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Lyrics & meaning

Maaya Ganga

From Banaras · 2022

Lyricist
Pazhani Bharathi
Singer
Armaan Malik
Music director
B. Ajaneesh Loknath
Movie name
Banaras
Movie release year
2022
Lyrics added on
23 Jun 2022

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Maaya ganga maaya ganga
Nenjam moozhgudhae
Mounamaana maayam ondru
Ennai moodudhae
Kaalam maayamo
Illai kaadhal maayamo
Adi ennai naan yaarena ketten
Dheva dhevadhai
Sellum sorkka paadhaiyil
Oru dhevanaai ennai naan paarthen
Ye thaththalikkum nenjam
Suzhalil sikki kondu aadudhae ho oo
Angum ingum odi karaiyai
Patrikkolla thedudhae ho hoooo
Maaya ganga maaya ganga
Nenjam moozhgudhae
Mounamaana maayam ondru
Ennai moodudhae
Ho poo neettinaal
Thaen oottinaal
Vaan kaattinaal
Yedho or vaarththaiyil
Isai koottinaal
Thaalaattinaal hey hey hey
Paaloorum aval paadham
Azhagin bodhu ennul yengudhae
En nenjam aval pogum kaadhal padhaiyil
Soga raathiri veettil vaiththa
Dheebam pol
Ennai theendudhae thoondudhae kaadhal
Saagum bothilum dhegam vegum pothilum
Nenjil aadumae dhevadhai oonjal
Maaya ganga maaya ganga
Nenjam moozhgudhae
Mounamaana maayam ondru
Ennai moodudhae
Ho mohangalin poo vaasanai poongaatrilae
Ho mounangalil uraiyaadudhae
En moochilae
Hey hey hey
En vaanin oli meengal avalin kangalil
Maarudhae
En kaalam alai modhum avalin kaadhalil
Ennai sutrilum
Vannam vannam soodudhae
Kaadhal venpani ennai mooda
Mudivillaamalae odum nadhiyin paadhaiyil
Endhan nenjamum thulliyae oda
Maaya ganga maaya ganga
Nenjam moozhgudhae
Mounamaana maayam ondru
Ennai moodudhae
Magical Ganga, magical Ganga,
my heart is drowning in it.
A silent magic
surrounds me completely.
Is time an illusion,
or is love the magic?
Girl, I asked myself who I was,
and beside the divine angel,
on the heavenly path she walks,
I saw myself as a heavenly being.
Oh, this struggling heart
is trapped in a whirlpool and spinning, oh.
Running here and there,
it searches for a shore to hold onto, oh.
Magical Ganga, magical Ganga,
my heart is drowning in it.
A silent magic
surrounds me completely.
Oh, she held out a flower,
fed me honey,
and showed me the skies.
With just a single word,
she brought music to life,
and sang a lullaby, hey hey hey.
Her tender, milk-soft feet
and her beauty make my heart yearn,
as it follows the path of love she walks.
Like a lamp placed in a house
on a sorrowful night,
love touches me and stirs my soul.
Even when I die, even when this body burns away,
that angel's swing will sway on in my heart.
Magical Ganga, magical Ganga,
my heart is drowning in it.
A silent magic
surrounds me completely.
Oh, the sweet scent of desire in the gentle breeze,
oh, it speaks in silences
within my breath.
Hey hey hey...
The bright stars of my sky
turn into her eyes.
My life surges like waves in her love.
All around me,
colourful hues wrap around me,
as the white snow of love covers me.
Along the path of an endless flowing river,
my heart also leaps and runs along.
Magical Ganga, magical Ganga,
my heart is drowning in it.
A silent magic
surrounds me completely.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Maaya Ganga from the film Banaras (2022) is a deeply romantic and surreal track that captures the protagonist's profound mesmerization upon falling in love. Equating the overwhelming intensity of love to the sacred, mystical Ganga river, the lyrics express a state of spiritual intoxication where boundaries between time, reality, and illusion begin to blur. The song details how the beloved's grace elevates the protagonist to a heavenly realm while simultaneously tossing his heart into a whirlpool of pure emotion. Themes of eternal devotion—asserting that love endures even beyond death and physical burning—are beautifully expressed alongside gentle nature imagery of light, stars, breeze, and endless rivers.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (உருவகம் - Uruvagam)

“Maaya ganga maaya ganga Nenjam moozhgudhae”

Compares love and deep emotion to 'Maaya Ganga' (a mystical Ganges) drowning the heart.

Monai / Initial Alliteration (மோனை)

“Mounamaana maayam ondru”

Repetition of the 'M' sound at the start of words creating a rhythmic, hypnotic flow.

Simile (உவமை - Uvamai)

“Soga raathiri veettil vaiththa Dheebam pol”

Compares the gentle touch of love to a lamp burning inside a house on a sad night.

Internal Rhyme / Edhugai (எதுகை)

“Ennai theendudhae thoondudhae kaadhal”

Harmonious internal rhyming sound between 'theendudhae' (touches) and 'thoondudhae' (stirs).

Personification

“Ho mounangalil uraiyaadudhae En moochilae”

Gives human action (conversing/talking) to silence ('mounangalil uraiyaadudhae').

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Trivia

The song 'Maaya Ganga' is part of the pan-Indian romantic mystery film 'Banaras' (2022). Set against the spiritual backdrop of the ghats of Varanasi, the Tamil version was sung by popular Hindi playback singer Armaan Malik, bringing a unique soulful texture to B. Ajaneesh Loknath's composition.

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