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Kaattu Vazhi Pogaiyile

From Azhagar Malai Kalvan · 1959

Lyricist
Puratchi Dasan
Singers
Jikki, Trichy Loganathan
Music director
B. Gopalam
Movie name
Azhagar Malai Kalvan
Movie release year
1959
Lyrics added on
22 Apr 2025

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kaattu vazhi pogaiyilae…thillaelaelao
Oru kanmaniyai kandeduththaen
Thillaelaelao….
Kaattu vazhi pogaiyilae…thillaelaelao
Oru kanmaniyai kandeduththaen
Thillaelaelao….
Rompa oottamaaga valarkka venum
Thillaelaelao….
Sirantha uththamaanaa aakka venum
Thillaelaelao….
Thanga nila polae mugam
Yaelae mama
Aasai ponguthai paakkumpohu yaelae mama
Chorus :Aasai ponguthai paakkumpohu yaelae mama
Sengarumbu thottamithu yaelae mama
Veera singamithu engozhanthai yaelae mama
Pakkaththila naanirunthaa
Ennaipolae
Paiyan pakkuvanadaijiduvaan
Thannai polae
Chorus :Paiyan pakkuvanadaijiduvaan
Thannai polae haan
Naan valaththaa
Gunasaaliyaayirupaan ennai polae
Nee valaththaa komaaliyaayiduvaan unnai polae
Komaaliyaanaalum sellaaththaa
Ivan yaemaaliyaaga maattaan nillaaththaa
Chorus :Aama
Male :Yaemaaliyaaga maattaan nillaaththaa
Appadiyaa…appo ivanukku
Ennazhagum unniravum thillaelaelo irunthaa
Evvalavu naarukkum yaelae mama
Evvalavu naarukkum yaelae mama
Unnaruvum ennazhagum thillaelaelo
Ivanukkundaanaa ennaagum thillaelaelo
Ivanukkundaanaa ennaagum thillaelaelo
Female :Ennaagum
Male :Sollattumaa
Female :Sollaen
Male :Kanni ponnu
Thalai narachcha kadhaiyaayirukkum
Thalai narachcha kadhaiyaayirukkum
Intha kasappim inippum saerntha
Rushiyaayirukkum
Oo ohho ippo adhukenna
Sandai yaelae mama maamoi
Male :Yaemoi
Ippo adhukenna
Sandai yaelae mama
Ivanai thappillaama valaththiduvom
Yaelae mama
Ivanai thappillaama valaththiduvom
Yaelae mama
While walking along the forest path... thillelelo,
I found a precious darling child,
thillelelo...
While walking along the forest path... thillelelo,
I found a precious darling child,
thillelelo...
We must raise him healthy and strong,
thillelelo...
We must shape him into a noble and righteous man,
thillelelo...
With a face glowing like a golden moon,
hey mama!
Love overflows the moment you look at him, hey mama!
Chorus: Love overflows the moment you look at him, hey mama!
This is a sweet sugarcane grove, hey mama,
and our child is a brave lion, hey mama!
If I stay right by his side,
just like me,
the boy will grow wise and mature
all on his own!
Chorus: The boy will grow wise and mature
all on his own, haan!
If I raise him,
he will be good-natured and noble just like me!
If you raise him, he will become a clown just like you!
Even if he turns out to be a clown, my dear Chellatha,
he will never become a fool who gets tricked, just wait!
Chorus: Yes!
Male: He will never become a fool who gets tricked, just wait!
Is that so? Then for this boy,
if he gets my beauty and your dark complexion, thillelelo,
how wonderful would that be, hey mama?
How wonderful would that be, hey mama?
Your complexion and my beauty, thillelelo,
if he gets both, what will happen to him, thillelelo?
If he gets both, what will happen to him, thillelelo?
Female: What will happen?
Male: Shall I tell you?
Female: Go on, tell me!
Male: Like a young girl's
hair turning gray before her time,
like hair turning gray before her time,
it will taste like a curious mix
of bitter and sweet!
Oh-ho, why quarrel over that now,
hey mama, my dear mama?
Male: What is it, dear?
Why quarrel over that
right now, hey mama?
Let us raise him well without any flaws,
hey mama!
Let us raise him well without any flaws,
hey mama!
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Female
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
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Female
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Chorus

Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This playful folk duet from 'Azhagar Malai Kalvan' revolves around a man and a woman who discover an abandoned child along a forest path. Overflowing with affection for the newborn, they begin to lovingly bicker about how best to raise him. The woman claims that under her care the boy will grow into a virtuous person, while teasingly telling the man that he would turn the child into a clown. The man playfully retorts that even as a clown, the child will never be a fool.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai)

“Thanga nila polae mugam”

Compares the child's glowing face to a golden moon using the comparative word 'polae'.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

“Sengarumbu thottamithu yaelae mama / Veera singamithu engozhanthai”

Directly equates the child to a sweet sugarcane garden and a brave lion to emphasize his sweetness and courage.

Rhyme / Ethugai

“Komaaliyaanaalum sellaaththaa / Ivan yaemaaliyaaga maattaan nillaaththaa”

Second letter rhyming between 'Komaaliyaanaalum' and 'Yaemaaliyaaga'.

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Trivia

'Azhagar Malai Kalvan' (1959) featured music composed by B. Gopalam with lyrics by Puratchi Dasan. This track highlights the rich Tamil folk rhythm ('Thillaelaelao' refrains) and energetic vocal dynamics between legendary playback singers Trichy Loganathan and Jikki.

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