Anbulla Appa Ennappa
From Anbulla Appa · 1987
- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singers
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. Sailaja
- Music director
- Shankar Ganesh
- Details
- Anbulla Appa1987
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Anbulla appaa | Dear father |
| Male :Ennappaa | Male: Yes, my child? |
| Female :Ungal kaadhal kadhaiyai | Female: Your love story |
| Kettaal thappaa | Is it wrong if I ask about it? |
| Male :Appappaa pollaadha pennappaa | Male: Oh my, what a troublesome girl! |
| Female | |
| Anbulla appaa | Dear father |
| Male :Ennappaa | Male: Yes, my child? |
| Female :Ungal kaadhal kadhaiyai | Female: Your love story |
| Kettaal thappaa | Is it wrong if I ask about it? |
| Male :Ahaahahaa pollaadha pennappaa | Male: Ahaha, what a mischievous girl! |
| Female | |
| M… ungalodadhu | M... yours |
| Kaadhal kalyaanam thaanae | Was it a love marriage? |
| Male | |
| Of course it was a love marriage | Of course it was a love marriage |
| Female | |
| Neenga ammaava | When did you |
| Paarthadhu eppodhu | See mother for the first time? |
| Nyaabagam undaa ippodhu | Do you remember it now? |
| Male | |
| Mmm…hahaha | Mmm...hahaha |
| Mudhal muthathaiyum | The first kiss |
| Mudhal kaadhalaiyum | And the first love |
| Marakka mudiyaadhu magalae | Cannot be forgotten, my daughter. |
| Avalai naan paarthadhu… | When I saw her... |
| Malargal vandugalukku paetti kodukkum | Where flowers give interviews to bees, |
| Oottiyil oru malar kaatchiyil thaan… | At a flower show in Ooty... |
| Andha nandhavanathai chandhithaen | I met that garden of flowers. |
| Female | |
| Ammaa eppadi | How was mother? |
| Azhagaa irundhaangalaa | Was she beautiful? |
| Male :Andha malar kaatchiyil | Male: At that flower show, |
| Azhagaana poovae | The only beautiful flower |
| Aval mattum thaan | Was her alone! |
| Pookkalellaam aval kanindha | All the other flowers, to see her gentle |
| Mugam kaana | Face, |
| Naani koni kunindhu kondana | Shied away and bent low in awe! |
| Female | |
| Ungal mana vaazhkkaiyil | In your married life, |
| Malarum ninaivugal undaa | Are there blooming memories? |
| Male :Naan thaaiyidam kooda | Male: Even from my own mother, |
| Paarthadhillai andha paasam | I haven't seen such affection. |
| Aval ninaivugalae en swaasam | Her memories are my very breath. |
| Female | |
| Anbulla appaa | Dear father |
| Male :Ennappaa | Male: Yes, my child? |
| Female :Ungal kaadhal kadhaiyai | Female: Your love story |
| Kettaal thappaa | Is it wrong if I ask about it? |
| Male :Appappappappaa naughty girlappaa | Male: Oh dear, what a naughty girl! |
| Female | |
| Appaa ammaa ungala | Father, did mother take |
| Nallaa gavanichikkittaangalaa | Good care of you? |
| Male | |
| Saelaiyil enadhu | With her saree, my |
| Mugam thudaippaal | Face she would wipe. |
| Naan sinunginaal | If I sulked, |
| Chella adi koduppaal | She'd give a loving tap. |
| Viralgalukkellaam | For all my fingers, |
| Sulukkeduppaal | She would relieve sprains. |
| En naga kannil kooda | Even from my fingernails, |
| Azhukkeduppaal | She would remove dirt. |
| Male | |
| Thaayaai | As a mother, |
| Avalai paarthadhundu | I have seen her. |
| En thaadhiyaai | As a nurse, |
| Avalai paarthadhundu | I have seen her. |
| Oru thaen kudamaai | As a pot of honey, |
| Avalai paarthadhundu… | I have seen her... |
| But… aval urangi mattum | But... sleeping, alone, |
| Naan paarthadhillai… | I have never seen her... |
| Female | |
| Is it… | Is it... |
| Ammaa urangi neenga | You haven't seen mother sleeping? |
| Paarthadhae illaiyaa | I saw her, my daughter, I saw her. |
| Male | |
| Paarthaen magalae paarthaen | I saw her, my daughter, I saw her. |
| Paarthaen magalae paarthaen | When she took her final sleep |
| Eppodhu aval kadaisi urakkam kolla | And closed her eyes, only then |
| Kan moodinaalo appodhu thaan | Did I see her sleeping. |
| Aval urangi naan paarthaen | Father... |
| Female | |
| Appaa… | Male: Yes, my daughter... |
| Male :Aam magalae… | You opened your eyes... |
| Nee kan thirandhaai… | She vanished from sight... |
| Aval kan maraindhaal… | In my sky... the morning star arose... |
| En vaanathil… vidi velli ezhundhadhu… | And the full moon... disappeared... |
| Vennilavu… maraindhadhu… | |
அன்புள்ள அப்பா
என்னப்பா
உங்கள் காதல் கதையை
கேட்டால் தப்பா
அப்பபப்ப்பா பொல்லாத பெண்ணப்பா
Dear father
Male: Yes, my child?
Female: Your love story
Is it wrong if I ask about it?
Male: Oh my, what a troublesome girl!
அன்புள்ள அப்பா
என்னப்பா
உங்கள் காதல் கதையை
கேட்டால் தப்பா
அஹாஹஹா பொல்லாத பெண்ணப்பா
Dear father
Male: Yes, my child?
Female: Your love story
Is it wrong if I ask about it?
Male: Ahaha, what a mischievous girl!
ம்......உங்களோடது
காதல் கல்யாணந்தானே
M... yours
Was it a love marriage?
அப்கோர்ஸ் இட் வாஸ் எ
லவ் மேரேஜ்
Of course it was a love marriage
நீங்க அம்மாவ
பார்த்தது எப்போது
ஞாபகம் உண்டா இப்போது
When did you
See mother for the first time?
Do you remember it now?
ம்ம்ம்ம்.....ஹஹஹா
முதல் முத்தத்தையும்
முதல் காதலையும்
மறக்க முடியாது மகளே
அவளை நான் பார்த்தது
மலர்கள் வண்டுகளுக்கு
பேட்டிக் கொடுக்கும் ஊட்டியில்
ஒரு மலர் காட்சியில்தான் அந்த
நந்தவனத்தை சந்தித்தேன்
Mmm...hahaha
The first kiss
And the first love
Cannot be forgotten, my daughter.
When I saw her...
Where flowers give interviews to bees,
At a flower show in Ooty...
I met that garden of flowers.
அம்மா எப்படி
அழகா இருந்தாங்களா
அந்த மலர்க்காட்சியில்
அழகான பூவே
அவள் மட்டும்தானே
பூக்கள் எல்லாம் அவள் கனிந்த
முகம் காண
நாணிக் கோணி குனிந்துக் கொண்டன
How was mother?
Was she beautiful?
Male: At that flower show,
The only beautiful flower
Was her alone!
All the other flowers, to see her gentle
Face,
Shied away and bent low in awe!
உங்கள் மண வாழ்க்கையில்
மலரும் நினைவுகள் உண்டா
ஆண் : நான் தாயிடம் கூடப்
பார்த்ததில்லை அந்தப் பாசம்
அவள் நினைவுகளே என் சுவாசம்
In your married life,
Are there blooming memories?
Male: Even from my own mother,
I haven't seen such affection.
Her memories are my very breath.
அன்புள்ள அப்பா
என்னப்பா
உங்கள் காதல் கதையை
கேட்டால் தப்பா
அப்ப்பப்பா நாட்டி கேர்ள்ளப்பா
Dear father
Male: Yes, my child?
Female: Your love story
Is it wrong if I ask about it?
Male: Oh dear, what a naughty girl!
அப்பா அம்மா உங்களை
நல்லா கவனிச்சிக்கிட்டாங்களா
Father, did mother take
Good care of you?
சேலையில் எனது
முகம் துடைப்பாள்
நான் சிணுங்கினால்
செல்ல அடிக் கொடுப்பாள்
விரல்களுக்கெல்லாம்
சுளுக்கெடுப்பாள்
என் நகக்கண்ணில் கூட
அழுக்கெடுப்பாள்
With her saree, my
Face she would wipe.
If I sulked,
She'd give a loving tap.
For all my fingers,
She would relieve sprains.
Even from my fingernails,
She would remove dirt.
தாயாய்
அவளைப் பார்த்ததுண்டு
என் தாதியாய்
அவளைப் பார்த்ததுண்டு....
பட்.....அவள் உறங்கி மட்டும்
நான் பார்த்ததில்லை
As a mother,
I have seen her.
As a nurse,
I have seen her.
As a pot of honey,
I have seen her...
But... sleeping, alone,
I have never seen her...
இஸ் ட்.....
அம்மா உறங்கி நீங்க
பார்த்ததே இல்லையா
Is it...
You haven't seen mother sleeping?
I saw her, my daughter, I saw her.
பார்த்தேன் மகளே பார்த்தேன்
பார்த்தேன் மகளே பார்த்தேன்
எப்போது அவள் கடைசி உறக்கம் கொள்ளக்
கண் மூடினாளோ அப்போதுதான்
அவள் உறங்கி நான் பார்த்தேன்
I saw her, my daughter, I saw her.
When she took her final sleep
And closed her eyes, only then
Did I see her sleeping.
Father...
அப்பா.........
ஆம் மகளே......
நீ கண் திறந்தாய்......
அவள் கண் மறைந்தாள்....
என் வானத்தில்..... விடி வெள்ளி எழுந்தது.....
வெண்ணிலவு..... மறைந்தது.....
Male: Yes, my daughter...
You opened your eyes...
She vanished from sight...
In my sky... the morning star arose...
And the full moon... disappeared...
Anbulla appaa
Dear father
Male :Ennappaa
Male: Yes, my child?
Female :Ungal kaadhal kadhaiyai
Female: Your love story
Kettaal thappaa
Is it wrong if I ask about it?
Male :Appappaa pollaadha pennappaa
Male: Oh my, what a troublesome girl!
Anbulla appaa
Dear father
Male :Ennappaa
Male: Yes, my child?
Female :Ungal kaadhal kadhaiyai
Female: Your love story
Kettaal thappaa
Is it wrong if I ask about it?
Male :Ahaahahaa pollaadha pennappaa
Male: Ahaha, what a mischievous girl!
M… ungalodadhu
M... yours
Kaadhal kalyaanam thaanae
Was it a love marriage?
Of course it was a love marriage
Of course it was a love marriage
Neenga ammaava
When did you
Paarthadhu eppodhu
See mother for the first time?
Nyaabagam undaa ippodhu
Do you remember it now?
Mmm…hahaha
Mmm...hahaha
Mudhal muthathaiyum
The first kiss
Mudhal kaadhalaiyum
And the first love
Marakka mudiyaadhu magalae
Cannot be forgotten, my daughter.
Avalai naan paarthadhu…
When I saw her...
Malargal vandugalukku paetti kodukkum
Where flowers give interviews to bees,
Oottiyil oru malar kaatchiyil thaan…
At a flower show in Ooty...
Andha nandhavanathai chandhithaen
I met that garden of flowers.
Ammaa eppadi
How was mother?
Azhagaa irundhaangalaa
Was she beautiful?
Male :Andha malar kaatchiyil
Male: At that flower show,
Azhagaana poovae
The only beautiful flower
Aval mattum thaan
Was her alone!
Pookkalellaam aval kanindha
All the other flowers, to see her gentle
Mugam kaana
Face,
Naani koni kunindhu kondana
Shied away and bent low in awe!
Ungal mana vaazhkkaiyil
In your married life,
Malarum ninaivugal undaa
Are there blooming memories?
Male :Naan thaaiyidam kooda
Male: Even from my own mother,
Paarthadhillai andha paasam
I haven't seen such affection.
Aval ninaivugalae en swaasam
Her memories are my very breath.
Anbulla appaa
Dear father
Male :Ennappaa
Male: Yes, my child?
Female :Ungal kaadhal kadhaiyai
Female: Your love story
Kettaal thappaa
Is it wrong if I ask about it?
Male :Appappappappaa naughty girlappaa
Male: Oh dear, what a naughty girl!
Appaa ammaa ungala
Father, did mother take
Nallaa gavanichikkittaangalaa
Good care of you?
Saelaiyil enadhu
With her saree, my
Mugam thudaippaal
Face she would wipe.
Naan sinunginaal
If I sulked,
Chella adi koduppaal
She'd give a loving tap.
Viralgalukkellaam
For all my fingers,
Sulukkeduppaal
She would relieve sprains.
En naga kannil kooda
Even from my fingernails,
Azhukkeduppaal
She would remove dirt.
Thaayaai
As a mother,
Avalai paarthadhundu
I have seen her.
En thaadhiyaai
As a nurse,
Avalai paarthadhundu
I have seen her.
Oru thaen kudamaai
As a pot of honey,
Avalai paarthadhundu…
I have seen her...
But… aval urangi mattum
But... sleeping, alone,
Naan paarthadhillai…
I have never seen her...
Is it…
Is it...
Ammaa urangi neenga
You haven't seen mother sleeping?
Paarthadhae illaiyaa
I saw her, my daughter, I saw her.
Paarthaen magalae paarthaen
I saw her, my daughter, I saw her.
Paarthaen magalae paarthaen
When she took her final sleep
Eppodhu aval kadaisi urakkam kolla
And closed her eyes, only then
Kan moodinaalo appodhu thaan
Did I see her sleeping.
Aval urangi naan paarthaen
Father...
Appaa…
Male: Yes, my daughter...
Male :Aam magalae…
You opened your eyes...
Nee kan thirandhaai…
She vanished from sight...
Aval kan maraindhaal…
In my sky... the morning star arose...
En vaanathil… vidi velli ezhundhadhu…
And the full moon... disappeared...
Vennilavu… maraindhadhu…
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This poignant duet takes the form of a conversational musical dialogue between a loving father and his inquisitive daughter. The daughter playfully probes into her father's past, asking about his love marriage with her mother. The father nostalgically recalls meeting his late wife at an Ooty flower exhibition, painting a picture of her peerless grace and tender care that surpassed even motherly devotion.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uruvagakani)
“Andha nandhavanathai chandhithaen”
The wife is metaphorically described as a blooming garden ('nandhavanam') and a pot of honey ('thaen kudam').
Personification (Tharkurippaetragani)
“Naani koni kunindhu kondana”
Flowers at the show are personified as shyly bowing low in humility upon seeing the mother's breathtaking face.
Contrast / Antithesis
“Nee kan thirandhaai… Aval kan maraindhaal…”
The lyricist creates a bitter-sweet contrast between the daughter's arrival into the world and the mother's departure.
Symbolic Imagery
“En vaanathil… vidi velli ezhundhadhu… Vennilavu… maraindhadhu…”
The daughter is symbolized as the bright morning star ('vidi velli') while the mother is symbolized as the setting full moon ('vennilavu').
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Trivia
This emotional song from the 1987 film 'Anbulla Appa' features music composed by the duo Shankar-Ganesh, lyrics penned by Vairamuthu, and vocals performed by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and K. S. Chithra.
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