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Kadavul Manithanaga

From Vanambadi · 1963

Lyricist
Kannadasan
Singer
T. M. Soundararajan
Music director
K. V. Mahadevan
Movie name
Vanambadi
Movie release year
1963
Lyrics added on
15 Aug 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kadavul manithanaaga
Pirakkavendum
Avan kaadhalithu
Vedhanaiyil vaadavendum
Pirivennum kadalinilae
Moozhga vendum
Avan penn endraal
Ennavendru unaravendum
Kadavul manithanaaga
Pirakkavendum
Avan kaadhalithu
Vedhanaiyil vaadavendum
Pirivennum kadalinilae
Moozhga vendum
Avan penn endraal
Ennavendru unaravendum
Kadavul manithanaaga
Pirakkavendum
Eththanai penn padaithaan
Ellorkkum kan padaithaan
aththanai kangalilum
Aasaiyennum visham koduthaan
Athai oorengum
Thoovivittaan
Ullathilae poosivittaan
Oonjalai aadavittu
Uyarithilae thangivittaan
Kadavul manithanaaga
Pirakkavendum
Avanai azhaithu vandhu
Aasaiyil midhakkavittu
Aadadaa aadu endru
Aadavaithu paarthiruppen
Paduvaan thudithiduvaan
Pattathae pothumenbaan
Paavi avan penn kulathai
Padaikkaamal niruthi vaippaan
Kadavul manithanaaga
Pirakkavendum
Avan kaadhalithu
Vedhanaiyil vaadavendum
Pirivennum kadalinilae
Moozhga vendum
Avan penn endraal
Ennavendru unaravendum
God must be born
as a human being.
He must fall in love
and wither in agony.
In the ocean of separation,
he must drown.
He must understand
what a woman really is.
God must be born
as a human being.
He must fall in love
and wither in agony.
In the ocean of separation,
he must drown.
He must understand
what a woman really is.
God must be born
as a human being.
How many women he created,
and gave eyes to every one of them!
In every single pair of eyes,
he placed the poison called desire.
Across the entire world,
he scattered it,
and smeared it onto human hearts.
Setting the swing in motion,
he stayed safely up above.
God must be born
as a human being.
I would bring him down here,
let him float in desire,
tell him, "Dance, go on and dance!"
and watch as he dances.
He would suffer, he would writhe in pain,
and cry, "I have suffered enough!"
That sinner would then
stop creating womankind altogether!
God must be born
as a human being.
He must fall in love
and wither in agony.
In the ocean of separation,
he must drown.
He must understand
what a woman really is.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Kadavul Manithanaaga Pirakkavendum' from the movie Vanambadi (1963) expresses intense anguish and philosophical questioning of divine design. The singer demands that God be born as a mortal human to experience first-hand the torment of love, desire, and heartbreak. By drowning in the vast ocean of separation, God would finally comprehend the agony that women and desire inflict upon men.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uvamai / Rupaka)

“Pirivennum kadalinilae”

Compares separation to a deep, inescapable ocean where one drowns in pain.

Metaphor

“Aasaiyennum visham koduthaan”

Compares desire/attachment to a deadly poison introduced into human eyes.

Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)

“Eththanai penn padaithaan / Ellorkkum kan padaithaan”

Repetition of initial vowels ('E' / 'a') across lines for rhythmic aesthetic.

Personification & Dramatic Irony

“Aadadaa aadu endru / Aadavaithu paarthiruppen”

Inverts the creator-creation hierarchy by demanding that God be made to dance like a puppet under human observation.

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Trivia

Written by poet Kannadasan with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan for Vanambadi (1963), this song is famous for its bold philosophical challenge to God, rendered powerfully in a villainous or tragic club-song style.

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