Aasai Kaathalai
From Pudhaiyal · 1957
- Lyricist
- A. Maruthakasi
- Singer
- P. Susheela
- Music director
- Vishwanathan-Ramamoorthy
- Details
- Pudhaiyal1957
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Mmm….mmm….mmm….mm… | Humming musical sounds |
| Aaa….aaa….aaa….aaa…aaa…aaa… | Vocalizing musical sounds |
| Mmm…mmm…mm…aaa…aaa…aaa..aaa… | Humming and vocalizing musical sounds |
| Female | |
| Aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo | Forget your cherished love and go away |
| Aadum alai polae vaadum endhan manamae | My heart wilts like a swaying wave |
| Aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo | Forget your cherished love and go away |
| Nee aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo | You, forget your cherished love and go away |
| Aadum alai polae vaadum endhan manamae | My heart wilts like a swaying wave |
| Aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo | Forget your cherished love and go away |
| Nee ariyaamalae seidha pizhai theeravae | To rectify the mistake you made unknowingly |
| Ariyaamalae seidha pizhai theeravae | To rectify the mistake made unknowingly |
| Aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo | Forget your cherished love and go away |
| Nee aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo | You, forget your cherished love and go away |
| Female | |
| Valai thannil veezhndha | Trapped inside a net |
| Kalaimaanai veenae | A stag deer, in vain |
| Puliyendru neeyum poi sollalaamoo | Can you falsely call it a tiger? |
| Vanjam illa unadhu vaazhkai paadhaiyil | In your life's path which is free of malice |
| Oru vaarthaiyaalae kuttram vandhu | So that blame does not arrive through a single word |
| Seraa vannamae | And attach itself to you |
| Aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo | Forget your cherished love and go away |
| Nee aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo | You, forget your cherished love and go away |
| Female | |
| Ullaasamaaga uyir vaazha enni | Intending to live life joyfully |
| Ullaasamaaga uyir vaazha enni | Intending to live life joyfully |
| Nallorin vaazhvai naasam seiyalaamoo | Can one destroy the lives of good people? |
| Nallorin vaazhvai naasam seiyalaamoo | Can one destroy the lives of good people? |
| Kallam illaa kaadhal kollai poyinum | Even if innocent, guileless love is stolen away |
| Un sollil oosalaaadum oru jeevan vaazhavae | So that a life hanging by a thread upon your word may survive |
| Aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo | Forget your cherished love and go away |
| Nee aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo | You, forget your cherished love and go away |
| Female | |
| Aadum alai polae vaadum endhan manamae | My heart wilts like a swaying wave |
| Aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo | Forget your cherished love and go away |
| Nee aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo | You, forget your cherished love and go away |
ம்ம்ம்.....ம்ம்ம்.....ம்ம்ம்....ம்ம்.....
ஆஅ......ஆஅ.....ஆஅ.....ஆஅ.....ஆஅ.....ஆஅ....
ம்ம்ம்.....ம்ம்ம்....ம்ம்....ஆஆ......ஆஅ.....ஆஅ.....ஆ.....
Humming musical sounds
Vocalizing musical sounds
Humming and vocalizing musical sounds
ஆசைக் காதலை மறந்து போ
ஆடும் அலை போலே வாடும் எந்தன் மனமே
ஆசைக் காதலை மறந்து போ
நீ ஆசைக் காதலை மறந்து போ....
ஆடும் அலை போலே வாடும் எந்தன் மனமே
ஆசைக் காதலை மறந்து போ
நீ அறியாமலே செய்த பிழை தீரவே.....
அறியாமலே செய்த பிழை தீரவே.....
ஆசைக் காதலை மறந்து போ
நீ ஆசைக் காதலை மறந்து போ....
Forget your cherished love and go away
My heart wilts like a swaying wave
Forget your cherished love and go away
You, forget your cherished love and go away
My heart wilts like a swaying wave
Forget your cherished love and go away
To rectify the mistake you made unknowingly
To rectify the mistake made unknowingly
Forget your cherished love and go away
You, forget your cherished love and go away
வலை தன்னில் வீழ்ந்த
கலைமானை வீணே
புலியென்று நீயும் பொய் சொல்லாமோ
வஞ்சம் இல்லா உனது வாழ்க்கைப் பாதையில்
ஒரு வார்த்தையாலே குற்றம் வந்து
சேரா வண்ணமே
ஆசைக் காதலை மறந்து போ
நீ ஆசைக் காதலை மறந்து போ....
Trapped inside a net
A stag deer, in vain
Can you falsely call it a tiger?
In your life's path which is free of malice
So that blame does not arrive through a single word
And attach itself to you
Forget your cherished love and go away
You, forget your cherished love and go away
உல்லாசமாக உயிர் வாழ எண்ணி
உல்லாசமாக உயிர் வாழ எண்ணி
நல்லோரின் வாழ்வை நாசம் செய்யலாமோ
நல்லோரின் வாழ்வை நாசம் செய்யலாமோ
கள்ளம் இல்லா காதல் கொள்ளை போயினும்
உன் சொல்லில் ஊசலாடும் ஒரு ஜீவன் வாழவே.....
ஆசைக் காதலை மறந்து போ
நீ ஆசைக் காதலை மறந்து போ....
Intending to live life joyfully
Intending to live life joyfully
Can one destroy the lives of good people?
Can one destroy the lives of good people?
Even if innocent, guileless love is stolen away
So that a life hanging by a thread upon your word may survive
Forget your cherished love and go away
You, forget your cherished love and go away
ஆடும் அலை போலே வாடும் எந்தன் மனமே
ஆசைக் காதலை மறந்து போ
நீ ஆசைக் காதலை மறந்து போ....
My heart wilts like a swaying wave
Forget your cherished love and go away
You, forget your cherished love and go away
Mmm….mmm….mmm….mm…
Humming musical sounds
Aaa….aaa….aaa….aaa…aaa…aaa…
Vocalizing musical sounds
Mmm…mmm…mm…aaa…aaa…aaa..aaa…
Humming and vocalizing musical sounds
Aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo
Forget your cherished love and go away
Aadum alai polae vaadum endhan manamae
My heart wilts like a swaying wave
Aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo
Forget your cherished love and go away
Nee aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo
You, forget your cherished love and go away
Aadum alai polae vaadum endhan manamae
My heart wilts like a swaying wave
Aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo
Forget your cherished love and go away
Nee ariyaamalae seidha pizhai theeravae
To rectify the mistake you made unknowingly
Ariyaamalae seidha pizhai theeravae
To rectify the mistake made unknowingly
Aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo
Forget your cherished love and go away
Nee aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo
You, forget your cherished love and go away
Valai thannil veezhndha
Trapped inside a net
Kalaimaanai veenae
A stag deer, in vain
Puliyendru neeyum poi sollalaamoo
Can you falsely call it a tiger?
Vanjam illa unadhu vaazhkai paadhaiyil
In your life's path which is free of malice
Oru vaarthaiyaalae kuttram vandhu
So that blame does not arrive through a single word
Seraa vannamae
And attach itself to you
Aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo
Forget your cherished love and go away
Nee aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo
You, forget your cherished love and go away
Ullaasamaaga uyir vaazha enni
Intending to live life joyfully
Ullaasamaaga uyir vaazha enni
Intending to live life joyfully
Nallorin vaazhvai naasam seiyalaamoo
Can one destroy the lives of good people?
Nallorin vaazhvai naasam seiyalaamoo
Can one destroy the lives of good people?
Kallam illaa kaadhal kollai poyinum
Even if innocent, guileless love is stolen away
Un sollil oosalaaadum oru jeevan vaazhavae
So that a life hanging by a thread upon your word may survive
Aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo
Forget your cherished love and go away
Nee aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo
You, forget your cherished love and go away
Aadum alai polae vaadum endhan manamae
My heart wilts like a swaying wave
Aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo
Forget your cherished love and go away
Nee aasai kaadhalai marandhu poo
You, forget your cherished love and go away
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This poignant song from the 1957 film Pudhaiyal expresses deep anguish, sacrifice, and moral duty. The speaker implores their lover to forget their cherished romance and walk away, acknowledging that their own heart is wilting like a restless wave on the ocean. The lyrics focus on rectifying inadvertent mistakes and sacrificing personal affection to protect honor and prevent dishonor from staining the beloved's life. The speaker reflects on the unfairness of falsely blaming an innocent person, comparing a trapped stag mislabeled as a tiger to an unjustly accused soul. It reflects a nobility of character where personal love is relinquished so that righteous lives are preserved and a fragile soul hanging in the balance can survive.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Aadum alai polae vaadum endhan manamae”
Compares the unstable and suffering human heart to the restless movement of ocean waves using 'polae'.
Metaphor / Analogy
“Valai thannil veezhndha Kalaimaanai veenae Puliyendru neeyum poi sollalaamoo”
Compares an innocent victim falsely accused to a harmless stag caught in a net being falsely branded as a dangerous tiger.
Alliteration (Monai)
“Kallam illaa kaadhal kollai poyinum”
Repetition of the initial 'k' sound across 'Kallam', 'kaadhal', and 'kollai' creates a rhythmic emphasis.
Rhetorical Question
“Nallorin vaazhvai naasam seiyalaamoo”
Uses a rhetorical questioning tone ('seiyalaamoo') to highlight the injustice of ruining good people's lives for selfish pleasure.
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Trivia
Pudhaiyal (1957) starred Sivaji Ganesan and Padmini. The film's soundtrack was composed by the duo Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy, featuring emotionally resonant lyricism by A. Maruthakasi.
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