Malaaiyil Malar Solaiyil
From Adutha Veettu Penn · 1960
- Lyricist
- Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
- Singer
- P. B. Sreenivas
- Music director
- P. Adinarayana Rao
- Details
- Adutha Veettu Penn1960
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Maalaiyil malar solaiyil | In the evening, in the flower garden, |
| Madhuventhum malarum neeyae | You are the flower holding sweet nectar. |
| Maalaiyil malar solaiyil | In the evening, in the flower garden, |
| Madhuventhum malarum neeyae | You are the flower holding sweet nectar. |
| Manangkaniyaathaa innum puriyaathaa | Will your heart not melt? Do you still not understand? |
| Mandraadum thendral naanae | I am the breeze begging for your love. |
| Male | |
| Maalaiyil malar solaiyil | In the evening, in the flower garden, |
| Madhuventhum malarum neeyae | You are the flower holding sweet nectar. |
| Manangkaniyaathaa innum puriyaathaa | Will your heart not melt? Do you still not understand? |
| Mandraadum thendral naanae | I am the breeze begging for your love. |
| Maalaiyil….oo….oo…. | In the evening... oo... oo... |
| Male | |
| Vedhaanthamae vinyaanamae | Oh philosophy! Oh science! |
| Vilanga mudiyaatha ragasiyamae kadhal ragasiyamae | An incomprehensible secret, the secret of love! |
| Vaazhvilae…kaanavae….vaaraayo selvamae | In life... to behold... won't you come, my precious treasure? |
| Male | |
| Maalaiyil malar solaiyil | In the evening, in the flower garden, |
| Madhuventhum malarum neeyae | You are the flower holding sweet nectar. |
| Manangkaniyaathaa innum puriyaathaa | Will your heart not melt? Do you still not understand? |
| Mandraadum thendral naanae | I am the breeze begging for your love. |
| Maalaiyil…. | In the evening... |
| Male | |
| Ooo inai aagumaa enai naadumaa | Ooo, will she equal me? Will she seek me out? |
| Yaezhai kanavae ninaivaagumaa….aa…aaa…. | Will this poor man's dream become reality? ...aa...aaa... |
| Inai aagumaa enai naadumaa | Will she equal me? Will she seek me out? |
| Yaezhai kanavae ninaivaagumaa…. | Will this poor man's dream become reality? |
| Ennam niraiverumaa | Will my heartfelt desire be fulfilled? |
| Innumaen annamae en vaazhvin inbamae | Why still delay, my swan, the bliss of my life? |
| Male | |
| Maalaiyil malar solaiyil | In the evening, in the flower garden, |
| Madhuventhum malarum neeyae | You are the flower holding sweet nectar. |
| Manangkaniyaathaa innum puriyaathaa | Will your heart not melt? Do you still not understand? |
| Mandraadum thendral naanae | I am the breeze begging for your love. |
| Maalaiyil…. | In the evening... |
மது வேண்டும் மலரும் நீ எங்கே
In the evening, in the flower garden,
You are the flower holding sweet nectar.
In the evening, in the flower garden,
You are the flower holding sweet nectar.
Will your heart not melt? Do you still not understand?
I am the breeze begging for your love.
மாலையில் மலர் சோலையில்
மதுவேந்தும் மலரும் நீயே
மாலையில் மலர் சோலையில்
மதுவேந்தும் மலரும் நீயே
மனங்கனியாதா இன்னும் புரியாதா
மன்றாடும் தென்றல் நானே
In the evening, in the flower garden,
You are the flower holding sweet nectar.
Will your heart not melt? Do you still not understand?
I am the breeze begging for your love.
In the evening... oo... oo...
மாலையில் மலர் சோலையில்
மதுவேந்தும் மலரும் நீயே
மனங்கனியாதா இன்னும் புரியாதா
மன்றாடும் தென்றல் நானே
மாலையில்....... ஓ....ஓ....
Oh philosophy! Oh science!
An incomprehensible secret, the secret of love!
In life... to behold... won't you come, my precious treasure?
வேதாந்தமே விஞ்ஞானமே
விளங்க முடியாத ரகசியமே காதல் ரகசியமே
வாழ்விலே.....காணவே.....வாராயோ செல்வமே
In the evening, in the flower garden,
You are the flower holding sweet nectar.
Will your heart not melt? Do you still not understand?
I am the breeze begging for your love.
In the evening...
மாலையில் மலர் சோலையில்
மதுவேந்தும் மலரும் நீயே
மனங்கனியாதா இன்னும் புரியாதா
மன்றாடும் தென்றல் நானே
மாலையில்.......
Ooo, will she equal me? Will she seek me out?
Will this poor man's dream become reality? ...aa...aaa...
Will she equal me? Will she seek me out?
Will this poor man's dream become reality?
Will my heartfelt desire be fulfilled?
Why still delay, my swan, the bliss of my life?
ஓஓ இணை ஆகுமா எனை நாடுமா
ஏழைக் கனவே நினைவாகுமா.....ஆ...ஆஆ...
இணை ஆகுமா எனை நாடுமா
ஏழைக் கனவே நினைவாகுமா...
எண்ணம் நிறைவேறுமா
இன்னுமேன் அன்னமே என் வாழ்வின் இன்பமே
In the evening, in the flower garden,
You are the flower holding sweet nectar.
Will your heart not melt? Do you still not understand?
I am the breeze begging for your love.
In the evening...
மாலையில் மலர் சோலையில்
மதுவேந்தும் மலரும் நீயே
மனங்கனியாதா இன்னும் புரியாதா
மன்றாடும் தென்றல் நானே
மாலையில்.......
Maalaiyil malar solaiyil
In the evening, in the flower garden,
Madhuventhum malarum neeyae
You are the flower holding sweet nectar.
Maalaiyil malar solaiyil
In the evening, in the flower garden,
Madhuventhum malarum neeyae
You are the flower holding sweet nectar.
Manangkaniyaathaa innum puriyaathaa
Will your heart not melt? Do you still not understand?
Mandraadum thendral naanae
I am the breeze begging for your love.
Maalaiyil malar solaiyil
In the evening, in the flower garden,
Madhuventhum malarum neeyae
You are the flower holding sweet nectar.
Manangkaniyaathaa innum puriyaathaa
Will your heart not melt? Do you still not understand?
Mandraadum thendral naanae
I am the breeze begging for your love.
Maalaiyil….oo….oo….
In the evening... oo... oo...
Vedhaanthamae vinyaanamae
Oh philosophy! Oh science!
Vilanga mudiyaatha ragasiyamae kadhal ragasiyamae
An incomprehensible secret, the secret of love!
Vaazhvilae…kaanavae….vaaraayo selvamae
In life... to behold... won't you come, my precious treasure?
Maalaiyil malar solaiyil
In the evening, in the flower garden,
Madhuventhum malarum neeyae
You are the flower holding sweet nectar.
Manangkaniyaathaa innum puriyaathaa
Will your heart not melt? Do you still not understand?
Mandraadum thendral naanae
I am the breeze begging for your love.
Maalaiyil….
In the evening...
Ooo inai aagumaa enai naadumaa
Ooo, will she equal me? Will she seek me out?
Yaezhai kanavae ninaivaagumaa….aa…aaa….
Will this poor man's dream become reality? ...aa...aaa...
Inai aagumaa enai naadumaa
Will she equal me? Will she seek me out?
Yaezhai kanavae ninaivaagumaa….
Will this poor man's dream become reality?
Ennam niraiverumaa
Will my heartfelt desire be fulfilled?
Innumaen annamae en vaazhvin inbamae
Why still delay, my swan, the bliss of my life?
Maalaiyil malar solaiyil
In the evening, in the flower garden,
Madhuventhum malarum neeyae
You are the flower holding sweet nectar.
Manangkaniyaathaa innum puriyaathaa
Will your heart not melt? Do you still not understand?
Mandraadum thendral naanae
I am the breeze begging for your love.
Maalaiyil….
In the evening...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Maalaiyil Malar Solaiyil is a classic romantic song from the 1960 Tamil movie Adutha Veettu Penn. In this song, the lover poetically serenades his beloved, comparing her to a sweet flower dripping with nectar in an evening garden and himself to a soft breeze pleading for her affection. He describes love as an elusive secret deeper than philosophy and science, and anxiously wonders whether a humble man's dream of uniting with his love will ever come true.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uruvam)
“Madhuventhum malarum neeyae / Mandraadum thendral naanae”
The song metaphorically equates the beloved to a blossom holding nectar ('Madhuventhum malarum neeyae') and the lover to a pleading evening breeze ('Mandraadum thendral naanae').
Etukai (Second-letter Rhyme)
“Vedhaanthamae / Vinyaanamae”
The second consonant 'd' repeats across adjacent words/lines creating classical Tamil musical harmony.
Monai (Initial Alliteration)
“Maalaiyil malar solaiyil / Vedhaanthamae vinyaanamae”
Initial phonetic sounds 'M' and 'V' repeat across phrases to enhance rhythmic flow.
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Trivia
Adutha Veettu Penn (1960), directed by Vedantam Raghavaiah and starring T. R. Ramachandran alongside Anjali Devi, was a hugely popular comedy adapted from the Bengali film Pasher Bari (1952). Sung soulfully by P. B. Srinivas with music composed by P. Adinarayana Rao, this song remains one of Tamil cinema's timeless romantic solos.
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