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Akka Maga Maina

From Andru Muthal Indru Varai · 1981

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singers
Malaysia Vasudevan, Vani Jairam
Music director
Shankar Ganesh
Movie name
Andru Muthal Indru Varai
Movie release year
1981
Lyrics added on
3 Feb 2021

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Ho…ho….akkaa maga mainaa kunju
Thottaa enna muththam konjam
Yaenguthadi yaezhai nenju
Aduththa maasam vaangi tharaen maangaa pinju
Ho….ho….suththi vachchu kallodaippaen
Suththi vanthaa pallodaippaen
Male :Sappaattukku mutta vaippaen
Female :Thaarumaaru panna vanthaa mutta vaippaen…
Ho….ho….
Female :Ho…..ho….
Male :Akkaa maga mainaa kunju
Female :Oho…
Male :Thottaa enna muththam konjam
Female :Oho…
Saelaththupattu thaavani kattu
Sevvaai petai veedhiyilae
Saelaththupattu thaavani kattu
Sevvaai petai veedhiyilae
Ava thalukku nadai oru nadai
Polukku nadai oru nadai….
Ava thalukku nadai oru nadai
Polukku nadai oru nadai….
Kannukkullae kallirukku
Nenjukkullae mullirukku
Un anju viralu panju mittaayi
Female :Panjumittaai venuminnu
Paranthu varuthu intha kaakkaayi
: Adi manasu konjam elagu
Female :Nee neram paarththu pazhagu
Male :Adi manasu konjam elagu
Female :Nee neram paarththu pazhagu
Male :Adi aththi pazhaththu azhagu udhadu halwa thundu
Ho….ho….
Male :Ho…..ho….
Akkaa maga mainaa kunju
Female :Aaho…
Male :Thottaa enna muththam konjam
Female :Oho…
Male :Yaenguthadi yaezhai nenju
Female :Aah
Male :Aduththa maasam vaangi tharaen maangaa pinju
Ho….ho….suththi vachchu kallodaippaen
Suththi vanthaa pallodaippaen
Male :Sappaattukku mutta vaippaen
Female :Thaarumaaru panna vanthaa mutta vaippaen…
…………………
Yaeri vanthaen lorrykullae
Thulluthadi keeripillai
En kannu patta soodu thaangalla
Female :Un paarvai ennum mullu kuththi
Naalu maasam naanum thoongala
Idhu paruvakkaala kirukku
Adhu pazhagi pochchu unakku
Idhu paruvakkaala kirukku
Female :Adhu pazhagi pochchu unakku
Un thosamaava pola manasu pulichchirukku
Ho….ho….
Female :Ho…..ho….
Male :Akkaa maga mainaa kunju
Female :Hheem…
Male :Thottaa enna muththam konjam
Female :Oho…
Male :Yaenguthadi yaezhai nenju
Female :Aah
Male :Aduththa maasam vaangi tharaen maangaa pinju
Ho….ho….suththi vachchu kallodaippaen
Suththi vanthaa pallodaippaen
Male :Sappaattukku mutta vaippaen
Female :Thaarumaaru panna vanthaa mutta vaippaen…
Ho... ho... Cousin girl, my little myna chick,
What's wrong with a little touch and a kiss?
This poor heart is longing for you!
Next month, I'll buy you tender green mangoes!
Ho... ho... I break stones with a hammer,
If you circle around me, I'll break your teeth!
Male: I'll serve eggs for our meals!
Female: If you try any mischief, I'll make you kneel in punishment...
Ho... ho...
Female: Ho... ho...
Male: Cousin girl, my little myna chick,
Female: Oho...
Male: What's wrong with a little touch and a kiss?
Female: Oho...
Draped in a Salem silk half-sari,
walking on the street of Shevapet,
draped in a Salem silk half-sari,
walking on the street of Shevapet,
her graceful sway is one style of walk,
and her proud strut is another style of walk...
Her graceful sway is one style of walk,
and her proud strut is another style of walk...
There is a stone in the eye,
and a thorn in the heart!
Your five fingers are like sweet cotton candy!
Female: Just wishing for cotton candy,
this crow comes flying along!
Male: Hey girl, let your heart soften a little!
Female: Learn to choose the right time before you get close!
Male: Hey girl, let your heart soften a little!
Female: Learn to choose the right time before you get close!
Male: You have the beauty of a ripe fig, and lips like a slice of halwa!
Ho... ho...
Male: Ho... ho...
Cousin girl, my little myna chick,
Female: Aho...
Male: What's wrong with a little touch and a kiss?
Female: Oho...
Male: This poor heart is longing for you!
Female: Ah!
Male: Next month, I'll buy you tender green mangoes!
Ho... ho... I break stones with a hammer,
If you circle around me, I'll break your teeth!
Male: I'll serve eggs for our meals!
Female: If you try any mischief, I'll make you kneel in punishment...
...
I climbed up into the lorry,
and like a little mongoose, my heart leaps,
unable to bear the heat of your glance!
Female: Pricked by the thorn of your look,
I haven't slept for four months either!
Male: This is just the madness of youth!
Female: You've gotten far too used to it!
Male: This is just the madness of youth!
Female: You've gotten far too used to it!
Your mind has turned sour like fermented dosa batter!
Ho... ho...
Female: Ho... ho...
Male: Cousin girl, my little myna chick,
Female: Hmm...
Male: What's wrong with a little touch and a kiss?
Female: Oho...
Male: This poor heart is longing for you!
Female: Ah!
Male: Next month, I'll buy you tender green mangoes!
Ho... ho... I break stones with a hammer,
If you circle around me, I'll break your teeth!
Male: I'll serve eggs for our meals!
Female: If you try any mischief, I'll make you kneel in punishment...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song is a lively and playful Tamil folk-style duet featuring romantic banter between a young man and his cross-cousin (akkaa maga). The hero expresses his intense affection and yearning for her, offering tender compliments comparing her features to sweet halwa, cotton candy, and figs. He attempts to charm her with promises of simple gifts like tender raw mangoes. The heroine responds with witty, feisty retorts, playful threats of violence (breaking his teeth if he hovers too close), and teasing observations about his impatience. Through humorous metaphors—such as comparing a sour mood to fermented dosa batter or a sharp gaze to a thorn—the song captures the classic dynamic of Tamil rural courtship, balancing affection with cheeky banter.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Male :Adi aththi pazhaththu azhagu udhadu halwa thundu

Compares the woman's sweet lips directly to a piece of halwa ('udhadu halwa thundu').

Metaphor

Female :Un paarvai ennum mullu kuththi

Compares the man's sharp gaze to a thorn piercing her heart ('Un paarvai ennum mullu kuththi').

Simile / Comparison

Un thosamaava pola manasu pulichchirukku

Compares a sour or impatient mind to fermented dosa batter ('dosamaava pola manasu pulichchirukku').

Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)

Saelaththupattu thaavani kattu / Sevvaai petai veedhiyilae

Repetition of initial consonant sounds 'Sae' and 'Se' in consecutive lines ('Saelaththupattu' / 'Sevvaai petai').

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Trivia

This track highlights Vairamuthu's ability to blend authentic rural folk idioms with humorous contemporary metaphors (like 'dosamaavu' and 'panjumittaai') early in his songwriting career during the 1980s.

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