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Lyrics & meaning

Malargalai Padaitha

From Pandavar Bhoomi · 2001

Lyricist
Snehan
Singer
Srinivas
Music director
Bharathwaj
Movie name
Pandavar Bhoomi
Movie release year
2001
Lyrics added on
14 Feb 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Malargalai padaitha
Iraivanum yeno
Mutkalil naduvil malaravittaan
Manadhinil kaadhalai
Padhiyum pottavan
Yeno bayathai nidhaithuvittaan
Idhu nyaayamaa
Uyir thaangumaa
Nee vaa pennae
Thadaigalai thaandi
Panchaangathin pazhaiya
Kanakkai maattri
Malargalai padaitha
Iraivanum yeno
Mutkalil naduvil malaravittaan
Pennai oru poovendru
Solli vaitha poi indru
En kaadhalai kolludhae
Thalaimuraigal ponaalum
Varaimuraigal pogaamal
Thadai podudhae nyaayamaa..
Kaadhalai kannukkul adaithu
Yenadi ennai kondraai
Buddharum mannukkullae
Ponadhai neeyum unarvaai
Kaadhalum uyir pettraal
Pagai thondrudhae
Malargalai padaitha
Iraivanum yeno
Mutkalil naduvil malaravittaan
Manadhinil kaadhalai
Padhiyum pottavan
Yeno bayathai nidhaithuvittaan
Kaadhal oru noyendraal
Guna padutha yaar vandhaar
Vidai yedhumae illaiyae
Kaadhal oru theeyendraal
Sutta vadu yaar kandaar
Thadam yedhumae illaiyae
Vedanidam koondu kiligal
Viruppathai solluvadhu illai
Pennae nee oomaiyum illai
Irundhum yen pesidavillai
Kaadhalum uyir pettraal
Pagai thondrudhae..ae…ae….
Malargalai padaitha
Iraivanum yeno
Mutkalil naduvil malaravittaan
Manadhinil kaadhalai
Padhiyum pottavan
Yeno bayathai nidhaithuvittaan
Idhu nyaayamaa
Female :Ahaa..aa..
Male :Uyir thaangumaa
Female :Ahaa..aa..
Male :Nee vaa pennae
Thadaigalai thaandi
Panchaangathin pazhaiya
Kanakkai maattri
Maattri maattri
The God who created flowers,
why did He
let them bloom among thorns?
The One who planted love
deep inside the heart,
why did He sow fear there too?
Is this fair?
Can a soul bear this?
Come to me, girl,
crossing every barrier,
changing the old calculations
of the astrological almanac!
The God who created flowers,
why did He
let them bloom among thorns?
Calling a woman a gentle flower
was a lie that today
is killing my love.
Even as generations pass,
social restrictions never go away,
blocking our path... is this fair?
Locking love inside your eyes,
why did you destroy me, girl?
Even the Buddha returned to the earth,
and you must realize that!
Whenever love comes alive,
enmity is born!
The God who created flowers,
why did He
let them bloom among thorns?
The One who planted love
deep inside the heart,
why did He sow fear there too?
If love is an illness,
who ever came to cure it?
There is no answer at all.
If love is a fire,
who has seen the burn mark?
There is no trace left behind.
Caged parrots never tell
their desires to the hunter.
Girl, you are not mute,
yet why haven't you spoken?
Whenever love comes alive,
enmity is born...
The God who created flowers,
why did He
let them bloom among thorns?
The One who planted love
deep inside the heart,
why did He sow fear there too?
Is this fair?
Female: Aaha... aa...
Male: Can a soul bear this?
Female: Aaha... aa...
Male: Come to me, girl,
crossing every barrier,
changing the old calculations
of the astrological almanac!
Rewriting them, changing them!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song from 'Pandavar Bhoomi' expresses deep despair and philosophical anguish over love caught in the web of societal restrictions, caste rituals, and fear. The protagonist questions God for creating love alongside intense fear, comparing lovers to delicate flowers surrounded by sharp thorns. He calls upon his beloved to break free from traditional societal bounds and outdated beliefs to unite with him.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

“Mutkalil naduvil malaravittaan”

Compares love growing amidst oppressive social norms to delicate flowers blooming amidst sharp thorns.

Rhetorical Question

“Idhu nyaayamaa”

Questions the injustice of fate and societal restrictions on lovers.

Parallelism / Monai

“Kaadhal oru noyendraal... Kaadhal oru theeyendraal”

Symmetrical structural comparison of love to a disease and fire to highlight its intangible yet painful nature.

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Trivia

Composed by Bharadwaj for Cheran's critically acclaimed film 'Pandavar Bhoomi' (2001), the track features lyrics by Snehan highlighting social constraints on romance, sung memorably by Yugendran and S.P.B. Charan.

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