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Lyrics & meaning

Dangeru Aiyaa Dangeru

From Mathar Kula Manickam · 1956

Lyricist: Udumalai Narayanakavi
Singers: T. V. Rathnam, G. Kasthoori
Music director: S. Rajeswara Rao
Movie name: Mathar Kula Manickam
Movie release year: 1956
Lyrics added on: 9 Jul 2025

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics

↻ English translation

Pattam pathavikkum aasaippattaal

Thuttukke varum danger-u

Pakkam melam sariyillaatti

Paadaganukku danger-u

Pattam pathavikkum aasaippattaal

Thuttukke varum danger-u

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Paadaganukku danger-u

Muttaa pasangalai yosanai kettaal

Moolaikku rompa danger-u

Muttaa pasangalai yosanai kettaal

Moolaikku rompa danger-u

Kurudangittae muttikkolvathu

Muthugi tholukku danger-u very danger-u

Aiyaa danger-u

Kanda pengalai theruvil paarththu

Kannadippathu danger-u

Adi kannadippathu danger-u

Currant kampaththil melae yaeri

Kambiyai thoduvathu danger-u

Pendu pillaigal aasai kondavan

Sandaikku povathu danger-u

Periyor sabaiyil siriyor sendru

Pesapovathu danger-u very danger-u

Aiyaa danger-u

Kallaathaar kalaingar aanaal

Kalaikku rompa danger-u

Copy adikkira pasangakitta

Kadhaigal padippathu danger-u

Illaathaar iruppavar polae

Nadippathu innum danger-u

Iruppavarum illaathavaridam

Avamathippathu inimae danger-u very danger-u

Aiyaa danger-u

Kaattaiyum meattaiyum uzhuthaamal pona

Kanjikkae varum danger-u

Kattupaattil adangaathavargal

Katchiyil iruppathu danger-u

Ottu poda theriyaavittaal

Naatukku athuthaan danger-u…oo….oo…

Ottu poda theriyaavittaal

Naatukku athuthaan danger-u….

If you crave titles and high positions,

your very money is in danger!

If the rhythm accompaniment isn't good,

the singer is in danger!

If you crave titles and high positions,

your very money is in danger!

Female: If the rhythm accompaniment isn't good,

the singer is in danger!

If you ask foolish people for advice,

it's a huge danger to your brain!

If you ask foolish people for advice,

it's a huge danger to your brain!

Bumping into a blind man

is danger to the skin on your back, very big danger!

Oh sir, danger!

Looking at random women on the street

and winking is danger!

Hey, winking is danger!

Climbing up an electric pole

and touching the wire is danger!

For someone devoted to his wife and children,

going off to fight is danger!

For the inexperienced to enter a gathering of elders

and try to speak is danger, very big danger!

Oh sir, danger!

If uneducated people become artists,

it's a huge danger to art!

From fellows who merely copy others,

reading stories is danger!

For the have-nots, pretending to be wealthy—

putting on that act is even more danger!

And for the wealthy, towards the poor,

showing disrespect from now on is danger, very big danger!

Oh sir, danger!

If the wild fields and highlands are left unplowed,

your very daily meal is in danger!

For those who refuse to follow discipline,

staying in a political party is danger!

If people don't know how to cast their vote,

that is danger to the nation... ooh... ooh...

If people don't know how to cast their vote,

that is danger to the nation!

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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This humorous yet deeply didactic social commentary song uses the loanword 'danger' as a catchy refrain to highlight various personal, moral, and social perils. Written by the famed lyricist Udumalai Narayanakavi, the song spans topics ranging from basic common sense (touching live wires, winking at strangers) to social ethics (disrespecting the poor, uneducated people posing as artists) and civic duties (voting responsibly, maintaining party discipline).

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Monai (Initial Alliteration)

“Pattam pathavikkum aasaippattaal”

Matching of initial consonant sounds across consecutive lines (Pattam / Pakkam / Paadaganukku).

Edhukai (Second Letter Rhyming)

“Kallaathaar kalaingar aanaal”

Rhyming of the second letter across lines ('ll' sound in Kallaathaar and Illaathaar).

Epizeuxis / Repetition

“Pesapovathu danger-u very danger-u”

Emphasis through repetition of the English loan phrase 'danger-u very danger-u'.

Code-Switching / Satirical Tanglish

“Thuttukke varum danger-u”

Integration of English colloquial terms ('danger', 'currant', 'copy') into traditional folk poetry for comedic and socio-political effect.

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Trivia

Udumalai Narayanakavi was renowned as 'Kavirayar' for embedding rationalist and reformist Dravidian ideology into popular cinema songs. In this track, he cleverly integrates the English word 'danger' adapted to Tamil phonetics ('danger-u') to make socio-political messages memorable to the general public during the post-independence democratic transition.

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