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Manadhara Kadhalithal

From Aayiram Vaasal Idhayam · 1980

Lyricist
Gangai Amaran
Singer
Ilayaraja
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Aayiram Vaasal Idhayam
Movie release year
1980
Lyrics added on
5 Nov 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Manadhaara kaadhalithaal
Mattroruthi kaadhalukku
Thanadhuyiraai vandhavanai
Thaththum koduthu vittaal
Aval thiyaagaththin dheepam eriyum
Oru aayiram vaasal idhayam
She loved with all her heart,
Yet for the sake of another woman's love,
The man who was her very life,
She gave away as a sacrifice.
The lamp of sacrifice burns within her,
A heart with a thousand doors.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This poignant stanza expresses the ultimate noble gesture of love and sacrifice. A woman who loved a man with all her heart selflessly gives him up for the sake of another woman's happiness, despite him being her very life source. Her emotional magnanimity is honored through the imagery of a lamp of sacrifice burning inside a vast heart described as having a thousand entrances.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (உருவகம் - Uruvagam)

Aval thiyaagaththin dheepam eriyum / Oru aayiram vaasal idhayam

Sacrifice is equated to a burning lamp ('thiyaagaththin dheepam') and the generous heart is metaphorically depicted as a grand structure with a thousand doors ('aayiram vaasal idhayam').

Edhugai (எதுகை - Second-letter Rhyme)

Thanadhuyiraai vandhavanai / Thaththum koduthu vittaal

The second consonant sound 'th' (த்) is repeated in consecutive lines to create auditory harmony.

Hyperbole (உயர்வு நவிற்சி அணி)

Oru aayiram vaasal idhayam

Attributing 'a thousand doors' to a human heart emphasizes its infinite capacity for love and acceptance.

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Trivia

The title song line comes from the 1980 Tamil film 'Aayiram Vaasal Idhayam' starring Sudhakar and Radhika. The film's soundtrack was composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics written by his brother Gangai Amaran.

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