- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singers
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Uma Ramanan
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Movie name
- Chinna Thayee
- Movie release year
- 1992
- Lyrics added on
- 22 Jun 2017
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
The lyrics express the plight of a common poor man struggling with rising inflation and financial distress. Addressing God directly with raw simplicity, the speaker asks the deity to take pity on underprivileged people like him and requests a divine boon to ease their daily economic hardship.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Iyaibu (End Rhyme)
“Vilai yeri pogudhu market-la / Thuddilla saami en pocket-la”
The first two lines end with the rhyming loanwords 'market-la' and 'pocket-la', while the third and fourth lines end with the verbal rhyming suffix 'paakkanumae' and 'kekkanumae'.
Code-Mixing (Tanglish)
“Vilai yeri pogudhu market-la / Thuddilla saami en pocket-la”
Lyricist Vaali incorporates English words ('market', 'pocket') into native Tamil grammar to reflect the authentic, everyday spoken dialect of urban working-class people.
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Trivia
Lyricist Vaali was legendary for his ability to seamlessly blend everyday English loanwords like 'market' and 'pocket' into Tamil film lyrics, perfectly capturing the contemporary pulse of common listeners.
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