Anbana Thayai
From Mahanadhi · 1994
- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singer
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Details
- Mahanadhi1994
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Anbaana thaayai vittu | Leaving the loving mother, |
| Engae nee ponaalum | Wherever you may go, |
| Neengaamal unnai suttrum | Without leaving, surrounding you |
| Ennangal ennaalum | Will be my thoughts every day. |
| Aiyaa unkaalgal patta boomi | Sir, the land touched by your feet |
| Thaayin madi | Is like a mother's lap. |
| Engaeyum yaedhum illa | Nowhere is there anything |
| Eedu sollum padi | That can match its value. |
| Male | |
| Kaaveri alaigal vandhu | The waves of the Kaaveri river will come |
| Karaiyil unnai thaedidum | Searching for you on the shore. |
| Kaanaamal varutha pattu | Grieved at not finding you, |
| Thalai kunindhu odidum | They will run away hanging their head. |
| Male | |
| Oru bandham enbadhum | What is called a bond |
| Paasam enbadhum veru vitta idam | And affection, are rooted in this place. |
| Idhai vittaal un nenjai vaazha vaippadhu | Leaving this, to keep your heart alive, |
| Veru endha idam | Which other place is there? |
| Male | |
| Than mannai vittoru | Leaving its native soil, |
| Kuruvi kudumbam parandhu pogudhadi | A sparrow family flies away. |
| Thaan innaal varaikkum | The nest where until today |
| Irundha koottai marandhu pogudhadi | It lived, it forgets and leaves behind. |
| Indha nenjil ippadi aasai vandhoru | In this heart, a desire arose |
| Kolamittadhadi | And drew a sacred pattern. |
| Idhil nanmai koodattum theemai odattum | Let goodness gather here and evil run away, |
| Kaalam vitta vazhi | Following the path paved by time. |
அன்பான தாயை விட்டு
எங்கே நீ போனாலும்
நீங்காமல் உன்னைச் சுற்றும்
எண்ணங்கள் எந்நாளும்
ஐயா உன் கால்கள் பட்ட பூமித்
தாயின் மடி
எங்கேயும் ஏதும் இல்லை
ஈடு சொல்லும் படி
Leaving the loving mother,
Wherever you may go,
Without leaving, surrounding you
Will be my thoughts every day.
Sir, the land touched by your feet
Is like a mother's lap.
Nowhere is there anything
That can match its value.
காவேரி அலைகள் வந்து
கரையில் உன்னைத் தேடிடும்
காணாமல் வருத்தப் பட்டுத்
தலை குனிந்து ஓடிடும்
The waves of the Kaaveri river will come
Searching for you on the shore.
Grieved at not finding you,
They will run away hanging their head.
ஒரு பந்தம் என்பதும்
பாசம் என்பதும் வேரு விட்ட இடம்
இதை விட்டால் உன்னை வாழ வைப்பது
வேறு எந்த இடம்
What is called a bond
And affection, are rooted in this place.
Leaving this, to keep your heart alive,
Which other place is there?
தன் மண்ணை விட்டொரு
குருவிக் குடும்பம் பறந்து போகுதடி
தான் இந்நாள் வரைக்கும்
இருந்த கூட்டை மறந்து போகுதடி
இந்த நெஞ்சில் இப்படி ஆசை வந்தொரு
கோலமிட்டதடி
இதில் நன்மை கூடட்டும் தீமை ஓடட்டும்
காலம் விட்ட வழி
Leaving its native soil,
A sparrow family flies away.
The nest where until today
It lived, it forgets and leaves behind.
In this heart, a desire arose
And drew a sacred pattern.
Let goodness gather here and evil run away,
Following the path paved by time.
Anbaana thaayai vittu
Leaving the loving mother,
Engae nee ponaalum
Wherever you may go,
Neengaamal unnai suttrum
Without leaving, surrounding you
Ennangal ennaalum
Will be my thoughts every day.
Aiyaa unkaalgal patta boomi
Sir, the land touched by your feet
Thaayin madi
Is like a mother's lap.
Engaeyum yaedhum illa
Nowhere is there anything
Eedu sollum padi
That can match its value.
Kaaveri alaigal vandhu
The waves of the Kaaveri river will come
Karaiyil unnai thaedidum
Searching for you on the shore.
Kaanaamal varutha pattu
Grieved at not finding you,
Thalai kunindhu odidum
They will run away hanging their head.
Oru bandham enbadhum
What is called a bond
Paasam enbadhum veru vitta idam
And affection, are rooted in this place.
Idhai vittaal un nenjai vaazha vaippadhu
Leaving this, to keep your heart alive,
Veru endha idam
Which other place is there?
Than mannai vittoru
Leaving its native soil,
Kuruvi kudumbam parandhu pogudhadi
A sparrow family flies away.
Thaan innaal varaikkum
The nest where until today
Irundha koottai marandhu pogudhadi
It lived, it forgets and leaves behind.
Indha nenjil ippadi aasai vandhoru
In this heart, a desire arose
Kolamittadhadi
And drew a sacred pattern.
Idhil nanmai koodattum theemai odattum
Let goodness gather here and evil run away,
Kaalam vitta vazhi
Following the path paved by time.
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This poignant song from the movie Mahanadhi reflects deeply on human roots, attachment to one's native land, and the emotional pain of displacement. The lyrics compare the homeland to a mother's lap, emphasizing that no place in the world can match the warmth and sense of belonging that one's native soil provides. Nature itself, symbolized by the river Kaaveri, is depicted as yearning for its departed people. Through vivid analogies like a family of sparrows abandoning their nest, the song explores the inevitability of change, life's forced transitions, and destiny. Despite the lingering sorrow of separation, it closes with a prayerful hope that good things will prevail and bad things will fade as time unfolds.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Personification (Maantharmayam)
“Kaaveri alaigal vandhu / Karaiyil unnai thaedidum / Kaanaamal varutha pattu / Thalai kunindhu odidum”
The Kaaveri river waves are personified as searching for the person on the shore and running away with a bowed head in grief when they cannot find them.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Aiyaa unkaalgal patta boomi / Thaayin madi”
The native land touched by one's feet is directly equated to a mother's comforting lap.
Visual Imagery (Katchi Uruvagam)
“Than mannai vittoru / Kuruvi kudumbam parandhu pogudhadi”
Paints a vivid, poignant image of a family of sparrows flying away from their long-built nest.
Monai (First-letter Alliteration)
“Than mannai vittoru ... Thaan innaal varaikkum”
Matching starting letter sounds in lines such as 'Kaaveri' and 'Kaanaamal' or 'Than' and 'Thaan'.
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Trivia
Mahanadhi (1994) features music composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja with lyrics written by Vaali. The film, directed by Santhana Bharathi and co-written by Kamal Haasan, is renowned for its intense emotional realism and commentary on social corruption and human resilience.
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