- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singer
- P. Bhanumathi
- Music director
- G. Ramanathan
- Movie name
- Madurai Veeran
- Movie release year
- 1956
- Lyrics added on
- 19 Mar 2019
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song is a tragic and poignant lamentation addressed directly to the divine mother/fate. The singer grieves over the heartbreaking separation from her beloved, questioning why a merciful divine power would unite two loving souls only to cruelly tear them apart. She questions if her joy was a mere illusion or dream. Throughout the lyrics, the protagonist questions the benevolence of the Divine, asking whether the goddess's duty is to ruin beautiful, fragrant blooming flowers (metaphor for young love). The repeated rhetorical questions ending in '-aa' underscore her grief, sense of betrayal by destiny, and helpless frustration.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Adukku Thodar (Epizeuxis)
“Ninaithu ninaithu magizhndhu naangal”
Repetition of words like 'Ninaithu ninaithu' (thinking repeatedly), 'Manakka manakka' (fragrant repeatedly), and 'Thudikka thudikka' (suffering repeatedly) to intensify emotion and imagery.
Rhetorical Questioning (Vina) / End-rhyme '-aa'
“Nesam kondadhum kanavaa”
Every couplet ends in a questioning '-aa' suffix (kadhaiyaa, kanavaa, seyalaa, thozhilaa, thavaraa, sadhiyaa) expressing angst and helplessness.
Metaphor (Uvamai)
“Manakka manakka malarndha malarai Sidhaippadhae undhan thozhilaa”
Comparing love to a freshly blossomed fragrant flower ('malarndha malar') that is being heartlessly crushed/destroyed by fate.
Monnai / Alliteration
“Anaikkum annai neeyae endru / Agilam solvadhum thavaraa”
First-letter alignment across lines like 'Anaikkum' and 'Agilam' creating rhythmic musical flow.
Did you know?
Trivia
Though the context lists the music director as unknown, this classic track from Madurai Veeran (1956) was composed by legendary music director G. Ramanathan and sung masterfully by P. Leela. The film starred M. G. Ramachandran, Bhanumathi, and Padmini.
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