- Lyricist
- Gangai Amaran
- Singers
- S. Janaki, P. Jayachandran
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Movie name
- Pattanam Pogalam Vaa
- Movie release year
- 1981
- Lyrics added on
- 12 Dec 2021
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This nostalgic folk-pop duet from the movie 'Pattanam Pogalam Vaa' captures the playful romance of a couple reminiscing on the banks of the Kaveri river. They recall simple rural pleasures—walking hand-in-hand past wild cassia flowers, watching children build mud castles, and feeling a deep emotional closeness that leaves no space between their hearts. The song elevates their innocent rural courtship into an eternal love, declaring that even across forty-nine births, no joy could match the sweetness of their union. Requesting nothing more from the divine than each other's company, the lovers celebrate their enduring bond through nature's backdrop.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Anaaphora / Tamil Monai (Initial Rhyme)
“Aathangarai mettorama hae… / Aadi pala naalaachumaa hae… / Aavarang kattoram”
Repetition of the initial 'Aa' vowel sound creates a rhythmic, flowing opening suitable for a riverbank folk song.
Metaphor (Uvamai)
“Poovaana nenjil thondridum ennam”
'Poovaana nenjil' compares the tender, loving human heart directly to a soft, blooming flower.
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navortchi Ani)
“Ezezhu jenmam eduthaal kooda / Idhaivida inimaigal kidaikaadhu”
'Ezezhu jenmam' (49 births) exaggerates time to express the infinite and incomparable nature of their joy.
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Trivia
'Pattanam Pogalam Vaa' (1981) features a soundtrack composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics penned by his brother Gangai Amaran. The song showcases Ilaiyaraaja's mastery in blending authentic Tamil rural folk idioms with gentle acoustic guitar and woodwind orchestration, sung effortlessly by P. Jayachandran and S. Janaki.
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