Deivam Irangadha
From Pillai Selvam · 1973
- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singer
- T. M. Soundararajan
- Music director
- Sakthi Kumar
- Details
- Pillai Selvam1973
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Deivam irangatha | Won't God take pity on you? |
| Deivam unaku irangatha | Won't God take pity on you? |
| Deivam irangatha | Won't God take pity on you? |
| Un mugam parkatha | Won't He look at your face? |
| Kallil irupaane devan mannilum irupaane | God resides in stone and resides on earth, |
| Ezhai siruvan kangalil mattum illathu ponane | Did He go missing only in the eyes of this poor young boy? |
| Deivam irangatha | Won't God take pity on you? |
| Un mugam parkatha | Won't He look at your face? |
| Male | |
| Vithi enpavan unai thedi | Fate came looking for you, |
| Vizhaiyada vanthan kanne | To play its wicked game, my dear child. |
| Vithi enpavan unai thedi | Fate came looking for you, |
| Vizhaiyada vanthan kanne | To play its wicked game, my dear child. |
| Kanivai sirumozhi pookannanin | The sweet-spoken, flower-eyed boy... |
| Kann vangi avanum kapothi aanaane | Taking away his sight, did God Himself become blind to mercy? |
| Deivam irangatha | Won't God take pity on you? |
| Un mugam parkatha | Won't He look at your face? |
| Male | |
| Veri pidithe unai vizhungida enni | Intoxicated with rage, intending to devour you, |
| Thodaruthada oru kodu vilangu | A cruel wild beast pursues you! |
| Veri pidithe unai vizhungida enni | Intoxicated with rage, intending to devour you, |
| Thodaruthada oru kodu vilangu | A cruel wild beast pursues you! |
| Uravenum vilangugal madivai neeyendru | Knowing that you would perish under the fetters of relationships, |
| Ninaipathu enna palamadangu | What is the use of contemplating it manifold times? |
| Deivam irangatha | Won't God take pity on you? |
| Un mugam parkatha | Won't He look at your face? |
| Male | |
| Un annai unakkaga | Your mother, for your sake, |
| Uyir ilanthum valgindral | Lives on even after losing her life. |
| Un thanthai unai enni | Your father, thinking of you, |
| Udal thalarnthu vegindran | Suffers with a weary body. |
| Devi aval deepam | The lamp of the Goddess |
| Un vizhiyaga vendum | Must become your vision. |
| Devanin kanneer | The tears of God |
| Or vazhi katta vendum | Must show you a way forward. |
| Male | |
| Deivam irangatha | Won't God take pity on you? |
| Deivam unaku irangatha | Won't God take pity on you? |
| Deivam irangatha | Won't God take pity on you? |
| Un mugam parkatha | Won't He look at your face? |
தெய்வம் இரங்காதா
தெய்வம் உனக்கு இரங்காதா
தெய்வம் இரங்காதா
உன் முகம் பார்க்காதா
கல்லில் இருப்பானே தேவன்
மண்ணிலும் இருப்பானே
ஏழைச் சிறுவன் கண்களில் மட்டும்
இல்லாது போனானே......
தெய்வம் இரங்காதா
உன் முகம் பார்க்காதா
Won't God take pity on you?
Won't God take pity on you?
Won't God take pity on you?
Won't He look at your face?
God resides in stone and resides on earth,
Did He go missing only in the eyes of this poor young boy?
Won't God take pity on you?
Won't He look at your face?
விதி என்பவன் உனைத் தேடி
விளையாட வந்தான் கண்ணே
விதி என்பவன் உனைத் தேடி
விளையாட வந்தான் கண்ணே
கனிவாய் சிறுமொழி பூங்கண்ணனின்
கண் வாங்கி அவனும் கபோதி ஆனானே...
தெய்வம் இரங்காதா
உன் முகம் பார்க்காதா
Fate came looking for you,
To play its wicked game, my dear child.
Fate came looking for you,
To play its wicked game, my dear child.
The sweet-spoken, flower-eyed boy...
Taking away his sight, did God Himself become blind to mercy?
Won't God take pity on you?
Won't He look at your face?
வெறி பிடித்தே உனை விழுங்கிட எண்ணி
தொடருதடா ஒரு கொடு விலங்கு
வெறி பிடித்தே உனை விழுங்கிட எண்ணி
தொடருதடா ஒரு கொடு விலங்கு
உறவெனும் விலங்குகள் மடிவாய் நீயென்று
நினைப்பது என்ன பல மடங்கு
தெய்வம் இரங்காதா
உன் முகம் பார்க்காதா
Intoxicated with rage, intending to devour you,
A cruel wild beast pursues you!
Intoxicated with rage, intending to devour you,
A cruel wild beast pursues you!
Knowing that you would perish under the fetters of relationships,
What is the use of contemplating it manifold times?
Won't God take pity on you?
Won't He look at your face?
உன் அன்னை உனக்காக
உயிரிழந்தும் வாழ்கின்றாள்
உன் தந்தை உனை எண்ணி
உடல் தளர்ந்து வேகின்றான்
தேவி அவள் தீபம்
உன் விழியாக வேண்டும்
தேவனின் கண்ணீர் ஓர்
வழி காட்ட வேண்டும்
Your mother, for your sake,
Lives on even after losing her life.
Your father, thinking of you,
Suffers with a weary body.
The lamp of the Goddess
Must become your vision.
The tears of God
Must show you a way forward.
தெய்வம் இரங்காதா
தெய்வம் உனக்கு இரங்காதா
தெய்வம் இரங்காதா
உன் முகம் பார்க்காதா
Won't God take pity on you?
Won't God take pity on you?
Won't God take pity on you?
Won't He look at your face?
Deivam irangatha
Won't God take pity on you?
Deivam unaku irangatha
Won't God take pity on you?
Deivam irangatha
Won't God take pity on you?
Un mugam parkatha
Won't He look at your face?
Kallil irupaane devan mannilum irupaane
God resides in stone and resides on earth,
Ezhai siruvan kangalil mattum illathu ponane
Did He go missing only in the eyes of this poor young boy?
Deivam irangatha
Won't God take pity on you?
Un mugam parkatha
Won't He look at your face?
Vithi enpavan unai thedi
Fate came looking for you,
Vizhaiyada vanthan kanne
To play its wicked game, my dear child.
Vithi enpavan unai thedi
Fate came looking for you,
Vizhaiyada vanthan kanne
To play its wicked game, my dear child.
Kanivai sirumozhi pookannanin
The sweet-spoken, flower-eyed boy...
Kann vangi avanum kapothi aanaane
Taking away his sight, did God Himself become blind to mercy?
Deivam irangatha
Won't God take pity on you?
Un mugam parkatha
Won't He look at your face?
Veri pidithe unai vizhungida enni
Intoxicated with rage, intending to devour you,
Thodaruthada oru kodu vilangu
A cruel wild beast pursues you!
Veri pidithe unai vizhungida enni
Intoxicated with rage, intending to devour you,
Thodaruthada oru kodu vilangu
A cruel wild beast pursues you!
Uravenum vilangugal madivai neeyendru
Knowing that you would perish under the fetters of relationships,
Ninaipathu enna palamadangu
What is the use of contemplating it manifold times?
Deivam irangatha
Won't God take pity on you?
Un mugam parkatha
Won't He look at your face?
Un annai unakkaga
Your mother, for your sake,
Uyir ilanthum valgindral
Lives on even after losing her life.
Un thanthai unai enni
Your father, thinking of you,
Udal thalarnthu vegindran
Suffers with a weary body.
Devi aval deepam
The lamp of the Goddess
Un vizhiyaga vendum
Must become your vision.
Devanin kanneer
The tears of God
Or vazhi katta vendum
Must show you a way forward.
Deivam irangatha
Won't God take pity on you?
Deivam unaku irangatha
Won't God take pity on you?
Deivam irangatha
Won't God take pity on you?
Un mugam parkatha
Won't He look at your face?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Deivam Irangatha is a deeply poignant emotional song questioning divine mercy and justice for an innocent young boy struck by tragedy and blindness. The lyrics express anguish at how God, who is believed to present everywhere in nature and idols, seems absent when it comes to granting sight and relief to a helpless child. The narrator reflects on the torment inflicted by fate and the unbearable suffering of the boy's parents—a mother living in spirit only for her child and a father broken by sorrow. The song concludes with a desperate prayer that divine light and grace will eventually illuminate the boy's dark world and show him a path forward.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Rhetorical Question
“Deivam irangatha”
The repeated phrase 'Deivam irangatha' (Won't God take pity?) serves as a poignant rhetorical question expressing grief and questioning divine justice.
Monai (Initial Alliteration)
“Vithi enpavan unai thedi / Vizhaiyada vanthan kanne”
Matching initial consonants 'Vi' in 'Vithi' and 'Vizhaiyada' create a rhythmic, solemn flow in the line structure.
Metaphor (Uruvam)
“Uravenum vilangugal madivai neeyendru”
'Uravenum vilangugal' metaphorically compares human relationships and emotional attachments to heavy iron shackles or fetters.
Metaphor (Uruvam)
“Devi aval deepam / Un vizhiyaga vendum”
'Devi aval deepam' metaphorically compares the divine light/grace of the Goddess to the restoring sight needed by the child.
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Trivia
Pillai Selvam (1973) features music composed by Sakthi Kumar and soul-stirring lyrics written by Kaviarasu Kannadasan. The track is sung by veteran playback singer T. M. Soundararajan, showcasing Kannadasan's signature style of questioning destiny and divine power during human suffering.
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