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Maiyaale

From Ayali – Web Series · 2023

Lyricist
Ku. Karthik
Singer
Praniti
Music director
Revaa
Movie name
Ayali – Web Series
Movie release year
2023
Lyrics added on
7 Jan 2023

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Pudhusa perusa
Kanava naan kaanuren
Perusa perusa
Puyalaa naan maaruren
Oh.. kannurenda kattikittu
Thikku dhesa thedunava
Muttakkanna suthikittu thaavuraa
Vandi kattum oorukulla
Thandavaalam senju vechu
Ink-ku oothi enginaiyae ottura
Lae… lae… lae… lae…
Parakudhu kaalae
Lae… lae… lae… lae…
Sevanthaalae
Lae… lae… lae… lae…
Midhakkuren melae
Lae… lae… lae… lae…
Maiyaalae
Kanavaa nijamaa
Kara sera pogiren
Azhaga azhaga
Nilava naa maaruren
Katti vaacha kaathadiya
Kattukullae nikkaamalae
Rekka virichaalae
Indha keechutha
Ooru potta koodu ippa
Ink-ku pattu kaanalaiyae
Sekka sevanthuchae
Iva vaananthaa
Lae… lae… lae… lae…
Adhirudhu oorae
Lae… lae… lae… lae…
Sevaanthaalae
Lae… lae… lae… lae…
Sirikiren naanae
Lae… lae… lae… lae……
Maiyaalae
Brand new and big,
I am dreaming a dream!
Bigger and bigger,
I am turning into a storm!
Oh, blindfolded,
the girl who once searched for her way,
now rolls her wide eyes and leaps forward!
In a village that still rides bullock carts,
laying down railway tracks,
she fills the engine with ink and drives it!
Le... le... le... le...
My feet are flying!
Le... le... le... le...
She glows bright red!
Le... le... le... le...
I am floating up high!
Le... le... le... le...
By the power of ink!
Is it a dream or reality?
I am going to reach the shore!
So beautifully,
I am turning into the moon!
Like a kite tied down,
refusing to stay bound inside,
she spread her wings,
this little chirping girl!
The boundaries drawn by the village
have vanished under drops of ink!
It has turned completely bright red,
this sky of hers!
Le... le... le... le...
The whole village is shaken!
Le... le... le... le...
She glows bright red!
Le... le... le... le...
I am laughing with joy!
Le... le... le... le...
By the power of ink!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This empowering song from the web series 'Ayali' represents a young girl's triumphant surge toward freedom and education in the face of deep-rooted patriarchal norms. Born in a conservative village bound by archaic rules, she uses knowledge—symbolized by pen ink—as her tool to shatter societal limitations and create her own path of progress.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Ink-ku oothi enginaiyae ottura

Ink is used as a metaphor for education and empowerment that powers an engine of social progress in a village stuck in backwardness.

Imagery / Symbolism

Ooru potta koodu ippa Ink-ku pattu kaanalaiyae

The line drawn by the village represents societal limits and taboos, which are erased and overridden by pen ink.

Alliteration (Monnai)

Pudhusa perusa

Repetition of initial consonant sound 'P' in adjacent words.

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Trivia

'Ayali' is a acclaimed 2023 streaming series centered on a young girl's fight for female literacy in a village bound by ancient customs. The song's music director, Revaa, is one of the emerging prominent female composers in Tamil cinema and OTT formats, bringing an intimate perspective to this female empowerment track.

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