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Elangaathu Veesudhey

From Pithamagan · 2003

Lyricist
Pazhani Bharathi
Singers
Sriram Parthasarathy, Shreya Ghoshal
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Pithamagan
Movie release year
2003
Lyrics added on
27 Feb 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Elangaathu veesudhae
Isai pola pesudhae
Elangaathu veesudhae
Isai pola pesudhae
Valaiyaadha moongilil
Raagam valainchu odudhae
Megam 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 pesudhae
Female :Valaiyaadha moongilil
Raagam valainchu odudhae
Megam muzhichu ketkudhae
Pinni pinni chinna ezhaiyodum
Nenjai allum vanna thuni pola
Onnukkonnu dhaan enanji irukku
Uravu ellaam 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
Yedhum inai illai
Ulagathil edhuvum
Thanichu illaiyae
Kuzhalil raagam malaril vaasam
Serndhadha pola
Elangaathu veesudhae
Isai pola pesudhae
Female :Valaiyaadha moongilil
Raagam valainchu odudhae
Megam muzhichu ketkudhae
Oh 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
Male :Vaanavil kudaiyum pudikkudhae
Pul veli paadhai virikkudhae
Vaanavil kudaiyum pudikkudhae
Maniyin oosai kettu
Mana kadhavu thirakkudhae
Female :Puthiya thaalam pottu
Udal kaatril midhakkudhae
A gentle breeze is blowing,
It speaks just like music.
A gentle breeze is blowing,
It speaks just like music.
Through the rigid bamboo,
A melody bends and flows,
And the clouds awaken to listen.
In a heart as hard as black rock,
A peacock spreads its feathers,
And a gentle drizzle falls.
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 swings open.
Keeping to a fresh rhythm,
The body floats in the breeze.
A gentle breeze is blowing,
It speaks just like music.
Female: Through the rigid bamboo,
A melody bends and flows,
And the clouds awaken to listen.
Like tiny threads woven together
Into a beautiful, colorful cloth,
Entwined closely with one another,
All human bonds are made.
Giving endlessly to everyone,
Like this motherly earth,
Only a few have such a generous heart,
And the world lives on because of them.
Yesterday slipped away in loneliness...
There was no one for company.
If someone walks along as a companion,
Nothing else compares to that.
In this world, nothing
Can ever exist all alone,
Like melody in a flute or fragrance in a flower,
They are naturally bound together.
A gentle breeze is blowing,
It speaks just like music.
Female: Through the rigid bamboo,
A melody bends and flows,
And the clouds awaken to listen.
Oh, what a vast sky the mind is!
Every day it sets a new puzzle.
Who could ever know its secrets?
Who could understand this wonder?
The very hand that sows the seed
Plucks the flowers every single day.
Taking fiber to string the blossoms,
Whose garland did it become...?
Like parrots swinging gently
From the roots of a banyan tree,
Tucking under their folded wings,
Whispering all their stories,
Without even hearing a lullaby...
Running in search of a mother's lap,
Just like a mountain stream...
In a heart as hard as black rock,
A peacock spreads its feathers,
And a gentle drizzle falls.
The meadow spreads out a path,
Male: 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 swings open.
Female: Keeping to a fresh rhythm,
The body floats in the breeze.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

‘Elangaathu Veesudhae’ is a serene and poetic ode to the gentle, unexpected transformation of human emotion through love, warmth, and nature. It uses rich pastoral imagery—breezes, rain, blooming flowers, and rivers—to portray how a cold, lonely heart ('karum paarai manasu') can soften and bloom with joy when touched by companionship and empathy.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Personification (Uruvagam / Personification)

Megam muzhichu ketkudhae / Vaanavil kudaiyum pudikkudhae

Attributing human actions like waking up, listening, or holding an umbrella to natural elements like clouds and rainbows.

Simile (Upamai)

Isai pola pesudhae / Nenjai allum vanna thuni pola

Comparing the way breeze speaks to music, human connections to woven cloth, and a flowing river to a child seeking a mother's lap using explicit comparative markers ('pola').

Metaphor (Uruvagaram)

Karum paarai manasula Mayil thogai virikkudhae

Comparing an emotionally hardened mind to a black rock that blossoms into joy.

Anaphora / Repetition (Edukku Thodar)

Pinni pinni chinna ezhaiyodum / Alli alli thandhu uravaadum

Repetition of words like 'Pinni pinni' and 'Alli alli' for rhythmic and emphatic effect.

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Trivia

Composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja with lyrics by Pazhani Bharathi, this song is considered one of Shreya Ghoshal's iconic Tamil tracks early in her career, winning widespread critical acclaim for its lush acoustic arrangements and poetic depth in Bala's 2003 film Pithamagan.

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