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Aaraaro Paada

From Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer · 2013

Lyricist
Na. Muthu Kumar
Singer
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie name
Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer
Movie release year
2013
Lyrics added on
16 Dec 2023

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Aaraaro paada ingu thaayumillai
Unai alli chellam konja yaarumillai
Nee mannil vanthathikka
Unnai yaarum ondrum ketkavillai
Vithi kannai moodikondu
Theruvil erinthathoru vaanavillai
En anbe en amuthae
Intha kaayam aarividum thoongu
En kannae en maniyae
Unnai thannanthaniyae nee thaangu
Aaraaro paada ingu thaayumillai
Unai alli chellam konja yaarumillai
Kadavulin uruvam edhuvena
Mazhalai sirippilae ariya vaikindraai
Saetrilae valantha thaamarai
Malarai polavey nee thondrinaai
Bhoomiyithu punithamillai
Aayiram asuthangal ullathu
Theeyilumae neenthi vara
Nee indru kattrukol nallathu
Intha ulagam enbathu
Inba thunbam ulla pathaiyadaa
Nee muttimothi ezha
Vazhigal sollitharum geedhaiyada
Aaraaro paada ingu thaayumillai
Unai alli chellam konja yaarumillai
Nadhiyilae vizhuntha ilaiyena
Unathu payanagal thodanthu pogattum
Alaivarum adutha thiruppathil
Unathu karai edhirilae thondridum
Vaer engo sedi engo
Nee ingae thaniyaai pookkiraai
Vazhi thavari veettil vantha
Paravaiyai polavae paarkkiraai
Nee kadavul ezhuthi vaitha
Mannil vantha kavithaiyadaa
Adhan idaiyil iru uyirgal
Seitha ezhuthupizhai paavamadaa
Aaraaro paada ingu thaayumillai
Unai alli chellam konja yaarumillai
Nee mannil vanthathikka
Unnai yaarum ondrum ketkavillai
Vithi kannai moodikondu
Theruvil erinthathoru vaanavillai
Aaraaro paada ingu thaayumillai
Unai alli chellam konja yaarumillai
There is no mother here to sing you a lullaby
There is no one to hold you close and shower you with love
Before you were born into this world
No one ever asked you
Closing its eyes, fate has
Thrown a rainbow onto the street
My dear love, my sweetest nectar
This wound will heal, sleep now
My darling child, my precious gem
You must hold yourself up, all on your own
There is no mother here to sing you a lullaby
There is no one to hold you close and shower you with love
What God looks like
You reveal to us through an innocent baby's smile
Like a lotus growing in the mud
You appeared just like that flower
This earth is not pure
It is full of a thousand impurities
To swim even through fire
It is good that you learn today
This world
Is a path of both joy and pain, my child
To help you struggle and rise
It is a Gita (sacred guide) that teaches you the way
There is no mother here to sing you a lullaby
There is no one to hold you close and shower you with love
Like a leaf fallen into a river
Let your journey keep moving forward
At the next bend where waves roll in
Your shore will appear right before you
The roots are somewhere, the plant is somewhere else
Yet you bloom right here, all alone
Like a bird that lost its way
And flew inside a house, you gaze around
You are a poem written by God
That came down to this earth, my child
In the middle of it, two souls
Made a spelling mistake, what a tragedy
There is no mother here to sing you a lullaby
There is no one to hold you close and shower you with love
Before you were born into this world
No one ever asked you
Closing its eyes, fate has
Thrown a rainbow onto the street
There is no mother here to sing you a lullaby
There is no one to hold you close and shower you with love
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This poignant lullaby from 'Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer' reflects on the tragedy of an abandoned infant born out of an unplanned teenage relationship. Composed and sung by Yuvan Shankar Raja with deeply moving lyrics by Na. Muthu Kumar, the song expresses grief over the baby's lack of maternal care while emphasizing that the child is completely innocent—a divine poem thrown into a harsh world due to a 'spelling error' made by two young lovers. Despite the melancholic theme, the lullaby offers words of resilience and strength to the child. It encourages the baby to navigate life's harsh realities, contrasting the cold circumstance of its abandonment with the baby's inherent purity and potential to find its own shore in the journey of life.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

“Theruvil erinthathoru vaanavillai”

Compares an innocent, vibrant newborn baby abandoned on the road to a colorful rainbow tossed carelessly onto the street.

Metaphor

“Saetrilae valantha thaamarai”

Compares the innocent child growing up amidst harsh circumstances to a lotus blooming out of mud.

Simile (Upamai)

“Nadhiyilae vizhuntha ilaiyena”

Uses 'ena' to compare the child's unfolding life journey to a leaf floating freely down a river current.

Extended Metaphor

“Nee kadavul ezhuthi vaitha ... Seitha ezhuthupizhai paavamadaa”

Compares the child to a divine poem written by God, and the mistake of the parents to a mere 'spelling mistake' (ezhuthupizhai) in that poem.

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Trivia

Lyricist Na. Muthu Kumar received immense critical acclaim for his profound imagery in this song, particularly the line 'iru uyirgal seitha ezhuthupizhai' (a spelling mistake made by two souls), which delicately described an unintended teenage pregnancy without being explicit or insensitive. The film 'Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer' (2013) directed by Suseenthiran highlights the social consequences of youth negligence.

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