Maria My Darling
From Maria My Darling · 1980
- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singer
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- Music director
- Shankar Ganesh
- Details
- Maria My Darling1980
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Maria my darling maria my darling | Maria my darling, Maria my darling |
| Malrantha poopondra menmai | Soft gentleness like a blossomed flower |
| Paravai polodum penmai | Womanhood that glides swiftly like a bird |
| Malrantha poopondra menmai | Soft gentleness like a blossomed flower |
| Paravai polodum penmai | Womanhood that glides swiftly like a bird |
| Male | |
| Maria my darling….. | Maria my darling... |
| Male | |
| Malarum kallaaga koodum | Even a flower can turn into stone |
| Mazhaiyum veyilaaga maarum | Even rain can transform into heat |
| Analum punalaaga aagum | Even fire can turn into water |
| Gunamum adhu pola marum | Human character changes just like that |
| Male | |
| Malarum kallaaga koodum | Even a flower can turn into stone |
| Mazhaiyum veyilaaga maarum | Even rain can transform into heat |
| Analum punalaaga aagum | Even fire can turn into water |
| Gunamum adhu pola marum | Human character changes just like that |
| Intha maattrangal yaar seitha velai | Whose work are all these changes? |
| Ivai dheivangal seigindra leelai | These are the divine plays performed by the Gods |
| Male | |
| Maria…..aa….my darling | Maria... ah... my darling |
| Malrantha poopondra menmai | Soft gentleness like a blossomed flower |
| Paravai polodum penmai | Womanhood that glides swiftly like a bird |
| Malrantha poopondra menmai | Soft gentleness like a blossomed flower |
| Paravai polodum penmai | Womanhood that glides swiftly like a bird |
| Male | |
| Maria…..aa….my darling | Maria... ah... my darling |
| Male | |
| Vairangal angu olividum | Diamonds shine brightly over there |
| Nalla manigalum ingu maranthidum | Good gems lie forgotten over here |
| Yaettram nadanthidum maattram piranthidum | Rise will happen, change will be born |
| Antha iraivan ezhuthum kodugal | These are the lines written by God |
| Male | |
| Vairangal angu olividum | Diamonds shine brightly over there |
| Nalla manigalum ingu maranthidum | Good gems lie forgotten over here |
| Yaettram nadanthidum maattram piranthidum | Rise will happen, change will be born |
| Antha iraivan ezhuthum kodugal | These are the lines written by God |
| Antha vaan kooda kadalodum serum | Even that distant sky meets with the sea |
| Intha kadal kooda karai meedhu yaerum | Even this sea rises onto the shore |
| Male | |
| Maria…..aa….my darling….. | Maria... ah... my darling... |
| Male | |
| Ulagai nee kaana payanthu | Fearful of facing this world |
| Marainthu nee vaazhthal sariyaa | Is it right for you to live in hiding? |
| Pudhumai pennaaga ezhunthu | Arise as a modern, progressive woman |
| Virainthu vara vendum mariya | You must come forward quickly, Maria |
| Ingu nee vaazhum samuthaaya kelvi | Society itself is a question mark where you live |
| Idhai maattraamal mudiyaathu devi | This cannot be resolved without changing it, my lady |
| Male | |
| Maria…..aa….my darling | Maria... ah... my darling |
| Malrantha poopondra menmai | Soft gentleness like a blossomed flower |
| Paravai polodum penmai | Womanhood that glides swiftly like a bird |
| Malrantha poopondra menmai | Soft gentleness like a blossomed flower |
| Paravai polodum penmai | Womanhood that glides swiftly like a bird |
| Male | |
| Maria…..aa….aah..my darling….. | Maria... ah... ah... my darling... |
மரியா மை டார்லிங் மரியா மை டார்லிங்
மலர்ந்த பூப்போன்ற மென்மை
பறவை போலோடும் பெண்மை
மலர்ந்த பூப்போன்ற மென்மை
பறவை போலோடும் பெண்மை
Maria my darling, Maria my darling
Soft gentleness like a blossomed flower
Womanhood that glides swiftly like a bird
Soft gentleness like a blossomed flower
Womanhood that glides swiftly like a bird
மரியா மை டார்லிங்.....
Maria my darling...
மலரும் கல்லாக கூடும்
மழையும் வெய்யிலாக மாறும்
அனலும் புனலாக ஆகும்
குணமும் அது போல மாறும்
Even a flower can turn into stone
Even rain can transform into heat
Even fire can turn into water
Human character changes just like that
மலரும் கல்லாக கூடும்
மழையும் வெய்யிலாக மாறும்
அனலும் புனலாக ஆகும்
குணமும் அது போல மாறும்
இந்த மாற்றங்கள் யார் செய்த வேலை
இவை தெய்வங்கள் செய்கின்ற லீலை
Even a flower can turn into stone
Even rain can transform into heat
Even fire can turn into water
Human character changes just like that
Whose work are all these changes?
These are the divine plays performed by the Gods
மரியா....ஆ.....மை டார்லிங்
மலர்ந்த பூப்போன்ற மென்மை
பறவை போலோடும் பெண்மை
மலர்ந்த பூப்போன்ற மென்மை
பறவை போலோடும் பெண்மை
Maria... ah... my darling
Soft gentleness like a blossomed flower
Womanhood that glides swiftly like a bird
Soft gentleness like a blossomed flower
Womanhood that glides swiftly like a bird
மரியா....ஆ.....மை டார்லிங்.....
Maria... ah... my darling
வைரங்கள் அங்கு ஒளிவிடும்
நல்ல மணிகளும் இங்கு மறைந்திடும்
ஏற்றம் நடந்திடும் மாற்றம் பிறந்திடும்
அந்த இறைவன் எழுதும் கோடுகள்
Diamonds shine brightly over there
Good gems lie forgotten over here
Rise will happen, change will be born
These are the lines written by God
வைரங்கள் அங்கு ஒளிவிடும்
நல்ல மணிகளும் இங்கு மறைந்திடும்
ஏற்றம் நடந்திடும் மாற்றம் பிறந்திடும்
அந்த இறைவன் எழுதும் கோடுகள்
அந்த வான் கூட கடலோடு சேரும்
இந்த கடல் கூட கரை மீது ஏறும்
Diamonds shine brightly over there
Good gems lie forgotten over here
Rise will happen, change will be born
These are the lines written by God
Even that distant sky meets with the sea
Even this sea rises onto the shore
மரியா....ஆ.....மை டார்லிங்.....
Maria... ah... my darling...
உலகை நீ காண பயந்து
மறைந்து நீ வாழ்தல் சரியா
புதுமை பெண்ணாக எழுந்து
விரைந்து வர வேண்டும் மரியா
இங்கு நீ வாழும் சமுதாய கேள்வி
இதை மாற்றாமல் முடியாது தேவி
Fearful of facing this world
Is it right for you to live in hiding?
Arise as a modern, progressive woman
You must come forward quickly, Maria
Society itself is a question mark where you live
This cannot be resolved without changing it, my lady
மரியா....ஆ.....மை டார்லிங்
மலர்ந்த பூப்போன்ற மென்மை
பறவை போலோடும் பெண்மை
மலர்ந்த பூப்போன்ற மென்மை
பறவை போலோடும் பெண்மை
Maria... ah... my darling
Soft gentleness like a blossomed flower
Womanhood that glides swiftly like a bird
Soft gentleness like a blossomed flower
Womanhood that glides swiftly like a bird
மரியா....ஆ...ஆஹ்.......மை டார்லிங்.....
Maria... ah... ah... my darling...
Maria my darling maria my darling
Maria my darling, Maria my darling
Malrantha poopondra menmai
Soft gentleness like a blossomed flower
Paravai polodum penmai
Womanhood that glides swiftly like a bird
Malrantha poopondra menmai
Soft gentleness like a blossomed flower
Paravai polodum penmai
Womanhood that glides swiftly like a bird
Maria my darling…..
Maria my darling...
Malarum kallaaga koodum
Even a flower can turn into stone
Mazhaiyum veyilaaga maarum
Even rain can transform into heat
Analum punalaaga aagum
Even fire can turn into water
Gunamum adhu pola marum
Human character changes just like that
Malarum kallaaga koodum
Even a flower can turn into stone
Mazhaiyum veyilaaga maarum
Even rain can transform into heat
Analum punalaaga aagum
Even fire can turn into water
Gunamum adhu pola marum
Human character changes just like that
Intha maattrangal yaar seitha velai
Whose work are all these changes?
Ivai dheivangal seigindra leelai
These are the divine plays performed by the Gods
Maria…..aa….my darling
Maria... ah... my darling
Malrantha poopondra menmai
Soft gentleness like a blossomed flower
Paravai polodum penmai
Womanhood that glides swiftly like a bird
Malrantha poopondra menmai
Soft gentleness like a blossomed flower
Paravai polodum penmai
Womanhood that glides swiftly like a bird
Maria…..aa….my darling
Maria... ah... my darling
Vairangal angu olividum
Diamonds shine brightly over there
Nalla manigalum ingu maranthidum
Good gems lie forgotten over here
Yaettram nadanthidum maattram piranthidum
Rise will happen, change will be born
Antha iraivan ezhuthum kodugal
These are the lines written by God
Vairangal angu olividum
Diamonds shine brightly over there
Nalla manigalum ingu maranthidum
Good gems lie forgotten over here
Yaettram nadanthidum maattram piranthidum
Rise will happen, change will be born
Antha iraivan ezhuthum kodugal
These are the lines written by God
Antha vaan kooda kadalodum serum
Even that distant sky meets with the sea
Intha kadal kooda karai meedhu yaerum
Even this sea rises onto the shore
Maria…..aa….my darling…..
Maria... ah... my darling...
Ulagai nee kaana payanthu
Fearful of facing this world
Marainthu nee vaazhthal sariyaa
Is it right for you to live in hiding?
Pudhumai pennaaga ezhunthu
Arise as a modern, progressive woman
Virainthu vara vendum mariya
You must come forward quickly, Maria
Ingu nee vaazhum samuthaaya kelvi
Society itself is a question mark where you live
Idhai maattraamal mudiyaathu devi
This cannot be resolved without changing it, my lady
Maria…..aa….my darling
Maria... ah... my darling
Malrantha poopondra menmai
Soft gentleness like a blossomed flower
Paravai polodum penmai
Womanhood that glides swiftly like a bird
Malrantha poopondra menmai
Soft gentleness like a blossomed flower
Paravai polodum penmai
Womanhood that glides swiftly like a bird
Maria…..aa….aah..my darling…..
Maria... ah... ah... my darling...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Maria My Darling is an uplifting song composed by Shankar-Ganesh with lyrics by Kannadasan. The track addresses a woman named Maria, encouraging her to overcome her fears and step into the world as a strong, modern woman. It reflects on the dynamic nature of life, pointing out how nature itself undergoes radical transformations—flowers turning into stone, rain into heat, and fire into water—to illustrate that human destiny and character are equally fluid. Kannadasan highlights the mysterious hand of divine fate, comparing human fortunes to diamonds that shine while true gems remain overlooked. Ultimately, the song urges Maria not to live in hiding, but to challenge societal constraints and forge her own path.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Malrantha poopondra menmai”
Compares soft gentleness to a freshly bloomed flower using 'poopondra'.
Simile (Upamai)
“Paravai polodum penmai”
Compares the swift grace of womanhood to a flying bird using 'polodum'.
Contrast (Ethir-nilai)
“Malarum kallaaga koodum / Mazhaiyum veyilaaga maarum / Analum punalaaga aagum”
Uses sharp opposing natural elements (flower/stone, rain/sun, fire/water) to illustrate change.
Rhyme (Iyaibu)
“Intha maattrangal yaar seitha velai / Ivai dheivangal seigindra leelai”
End-rhyming words 'velai' and 'leelai' create rhythmic harmony.
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Trivia
Maria My Darling (1980) was a famous bilingual action thriller made simultaneously in Tamil and Kannada, directed by Durai and starring Kamal Haasan and Sripriya. Shankar-Ganesh composed the soundtrack, and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam's energetic rendition of this title track became a major hit across South India.
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