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Lyrics & meaning

Manamagale Manamagale

From Thevar Magan · 1992

Lyricist
Vaali
Singers
Swarnalatha, Minmini, Sindhuja
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Thevar Magan
Movie release year
1992
Lyrics added on
12 May 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Manamagalae manamagalae
Vaazhum kaalam suzhum
Mangalamae Mangalamae
Gunamagalae kulamagalae
Paalum thaenum naalum
Pongidumae pongidumae
Kutham kurai ellaam
Oru kongumani charamae
Manjal valamudanae endrum
Vaazhanum vaazhanumae
Manamagalae manamagalae
Vaazhum kaalam suzhum
Mangalamae Mangalamae
Gunamagalae kulamagalae
Paalum thaenum naalum
Pongidumae pongidumae
Valadhu adi eduthu vaithu
Vaasal thaandi vaa vaa
Ponmayilae ponmayilae
Pugundha idam oli mayamaai
Unnaal thaanae maarum
Maanguilae maanguilae
Illam koyiladi
Adhil penmai deivamadi
Deivam ulla idam
Endrum selvam pongumadi
Manamagalae manamagalae
Vaazhum kaalam suzhum
Mangalamae Mangalamae
Gunamagalae kulamagalae
Paalum thaenum naalum
Pongidumae pongidumae
Dear bride, dear bride,
throughout your lifetime, may you be surrounded by
auspicious blessings and joy!
Virtuous girl, pride of our family,
like milk and honey, every single day,
may abundance and happiness overflow!
Flawless and without a single blemish,
like a precious string of gems,
with the lasting blessings of marital prosperity,
may you live a long and joyful life!
Dear bride, dear bride,
throughout your lifetime, may you be surrounded by
auspicious blessings and joy!
Virtuous girl, pride of our family,
like milk and honey, every single day,
may abundance and happiness overflow!
Step forward with your right foot,
cross the threshold and come inside,
O golden peacock, O golden peacock!
The new home you step into
will shine brightly only because of you,
O sweet cuckoo, O sweet cuckoo!
Every home is a temple,
and the woman is the goddess within it.
Wherever the goddess resides,
wealth and well-being will always overflow!
Dear bride, dear bride,
throughout your lifetime, may you be surrounded by
auspicious blessings and joy!
Virtuous girl, pride of our family,
like milk and honey, every single day,
may abundance and happiness overflow!
Female
Female
Female
Female
Female
Female

Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This classic song from the movie 'Thevar Magan' serves as a traditional wedding blessing welcoming a newlywed bride into her new household. The lyrics invoke auspiciousness, praying that the bride's presence brings abundant prosperity, happiness, and light, transforming the home into a sacred temple where womanhood is worshipped as a deity.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Adukkuthodar (Repetition for Emphasis)

“Manamagalae manamagalae”

The repetition of 'Manamagalae' (bride) at the start sets a joyful, celebratory tone of invocation.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

“Illam koyiladi / Adhil penmai deivamadi”

The song metaphorically equates the home to a temple ('illam koyil') and the bride/womanhood to the resident goddess ('penmai deivam').

Edugai (Second-letter Rhyme)

“Gunamagalae kulamagalae”

The second letters 'na' in Gunamagalae and 'la' in kulamagalae follow a harmonious Tamil poetic rhythmic structure.

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