I Love You Pani Then Malaiye
From Mambazhathu Vandu · 1979
- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singer
- Vani Jairam
- Music director
- Shankar Ganesh
- Details
- Mambazhathu Vandu1979
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| I love u pani thaen malaiyae | I love you, oh snowy, honey-like mountain! |
| I love u …mayakkum kalaiyae | I love you, oh enchanting art form! |
| Aadum oonjalgal polae | Like swinging cradles, |
| Enna thottrangale | What beautiful sights these are! |
| Paadum moongilgal melae | Upon the singing bamboos, |
| Modhum ilanthendralae | The gentle breeze strikes softly. |
| Female | |
| I love u pani thaen malaiyae | I love you, oh snowy, honey-like mountain! |
| I love u …mayakkum kalaiyae | I love you, oh enchanting art form! |
| Female | |
| Oru veenaiyilae isai vaasigindraal | She plays music on a veena, |
| Malai moginiyaal suvaiyaaga | Delightfully, like a enchantress of the mountains. |
| Ezhil medaiyindri nadamaadugiraal | Without a formal beautiful stage, she dances, |
| Pani mega magal sugamaaga | Pleasantly, like the daughter of misty clouds. |
| Ilanthottil aattum kundramae | Oh hills that rock like young cradles! |
| Vilayaai kaattum mandramae | Oh gathering spot displaying rich nature! |
| Female | |
| I love u pani thaen malaiyae | I love you, oh snowy, honey-like mountain! |
| I love u …mayakkum kalaiyae | I love you, oh enchanting art form! |
| Female | |
| Palar vervaiyilae ival vaazhukindraal | Nourished by the sweat of many, she thrives here, |
| Nalla pasumaiyudan uyarvaaga avar | Growing high with luscious greenery; |
| Vedhainaiyai ini theerthu veippom | We shall forever relieve their pain, |
| Indha dhesam engum nilaiyaaga | Making prosperity permanent across this nation. |
| Avar naadu kaakkum selvangal | They are the treasures protecting our land, |
| Indha kaadu kanda deivangal …aahahaaa | The living deities found in these forests... ahahaaa. |
| Female | |
| I love u pani thaen malaiyae | I love you, oh snowy, honey-like mountain! |
| I love u …mayakkum kalaiyae | I love you, oh enchanting art form! |
| Female | |
| Oru devadhaiyin karungkoondhalai pol | Like the long black hair of a goddess, |
| Malai sarinthirukkum azhagaaga | The mountain slope descends beautifully. |
| Adhai vaari vittu oru poo mudikka | To comb it out and adorn it with a flower, |
| Ilangaatru varum idhamaaga | The young breeze approaches gently. |
| Indha inbalogam sorgamae | This world of bliss is true heaven, |
| Engum indha oor en sondhamae | This entire land belongs to me as my home. |
| Female | |
| I love u pani thaen malaiyae | I love you, oh snowy, honey-like mountain! |
| I love u …mayakkum kalaiyae | I love you, oh enchanting art form! |
| Aadum oonjalgal polae | Like swinging cradles, |
| Enna thottrangale | What beautiful sights these are! |
| Paadum moongilgal melae | Upon the singing bamboos, |
| Modhum ilanthendralae | The gentle breeze strikes softly. |
| Lalalalalalalala…… | Lalalalalalalala... |
ஐ லவ் யூ...பனி தேன் மலையே
ஐ லவ் யூ....மயக்கும் கலையே
ஆடும் ஊஞ்சல்கள் போலே
என்ன தோற்றங்களே
பாடும் மூங்கில்கள் மேலே
மோதும் இளந்தென்றலே...
I love you, oh snowy, honey-like mountain!
I love you, oh enchanting art form!
Like swinging cradles,
What beautiful sights these are!
Upon the singing bamboos,
The gentle breeze strikes softly.
ஐ லவ் யூ...பனி தேன் மலையே
ஐ லவ் யூ....மயக்கும் கலையே
I love you, oh snowy, honey-like mountain!
I love you, oh enchanting art form!
ஒரு வீணையிலே இசை வாசிக்கின்றாள்
மலை மோகினியாள் சுவையாக
எழில் மேடையின்றி நடமாடுகின்றாள்
பனி மேக மகள் சுகமாக
இளந்தொட்டில் ஆட்டும் குன்றமே
விளையாடி காட்டும் மன்றமே...
She plays music on a veena,
Delightfully, like a enchantress of the mountains.
Without a formal beautiful stage, she dances,
Pleasantly, like the daughter of misty clouds.
Oh hills that rock like young cradles!
Oh gathering spot displaying rich nature!
ஐ லவ் யூ...பனி தேன் மலையே
ஐ லவ் யூ....மயக்கும் கலையே
I love you, oh snowy, honey-like mountain!
I love you, oh enchanting art form!
பலர் வேர்வையிலே இவள் வாழுகின்றாள்
நல்ல பசுமையுடன் உயர்வாக அவர்
வேதனையை இனி தீர்த்து வைப்போம்
இந்த தேசமெங்கும் நிலையாக
அவர் நாடு காக்கும் செல்வங்கள்
இந்த காடு கண்ட தெய்வங்கள்..ஆஹாஹா..
Nourished by the sweat of many, she thrives here,
Growing high with luscious greenery;
We shall forever relieve their pain,
Making prosperity permanent across this nation.
They are the treasures protecting our land,
The living deities found in these forests... ahahaaa.
ஐ லவ் யூ...பனி தேன் மலையே
ஐ லவ் யூ....மயக்கும் கலையே
I love you, oh snowy, honey-like mountain!
I love you, oh enchanting art form!
ஒரு தேவதையின் கருங்கூந்தலை போல்
மலை சரிந்திருக்கும் அழகாக
அதை வாரி விட்டு ஒரு பூ முடிக்க
இளங்காற்று வரும் இதமாக
இந்த இன்பலோகம் சொர்க்கமே
எங்கும் இந்த ஊர் என் சொந்தமே...
Like the long black hair of a goddess,
The mountain slope descends beautifully.
To comb it out and adorn it with a flower,
The young breeze approaches gently.
This world of bliss is true heaven,
This entire land belongs to me as my home.
ஐ லவ் யூ...பனி தேன் மலையே
ஐ லவ் யூ....மயக்கும் கலையே
ஆடும் ஊஞ்சல்கள் போலே
என்ன தோற்றங்களே
பாடும் மூங்கில்கள் மேலே
மோதும் இளந்தென்றலே...
லாலாலாலால .............
I love you, oh snowy, honey-like mountain!
I love you, oh enchanting art form!
Like swinging cradles,
What beautiful sights these are!
Upon the singing bamboos,
The gentle breeze strikes softly.
Lalalalalalalala...
I love u pani thaen malaiyae
I love you, oh snowy, honey-like mountain!
I love u …mayakkum kalaiyae
I love you, oh enchanting art form!
Aadum oonjalgal polae
Like swinging cradles,
Enna thottrangale
What beautiful sights these are!
Paadum moongilgal melae
Upon the singing bamboos,
Modhum ilanthendralae
The gentle breeze strikes softly.
I love u pani thaen malaiyae
I love you, oh snowy, honey-like mountain!
I love u …mayakkum kalaiyae
I love you, oh enchanting art form!
Oru veenaiyilae isai vaasigindraal
She plays music on a veena,
Malai moginiyaal suvaiyaaga
Delightfully, like a enchantress of the mountains.
Ezhil medaiyindri nadamaadugiraal
Without a formal beautiful stage, she dances,
Pani mega magal sugamaaga
Pleasantly, like the daughter of misty clouds.
Ilanthottil aattum kundramae
Oh hills that rock like young cradles!
Vilayaai kaattum mandramae
Oh gathering spot displaying rich nature!
I love u pani thaen malaiyae
I love you, oh snowy, honey-like mountain!
I love u …mayakkum kalaiyae
I love you, oh enchanting art form!
Palar vervaiyilae ival vaazhukindraal
Nourished by the sweat of many, she thrives here,
Nalla pasumaiyudan uyarvaaga avar
Growing high with luscious greenery;
Vedhainaiyai ini theerthu veippom
We shall forever relieve their pain,
Indha dhesam engum nilaiyaaga
Making prosperity permanent across this nation.
Avar naadu kaakkum selvangal
They are the treasures protecting our land,
Indha kaadu kanda deivangal …aahahaaa
The living deities found in these forests... ahahaaa.
I love u pani thaen malaiyae
I love you, oh snowy, honey-like mountain!
I love u …mayakkum kalaiyae
I love you, oh enchanting art form!
Oru devadhaiyin karungkoondhalai pol
Like the long black hair of a goddess,
Malai sarinthirukkum azhagaaga
The mountain slope descends beautifully.
Adhai vaari vittu oru poo mudikka
To comb it out and adorn it with a flower,
Ilangaatru varum idhamaaga
The young breeze approaches gently.
Indha inbalogam sorgamae
This world of bliss is true heaven,
Engum indha oor en sondhamae
This entire land belongs to me as my home.
I love u pani thaen malaiyae
I love you, oh snowy, honey-like mountain!
I love u …mayakkum kalaiyae
I love you, oh enchanting art form!
Aadum oonjalgal polae
Like swinging cradles,
Enna thottrangale
What beautiful sights these are!
Paadum moongilgal melae
Upon the singing bamboos,
Modhum ilanthendralae
The gentle breeze strikes softly.
Lalalalalalalala……
Lalalalalalalala...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
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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