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Aathangarai Mettorama

From Pattanam Pogalam Vaa · 1981

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

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↻ English translation
Aathangarai mettorama hae…
Aadi pala naalaachumaa hae… hae..
Male :Aathangarai mettorama hae…
Aadi pala naalaachumaa hae… hae
Aavarang kattoram joraaga kai korthu
Aathangarai mettorama hae…
Aadi pala naalaachumaa hae…
Kaaveri oram maalai nannaeram
Kuzhandhaigal padaithathu sirungseru
Poovaana nenjil thondridum ennam
Pudhuvidha rasanaiyin azhagodu
Sirumanam mullai idaiveli illai
Dhinamum thodarum ennennavoo
Aathangarai mettorama …
Aadi pala naalaachumaa hae… aa
Aavarang kattoram joraaga kai korthu
Aathangarai mettorama hae…
Aadi pala naalaachumaa hae…
Ezezhu jenmam eduthaal kooda
Idhaivida inimaigal kidaikaadhu
Ezezhu jenmam eduthaal kooda
Idhaivida inimaigal kidaikaadhu
Engengu thondri valarndhaal kooda
Enakedhum pudhumaigal theriyaadhu
Iraivanai ketten enakkena ondru
Koduthaal magizhven verennavoo
Aathangarai mettorama hae…
Aadi pala naalaachumaa hae… hae
Female :Aavarang kattoram joraaga kai korthu
Aathangarai mettorama hae…
Aadi pala naalaachumaa ha…
Along the river's high bank, hey...
It has been so many days since we danced, hey... hey...
Along the river's high bank, hey...
It has been so many days since we danced, hey... hey...
Holding hands happily beside the yellow Aavaram bushes,
Along the river's high bank, hey...
It has been so many days since we danced, hey...
By the Kaveri river, on a lovely evening,
Like the little things children shape in the soft mud,
Thoughts blossom inside a flower-like heart,
With the beauty of a whole new feeling.
Young hearts tender like jasmine, with no distance between us,
So many sweet moments keep unfolding every day...
Along the river's high bank...
It has been so many days since we danced, hey... ah...
Holding hands happily beside the yellow Aavaram bushes,
Along the river's high bank, hey...
It has been so many days since we danced, hey...
Even if I am born across seven lifetimes,
I could never find a joy sweeter than this.
Even if I am born across seven lifetimes,
I could never find a joy sweeter than this.
Wherever else I might be born and grow up,
Nothing else will ever feel special to me.
I asked God for just one wish for myself,
If He gives it to me, I will be so happy—what else could I want?
Along the river's high bank, hey...
It has been so many days since we danced, hey... hey...
Holding hands happily beside the yellow Aavaram bushes,
Along the river's high bank, hey...
It has been so many days since we danced, ha...
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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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