Maragatha Maalai
From Takkar · 2020
- Lyricist
- Uma Devi
- Singers
- Chinmayi, Vijay Yesudas, Pradeep
- Music director
- Nivas K. Prasanna
- Details
- Takkar2020
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Maragatha maalai neram | Emerald evening time |
| Mamathaigal maindhu veezhum | Egos and attachments melt and fall away |
| Magarandha serkai kaadhal dhaana | Is love not like the merging of pollen? |
| Female | |
| Iravinil thotra theeyai | The fire ignited in the night |
| Parugida paarkum paarvai | A gaze that longs to drink it in |
| Vazhivathu kaadhal theertham dhaana | Is what flows not the sacred nectar of love? |
| Male | |
| Vaarthaigal thorkudhae | Words are failing |
| Theendalae tharum mozhi neeyaa | Are you the language granted by touch? |
| Female | |
| Dhoorangal ketkuthae | The distances are asking |
| Kaadhalin vazhithunai neeyaa | Are you the companion on love's path? |
| Male | |
| Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo oo …oo hoo | Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo oo ...oo hoo |
| Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo oo …oo hoo | Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo oo ...oo hoo |
| Ezhuthidavaa….idhazh variya | Shall I write along the lines of your lips? |
| Female :Idaiveli dhaan… | Female: Is it distance... |
| Pen uyir valiya..aa..aa…aa.. | ...or the pain of a woman's soul? |
| Male | |
| Neer ketten | I asked for water |
| Mazhaiyaaga vaan ketten | I asked the sky for rain |
| Nilavaaga nee endhan | Like the moon, as my... |
| Kanavaaga thaedi vandhadhenna | ...dream, why did you come seeking me? |
| Female | |
| Naan ketta | The one I asked for... |
| Varamaaga nee vandhaai | You came as a boon |
| Nijamaaga naam endrum | Truly, how did time unite us... |
| Uravaaga kaalam serthadhenna | ...to be together forever in kinship? |
| Male | |
| Oru vaanam udainthu | Can a single sky break... |
| Iru vaanam varuma | ...and become two skies? |
| Ozhi thoongum iravil | In the night where light slumbers |
| Pookkal poopadhenna | Why do flowers bloom? |
| Female | |
| Mazhai yaavum vadinthum | Even after all the rain drains away |
| Marathooral varumae | Drips still fall from the trees |
| Oru yaamam mudindhum | Even after a midnight watch ends |
| Oodal thorpadhenna | Why does love's tiff yield? |
| Male | |
| Nadhi neeyaa | Are you the river? |
| Thuli naanaa | Am I the drop? |
| Female :Kalandhingae | Female: Merging here... |
| Kaadhal aaguthae | ...it becomes love. |
| Male | |
| Ezhuthidavaa….aa…aa…aa…aa..aa.. | Shall I write... |
| Female :Idhazh variya | Female: Along the lines of lips |
| Idaiveli dhaan… | Is it distance... |
| Male :Pen uyir valiya…..aa…aa…aa…aa..aa… | Male: ...or the pain of a woman's soul? |
மரகத மாலை நேரம்
மமதைகள் மாய்ந்து வீழும்
மகரந்த சேர்க்கை காதல்தானா
Emerald evening time
Egos and attachments melt and fall away
Is love not like the merging of pollen?
இரவினில் தோற்ற தீயை
பருகிட பார்க்கும் பார்வை
வழிவது காதல் தீர்த்தம் தானா
The fire ignited in the night
A gaze that longs to drink it in
Is what flows not the sacred nectar of love?
வார்த்தைகள் தோற்க்குதே
தீண்டலே தரு மொழி நீயா
Words are failing
Are you the language granted by touch?
தூரங்கள் கேட்குதே
காதலின் வழித்துணை நீயா
The distances are asking
Are you the companion on love's path?
ஹோ ஹோ ஹோ ஹோ ஓ....ஓஹோ
ஹோ ஹோ ஹோ ஹோ ஓ....ஓஹோ
எழுதிடவா.....இதழ் வரியா
இடைவெளிதான்....
பெண் உயிர் வலியா.....ஆ.....ஆ.....ஆ.....
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo oo ...oo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo oo ...oo hoo
Shall I write along the lines of your lips?
Female: Is it distance...
...or the pain of a woman's soul?
நீர் கேட்டேன்
மழையாக வான் கேட்டேன்
நிலவாக நீ எந்தன்
கனவாக தேடி வந்ததென்ன
I asked for water
I asked the sky for rain
Like the moon, as my...
...dream, why did you come seeking me?
நான் கேட்ட
வரமாக நீ வந்தாய்
நிஜமாக நாம் என்றும்
உறவாக காலம் சேர்த்ததென்ன
The one I asked for...
You came as a boon
Truly, how did time unite us...
...to be together forever in kinship?
ஒரு வானம் உடைந்து
இரு வானம் வருமா
ஒளி தூங்கும் இரவில்
பூக்கள் பூப்பதென்ன
Can a single sky break...
...and become two skies?
In the night where light slumbers
Why do flowers bloom?
மழை யாவும் வடிந்தும்
மரதூறல் வருமே
ஒரு யாமம் முடிந்தும்
ஊடல் தோற்பதென்ன
Even after all the rain drains away
Drips still fall from the trees
Even after a midnight watch ends
Why does love's tiff yield?
நதி நீயா
துளி நானா
கலந்திங்கே
காதல் ஆகுதே
Are you the river?
Am I the drop?
Female: Merging here...
...it becomes love.
எழுதிடவா.....ஆ.....ஆ.....ஆ.....ஆ....ஆ.....
இதழ் வரியா
இடைவெளிதான்....
பெண் உயிர் வலியா.....ஆ.....ஆ.....ஆ.....
Shall I write...
Female: Along the lines of lips
Is it distance...
Male: ...or the pain of a woman's soul?
Maragatha maalai neram
Emerald evening time
Mamathaigal maindhu veezhum
Egos and attachments melt and fall away
Magarandha serkai kaadhal dhaana
Is love not like the merging of pollen?
Iravinil thotra theeyai
The fire ignited in the night
Parugida paarkum paarvai
A gaze that longs to drink it in
Vazhivathu kaadhal theertham dhaana
Is what flows not the sacred nectar of love?
Vaarthaigal thorkudhae
Words are failing
Theendalae tharum mozhi neeyaa
Are you the language granted by touch?
Dhoorangal ketkuthae
The distances are asking
Kaadhalin vazhithunai neeyaa
Are you the companion on love's path?
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo oo …oo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo oo ...oo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo oo …oo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo oo ...oo hoo
Ezhuthidavaa….idhazh variya
Shall I write along the lines of your lips?
Female :Idaiveli dhaan…
Female: Is it distance...
Pen uyir valiya..aa..aa…aa..
...or the pain of a woman's soul?
Neer ketten
I asked for water
Mazhaiyaaga vaan ketten
I asked the sky for rain
Nilavaaga nee endhan
Like the moon, as my...
Kanavaaga thaedi vandhadhenna
...dream, why did you come seeking me?
Naan ketta
The one I asked for...
Varamaaga nee vandhaai
You came as a boon
Nijamaaga naam endrum
Truly, how did time unite us...
Uravaaga kaalam serthadhenna
...to be together forever in kinship?
Oru vaanam udainthu
Can a single sky break...
Iru vaanam varuma
...and become two skies?
Ozhi thoongum iravil
In the night where light slumbers
Pookkal poopadhenna
Why do flowers bloom?
Mazhai yaavum vadinthum
Even after all the rain drains away
Marathooral varumae
Drips still fall from the trees
Oru yaamam mudindhum
Even after a midnight watch ends
Oodal thorpadhenna
Why does love's tiff yield?
Nadhi neeyaa
Are you the river?
Thuli naanaa
Am I the drop?
Female :Kalandhingae
Female: Merging here...
Kaadhal aaguthae
...it becomes love.
Ezhuthidavaa….aa…aa…aa…aa..aa..
Shall I write...
Female :Idhazh variya
Female: Along the lines of lips
Idaiveli dhaan…
Is it distance...
Male :Pen uyir valiya…..aa…aa…aa…aa..aa…
Male: ...or the pain of a woman's soul?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This song from the movie Takkar portrays a deeply sensual and emotional dialogue between lovers during an emerald-tinted evening. The lyrics explore how physical touch and emotional closeness quiet the ego and make spoken words redundant, replacing them with a silent, tactile language of love.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Mona (Initial Alliteration)
“Maragatha maalai neram / Mamathaigal maindhu veezhum / Magarandha serkai kaadhal dhaana”
The repetition of the initial 'Ma' sound in consecutive lines ('Maragatha', 'Mamathaigal', 'Magarandha') creates a rhythmic, musical flow at the beginning of the stanza.
Metaphor (Uruvagamm)
“Magarandha serkai kaadhal dhaana”
Love is directly metaphorized as 'Magarandha serkai' (pollination) and 'Kaadhal theertham' (sacred water of love), symbolizing natural union and purity.
Visual & Tactile Imagery
“Mazhai yaavum vadinthum / Marathooral varumae”
The line 'Mazhai yaavum vadinthum / Marathooral varumae' uses evocative nature imagery (rain dripping off trees long after the storm stops) to describe lingering love and emotions.
Rhetorical Question (Vinaa Ani)
“Nadhi neeyaa / Thuli naanaa”
The speaker poses rhetorical questions comparing the river and the drop ('Nadhi neeyaa / Thuli naanaa') to highlight the blending of their individual identities into one whole.
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Trivia
Popularly known as 'Nira' or 'Maragatha Maalai', this viral song from the movie Takkar was composed by Nivas K. Prasanna and written by lyricist Uma Devi. The track famously features vocal contributions from filmmaker Gautham Vasudev Menon alongside singers Sid Sriram, Malvi Sundaresan, and Nivas K. Prasanna.
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