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Elaiyudhir Kaalam

From Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu · 2006

Lyricist
Na. Muthu Kumar
Singers
Yuvan Shankar Raja, Bhavatharani, Bobby
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie name
Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu
Movie release year
2006
Lyrics added on
15 Dec 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Ilaiyuthir kaalam endraal
Ennavendru ariyaatha kaadu athu …uuu…
Yaar athanai saabam ittu
Sogangalin medai yena maatriyathu ..uu…
Sedi kodi marangal
Azhuvathu etharkku
Singam puli siruththai
Kanneerodu irukku
Intha nilai kaattukku yenunga
Thoongum thevathai kathai kelunga
Maathangal muzhuvathum
Mazhai veiyil ondraai varum
Dhesam…. minmini dhesam
Hey angae orr ilavarasi
Pookkal vanthu avalidam pesum
Avalum tharuvaalae vaasam
Or naal nam ilavarasi
Vilaiyaada ponaalae
Mayilodum meenodum
Malai nathiyil kulithaalae
Pulli maanin udambil
Pulli vaiththu kolam pottaal
Yaanai melae yeri
Aval kaattai yelam kettaal
Maraththil yeri pookal parithaal
Varum aabaththinai ariyavillai
Antha maram maram illai
Athu oru manthira maaya kizhavi ..ee…
Kaalamellaam thoongu endru
Kobam kondu saabam thanthaal
Antha kizhavi …ee……ee….
Andru muthal avalum
Thoongi kondae valarnthaal
Saviyinai tholaitha
Bommai yena kidanthaal
Innum aval meendu vara
Vazhi enna
Oru mannavanum vanthiduvaan ini enna
Thappendru therinthaal
Thatti ketkka kadavul anuppum kaalan
Sivlai maadan
Hey maarbengum vizhipun kavasamai
Konda vamsakaaran
Ezhu kadal thaandum sooran
Raththathaal yuththathai
Mudithitta veeran
Muththathaal muthal murai
Jeyikkathaan poraan
Kaatukkoru naal varuvaan
Thoongum kanmani kaigal thoduvaan
Kaathal muththam peruvaan
Aval saabam neenga seivaan
Kaatu thaeril paarunga
Oru kaadhal pooththa kadhaiya kelunga
Thaai thantha muththathilae
Paasam endraal ennavendru kandenae
Female :Aaa….aa….aaa….aa….
Male :Aval thantha muththathilae
Paasaththodu verondraiyum kandenae
Female :Aaa….aa….aaa….aa….
Ezhezhu jenmam
Thodargindra uravu
Ezhae nodiyil nigazhnthathu indru
Antha muththam aval thantha antha nodi
Oru natchathiram vaanathilae pooththadi
Thaai thantha muththathil
Paasam endraal ennavendru kanden
Thaai thantha muththathil
Paasam endraal ennavendru kanden
Andru kanden
Oh aval thantha muththathil paasaththodu
Verondraiyum kanden
Oh aval thantha muththathil paasaththodu
Verondraiyum kanden
Naan silayaagi nindren
Ezhezhu jenmagal
Thodargindra kaadhal ithu
Ezhezhu jenmagal
Ennai aval paartha antha
Ezhu nodi pothum
Kaalam ulla kaalam variakkum
Kaalam ulla kaalam variakkum
Intha kaadhal muththam kaatril nilaikkum
That was a forest that never knew
what autumn even was... ooh...
Who cast a curse on it
and turned it into a stage of sorrow? ..ooh...
Why are the plants, vines,
and trees weeping?
Lions, tigers, and leopards
are all standing in tears.
Why did this happen to the forest?
Listen to the story of the sleeping fairy.
All throughout the months,
rain and sunshine came together
in that land... that land of fireflies.
Hey, a princess lived there;
the flowers would come and talk to her,
and she would give them their fragrance.
One day, our princess
went out to play.
Along with the peacocks and the fish,
she bathed in the mountain stream.
On the spotted deer's body,
she drew dot patterns like a kolam (floor art).
Climbing atop an elephant,
she playfully bid for the whole forest.
She climbed a tree to pluck flowers,
unaware of the danger waiting ahead.
That tree was no ordinary tree;
it was a magical, wicked witch...
"Fall asleep forever!"
she cursed in fierce anger,
that old witch...
From that day on,
she grew up while fast asleep.
Like a wind-up doll
that lost its key, she lay still.
For her to wake up again,
what is the way?
A prince will surely arrive, so what is there to worry about?
When something is wrong,
God sends a fierce warrior to demand justice—
like Sivalai Maadan (a guardian deity).
Wearing battle scars across his chest like armor,
he comes from a brave clan,
a hero who can cross seven seas.
A warrior who used to end wars
with shed blood,
is now going to triumph for the first time
with just a tender kiss!
One day he will arrive in the forest,
hold the sleeping beauty's hands,
receive a kiss of true love,
and break the curse that binds her.
Look at the forest chariot,
and hear the story of how love blossomed.
In the kiss my mother gave,
I learned what pure affection meant.
Female: Aah... aah... aah... aah...
Male: In the kiss she gave,
I discovered something even beyond affection.
Female: Aah... aah... aah... aah...
A bond meant to last
across seven lifetimes
happened today in just seven seconds.
That moment she gave me that kiss,
a new star blossomed in the sky.
In the kiss my mother gave,
I learned what affection was.
In the kiss my mother gave,
I learned what affection was.
I realized it back then.
Oh, in the kiss she gave, along with affection,
I discovered something more.
Oh, in the kiss she gave, along with affection,
I discovered something more.
I stood frozen like a statue.
Across seven lifetimes,
this is a love that will endure.
Across seven lifetimes,
those seven seconds
when she looked at me are enough.
As long as time exists,
as long as time exists,
this kiss of love will linger in the breeze.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song weaves a fairytale-like story starting with an allegorical tale of a magical forest that falls under a dark curse. A joyful princess who plays with nature, fish, and animals unknowingly angers an enchanted tree-witch while picking flowers, which curses her to sleep eternally like a keyless doll until a heroic savior arrives to break the spell with a kiss of love. In the latter half, the song transitions into a romantic expression comparing maternal affection with deep romantic love. The protagonist reflects on how a mother's kiss teaches affection, whereas his beloved's kiss reveals a divine, soul-stirring passion that connects two lovers across seven lifetimes within just a span of seven seconds.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Personification

Pookkal vanthu avalidam pesum

Attributing human actions to nature, such as flowers speaking to the princess and trees weeping.

Simile (Upamai)

Saviyinai tholaitha Bommai yena kidanthaal

Comparing the cursed, sleeping princess to a wind-up doll that lost its key.

Alliteration & Wordplay (Monaai)

Pulli maanin udambil Pulli vaiththu kolam pottaal

Rhythmic repetition of 'Pulli' (spots) creating a playful cadence.

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navortchi)

Ezhezhu jenmam Thodargindra uravu Ezhae nodiyil nigazhnthathu indru

Exaggerating the depth of romance as a connection transcending seven lifetimes instantly created in seven seconds.

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Trivia

The song is from the 2006 Tamil romantic drama film 'Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu', directed by Vijay Milton, starring Bharath and Mallika Kapoor. The music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, and the evocative narrative lyrics were penned by the late acclaimed lyricist Na. Muthukumar.

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