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Lyrics & meaning

Kaavalukku Saamy

From Murattu Karangal · 1986

Lyricist
Vaali
Singer
Ilayaraja
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Murattu Karangal
Movie release year
1986
Lyrics added on
3 Dec 2020

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kaavalukku saami undu kanji ootha boomi undu
Kaavalukku saami undu kanji ootha boomi undu
Adi pachapasael endru nanja kaadu punja kaadu
Pon vilaiyum nalla panna kaadu thaan
Adi akkam pakkam vanna thennanjolai poonjolai
Nikkudhu paaru idhu namma ooru thaan
Kaavalukku saami undu kanji ootha boomi undu…hey
Madaiyil mani vaathu neendhum
Thunaiyai ethirpaathu neendhum
Kilaiyil ilam moongil aadum
Adhan mel kili oonjal aadum
Sengazhani sethula thaan
Chinnanjiru naathu varum
Adi sinnanjiru naathodu thaan
Seidhi solla kaathu varum
Sengazhani sethula thaan
Chinnanjiru naathu varum
Adi sinnanjiru naathodu thaan
Seidhi solla kaathu varum
Aahaa kannukkum nenjukkum
Ennenna inbam thaan
Ullapadi indha oora pola oorum illa
Solla pona indha
Mannu pola mannum illa
Kaavalukku saami undu kanji ootha boomi undu…hu
Nelam thaan ingu vaanam paatha
Tharisaa ninnu vaadi verthaa
Tharuva mazhai maariyathaa
Aval ingu yaaru kaatha
{Ponga vechu pooja vechu
Pambha thattum oosai vara
Ada kumbittadhum koopittadhum
Thaairukkaa odi vara} (2)
Aahaa annalum innaalum
Ennaalum kummalam
Eppavumae nalla neram kaalam vaaichirukku
Nattadhellam nalla poovum pinjaa kaaichirukku
Kaavalukku saami undu kanji ootha boomi undu
Kaavalukku saami undu kanji ootha boomi undu
Adi pachapasael endru nanja kaadu punja kaadu
Pon vilaiyum nalla panna kaadu thaan
Adi akkam pakkam vanna thennanjolai poonjolai
Nikkudhu paaru idhu namma ooru thaan
There's God to protect us, and Mother Earth to feed us porridge.
There's God to protect us, and Mother Earth to feed us porridge.
Look, lush green wetlands and dry farming lands,
This is rich farmland where gold grows from the soil!
Look all around at the colorful coconut groves and flower gardens,
Standing proud—this is our village!
There's God to protect us, and Mother Earth to feed us porridge... hey!
In the water canal, a pretty duck swims,
Swimming and waiting for its mate.
On the branch, young bamboo sways,
And a parrot swings like a swing upon it.
In the rich mud of the paddy field,
Little young seedlings sprout.
And alongside those tiny seedlings,
The breeze arrives carrying news.
In the rich mud of the paddy field,
Little young seedlings sprout.
And alongside those tiny seedlings,
The breeze arrives carrying news.
Aha, for our eyes and our hearts,
What endless joy this is!
Truly, there is no village like our village,
And to tell the truth,
There is no soil like this land!
There's God to protect us, and Mother Earth to feed us porridge... hu!
If the land here looks up at the sky,
Standing dry, wilting and parched in the heat,
Goddess Mariatha will give us rain—
For she is the one protecting everyone here!
Cooking sweet pongal and offering prayers,
As the beats of the folk drum echo,
The moment we bow and call out,
Doesn't our Mother come running to us?
Aha, back in those days and today,
Every single day is a celebration!
Good times and fortune have always blessed us,
Everything we planted has bloomed with flowers and young fruit!
There's God to protect us, and Mother Earth to feed us porridge.
There's God to protect us, and Mother Earth to feed us porridge.
Look, lush green wetlands and dry farming lands,
This is rich farmland where gold grows from the soil!
Look all around at the colorful coconut groves and flower gardens,
Standing proud—this is our village!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Kaavalukku Saami Undu is a celebratory village folk song from the movie Murattu Karangal (1986). It beautifully captures the rural pride, agricultural vitality, and spiritual faith of Tamil village folk. The song extols the guardian deity (Kaaval Saami) who watches over the village and Mother Earth who provides endless sustenance. It vividly depicts natural elements like lush fields, swimming ducks, swaying bamboo, and gentle breezes.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor / Hyperbole

“Pon vilaiyum nalla panna kaadu thaan”

Describing the crops growing in the field as 'gold yielding' (Pon vilaiyum) to emphasize extreme fertility.

Personification

“Seidhi solla kaathu varum”

Depicting the wind as a messenger bringing news alongside the newly sprouted saplings.

Imagery

“Kilaiyil ilam moongil aadum / Adhan mel kili oonjal aadum”

Creating clear visual and auditory pictures of nature, such as ducks swimming, parrots swinging on bamboo branches, and ritual drums beating.

Ethukai (Second-letter Rhyme)

“Sengazhani sethula thaan / Chinnanjiru naathu varum”

Tamil poetic convention of rhyming second letters across adjacent lines (e.g., Sengazhani / Chinnanjiru).

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Trivia

The lyricist Vaali extensively uses authentic Tamil rural agricultural jargon such as 'nanja kaadu' (wetlands), 'punja kaadu' (drylands), 'madai' (water sluice gate), and 'naathu' (young crop saplings) to give the song its genuine folk flavor.

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