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Maalai Sooda

From Vijeya · 1973

Lyricist
Kannadasan
Singers
T. M. Soundararajan, P. Madhuri
Music director
G. Devarajan
Movie name
Vijeya
Movie release year
1973
Lyrics added on
6 Dec 2024

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
: ……………
Maalai sooda vantha mangai
Antha mangai rathiyaalin thangai
Aalanthalir pondra un kai
Adhil alli koduththaal en pangai
Maalai sooda vantha mangai
Antha mangai rathiyaalin thangai
Aalanthalir pondra un kai
Adhil alli koduththaal en pangai
Maalai sooda vantha mangai
Aa….aa…aaa….aa…aah….
Aa….aa…aaa….aa…aah….
Paruvam sila kaalam yaengum
Konjam pathungiyae pin vaangum
Irandum samamaaga thaangum
Antha inimai sugaththodu thoongum
Maalai sooda vantha mangai
Aa….aa…aaa….aa…aah….
Enna iraivaa un padaippu
Adhil engum azhagae un sirippu
Chinna idhazhenna inippu
Adhu thedum sugam enna thudippu
Maalai sooda vantha mangai
Antha mangai rathiyaalin thangai
Aalanthalir pondra un kai
Adhil alli koduththaal en pangai
Maalai sooda vantha mangai
Aa….aa…aaa….aa…aah….
Aa….aa…aaa….aa…aah….
Aan penn uravendra vedham
Adhu adakka mudiyaatha geedham
Inba sugam indru varavu
En ilamaithaan angu selavu
Maalai sooda vantha mangai
Aa….aa…aaa….aa…aah….
Idharkku idhu vendum endru
Avan padaiththa idam kooda ondru
Adharkkul vilaiyaadi sendru
Naam amaithi pera vendum indru
Maalai sooda vantha mangai
Female :Aa….aa…aa….aah….
Male :Antha mangai rathiyaalin thangai
Female :Aa….aa…aa….aah….
Male :Aalanthalir pondra un kai
Adhil alli koduththaal en pangai
Aa….aa…aaa….aa…aah….
Male :Maalai sooda vantha mangai…
...
The girl who came to wear the wedding garland,
That girl is like a sister to Rathi (the goddess of love and beauty).
Your hands are tender as young banyan leaves,
With them, she gave me my share of happiness.
The girl who came to wear the wedding garland,
That girl is like a sister to Rathi (the goddess of love and beauty).
Your hands are tender as young banyan leaves,
With them, she gave me my share of happiness.
The girl who came to wear the wedding garland,
Ah... ah... aaa... ah... aah...
Ah... ah... aaa... ah... aah...
Youth yearns for a little while,
And then steps back shyly in hesitation.
When both of them bear the feeling equally,
That sweet feeling rests in peaceful pleasure.
The girl who came to wear the wedding garland,
Ah... ah... aaa... ah... aah...
O Lord, what a wondrous creation!
Your lovely smile shines everywhere within it.
How sweet are those tender lips,
And what a thrill in the joy they seek!
The girl who came to wear the wedding garland,
That girl is like a sister to Rathi (the goddess of love and beauty).
Your hands are tender as young banyan leaves,
With them, she gave me my share of happiness.
The girl who came to wear the wedding garland,
Ah... ah... aaa... ah... aah...
Ah... ah... aaa... ah... aah...
The sacred truth of love between man and woman,
Is a melody that cannot be restrained.
Sweet pleasure is our earning today,
And my youth is what is spent for it.
The girl who came to wear the wedding garland,
Ah... ah... aaa... ah... aah...
Knowing what belongs with what,
He created a place where two become one.
Playing together within it,
We must find our peace today.
The girl who came to wear the wedding garland,
Female: Ah... ah... ah... aah...
Male: That girl is like a sister to Rathi (the goddess of love and beauty).
Female: Ah... ah... ah... aah...
Male: Your hands are tender as young banyan leaves,
With them, she gave me my share of happiness.
Ah... ah... aaa... ah... aah...
Male: The girl who came to wear the wedding garland...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This classic song from Vijeya (1973) is a romantic composition celebrating intimacy, beauty, and marital union. The protagonist compares his beloved to the sister of Rathi (the divine goddess of love), praising her grace, soft demeanor, and sweet lips. The lyrics marvel at God's creation, portraying romantic union as a divine scriptural rhythm and an unstoppable song of joy. Kannadasan subtly blends philosophical nuance into the romantic theme by framing pleasure as income and youth as expenditure. The song concludes with a desire to find peaceful fulfillment through the sacred bond between a man and a woman.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Upamai (Simile)

“Aalanthalir pondra un kai”

Compares the beloved's tender hand to the delicate shoot of a banyan leaf (Aalanthalir).

Uruvagam (Metaphor)

“Aan penn uravendra vedham / Adhu adakka mudiyaatha geedham”

Equates the relationship between a man and woman to a sacred Veda (scripture) and an uncontainable song.

Financial Metaphor

“Inba sugam indru varavu / En ilamaithaan angu selavu”

Uses economic concepts of income (varavu) and expenditure (selavu) to depict the give-and-take of pleasure and youth.

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

“Paruvam sila kaalam yaengum / Konjam pathungiyae pin vaangum”

Rhyming word endings across successive lines like 'yaengum', 'vaangum', 'thaangum', 'thoongum'.

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Trivia

The music for this song was composed by G. Devarajan, one of the most prominent legendary composers of Malayalam cinema who composed for a selective number of Tamil projects. The lyrics were written by 'Kaviarasu' Kannadasan, who masterfully balanced romantic poetry with philosophical accounting of life.

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