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Lyrics & meaning

Aval Paranthu Ponale

From Paar Magaley Paar · 1963

Lyricist
Lyricist Not Known
Singers
T. M. Soundararajan, P. B. Sreenivas
Music director
Vishwanathan-Ramamoorthy
Movie name
Paar Magaley Paar
Movie release year
1963
Lyrics added on
2 May 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
{ Aval paranthu
Ponalae ennai marandhu
Ponalae naan paarkum pothu
Kangal irandai kavarndhu ponalae } (2)
{ En kaathuku mozhi illai
En naavuku suvai illai } (2)
En nenjuku ninaivillai
{ En nizhalukum urakamillai } (2)
Aval paranthu
Ponalae ennai marandhu
Ponalae naan paarkum pothu
Kangal irandai kavarndhu ponalae
{ Indha veetuku vilakillai
Sondha kootuku kuyil illai } (2)
En anbuku magal illai
{ Oru aaruthal mozhi illai } (2)
Aval paranthu
Ponalae ennai marandhu
Ponalae naan paarkum pothu
Kangal irandai kavarndhu ponalae
En idhayathil
Pooti vaithen adhil
Ennayae kaaval vaithen
Aval kadhavai udaithaalae
{ Than siragai virithaalae } (2)
Aval paranthu
Ponalae ennai marandhu
Ponalae naan paarkum pothu
Kangal irandai kavarndhu ponalae
{ Aval enaka magalaanaal
Naan avaluku magananen } (2)
En urimai thaai allava
{ En uyirai eduthu kondaal } (2)
Aval paranthu
Ponalae ennai marandhu
Ponalae naan paarkum pothu
Kangal irandai kavarndhu ponalae
{ She flew away,
she departed, forgetting me;
she departed, and right as I watched,
she stole both my eyes and went away. } (2)
{ My ears hear no spoken words,
my tongue knows no taste, } (2)
my heart has lost all thought,
{ and even my shadow finds no sleep. } (2)
She flew away,
she departed, forgetting me;
she departed, and right as I watched,
she stole both my eyes and went away.
{ This home has no light,
its own nest has no songbird, } (2)
my love has no daughter left,
{ and there is not a single word of comfort. } (2)
She flew away,
she departed, forgetting me;
she departed, and right as I watched,
she stole both my eyes and went away.
Inside my heart,
I locked her safely in,
and kept watch myself.
Yet she broke open the door
{ and spread her wings to fly. } (2)
She flew away,
she departed, forgetting me;
she departed, and right as I watched,
she stole both my eyes and went away.
{ She became a daughter to me,
and I became a son to her; } (2)
Was she not a mother with every right over me?
{ Yet she took my very life away. } (2)
She flew away,
she departed, forgetting me;
she departed, and right as I watched,
she stole both my eyes and went away.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This poignant song expresses a father's profound grief and sense of emptiness following the departure of his beloved daughter. He describes how her absence deprives his senses of all feeling, turning his home into a dark house without a light and a quiet nest without its songbird. Despite his intense efforts to guard and protect her in his heart, she broke free and flew away into her own life. In a moving reversal of parental roles, he reflects on how his daughter had become like a mother to him, making her departure feel like the loss of his own life source.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

“Indha veetuku vilakillai / Sondha kootuku kuyil illai”

The daughter is poetically compared to a lamp bringing light to the house ('vilakillai') and a cuckoo bird bringing music to the nest ('kuyil illai').

Hyperbole

“En nizhalukum urakamillai”

Exaggeration used to convey immense insomnia and sorrow, suggesting that even the speaker's shadow cannot sleep.

Anaphora / Ethirai (Tamil Rhyme)

“En kaathuku mozhi illai / En naavuku suvai illai / En nenjuku ninaivillai”

Repetition of starting words 'En' across multiple lines emphasizes personal deprivation and sorrow.

Paradox

“Aval enaka magalaanaal / Naan avaluku magananen”

The speaker reverses the parent-child relationship, stating that his daughter became like a mother to him, heightening the emotional depth of loss.

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Trivia

This classic emotional track from 'Paar Magaley Paar' (1963) features music by the famed duo Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy with lyrics penned by Kaviarasu Kannadasan. Sung by T. M. Soundararajan and P. B. Sreenivas, the song highlights Sivaji Ganesan's powerful emotional performance as a father.

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