- Lyricist
- Kuyilan
- Singer
- Jikki
- Music director
- V. Dakshinamurthy
- Movie name
- Asai Magan
- Movie release year
- 1953
- Lyrics added on
- 10 Oct 2021
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
The song 'Gramaththin Idhayam' from the 1953 film Asai Magan is a poetic tribute to village life, rural beauty, and the noble effort of farmers. It frames the village as an earthly paradise where happiness flows endlessly and compares its serene environment to the abode of the celestial gods. Using pastoral imagery—such as pairs of pigeons swaying in the breeze and golden crop fields—lyricist Kuyilan praises the tireless effort of agrarian workers. The song exalts the farmer as a harbinger of fortune who transforms wild forests into prosperous fields, pouring sweat like river water to turn raw earth into gold and diamonds.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Uwamai)
“Amarar logam polae endrum”
Compares the heavenly, beautiful state of the village directly to 'Amarar logam' (the world of the celestial gods) using the explicit comparison word 'polae' (like).
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Mannai ponnaaga maattrum”
Metaphorically compares the agricultural yield of the soil to pure gold ('ponnaaga'), symbolizing economic and spiritual prosperity created by hard work.
Personification
“Anbudan azhagum konjum gramam”
Attributes human characteristics of tenderness and affection ('konjum' - caressing/lisping lovingly) to the abstract ideas of love, beauty, and the village itself.
Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Poonthendralilaadi nelmani thedi / Maadaththai thedi varum jodi puravae”
Repetition of similar initial consonants and vowel sounds across poetic feet in Tamil prosody.
Ethugai (Second-letter Rhyme)
“Gramaththin idhayam peranbin nilaiyam / Anandham alai veesum ennaalum ingae”
Ethugai is present in Tamil poetic tradition where second letters correspond across lines to maintain rhythmic flow.
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Trivia
Asai Magan (1953) featured music composed primarily by C. R. Subburaman, but due to his unexpected passing in 1952, the score was completed by his prominent assistants Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. Lyricist Kuyilan was renowned for incorporating socio-realist themes, rural appreciation, and political consciousness into mid-20th-century Tamil cinema songs.
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