Kalyaana Maalai 1
From Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal · 1989
- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singers
- Ilayaraja, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Details
- Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal1989
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| {Kalyaana maalai kondaadum pennae | Oh woman celebrating with a wedding garland, |
| En paattai kelu unmaigal sonnen} (2) | Listen to my song, I spoke truths. (Repeat) |
| Suruthiyodu layam polavae | Just like melody and rhythm aligning, |
| Inaiyaagum thunaiyaagum samsaara sangeedhamae | Domestic life's music becomes a suitable and supporting companion. |
| Male | |
| Kalyaana maalai kondaadum pennae | Oh woman celebrating with a wedding garland, |
| En paattai kelu unmaigal sonnen | Listen to my song, I spoke truths. |
| Male | |
| Vaalibangal odum vayadhaaga koodum | Youth will fade and age will advance, |
| Aanaalum anbu maaraadhathu | Yet love remains unchanged. |
| Maalaiyidum sondham mudipotta bandham | The relation forged by exchanging garlands, a bond tied by a knot, |
| Pirivennum sollae ariyaadhathu | Knows not the word called separation. |
| Male | |
| Azhagaana manaivi anbaana thunaivi | If one gets a beautiful wife and a loving companion, |
| Amaindhaalae perinbamae | It is supreme bliss. |
| Madimeedhu thuyila sarasangal payila | To sleep on her lap, to indulge in romance, |
| Moghangal aarambamae | Passions begin there. |
| Male | |
| Nalla manaiyaalin nesam oru kodi | A good wife's affection is worth ten million, |
| Nenjamenum veenai paadumae thodi | The veena called the heart will sing the raga Thodi. |
| Sandhoosha saamraajyamae… | It is a kingdom of happiness... |
| Male | |
| Kalyaana maalai kondaadum pennae | Oh woman celebrating with a wedding garland, |
| En paattai kelu unmaigal sonnen | Listen to my song, I spoke truths. |
| Suruthiyodu layam polavae | Just like melody and rhythm aligning, |
| Inaiyaagum thunaiyaagum samsaara sangeedhamae | Domestic life's music becomes a suitable and supporting companion. |
| Male | |
| Kalyaana maalai kondaadum pennae | Oh woman celebrating with a wedding garland, |
| En paattai kelu unmaigal sonnen | Listen to my song, I spoke truths. |
| Male | |
| Koovugindra kuyilai koottukkul vaithu | Keeping a singing cuckoo inside a cage, |
| Paadendru sonnaal paadaadhamaa | If told to sing, won't it sing? |
| Solaimayil thannai siraivaithu pootti | Locking up the garden peacock in imprisonment, |
| Aadendru sonnaal aadaadhamaa | If told to dance, won't it dance? |
| Male | |
| Naaldhorum rasigan paarattum kalainjan | An artist praised every day by fans, |
| Kaavalgal enakillaiyae | Has no guards or restrictions. |
| Sogangal enakum nenjodu irukkum | I too have sorrows residing in my heart, |
| Sirikaadha naalillaiyae | Yet there is no day I do not smile. |
| Male | |
| Thukkam silaneram pongivarumbodhum | Even when grief overflows at times, |
| Makkal manampolae paaduven kannae | I will sing according to the audience's wish, my dear. |
| En sogham ennodudhaan… | My sorrow remains strictly with me... |
| Male | |
| Kalyaana maalai kondaadum pennae | Oh woman celebrating with a wedding garland, |
| En paattai kelu unmaigal sonnen | Listen to my song, I spoke truths. |
| Suruthiyodu layam polavae | Just like melody and rhythm aligning, |
| Inaiyaagum thunaiyaagum samsaara sangeedhamae | Domestic life's music becomes a suitable and supporting companion. |
| Male | |
| Kalyaana maalai kondaadum pennae | Oh woman celebrating with a wedding garland, |
| En paattai kelu unmaigal sonnen | Listen to my song, I spoke truths. |
| Hmmm..mmmm..mmmmm…mmmmmm.. | Hmmm..mmmm..mmmmm…mmmmmm.. |
{ கல்யாண மாலை
கொண்டாடும் பெண்ணே
என் பாட்டைக் கேளு
உண்மைகள் சொன்னேன் } (2)
சுருதியோடு லயம் போலவே
இணையாகும் துணையாகும்
சம்சார சங்கீதமே
Oh woman celebrating with a wedding garland,
Listen to my song, I spoke truths. (Repeat)
Just like melody and rhythm aligning,
Domestic life's music becomes a suitable and supporting companion.
கல்யாண மாலை
கொண்டாடும் பெண்ணே
என் பாட்டைக் கேளு
உண்மைகள் சொன்னேன்
Oh woman celebrating with a wedding garland,
Listen to my song, I spoke truths.
வாலிபங்கள் ஓடும்
வயதாகக்கூடும் ஆனாலும்
அன்பு மாறாதது மாலையிடும்
சொந்தம் முடிபோட்ட பந்தம்
பிரிவென்னும் சொல்லே
அறியாதது
Youth will fade and age will advance,
Yet love remains unchanged.
The relation forged by exchanging garlands, a bond tied by a knot,
Knows not the word called separation.
அழகான மனைவி
அன்பான துணைவி
அமைந்தாலே பேரின்பமே
மடிமீது துயில சரசங்கள்
பயில மோகங்கள் ஆரம்பமே
If one gets a beautiful wife and a loving companion,
It is supreme bliss.
To sleep on her lap, to indulge in romance,
Passions begin there.
நல்ல மனையாளின்
நேசம் ஒரு கோடி நெஞ்சமெனும்
வீணை பாடுமே தோடி
சந்தோஷ சாம்ராஜ்யமே
A good wife's affection is worth ten million,
The veena called the heart will sing the raga Thodi.
It is a kingdom of happiness...
கல்யாண மாலை
கொண்டாடும் பெண்ணே
என் பாட்டைக் கேளு
உண்மைகள் சொன்னேன்
சுருதியோடு லயம் போலவே
இணையாகும் துணையாகும்
சம்சார சங்கீதமே
Oh woman celebrating with a wedding garland,
Listen to my song, I spoke truths.
Just like melody and rhythm aligning,
Domestic life's music becomes a suitable and supporting companion.
கல்யாண மாலை
கொண்டாடும் பெண்ணே
என் பாட்டைக் கேளு
உண்மைகள் சொன்னேன்
Oh woman celebrating with a wedding garland,
Listen to my song, I spoke truths.
கூவுகின்ற குயிலைக்
கூட்டுக்குள் வைத்து பாடென்று
சொன்னால் பாடாதம்மா
சோலைமயில் தன்னை
சிறைவைத்துப் பூட்டி
ஆடென்று சொன்னால்
ஆடாதம்மா
Keeping a singing cuckoo inside a cage,
If told to sing, won't it sing?
Locking up the garden peacock in imprisonment,
If told to dance, won't it dance?
நாள்தோறும்
ரசிகன் பாராட்டும்
கலைஞன் காவல்கள்
எனக்கில்லையே சோகங்கள்
எனக்கும் நெஞ்சோடு இருக்கும்
சிரிக்காத நாளில்லையே
An artist praised every day by fans,
Has no guards or restrictions.
I too have sorrows residing in my heart,
Yet there is no day I do not smile.
துக்கம் சில
நேரம் பொங்கி
வரும்போதும் மக்கள்
மனம்போலே பாடுவேன்
கண்ணே என் சோகம்
என்னோடுதான்
Even when grief overflows at times,
I will sing according to the audience's wish, my dear.
My sorrow remains strictly with me...
கல்யாண மாலை
கொண்டாடும் பெண்ணே
என் பாட்டைக் கேளு
உண்மைகள் சொன்னேன்
சுருதியோடு லயம் போலவே
இணையாகும் துணையாகும்
சம்சார சங்கீதமே
Oh woman celebrating with a wedding garland,
Listen to my song, I spoke truths.
Just like melody and rhythm aligning,
Domestic life's music becomes a suitable and supporting companion.
கல்யாண மாலை
கொண்டாடும் பெண்ணே
என் பாட்டைக் கேளு
உண்மைகள் சொன்னேன்
ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம்ம்ம் ம்ம்ம்ம்
ம்ம்ம்ம்
Oh woman celebrating with a wedding garland,
Listen to my song, I spoke truths.
Hmmm..mmmm..mmmmm…mmmmmm..
{Kalyaana maalai kondaadum pennae
Oh woman celebrating with a wedding garland,
En paattai kelu unmaigal sonnen} (2)
Listen to my song, I spoke truths. (Repeat)
Suruthiyodu layam polavae
Just like melody and rhythm aligning,
Inaiyaagum thunaiyaagum samsaara sangeedhamae
Domestic life's music becomes a suitable and supporting companion.
Kalyaana maalai kondaadum pennae
Oh woman celebrating with a wedding garland,
En paattai kelu unmaigal sonnen
Listen to my song, I spoke truths.
Vaalibangal odum vayadhaaga koodum
Youth will fade and age will advance,
Aanaalum anbu maaraadhathu
Yet love remains unchanged.
Maalaiyidum sondham mudipotta bandham
The relation forged by exchanging garlands, a bond tied by a knot,
Pirivennum sollae ariyaadhathu
Knows not the word called separation.
Azhagaana manaivi anbaana thunaivi
If one gets a beautiful wife and a loving companion,
Amaindhaalae perinbamae
It is supreme bliss.
Madimeedhu thuyila sarasangal payila
To sleep on her lap, to indulge in romance,
Moghangal aarambamae
Passions begin there.
Nalla manaiyaalin nesam oru kodi
A good wife's affection is worth ten million,
Nenjamenum veenai paadumae thodi
The veena called the heart will sing the raga Thodi.
Sandhoosha saamraajyamae…
It is a kingdom of happiness...
Kalyaana maalai kondaadum pennae
Oh woman celebrating with a wedding garland,
En paattai kelu unmaigal sonnen
Listen to my song, I spoke truths.
Suruthiyodu layam polavae
Just like melody and rhythm aligning,
Inaiyaagum thunaiyaagum samsaara sangeedhamae
Domestic life's music becomes a suitable and supporting companion.
Kalyaana maalai kondaadum pennae
Oh woman celebrating with a wedding garland,
En paattai kelu unmaigal sonnen
Listen to my song, I spoke truths.
Koovugindra kuyilai koottukkul vaithu
Keeping a singing cuckoo inside a cage,
Paadendru sonnaal paadaadhamaa
If told to sing, won't it sing?
Solaimayil thannai siraivaithu pootti
Locking up the garden peacock in imprisonment,
Aadendru sonnaal aadaadhamaa
If told to dance, won't it dance?
Naaldhorum rasigan paarattum kalainjan
An artist praised every day by fans,
Kaavalgal enakillaiyae
Has no guards or restrictions.
Sogangal enakum nenjodu irukkum
I too have sorrows residing in my heart,
Sirikaadha naalillaiyae
Yet there is no day I do not smile.
Thukkam silaneram pongivarumbodhum
Even when grief overflows at times,
Makkal manampolae paaduven kannae
I will sing according to the audience's wish, my dear.
En sogham ennodudhaan…
My sorrow remains strictly with me...
Kalyaana maalai kondaadum pennae
Oh woman celebrating with a wedding garland,
En paattai kelu unmaigal sonnen
Listen to my song, I spoke truths.
Suruthiyodu layam polavae
Just like melody and rhythm aligning,
Inaiyaagum thunaiyaagum samsaara sangeedhamae
Domestic life's music becomes a suitable and supporting companion.
Kalyaana maalai kondaadum pennae
Oh woman celebrating with a wedding garland,
En paattai kelu unmaigal sonnen
Listen to my song, I spoke truths.
Hmmm..mmmm..mmmmm…mmmmmm..
Hmmm..mmmm..mmmmm…mmmmmm..
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Kalyaana Maalai is a iconic philosophical and emotional composition from the 1989 Tamil film 'Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal', directed by K. Balachander. Set during a wedding performance, the song duals as an ode to marital harmony and a poignant commentary on the duties of an artist. In the first stanza, the singer celebrates marriage as a divine symphony where husband and wife tune together like pitch (sruti) and rhythm (laya), emphasizing that while youth fades, true companionate love endures.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Uvamaani / Metaphor & Simile (உவமை & உருவகம்)
“Suruthiyodu layam polavae / Inaiyaagum thunaiyaagum samsaara sangeedhamae”
Comparing married life (Samsaaram) to music (Sangeedham), and husband and wife to melody (Suruthi) and rhythm (Layam).
Uruvagamy / Metaphor (உருவகம்)
“Nenjamenum veenai paadumae thodi”
Comparing the human heart to a Veena instrument playing the classic raga Thodi when blessed with love.
Emona / Rhyme & Alliteration (எதுகை / மோனை)
“Koovugindra kuyilai koottukkul vaithu / Solaimayil thannai siraivaithu pootti”
Use of second-letter rhyming (Edhugai) in 'Koovugindra' and 'Solaimayil', alongside internal rhythm.
Contrast / Antithesis
“Sogangal enakum nenjodu irukkum / Sirikaadha naalillaiyae”
Juxtaposing personal grief with professional obligations to smile and entertain the public.
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Trivia
Composed by Ilaiyaraaja and sung brilliantly by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, this song is famous for its intricate use of the Carnatic raga Sindhu Bhairavi. In the film, the scene features actor Rahman playing a singer performing at a wedding while concealing his own personal tragedy, mirroring the tragicomic duty of a performing artist.
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