- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singer
- Vani Jairam
- Music director
- Shankar Ganesh
- Movie name
- Mambazhathu Vandu
- Movie release year
- 1979
- Lyrics added on
- 6 May 2021
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This delightful song expresses deep adoration for nature, capturing the picturesque beauty of mist-laden mountains, dancing breezes, and lush green forests. The speaker personifies the hill station and its landscape as an enchanting woman dancing without a stage and playing natural music through whispering bamboos. In addition to celebrating nature's bliss, the lyricist pays tribute to the hardworking laborers whose sweat sustains the land, elevating them to the status of deities who protect the country. Overall, the song weaves romance, nature worship, and social appreciation into a harmonious poetic anthem.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Aadum oonjalgal polae”
Compares the swinging landscape/branches to swings ('Aadum oonjalgal polae') and the mountain slope to a goddess's long black hair ('Oru devadhaiyin karungkoondhalai pol').
Personification (Uruvagandhu / Thandhaiyakkudhal)
“Adhai vaari vittu oru poo mudikka / Ilangaatru varum idhamaaga”
Personifies the breeze as combing the mountain's hair and decorating it with flowers, and the misty clouds as a dancing daughter.
Rhyme / Monai (Initial Rhyming)
“Paadum moongilgal melae / Modhum ilanthendralae”
Use of initial alliteration/rhyme in Tamil poetry across lines ('Palar', 'Vedhainaiyai', 'Avar', 'Indha').
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Trivia
Composed by the duo Shankar-Ganesh and rendered by Vani Jayaram with lyrics by Kannadasan, this track stands out for combining contemporary English phrases like 'I love u' with traditional Tamil imagery celebrating the beauty of nature.
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