Machchi Un Mugatthil Meesaiyai Kaanom
From Raja Mukthi · 1948
- Lyricist
- Papanasam Sivan
- Singers
- P. G. Venkatesan, P. Bhanumathi
- Music director
- C. R. Subbaraman
- Details
- Raja Mukthi1948
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Machi unn mugathil | Hey friend, on your face |
| Meesayai kaanom | The mustache is missing! |
| Unga aiyaa unnaiyae | Did your father give birth |
| Aanaathaan pettraanaa | To you as a male? |
| Female | |
| Mugathai paartthae | Just looking at a face |
| Uyiraiyae vidugiraayae | You give your life away! |
| Uyiraiyae vidugiraayae andha | Giving your life away, to fool |
| Muttaal pasangalai nee yaeikka | Those foolish boys |
| Vaendaamaa namma | Shouldn't we deceive them? |
| Yaeikka vaendaamaa | Shouldn't we deceive them? |
| Athaan unn mugathil | That is why on your face |
| Meesayai kaanom | The mustache is missing! |
| Ungammaa unnaiyae | Did your mother give birth |
| Pennaathaan pettraalaa | To you as a female? |
| Male | |
| Naan paarthadhumillai | I have never seen |
| Unnai pola samathu | Someone as smart as you |
| Unnai pola samathu kozhi | As clever as a smart bird/hen; |
| Koodaiyai moodaapponaal | If one goes to cover the cage, |
| Vittu povaana | Will it leave and go away? |
| Nammai vittu povaana | Will it leave us and go away? |
| Male | |
| Machi unn mugathil | Hey friend, on your face |
| Meesayai kaanom | The mustache is missing! |
| Unga aiyaa unnaiyae | Did your father give birth |
| Aanaathaan pettraanaa | To you as a male? |
| Female | |
| Pattai naamakkaara aal paavam | The man with religious forehead markings is poor and innocent, |
| Andha pattai naama | In that pious man's |
| Kattuchottril nee | Packed rice meal, should you |
| Kaiyai vaikkalaamaa | Lay your hands on it? |
| Kaiyai vaikkalaamaa | Should you lay your hands on it? |
| Male | |
| Arubadhu sippikku aasaippadaadhae | Do not crave for sixty small shells/coins |
| Ellaan theriyundee | I know everything, girl! |
| Adiyae sokkammaa | Hey Sokkamma! |
| Female | |
| Yaar enna seiyalaam | Who can do what? |
| Aasai thaan aasai thaan | Desire is desire, after all |
| Mosam seiya ponaal | If one resorts to deceit, |
| Pizhaippaedhathaan vayittru | How can one earn a living? For basic survival, |
| Pizhaippaedhathaan | How can one earn a living? |
மச்சி உன் முகத்தில்
மீசையைக் காணோம்
உங்க அய்யா உன்னையே
ஆணாத்தான் பெற்றானா
Hey friend, on your face
The mustache is missing!
Did your father give birth
To you as a male?
முகத்தைப் பார்த்தே
உயிரையே விடுகிறாயே
உயிரையே விடுகிறாயே அந்த
முட்டாள் பசங்களை நீ ஏய்க்க
வேண்டாமா நம்ம
ஏய்க்க வேண்டாமா
அத்தான் உன் முகத்தில்
மீசையைக் காணோம்
உங்கம்மா உன்னையே
பெண்ணாத்தான் பெற்றாளா
Just looking at a face
You give your life away!
Giving your life away, to fool
Those foolish boys
Shouldn't we deceive them?
Shouldn't we deceive them?
That is why on your face
The mustache is missing!
Did your mother give birth
To you as a female?
நான் பார்த்ததுமில்லை
உன்னைப்போல சமத்து
உன்னைப்போல சமத்துக் கோழி
கூடையை மூடாப்போனால்
விட்டுப் போவானா
நம்மை விட்டுப் போவானா
I have never seen
Someone as smart as you
As clever as a smart bird/hen;
If one goes to cover the cage,
Will it leave and go away?
Will it leave us and go away?
மச்சி உன் முகத்தில்
மீசையைக் காணோம்
உங்க அய்யா உன்னையே
ஆணாத்தான் பெற்றானா
Hey friend, on your face
The mustache is missing!
Did your father give birth
To you as a male?
பட்டை நாமக்கார ஆள் பாவம்
அந்த பட்டை நாமக்
கட்டுசோற்றில் நீ
கையை வைக்கலாமா
கையை வைக்கலாமா
The man with religious forehead markings is poor and innocent,
In that pious man's
Packed rice meal, should you
Lay your hands on it?
Should you lay your hands on it?
அறுபது சிப்பிக்கு ஆசைப்படாதே
எல்லாந் தெரியுன்டீ
அடியே சொக்கம்மா
Do not crave for sixty small shells/coins
I know everything, girl!
Hey Sokkamma!
யார் என்ன செய்யலாம்
ஆசைதான் ஆசைதான்
மோசம் செய்யப்போனால்
பிழைப்பேதத்தான் வயிற்று
பிழைப்பேதத்தான்
Who can do what?
Desire is desire, after all
If one resorts to deceit,
How can one earn a living? For basic survival,
How can one earn a living?
அம்மாடி நமக்கு நாமே சமானம்
அறிவில்லா போனால்
அதிர்ஷ்டம் வருமா
Machi unn mugathil
Hey friend, on your face
Meesayai kaanom
The mustache is missing!
Unga aiyaa unnaiyae
Did your father give birth
Aanaathaan pettraanaa
To you as a male?
Mugathai paartthae
Just looking at a face
Uyiraiyae vidugiraayae
You give your life away!
Uyiraiyae vidugiraayae andha
Giving your life away, to fool
Muttaal pasangalai nee yaeikka
Those foolish boys
Vaendaamaa namma
Shouldn't we deceive them?
Yaeikka vaendaamaa
Shouldn't we deceive them?
Athaan unn mugathil
That is why on your face
Meesayai kaanom
The mustache is missing!
Ungammaa unnaiyae
Did your mother give birth
Pennaathaan pettraalaa
To you as a female?
Naan paarthadhumillai
I have never seen
Unnai pola samathu
Someone as smart as you
Unnai pola samathu kozhi
As clever as a smart bird/hen;
Koodaiyai moodaapponaal
If one goes to cover the cage,
Vittu povaana
Will it leave and go away?
Nammai vittu povaana
Will it leave us and go away?
Machi unn mugathil
Hey friend, on your face
Meesayai kaanom
The mustache is missing!
Unga aiyaa unnaiyae
Did your father give birth
Aanaathaan pettraanaa
To you as a male?
Pattai naamakkaara aal paavam
The man with religious forehead markings is poor and innocent,
Andha pattai naama
In that pious man's
Kattuchottril nee
Packed rice meal, should you
Kaiyai vaikkalaamaa
Lay your hands on it?
Kaiyai vaikkalaamaa
Should you lay your hands on it?
Arubadhu sippikku aasaippadaadhae
Do not crave for sixty small shells/coins
Ellaan theriyundee
I know everything, girl!
Adiyae sokkammaa
Hey Sokkamma!
Yaar enna seiyalaam
Who can do what?
Aasai thaan aasai thaan
Desire is desire, after all
Mosam seiya ponaal
If one resorts to deceit,
Pizhaippaedhathaan vayittru
How can one earn a living? For basic survival,
Pizhaippaedhathaan
How can one earn a living?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This playful folk song from 'Raja Mukthi' (1948) uses lighthearted banter and satire to discuss disguise, trickery, and moral boundaries. The singer teases a companion about their clean-shaven or feminine appearance, jokingly asking whether their parents raised them as a boy or a girl while acknowledging their cunning ability to fool gullible young men.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Rhetorical Question (Vinaa)
“Unga aiyaa unnaiyae Aanaathaan pettraanaa”
Questions like 'Aanaathaan pettraanaa' and 'Kaiyai vaikkalaamaa' are used not to seek answers but to express sarcasm and moral reprimand.
Metaphor (Uvamai)
“Unnai pola samathu kozhi”
Comparing the subject's behavior and quickness to a smart bird or hen ('samathu kozhi').
Repetition (Anaphora/Epistrophe)
“Kaiyai vaikkalaamaa”
Phrases like 'Uyiraiyae vidugiraayae' and 'Kaiyai vaikkalaamaa' are repeated for rhythmic emphasize in traditional folk song structure.
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Trivia
'Raja Mukthi' (1948) featured legendary singer-actor M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar (MKT) and P. Bhanumathi. The lyrics were penned by the famed Carnatic musical maestro Papanasam Sivan, who blended classical purity with accessible folk idioms for cinema.
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