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Lyrics & meaning

Manathile Oru Paattu Duet

From Dhayam Onnu · 1988

Lyricist
Gangai Amaran
Singers
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Dhayam Onnu
Movie release year
1988
Lyrics added on
24 Oct 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Manadhilae oru paattu
Mazhai varum adhai kettu
Idhu bhoopalam pudhu aalolam
Vizhi poovum malarum kaalai neram
Manadhilae oru paattu
Mazhai varum adhai kettu
Kaatru poovodu koodum
Kaadhal sangeetham paadum
Paarthu ennullam thedum
Paasam anbodu moodum
{Idhayam podaatha
Layamum kettu
Ilamai paadaatha
Kavidhai paattu}(2)
Imaigalil pala thaalam
Isaigalai adhu koorum
Iravilum pagalilum
Unai paarthu paarthu
Paarvai vaadum
Manadhilae oru paattu
Mazhai varum adhai kettu
Neeyum nooraandu vaazha
Neram ponnaaga maara
Naanum paamaalai poda
Tholil naan vanthu sooda
{Enathu raagangal
Ezhuthum vedham
Pudhiya dhaagangal
Vizhiyil oorum} (2)
Idhu oru suga raagam
Idhil varum pala baavam
Inimaigal thodarkadhai
Ini sogam yedhu serum podhu
Manadhilae oru paattu
Mazhai varum adhai kettu
Female :Idhu bhoopalam
Pudhu aalolam
Male :Vizhi poovum malarum
Kaalai neram
A song rises in my heart,
The rain will fall listening to it.
This is a morning melody, a brand-new tune,
A morning time when flower-like eyes blossom.
A song rises in my heart,
The rain will fall listening to it.
The breeze joins with the flower,
And sings the music of love.
Watching them, my heart yearns,
And deep affection wraps it with love.
Hearing a rhythm
that the heart never kept before,
And a poetic song
that youth never sang before...
Rhythms keep time on the eyelids,
Expressing melodies of their own.
Day and night,
gazing at you endlessly,
my eyes grow weary with longing.
A song rises in my heart,
The rain will fall listening to it.
Wishing you live for a hundred years,
As every passing moment turns to gold,
For me to offer a garland of songs,
And rest gently upon your shoulder.
As my melodies
write sacred verses,
New yearnings
well up within the eyes.
This is a blissful melody,
Bringing forth so many tender feelings.
Sweet moments are an endless story now,
What sorrow can there be once we unite?
A song rises in my heart,
The rain will fall listening to it.
Female: This is a morning melody,
A brand-new tune,
Male: A morning time when
flower-like eyes blossom.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Manadhilae Oru Paattu from Dhayam Onnu (1988) is a soulful romantic duet celebrating love through the metaphor of music and nature. The song speaks of an internal melody so enchanting that even the rains fall upon hearing it. The lovers describe their emotional bond using dawn ragas like Bhoopalam, comparing their affection to a poem untouched by age and a sacred scripture written by ragas.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Monai (Initial Alliteration)

“Manadhilae oru paattu / Mazhai varum adhai kettu”

Repetition of the initial sound 'Ma' in consecutive lines 'Manadhilae' and 'Mazhai'.

Personification

“Mazhai varum adhai kettu”

Attributing human traits of listening to rain ('Mazhai varum adhai kettu') and singing to the wind ('Kaatru poovodu koodum, Kaadhal sangeetham paadum').

Metaphor (Uruvagaim)

“Vizhi poovum malarum kaalai neram”

'Vizhi poovum' metaphorically compares the eyes to delicate flowers blossoming at dawn.

Eyaibu (Rhyming Couplets)

“Kaatru poovodu koodum / Kaadhal sangeetham paadum”

Rhyming endings across consecutive lines such as 'koodum', 'paadum', 'thedum', and 'moodum'.

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Trivia

Dhayam Onnu (1988) features lyrics by the versatile director-lyricist Gangai Amaran. The song cleverly integrates classical music terminology like 'Bhoopalam' (a traditional early morning raga) and 'Layam' (rhythm) into a romantic context.

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