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Lyrics & meaning

Maragatha Maalai

From Takkar · 2020

Lyricist: Uma Devi
Singers: Chinmayi, Vijay Yesudas, Pradeep
Music director: Nivas K. Prasanna
Movie name: Takkar
Movie release year: 2020
Lyrics added on: 17 Dec 2019

Lyrics & meaning

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↻ English translation

Maragatha maalai neram

Mamathaigal maindhu veezhum

Magarandha serkai kaadhal dhaana

Iravinil thotra theeyai

Parugida paarkum paarvai

Vazhivathu kaadhal theertham dhaana

Vaarthaigal thorkudhae

Theendalae tharum mozhi neeyaa

Dhoorangal ketkuthae

Kaadhalin vazhithunai neeyaa

Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo oo …oo hoo

Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo oo …oo hoo

Ezhuthidavaa….idhazh variya

Female :Idaiveli dhaan…

Pen uyir valiya..aa..aa…aa..

Neer ketten

Mazhaiyaaga vaan ketten

Nilavaaga nee endhan

Kanavaaga thaedi vandhadhenna

Naan ketta

Varamaaga nee vandhaai

Nijamaaga naam endrum

Uravaaga kaalam serthadhenna

Oru vaanam udainthu

Iru vaanam varuma

Ozhi thoongum iravil

Pookkal poopadhenna

Mazhai yaavum vadinthum

Marathooral varumae

Oru yaamam mudindhum

Oodal thorpadhenna

Nadhi neeyaa

Thuli naanaa

Female :Kalandhingae

Kaadhal aaguthae

Ezhuthidavaa….aa…aa…aa…aa..aa..

Female :Idhazh variya

Idaiveli dhaan…

Male :Pen uyir valiya…..aa…aa…aa…aa..aa…

In the emerald twilight of evening,

All pride fades and falls away.

Is this sweet pollination truly love?

The fire that sparks in the night,

A gaze longing to drink it in,

Is what overflows the holy water of love?

Words are failing now;

Are you the language given by a touch?

The distances ask:

Are you the companion on love's journey?

Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo... oo hoo

Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo... oo hoo

Shall I write a poem with my lips?

Female: Is this distance between us...

The ache of a woman's soul?

I asked for water;

As rain, I asked the sky.

Like the moon, why did you

Come seeking me as a dream?

Like the blessing I wished for,

You came into my life.

In truth, how did time unite us

Together forever as one?

If one sky breaks apart,

Can two skies appear?

In the night where light sleeps,

Why do flowers bloom?

Even after all the rain clears,

The trees still drip with drops.

Even after the midnight hour passes,

Why does our playful quarrel fade?

Are you the river?

Am I the droplet?

Female: Merging together here,

It all turns to love.

Shall I write...

Female: A line with my lips?

Is this distance...

Male: The ache of a woman's soul?

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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

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.

Did you know?

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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