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Lyrics & meaning

Kaattuvazhi Remix

From Mambattiyan · 2011

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singer
Silambarasan
Music director
S. Thaman
Movie name
Mambattiyan
Movie release year
2011
Lyrics added on
20 Feb 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Come on lady
Have no fear
There is nothing baddy
When i am here
Its day or night
I am your light
Just say my name and
Enter the game
Kaattu vazhipora ponnae
Kavalappadaadhae..
Kaattupuli vazhimarikkum
Kalangi nirkkaadhae..
Kaattu vazhipora ponnae
Kavalappadaadhae..
Kaattupuli vazhimarikkum
Kalangi nirkkaadhae..
Mambattiyaan pera
Chonnaa puli udhavum paaru
Mambattiyaan pera
Chonnaa puli udhavum paaru
Come on lady
Have no fear
There is nothing baddy
When i am here
Its day or night
I am your light
Just say my name and
Enter the game
Yei
Ettuthalai vetti vachaan
Sandhaiyila kotti vachaan
Kodumaiya kattivachaan
Verenna micham vachaan
Mullumela thaam
Paduthaan
Ezhaikkellaam poo virichaan
Aththimala paarai innum
Pesuvadhavan pera
Andha aththimala paarai innum
Pesuvadhavan pera
Kannaaththaa vaazha
Vandhaa
Mambattiyaan kooda vandhaa
Thaalikkava aasappattaa
Thunbathukku vaakkappattaa
Sorgathukku serndhu vara
Utharavu vaangipputtaa
Enna kadhaiyaachi
Ava iduppodinja naaththu
Emmaa enna kadhaiyaachi
Ava iduppodinja naaththu
Thangam pola varnamadi
Ullikotta sornamadi
Pathupera paatha padi
Pathini thaan mathapadi
Mambatiyaan saagayila
Thaan usura vittavadi
Maadhaviya porantha
Ava kannagiya iranthaa
Maadhaviya porantha
Ava kannagiya iranthaa
Come on lady
Have no fear
There is nothing so bad
When i am here
Its day or night
I am your light
Just say my name and
Enter the game
Come on, lady,
Have no fear,
There is nothing bad,
When I am here.
Be it day or night,
I am your light.
Just say my name and
Enter the game.
O girl walking the forest path,
Do not worry...
Even if a wild tiger blocks your way,
Do not stand there trembling...
O girl walking the forest path,
Do not worry...
Even if a wild tiger blocks your way,
Do not stand there trembling...
If you say the name Mambattiyan,
Look, even the tiger will help you!
If you say the name Mambattiyan,
Look, even the tiger will help you!
Come on, lady,
Have no fear,
There is nothing bad,
When I am here.
Be it day or night,
I am your light.
Just say my name and
Enter the game.
Hey!
He chopped off eight heads,
And dumped them in the marketplace.
He locked cruelty away in chains,
What else did he leave behind?
He lay down himself
On a bed of thorns,
Yet he spread flowers for the poor.
The rocks of Atthimalai hill still
Speak his name.
Those rocks of Atthimalai hill still
Speak his name.
Kannatha came to make a life,
She came,
She walked alongside Mambattiyan.
She longed for a married life,
Yet ended up wedded to sorrow.
To join him all the way to heaven,
She received permission and took leave.
What a tragic fate was hers!
Like a tender sapling broken in the middle.
Oh mother, what a tragic fate was hers!
Like a tender sapling broken in the middle.
With skin glowing like gold,
She was Swarnam of Ullikkottai!
Though eyed by ten different men,
In truth, she was completely faithful.
When Mambattiyan lay dying,
She gave up her own life too!
Though born like Madhavi,
She died like Kannagi.
Though born like Madhavi,
She died like Kannagi.
Come on, lady,
Have no fear,
There is nothing so bad,
When I am here.
Be it day or night,
I am your light.
Just say my name and
Enter the game.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song celebrates the legendary outlaw folk hero Mambattiyaan and commemorates the tragic love story of his partner, Kannatha. It paints Mambattiyaan as a benevolent protector of the poor and a terror to oppressive forces, stating that even wild beasts of the forest respect his name and clear the path for those under his protection.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Edhugai (Second-letter Rhyme)

“Ettuthalai vetti vachaan / Sandhaiyila kotti vachaan / Kodumaiya kattivachaan”

The repetition of the 'tt' consonant sound in consecutive lines creates rhythmic flow.

Uvamai (Simile / Metaphor)

“Thangam pola varnamadi / Ava iduppodinja naaththu”

Compares Kannatha's physical beauty and purity to gold, and her tragic fate to a broken young sapling.

Epic Allusion (Literary Reference)

“Maadhaviya porantha, Ava kannagiya iranthaa”

References Madhavi and Kannagi from the ancient Tamil epic Silappatikaram to highlight her beauty and ultimate devotion.

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Trivia

The 2011 film 'Mambattiyan' starring Prashanth is a remake of the classic 1982 cult hit 'Malayoor Mambattiyan' starring his father Thiagarajan. The music for the 2011 version was adapted and re-imagined by composer S. Thaman based on Ilaiyaraaja's iconic original folk compositions.

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