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Lyrics & meaning

Elangaathu Veesudhey Solo

From Pithamagan · 2003

Lyricist
Pazhani Bharathi
Singer
Sriram Parthasarathy
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Pithamagan
Movie release year
2003
Lyrics added on
14 Jan 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Elangaathu veesudhae
Isai pola pesudheae
Valaiyaadha moongilil
Raagam valainchu odudhae
Megham muzhichu ketkudhae
Karum paarai manasula
Mayil thogai virikkudhae
Mazhai chaaral thelikkudhae
Pul veli paadhai virikkudhae
Vaanavil kudaiyum pudikkudhae
Pul veli paadhai virikkudhae
Vaanavil kudaiyum pudikkudhae
Maniyin oosai kettu mana kadhavu thirakkudhae
Puthiya thaalam pottu udal kaatril midhakkudhae
Elangaathu veesudhae
Isai pola pesudheae
Valaiyaadha moongilil
Raagam valainchu odudhae
Megham muzhichu ketkudhae
Pinni pinni chinna ezhaiyodum
Nenjai allum vanna thuni pola
Onnukkonnu dhaan enanji irukku
Uravu yellaam amanji irukku
Alli alli thandhu uravaadum
Annamadi indha nelam pola
Silarukku dhaan manasu irukku
Ulagam adhil nilaichu irukku
Nethu thanimaiyila pochu.. yaarum thunai illai
Yaaro vazhi thunaikku vandhaal edhum inai illai
Ulagathil edhuvum thanichu illaiyae
Kuzhalil raagam malaril vaasam serndhadhu pola
Elangaathu veesudhae
Isai pola pesudheae
Valaiyaadha moongilil
Raagam valainchu odudhae
Megham muzhichu ketkudhae
Manasula enna aagaayam
Dhinam dhinam adhu pudhir podum
Ragasiyatha yaaru arinja? adhisayatha yaaru purinja?
Vedha vidhaikkira kai dhaanae
Malar parikkudhu dhinam dhoorum
Malar thodukka naarai eduthu
Yaar thodutha maalaiyaachu?
Aalam vizhudhilae oonjal aadum kili yellaam
Moodum siragilae mella pesum kadhaiyellaam
Thaalaattu kettidaamalae..thaayin madiyai thedi oodum
malai nathi polaa……
Karum paarai manasula
Mayil thogai virikkudhae
Mazhai chaaral thelikkudhae
Pul veli paadhai virikkudhae
Vaanavil kudaiyum pudikkudhae
Pul veli paadhai virikkudhae
Vaanavil kudaiyum pudikkudhae
Maniyin oosai kettu mana kadhavu thirakkudhae
Puthiya thaalam pottu udal kaatril midhakkudhae
A gentle breeze blows
It speaks like music
In unbending bamboo
A melody bends and flows
The clouds wake up and listen
In a rock-hard heart
A peacock spreads its feathers
A gentle drizzle sprinkles down
The meadow spreads out a path
And the rainbow holds up an umbrella
The meadow spreads out a path
And the rainbow holds up an umbrella
Hearing the sound of a bell, the door of the heart opens
Stepping to a new beat, the body floats on the breeze
A gentle breeze blows
It speaks like music
In unbending bamboo
A melody bends and flows
The clouds wake up and listen
Woven closely with fine threads,
Like colorful cloth that charms the heart,
Bound together side by side,
All our bonds of love are made.
Giving endlessly with open hands,
Like this motherly earth that feeds us,
Only a few have such a generous heart,
And on that, the whole world stands.
Yesterday passed in loneliness, with no one for company
If someone comes along for the journey, nothing compares to it
Nothing in this world exists all alone,
Like the tune in a flute, or the scent in a flower.
A gentle breeze blows
It speaks like music
In unbending bamboo
A melody bends and flows
The clouds wake up and listen
What an endless sky is in the heart!
Day after day, it poses a puzzle.
Who has known its secret? Who has understood its wonder?
Isn't it the very hand that sowed the seed
That plucks the blossoms day after day?
Taking the fiber to string the flowers,
Whose garland has it become?
All the parrots swinging on the banyan roots,
All the stories they softly tell beneath folded wings,
Even without hearing a lullaby, running to find a mother's lap,
Like a mountain river...
In a rock-hard heart
A peacock spreads its feathers
A gentle drizzle sprinkles down
The meadow spreads out a path
And the rainbow holds up an umbrella
The meadow spreads out a path
And the rainbow holds up an umbrella
Hearing the sound of a bell, the door of the heart opens
Stepping to a new beat, the body floats on the breeze
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Elangaathu Veesudhae is a soul-stirring composition that reflects on human connection, affection, and the divine beauty of nature. Set against the backdrop of raw, unrefined human lives, the lyrics articulate how warmth and love can melt even the hardest of human hearts, comparing emotional blossoming to the breeze, rain, and meadows.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai)

Isai pola pesudheae

Compares the gentle breeze speaking to music, and human relationships to finely woven cloth.

Personification

Megham muzhichu ketkudhae

Attributes human behaviors to natural elements such as clouds waking up to listen and rainbow holding an umbrella.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Karum paarai manasula

Metaphorically compares a rigid or unyielding emotional state to a hard black rock.

Ethirai (Second letter rhyme)

Valaiyaadha moongilil / Raagam valainchu odudhae

The second consonant sound 'la' matches in 'Valaiyaadha' and 'Raagam valainchu'.

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Trivia

Composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja for the film Pithamagan (2003), this iconic track was sung by Shreya Ghoshal and features Sriram Parthasarathy on vocal interludes. Ilaiyaraaja won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for his work in the movie.

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