Maaya Ganga
From Banaras · 2022
- Lyricist
- Pazhani Bharathi
- Singer
- Armaan Malik
- Music director
- B. Ajaneesh Loknath
- Details
- Banaras2022
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Maaya ganga maaya ganga | Mystical Ganga, mystical Ganga, |
| Nenjam moozhgudhae | My heart is drowning. |
| Mounamaana maayam ondru | A silent illusion |
| Ennai moodudhae | Envelops me. |
| Male | |
| Kaalam maayamo | Is time an illusion, |
| Illai kaadhal maayamo | Or is love an illusion? |
| Adi ennai naan yaarena ketten | Oh, I asked myself who I am. |
| Dheva dhevadhai | As the divine angel |
| Sellum sorkka paadhaiyil | Walked on the heavenly path, |
| Oru dhevanaai ennai naan paarthen | I saw myself as a divine prince. |
| Male | |
| Ye thaththalikkum nenjam | Oh, my struggling heart |
| Suzhalil sikki kondu aadudhae ho oo | Is caught in a whirlpool and dances, ho oo. |
| Angum ingum odi karaiyai | Running here and there to reach the shore, |
| Patrikkolla thedudhae ho hoooo | Searching for something to hold on to, ho hoooo. |
| Male | |
| Maaya ganga maaya ganga | Mystical Ganga, mystical Ganga, |
| Nenjam moozhgudhae | My heart is drowning. |
| Mounamaana maayam ondru | A silent illusion |
| Ennai moodudhae | Envelops me. |
| Male | |
| Ho poo neettinaal | Oh, she offered a flower, |
| Thaen oottinaal | She fed honey, |
| Vaan kaattinaal | She showed the sky. |
| Yedho or vaarththaiyil | With a single word, |
| Isai koottinaal | She composed music, |
| Thaalaattinaal hey hey hey | She sang a lullaby, hey hey hey. |
| Male | |
| Paaloorum aval paadham | Her milk-soft feet, |
| Azhagin bodhu ennul yengudhae | Intoxicated with beauty, yearns within me. |
| En nenjam aval pogum kaadhal padhaiyil | My heart follows the path of love she walks on. |
| Male | |
| Soga raathiri veettil vaiththa | Like a lamp placed in a house |
| Dheebam pol | On a sorrowful night, |
| Ennai theendudhae thoondudhae kaadhal | Love touches and stirs me. |
| Saagum bothilum dhegam vegum pothilum | Even in death, even when the body burns, |
| Nenjil aadumae dhevadhai oonjal | The angel's swing will sway in my heart. |
| Male | |
| Maaya ganga maaya ganga | Mystical Ganga, mystical Ganga, |
| Nenjam moozhgudhae | My heart is drowning. |
| Mounamaana maayam ondru | A silent illusion |
| Ennai moodudhae | Envelops me. |
| Male | |
| Ho mohangalin poo vaasanai poongaatrilae | Oh, the floral fragrance of desire in the gentle breeze, |
| Ho mounangalil uraiyaadudhae | Oh, it converses in silences |
| En moochilae | In my breath. |
| Hey hey hey | Hey hey hey. |
| En vaanin oli meengal avalin kangalil | The bright stars of my sky |
| Maarudhae | Are transformed into her eyes. |
| En kaalam alai modhum avalin kaadhalil | My time crashes like waves in her love. |
| Male | |
| Ennai sutrilum | All around me, |
| Vannam vannam soodudhae | Colors upon colors deck me. |
| Kaadhal venpani ennai mooda | As the white snow of love covers me, |
| Mudivillaamalae odum nadhiyin paadhaiyil | On the path of an endlessly flowing river, |
| Endhan nenjamum thulliyae oda | My heart leaps and runs along. |
| Male | |
| Maaya ganga maaya ganga | Mystical Ganga, mystical Ganga, |
| Nenjam moozhgudhae | My heart is drowning. |
| Mounamaana maayam ondru | A silent illusion |
| Ennai moodudhae | Envelops me. |
மாய கங்கா மாய கங்கா
நெஞ்சம் மூழ்குதே
மௌனமான மாயம் ஒன்று
என்னை மூடுதே
Mystical Ganga, mystical Ganga,
My heart is drowning.
A silent illusion
Envelops me.
காலம் மாயமோ இல்லை காதல் மாயமோ
அடி என்னை நான் யாரென கேட்டேன்
தேவ தேவதை செல்லும் சொர்க்க பாதையில்
ஒரு தேவனாய் என்னை நான் பார்த்தேன்
Is time an illusion,
Or is love an illusion?
Oh, I asked myself who I am.
As the divine angel
Walked on the heavenly path,
I saw myself as a divine prince.
ஏ தத்தளிக்கும் நெஞ்சம் சுழலில்
சிக்கிக்கொண்டு ஆடுதே ஹோ ஓ
அங்கும் இங்கும் ஓடி கரையை
பற்றிக்கொள்ள தேடுதே ஹோ ஹோ ...
Oh, my struggling heart
Is caught in a whirlpool and dances, ho oo.
Running here and there to reach the shore,
Searching for something to hold on to, ho hoooo.
மாய கங்கா மாய கங்கா
நெஞ்சம் மூழ்குதே
மௌனமான மாயம் ஒன்று
என்னை மூடுதே
Mystical Ganga, mystical Ganga,
My heart is drowning.
A silent illusion
Envelops me.
ஹோ பூ நீட்டினாள்
தேன் ஊட்டினாள்
வான் காட்டினாள்
ஓர் வார்த்தையில் இசை கூட்டினாள்
தாலாட்டினாள் ஹே ஹே
Oh, she offered a flower,
She fed honey,
She showed the sky.
With a single word,
She composed music,
She sang a lullaby, hey hey hey.
பாலூறும் அவள் பாதம் அழகின்
போது என்னுள் ஏங்குதே
என் நெஞ்சம் அவள் போகும் காதல் பாதையில்
Her milk-soft feet,
Intoxicated with beauty, yearns within me.
My heart follows the path of love she walks on.
சோக ராத்திரி வீட்டில் வைத்த
தீபம் போல்
என்னை தீண்டுதே தீண்டுதே காதல்
சாகும் போதிலும் தேகம் வேகும் போதிலும்
நெஞ்சில் ஆடுமே தேவதை ஊஞ்சல்
Like a lamp placed in a house
On a sorrowful night,
Love touches and stirs me.
Even in death, even when the body burns,
The angel's swing will sway in my heart.
மாய கங்கா மாய கங்கா
நெஞ்சம் மூழ்குதே
மௌனமான மாயம் ஒன்று
என்னை மூடுதே
ஆண் : ஹோ மோகங்களின்
பூ வாசனை பூங்காற்றிலே
ஹோ மோகங்கலில்
உரையாடுதே என் மூச்சிலே
ஹே ஹே ஹே
என் வானின் ஒளி மீன்கள் அவளின் கண்களில்
மாறுதே
என் காலம் அலை மோதும் அவளின் காதலில்
Mystical Ganga, mystical Ganga,
My heart is drowning.
A silent illusion
Envelops me.
என்னை சுற்றிலும் வண்ணம் வண்ணம் சூடுதே
காதல் வெண்பனி என்னை மூட
முடிவில்லாமலே ஓடும் நதியின் பாதையில்
எந்தன் நெஞ்சமும் துள்ளியே ஓட
Oh, the floral fragrance of desire in the gentle breeze,
Oh, it converses in silences
In my breath.
Hey hey hey.
The bright stars of my sky
Are transformed into her eyes.
My time crashes like waves in her love.
மாய கங்கா மாய கங்கா
நெஞ்சம் மூழ்குதே
மௌனமான மாயம் ஒன்று
என்னை மூடுதே
All around me,
Colors upon colors deck me.
As the white snow of love covers me,
On the path of an endlessly flowing river,
My heart leaps and runs along.
Mystical Ganga, mystical Ganga,
My heart is drowning.
A silent illusion
Envelops me.
Maaya ganga maaya ganga
Mystical Ganga, mystical Ganga,
Nenjam moozhgudhae
My heart is drowning.
Mounamaana maayam ondru
A silent illusion
Ennai moodudhae
Envelops me.
Kaalam maayamo
Is time an illusion,
Illai kaadhal maayamo
Or is love an illusion?
Adi ennai naan yaarena ketten
Oh, I asked myself who I am.
Dheva dhevadhai
As the divine angel
Sellum sorkka paadhaiyil
Walked on the heavenly path,
Oru dhevanaai ennai naan paarthen
I saw myself as a divine prince.
Ye thaththalikkum nenjam
Oh, my struggling heart
Suzhalil sikki kondu aadudhae ho oo
Is caught in a whirlpool and dances, ho oo.
Angum ingum odi karaiyai
Running here and there to reach the shore,
Patrikkolla thedudhae ho hoooo
Searching for something to hold on to, ho hoooo.
Maaya ganga maaya ganga
Mystical Ganga, mystical Ganga,
Nenjam moozhgudhae
My heart is drowning.
Mounamaana maayam ondru
A silent illusion
Ennai moodudhae
Envelops me.
Ho poo neettinaal
Oh, she offered a flower,
Thaen oottinaal
She fed honey,
Vaan kaattinaal
She showed the sky.
Yedho or vaarththaiyil
With a single word,
Isai koottinaal
She composed music,
Thaalaattinaal hey hey hey
She sang a lullaby, hey hey hey.
Paaloorum aval paadham
Her milk-soft feet,
Azhagin bodhu ennul yengudhae
Intoxicated with beauty, yearns within me.
En nenjam aval pogum kaadhal padhaiyil
My heart follows the path of love she walks on.
Soga raathiri veettil vaiththa
Like a lamp placed in a house
Dheebam pol
On a sorrowful night,
Ennai theendudhae thoondudhae kaadhal
Love touches and stirs me.
Saagum bothilum dhegam vegum pothilum
Even in death, even when the body burns,
Nenjil aadumae dhevadhai oonjal
The angel's swing will sway in my heart.
Maaya ganga maaya ganga
Mystical Ganga, mystical Ganga,
Nenjam moozhgudhae
My heart is drowning.
Mounamaana maayam ondru
A silent illusion
Ennai moodudhae
Envelops me.
Ho mohangalin poo vaasanai poongaatrilae
Oh, the floral fragrance of desire in the gentle breeze,
Ho mounangalil uraiyaadudhae
Oh, it converses in silences
En moochilae
In my breath.
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey.
En vaanin oli meengal avalin kangalil
The bright stars of my sky
Maarudhae
Are transformed into her eyes.
En kaalam alai modhum avalin kaadhalil
My time crashes like waves in her love.
Ennai sutrilum
All around me,
Vannam vannam soodudhae
Colors upon colors deck me.
Kaadhal venpani ennai mooda
As the white snow of love covers me,
Mudivillaamalae odum nadhiyin paadhaiyil
On the path of an endlessly flowing river,
Endhan nenjamum thulliyae oda
My heart leaps and runs along.
Maaya ganga maaya ganga
Mystical Ganga, mystical Ganga,
Nenjam moozhgudhae
My heart is drowning.
Mounamaana maayam ondru
A silent illusion
Ennai moodudhae
Envelops me.
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
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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