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Aasa Patta Ellathayum

From Viyabari · 2007

Lyricists
Not listed
Singers
Hariharan, Vaishali
Music director
Deva
Movie name
Viyabari
Movie release year
2007
Lyrics added on
8 Mar 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Aasa patta ellaathaiyum
Kaasu irundha vaangalaam
Ammava vaanga mudiyuma
Neeyum ammava vaanga mudiyuma
Aasa patta ellaathaiyum
Kaasu irundha vaangalaam
Ammava vaanga mudiyuma
Neeyum ammava vaanga mudiyuma
Aayiram uravu unna thedi vandhae
Ninnaalum thaai polae thaanga mudiyuma
Aayiram uravu unna thedi vandhae
Ninnaalum thaai polae thaanga mudiyuma
Unnaiyum ennaiyum padachathu ingae yaaruda
Theivam ovvoru veetilum irukuthunna thaaiyada
Unnaiyum ennaiyum padachathu ingae yaaruda
Theivam ovvoru veetilum irukuthunna thaaiyada
Aasa patta ellaathaiyum
Kaasu irundha vaangalaam
Ammava vaanga mudiyuma neeyum
{ Laalaalaa laalaalaa
Laalaalaaa laalala } (2)
Pattiniya kidanthaalum
Pillaiku paal kodupa
Paal kudikum pilla mugam
Paardhae pasi marapaa
Ilavattam aana pinbum yennai
Thechu kulika vaipaa
Uchi mudhal paatham varai
Uchi kotti magizhnthiduva
Nenjilae nadaka vaipa
Nilava pidika vaipaa
Pinju viral nagam kadipaa
Pillai echu soru thinbaa
Pallu mulaika nellu munaiyaal
Mella mella thaan keerividuvaa
Unnaiyum ennaiyum padachathu ingae yaaruda
Theivam ovvoru veetilum irukuthunna thaaiyada
Aasa patta ellaathaiyum
Kaasu irundha vaangalaam
Ammava vaanga mudiyuma
Neeyum ammava vaanga mudiyuma
Mannil oru chedi molacha
Mannukathu prasavam thaan
Unnai pera thudi thudichaa
Annaikathu boogambam thaan
Sooriyana suthikittu thannai
Sutrum boomi amma
Pethedutha pillaiya suthi
Pithukollum thaaimai amma
Karbathil nelintha unnai
Nutpamaai thottu rasipaa
Pethai pol aval irupaal
Medhaiyaai unnai valarpaa
{ Enna vendum ini unaku
Annai madiyil sorgam iruku } (2)
Everything you desire,
you can buy if you have money.
Can you buy a mother?
Can you ever buy a mother?
Everything you desire,
you can buy if you have money.
Can you buy a mother?
Can you ever buy a mother?
Even if a thousand relatives come seeking you
and stand by your side, can they cherish you like a mother?
Even if a thousand relatives come seeking you
and stand by your side, can they cherish you like a mother?
Tell me, my friend, who created you and me here?
If God lives in every home, that God is a mother!
Tell me, my friend, who created you and me here?
If God lives in every home, that God is a mother!
Everything you desire,
you can buy if you have money.
Can you ever buy a mother?
{ La la la, la la la,
La la laa, la la la } (2)
Even when she goes hungry herself,
she feeds milk to her child.
Just looking at the nursing baby's face,
she forgets all her hunger.
Even after I grew into a young man,
she would scrub me clean and bathe me.
From head to toe,
she would shower affection and beam with joy.
She would let me walk upon her chest,
she would make me reach to catch the moon.
She would gently bite and trim tiny fingernails,
she would happily eat the leftovers from her child's plate.
To help baby teeth sprout, using the tip of a paddy grain,
she would tenderly and gently rub the gums.
Tell me, my friend, who created you and me here?
If God lives in every home, that God is a mother!
Everything you desire,
you can buy if you have money.
Can you buy a mother?
Can you ever buy a mother?
When a green shoot sprouts from the soil,
it is like giving birth for Mother Earth.
When she struggled through labor pains to deliver you,
it was like an earthquake shaking that mother!
Orbiting around the sun while spinning on its own,
the earth is just like a mother.
Revolving only around the child she bore,
motherhood is completely mad with love.
When you squirmed inside her womb,
she would tenderly feel you and smile with delight.
She may seem like a simple woman,
yet she will raise you to be brilliant.
{ What more do you need in this life?
Heaven itself rests in a mother's lap } (2)
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This poignant song from the film 'Viyabari' (2007), composed by Deva with lyrics by Vaali, serves as an emotional tribute to the irreplaceable value of a mother. It emphasizes that while money can purchase almost any material luxury in the world, it can never buy maternal love or replace a mother. The song highlights her selfless sacrifices—starving herself to feed her child, caring for her offspring even when they grow up, and enduring intense labor pain comparable to an earthquake. Through evocative imagery of everyday maternal care—such as using a paddy grain to help teeth sprout, eating the child's leftover food, and orbiting her entire life around her child—the lyrics elevate the mother to the status of a living deity present in every household. Ultimately, it asserts that no other relation in the world can match a mother's unconditional love, concluding that real heaven exists in a mother's lap.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

“Theivam ovvoru veetilum irukuthunna thaaiyada”

Directly equates the living mother in every home to God itself.

Hyperbole / Simile (Uvamai)

“Annaikathu boogambam thaan”

Compares the intense, overwhelming pain of childbirth to an earthquake shaking the earth.

Cosmic Imagery / Analogy

“Pethedutha pillaiya suthi / Pithukollum thaaimai amma”

Draws a parallel between the earth orbiting the sun and a mother revolving her entire existence around her child.

Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)

“Nenjilae nadaka vaipa / Nilava pidika vaipaa”

Repetition of the initial sound 'Nenjilae' and 'Nilava' creating rhythmic harmony.

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Trivia

In the film 'Viyabari' starring S. J. Suryah, this song plays a crucial dramatic role in highlighting the contrast between the protagonist's cold, money-minded commercial lifestyle and the priceless emotional warmth of maternal love. Composed by Deva, the song became a popular emotional anthem in Tamil cinema celebrating mothers.

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