Mannathi Mannargal
From Suriyan · 1992
- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singer
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- Music director
- Deva
- Details
- Suriyan1992
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Chorus | |
| Hmm mm hmm hmmm | Hmm mm hmm hmmm |
| Hmmm mm hmm hmmmm | Hmmm mm hmm hmmmm |
| Male | |
| Mannaadhi mannargal | Listen to the story |
| Kadhai kettu paaru | Of the great kings of kings |
| Chorus :Hmm mm hmm hmmm | (Chorus humming) |
| Male | |
| Sooraadhi sooran nee | You are the supreme hero |
| Unai vella yaaru | Who is there to defeat you? |
| Thalai meedhu kreedam | A crown upon your head |
| Thaanaai vandhu serum | Will naturally come to settle |
| Engae pogum veeram….. | Where will your valor go? |
| Male | |
| Mannaadhi mannargal | Listen to the story |
| Kadhai kettu paaru | Of the great kings of kings |
| Chorus :Hmm mm mm mmm hmm hmm | (Chorus humming) |
| Hmmm hmm hmmm hmmm | Humming sounds |
| Chorus | |
| Hmm mm hmm hmmm | Humming sounds |
| Hmmm mm hmm hmmmm | Humming sounds |
| Male | |
| Vellai ullam vaaitha | Having a pure heart |
| Pillai vaadum neram | When the child suffers |
| Annai pola kaatha | Protecting like a mother |
| Deivam vandhu saerum | A deity arrives to join |
| Soorai kaatril saaiyum | Is life just a thatched house |
| Koorai veedaa vaazhkai | That falls in a cyclone? |
| Kundrai pola nindru | Stand firm like a mountain |
| Thottu paaru vaanai | And touch the sky |
| Idho ingae aarambam | Look, right here begins |
| Pudhiya puratchi thaan | A brand new revolution |
| Engae pogum veeram….. | Where will your valor go? |
| Male | |
| Mannaadhi mannargal | Listen to the story |
| Kadhai kettu paaru | Of the great kings of kings |
| Chorus | |
| Hmm mm hmm hmmm | Humming sounds |
| Hmmm mm hmm hmmmm | Humming sounds |
| Male | |
| Pethu pottadhillai | She did not give birth |
| Perum vaitha thillai | Nor did she name him |
| Deivam pola vandhaal | She came like a goddess |
| Deivam pola sendraal | She departed like a goddess |
| Anbaal vandha paavam | The plight brought upon by love |
| Verae enna solla | What else can be said? |
| Eendra thaayum kooda | Even the mother who gave birth |
| Ival pola alla | Is not equal to her |
| Pillai pola kolli veikka illai yogam thaan | There was no good fortune to perform the last rites as a son |
| Engae pochu veeram | Where did that valor go? |
| Chorus | |
| Hmm mm hmm hmmm | Humming sounds |
| Hmmm mm hmm hmmmm | Humming sounds |
| Hmm mm hmm hmmm | Humming sounds |
| Hmmm mm hmm hmmmm | Humming sounds |
ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம்......
ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம்.......
Hmm mm hmm hmmm
Hmmm mm hmm hmmmm
மன்னாதி மன்னன்கள்
கதை கேட்டு பாரு
குழு :
ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம்...
Listen to the story
Of the great kings of kings
(Chorus humming)
சூராதி சூரன் நீ
உனை வெல்ல யாரு
தலை மீது கீரிடம்
தானாய் வந்து சேரும்
எங்கே போகும் வீரம்.....
You are the supreme hero
Who is there to defeat you?
A crown upon your head
Will naturally come to settle
Where will your valor go?
மன்னாதி மன்னன்கள்
கதை கேட்டு பாரு
குழு :
ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம்
ஹ்ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம்
Listen to the story
Of the great kings of kings
(Chorus humming)
Humming sounds
ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம்......
ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம்.......
Humming sounds
Humming sounds
வெள்ளை உள்ளம்
வாய்த்த பிள்ளை வாடும் நேரம்
அன்னை போல காத்த
தெய்வம் வந்து சேரும்
சூறை காற்றில் சாயும் கூரை
வீடா வாழ்க்கை
குன்றை போல நின்று
தொட்டு பாரு வானை
இதோ இங்கே ஆரம்பம்
புதிய புரட்சிதான்
எங்கே போகும் வீரம்.......
Having a pure heart
When the child suffers
Protecting like a mother
A deity arrives to join
Is life just a thatched house
That falls in a cyclone?
Stand firm like a mountain
And touch the sky
Look, right here begins
A brand new revolution
Where will your valor go?
மன்னாதி மன்னன்கள்
கதை கேட்டு பாரு
Listen to the story
Of the great kings of kings
ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம்......
ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம்.......
Humming sounds
Humming sounds
பெத்து போட்டதில்லை
பேரும் வைத்ததில்லை
தெய்வம் போல வந்தாள்
தெய்வம் போல சென்றாள்
அன்பால் வந்த பாவம்
வேறே என்ன சொல்ல
ஈன்ற தாயும் கூட
இவள் போல அல்ல
பிள்ளை போல
கொள்ளி வைக்க இல்லை
யோகம்தான்
எங்கே போகும் வீரம்.......
She did not give birth
Nor did she name him
She came like a goddess
She departed like a goddess
The plight brought upon by love
What else can be said?
Even the mother who gave birth
Is not equal to her
There was no good fortune to perform the last rites as a son
Where did that valor go?
ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம்......
ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம்.......
ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம்......
ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம்.......
Humming sounds
Humming sounds
Humming sounds
Humming sounds
Hmm mm hmm hmmm
Hmm mm hmm hmmm
Hmmm mm hmm hmmmm
Hmmm mm hmm hmmmm
Mannaadhi mannargal
Listen to the story
Kadhai kettu paaru
Of the great kings of kings
Chorus :Hmm mm hmm hmmm
(Chorus humming)
Sooraadhi sooran nee
You are the supreme hero
Unai vella yaaru
Who is there to defeat you?
Thalai meedhu kreedam
A crown upon your head
Thaanaai vandhu serum
Will naturally come to settle
Engae pogum veeram…..
Where will your valor go?
Mannaadhi mannargal
Listen to the story
Kadhai kettu paaru
Of the great kings of kings
Chorus :Hmm mm mm mmm hmm hmm
(Chorus humming)
Hmmm hmm hmmm hmmm
Humming sounds
Hmm mm hmm hmmm
Humming sounds
Hmmm mm hmm hmmmm
Humming sounds
Vellai ullam vaaitha
Having a pure heart
Pillai vaadum neram
When the child suffers
Annai pola kaatha
Protecting like a mother
Deivam vandhu saerum
A deity arrives to join
Soorai kaatril saaiyum
Is life just a thatched house
Koorai veedaa vaazhkai
That falls in a cyclone?
Kundrai pola nindru
Stand firm like a mountain
Thottu paaru vaanai
And touch the sky
Idho ingae aarambam
Look, right here begins
Pudhiya puratchi thaan
A brand new revolution
Engae pogum veeram…..
Where will your valor go?
Mannaadhi mannargal
Listen to the story
Kadhai kettu paaru
Of the great kings of kings
Hmm mm hmm hmmm
Humming sounds
Hmmm mm hmm hmmmm
Humming sounds
Pethu pottadhillai
She did not give birth
Perum vaitha thillai
Nor did she name him
Deivam pola vandhaal
She came like a goddess
Deivam pola sendraal
She departed like a goddess
Anbaal vandha paavam
The plight brought upon by love
Verae enna solla
What else can be said?
Eendra thaayum kooda
Even the mother who gave birth
Ival pola alla
Is not equal to her
Pillai pola kolli veikka illai yogam thaan
There was no good fortune to perform the last rites as a son
Engae pochu veeram
Where did that valor go?
Hmm mm hmm hmmm
Humming sounds
Hmmm mm hmm hmmmm
Humming sounds
Hmm mm hmm hmmm
Humming sounds
Hmmm mm hmm hmmmm
Humming sounds
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This song from the 1992 Tamil film Suriyan serves as an emotional and motivational ballad that highlights strength, destiny, maternal love, and selflessness. It reflects on the protagonist's trials, comparing his life to the grand tales of legendary kings while urging him to stand tall like a mountain against life's severe storms. The lyrics mournfully acknowledge a mother figure who protected him like a deity without biologically giving birth to him, emphasizing the tragic fate where he couldn't even perform her last rites.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Kundrai pola nindru”
Compares standing resolute against adversity to standing tall like a mountain.
Simile (Upamai)
“Deivam pola vandhaal”
Compares the selflessness and protective nature of the woman to a divine deity.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Soorai kaatril saaiyum Koorai veedaa vaazhkai”
Metaphorically questions whether human life is fragile like a thatched roof blown away by a cyclone.
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Trivia
Suriyan (1992) was a blockbuster action thriller film directed by Pavithran, starring Sarathkumar and Roja. The soundtrack was composed by Deva with lyrics penned by Vaali, establishing Sarathkumar as a lead action hero in Tamil cinema.
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