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Kalaiyile Malai Vanthathu

From Chithirayil Nilachoru · 2013

Lyricist
Vaali
Singer
Sapthbarnar
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Chithirayil Nilachoru
Movie release year
2013
Lyrics added on
9 May 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Naan kaathirundha
Velai vandhadhu
Ini kaalam ellaam
Unnai thodarndhu vara
Un kaaladi thaan
Ini saranam yena
Indha vaanamum boomiyum
Vaazhthu cholla
Kaalaiyilae maalai vandhadhu
Naan kaathirundha velai vandhadhu
Kangalai naan katti kondu
Vaazhndhu vandhen
Kan thirandhen enna azhagu
Ho ennathai naan eppadiyo oda vitten
Indru adhil nalla thelivu
Moongil kaadum muzhusaa paadum
Pullaanguzhalaai maarum podhu
Chithiram ezhudhum kanmani azhagu
Nithamum valarum pournami nilavu
Unadhu iru vizhigalil kadhai ezhudhu
Kaalaiyilae maalai vandhadhu
Naan kaatthirundha velai vandhadhu
Indru mudhal vaazhum varai
Naan unakku
Indha varam venum enakku
Ho sindhanaiyil vandhu vandhu
Pogum unakku
Sitridaiyil velai irukku
Enadhu unadhu manadhu namadhaaga
Virundhu kalandhu viruppam unadhaaga
Indraikku varaikkum ennoda kanakku
Indraikku varaikkum ennoda kanakku
Ennodu vandha ilamai ini unakku
Kaalaiyilae maalai vandhadhu
Naan kaathirundha vaelai vandhadhu
Ini kaalam ellaam
Unnai thodarndhu vara
Un kaaladi thaan
Ini saranam yena
Indha vaanamum boomiyum
Vaazhthu cholla
Kaalaiyilae maalai vandhadhu
Naan kaathirundha velai vandhadhu
The moment I was waiting for
has finally arrived.
From now on, for all my life,
to walk beside you,
and seek refuge
at your very feet,
as the sky and the earth
shower their blessings,
a wedding garland arrived in the morning!
The moment I was waiting for has arrived.
With my eyes blindfolded,
I had lived my days.
I opened my eyes—oh, what beauty!
Oh, I had let my mind wander aimlessly,
but today everything is clear.
Even a bamboo grove will sing its heart out
when it turns into flutes.
My darling is as lovely as a painting,
like a full moon shining every single day.
Write a story in your two eyes!
A wedding garland arrived in the morning!
The moment I was waiting for has arrived.
From today until my last breath,
I want to be yours;
this is the blessing I ask for.
Oh, you who keep drifting
in and out of my thoughts,
there is work for you around my slender waist!
May my heart and yours become one,
sharing a feast of love where all desires are yours.
Until today, my life belonged only to me,
until today, everything was just for myself,
but the youth given to me is yours from now on!
A wedding garland arrived in the morning!
The moment I was waiting for has arrived.
From now on, for all my life,
to walk beside you,
and seek refuge
at your very feet,
as the sky and the earth
shower their blessings,
a wedding garland arrived in the morning!
The moment I was waiting for has arrived.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song expresses the immense joy and sense of fulfillment experienced when long-awaited love and union finally culminate in marriage. The protagonist reflects on their past life as a period of aimless wandering and blindness, which is now replaced with absolute clarity, beauty, and purpose upon uniting with their soulmate.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Sledai (Double Entendre / Pun)

“Kaalaiyilae maalai vandhadhu”

The word 'Maalai' carries a dual meaning: 'evening' and 'wedding garland'. 'Kaalaiyilae maalai vandhadhu' cleverly plays on the arrival of the wedding garland during the morning ceremony.

Uvamai (Metaphor/Simile)

“Moongil kaadum muzhusaa paadum pullaanguzhalaai maarum podhu”

Compares a raw bamboo forest finding its voice when turned into a flute to a person's life finding harmony and purpose through love.

Edhukai (Second Letter Rhyme)

“Chithiram ezhudhum kanmani azhagu / Nithamum valarum pournami nilavu”

Rhyming of the second consonant ('th') across adjacent lines ('Chithiram' and 'Nithamum').

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Trivia

The soundtrack for 'Chithirayil Nilachoru' (2013) was composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja and directed by R. Sundarrajan. Legendary lyricist Vaali penned the song's poetry, making it one of his final creative collaborations before his passing in July 2013.

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