோறு உன்னுகிறாயே
அது என்ன சாமியார்
ரத்தமோ சுத்தமாயிருக்க
ஆப்ட்ரால் மாமியார் ரத்தம்
அது கொழுப்பு அதிகம்
Descending like an atom at night,
You feast on blood-rice!
What kind of ascetic is that?
Is the blood pure?
After all, it is mother-in-law's blood,
It has high fat and arrogance!
ஆனால் ஒன்று
மருமகளால் குறைக்க இயலாத
மாமியாரின் கொழுப்பை
கொசுவே நீ குறைக்கிறாய்
உனக்கு கோடி நமஸ்காரம் கோடி நமஸ்காரம்
But one thing:
The mother-in-law's fat that could not be reduced
By her daughter-in-law,
Oh mosquito, you are reducing it!
A crore salutations, a crore salutations to you!
பின் குறிப்பு
அய்யோ பாவம்
மாமியாருக்கு கொசுக்கடி
இது கவிதையால்
மருமகள் கொடுக்கும் சவுக்கடி
Postscript:
Oh, what a pity!
A mosquito bite for the mother-in-law,
This is a whiplash given by the daughter-in-law
Through poetry!
என் தலைவா
உன் பெயரை ஒரு பேப்பரில் எழுதி
அதை தடவி பார்
அதில் ஈர பசை இருக்கும்
Oh my leader!
Write your name on a paper,
And touch and feel it;
There will be wet moisture on it.
ஏனெனில் உன் திருநாமம்
என் உதட்டு எச்சில்களால்
ஒரு நாளைக்கு ஆயிரம்
முறைகளுக்கு மேல்
குளிப்பாட்ட பட்டதல்லவோ
Because your sacred name,
With the saliva of my lips,
More than a thousand times a day,
Has been bathed, hasn't it?
Postscript:
பின் குறிப்பு
இதை படித்தவுடன்
உன் மூக்கில் இதுவரை நாற்காலி போட்டு
உட்க்கார்ந்து கொண்டிருந்த கோபம்
எழுந்து இறங்கி நடந்து போயிருக்க வேண்டுமே
Upon reading this,
The anger that was sitting on a chair
On your nose until now,
Should have stood up, climbed down, and walked away!
There are no flowers;
புஷ்பங்கள் இல்லை
நீருகளில் கிளைப்பேன் ஆவாய்
எச்சில்கள் வரைகின்ற விருத்தங்கள்
வண்டுக்கள் அவற்றை வாசிக்க வருகின்றன
வாடை காற்று அவைகளை விமர்சிக்க வருகின்றது
மனிதர்கள் மட்டுமே அவைகளை திருட வருகிறார்கள்
In the waters, you become a branch.
The poetic verses drawn by saliva,
Bees come to read them;
The north wind comes to critique them;
Only humans come to steal them.
Aam….bharathi pudhiya thamizhukku
Yes... Bharathi is the auspicious beginning for modern Tamil,
Podappatta pillaiyaar suzhi
The drawn auspicious 'Pillaiyaar suzhi'.
Thiruvallikkeni yaanai
The elephant of Triplicane,
Thindru vitta thamizh karumbu
The Tamil sugarcane that was consumed.
Thanakku santhaegam vantha pothellaam
Whenever it had a doubt,
Aam thamizh mozhi avanaiththaan
Yes, the Tamil language itself turned to him,
Than agaraathiyaa puratti paarththu kondathu
Flipping through him as its dictionary.
Kosuvae unakku kodi namaskaaram
Oh mosquito, a crore salutations to you!
Veettukkul parakkum vimaanamae
Oh airplane flying inside the house!
En maamiyaar meni enna unakku meenampaakkamo
Is my mother-in-law's body an airport like Meenambakkam to you?
Raaththiriyil anu irangi
Descending like an atom at night,
Raththa soru unnukiraayae
You feast on blood-rice!
Adhu enna saamiyaar
What kind of ascetic is that?
Raththamo suththamaayirukka
Is the blood pure?
After all maamiyaar raththam
After all, it is mother-in-law's blood,
Adhu kozhuppu adhigam
It has high fat and arrogance!
Aanaal ondru
But one thing:
Marumagalaal kuraikka iyalaatha
The mother-in-law's fat that could not be reduced
Maamiyaarin kozhuppai
By her daughter-in-law,
Kosuvae nee kuraikkiraai
Oh mosquito, you are reducing it!
Unakku kodi namaskaaram kodi namaskaaram
A crore salutations, a crore salutations to you!
Pin kurippu
Postscript:
Aiyo paavam
Oh, what a pity!
Maamiyaarukku kosukkadi
A mosquito bite for the mother-in-law,
Idhu kavithaiyaal
This is a whiplash given by the daughter-in-law
Marumagal kodukkum savukkadi
Through poetry!
En thalaivaa
Oh my leader!
Un peyarai oru paper-il ezhuthi
Write your name on a paper,
Adhai thadavi paar
And touch and feel it;
Adhil eera pasai irukkum
There will be wet moisture on it.
Yaenenil un thirunaamam
Because your sacred name,
En udhattu echchilgalaal
With the saliva of my lips,
Oru naalaikku aayiram
More than a thousand times a day,
Muraigalukku mel
Has been bathed, hasn't it?
Kulippaatta pattathallavo
Postscript:
Pin kurippu
Upon reading this,
Idhai padiththavudan
The anger that was sitting on a chair
Un mookkil idhuvarai naarkaali pottu
On your nose until now,
Utkkaarnthu kondiruntha kobam
Should have stood up, climbed down, and walked away!
Ezhunthu irangi nadanthu poyirukka vendumae
There are no flowers;
Pushpangal illai
In the waters, you become a branch.
Neerugalil kilaippaen aavaai
The poetic verses drawn by saliva,
Etchilkal varaigindra viruththangal
Bees come to read them;
Vandukkal avattrai vaasikka varugindrana
The north wind comes to critique them;
Vaadai kaattru avaigalai vimarchikka varugindrathu
Only humans come to steal them.
Manithargal mattumae avaigalai thiruda varugiraargal
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
These non-traditional free-verse poems (Pudhu Kavidhai) from the film 'Agni Sakshi' express the inner thoughts, humor, rebellion, and deep devotion of a female protagonist. The verses shift dynamically across themes—from paying homage to poet Subramania Bharathi, to a sarcastic and humorous rant against her mother-in-law via a mosquito, to an intimate expression of love where repeating her lover's name moistens the paper, and finally to a philosophical reflection on art and poetry.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uruvagamm)
“Veettukkul parakkum vimaanamae”
Compares a household mosquito to an airplane flying indoors ('Veettukkul parakkum vimaanamae') and the mother-in-law's body to an airport.
Pun / Double Entendre (Sleidai)
“Maamiyaarin kozhuppai”
The word 'Kozhuppu' is used cleverly to mean both physical fat (which mosquitoes feed on) and mental arrogance/audacity.
Personification (Tharkiiduththenipuperuchi)
“Un mookkil idhuvarai naarkaali pottu Utkkaarnthu kondiruntha kobam”
Anger is personified as a person sitting on a chair on the tip of the nose, who gets up and walks away upon reading the love letter.
Rhyme (Iyaibu)
“Maamiyaarukku kosukkadi / Marumagal kodukkum savukkadi”
Rhyming pair 'kosukkadi' (mosquito bite) and 'savukkadi' (whip-lash) creates rhythmic emphasis in the postscript.
Did you know?
Trivia
In K. Balachander's critically acclaimed drama 'Agni Sakshi' (1982), the heroine Kannamma (played by Saritha) suffers from psychological turmoil and expresses her raw feelings through unconventional free-verse modern poetry (Pudhu Kavidhai) penned by lyricist Vaali.
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