- Lyricist
- Muthulingam
- Singers
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Movie name
- Kadhal Parisu
- Movie release year
- 1987
- Lyrics added on
- 16 Jun 2019
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
'Kaadhal Magaraani' from the 1987 movie Kadhal Parisu is a romantic duet expressing the deep passion, admiration, and dreamlike ecstasy shared between two lovers. The male protagonist compares his beloved to a royal queen of love whose beauty, soft touch, and captivating gaze light up his world like poetry and sweetness. The female protagonist responds with equal fervor, addressing him as her prince of love, describing how his presence transforms the night into bright daylight and brings heavenly bliss down to earth. Through lush imagery of honey oceans, soft dew on flowers, and moonlight in bedchambers, the song celebrates intimacy, devotion, and the surreal feeling of falling deeply in love.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Muthu pol sirithaal / Poongodiyai pani pol”
Compares the heroine's smile to pearls ('Muthu pol sirithaal') and her tender embrace to dew resting on a flowering creeper ('Poongodiyai pani pol').
Metaphor (Uvagam / Rupakam)
“Poo udal thaen kadal”
Directly equates the woman's flower-like body to an ocean of honey ('Poo udal thaen kadal') and her facial glow to a lamp ('Un muga dheebathil').
Hyperbole (Uvarchi Aani)
“Un azhagaal iravai pagalaai arindhen”
Exaggerates the effect of her beauty by declaring that her beauty turned the night into daylight ('Iravai pagalaai arindhen').
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Trivia
'Kadhal Parisu' (1987) featured music composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja, starring Kamal Haasan alongside Radha and Ambika. The song 'Kaadhal Magaraani' was sung by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and S. Janaki with lyrics written by Pulamaipithan/Muthulingam.
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