May Masam
From Jay Jay · 2003
- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singer
- Suchitra
- Music director
- Bharathwaj
- Details
- Jay Jay2003
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| ………………………………… | Hey |
| Male | |
| Hey | I became an adult in May 1998 |
| Female | |
| May maasam 98’il major aanenae | Ever since I became an adult, I have been troubled |
| Major aana naalaai naanum pegaar aanenae | Some people stroke my cheeks asking if it is raw or ripe |
| Kaaya pazhama endru en kannam thadavum sila per | Some people pinch my waist pretending an ant is crawling |
| Erumbu oorudhu endru en idaiyai killum sila per | Some touch my body pretending to just feel my clothes |
| En aadaigalai thottu paarpathu pol silar angam thodugindrar | Ah, all the fans on the streets are forming a union for me |
| Ada saalaigalil ulla rasigar ellaam oru sangam vaikindrar | I became an adult in May 1998 |
| Female | |
| May maasam 98’il major aanenae | Thirteen is considered an unlucky number in the Western world |
| Male | |
| …………………………. | Thirteen turned out to be a lucky number in my case |
| Female | |
| Thirteen enbathu unlucky number merku ulagathil | When I turned thirteen, something happened as I reached maidenhood |
| Thirteen enbadhu lucky number enthan visayathil | When fourteen arrived, a change came over my physical form |
| Thirteen vanthathu yetho nernthathu mangai paruvathil | The boy next door shot love arrows at me for no reason |
| Fourteen vanthathum matram vanthathu enthan uruvathil | When I went to draw rangoli, mother warned me not to go outside |
| Female | |
| Adutha veetu paiyan ada ambu thoduthaan summa | Oh, why did I come of age? |
| Kolam poda ponaal adi koodathu endral amma | It is such a huge trouble, oh dear! |
| { Ada vayasuku yen vantheno | Oh, why did I come of age? |
| Padu thollai ammamaa } (2) | It is such a huge trouble, oh dear! |
| Female | |
| May maasam 98’il major aanenae | I became an adult in May 1998 |
| Female | |
| …………………… | May May May May month |
| Female | |
| May may may may maasam | When fifteen arrived, flowers bloomed across my body |
| Female | |
| Fifteen vanthathu malargal poothena enthan thegathil | All those flowers turn into fruits in the evening time |
| Malargal ellaam kaniyaai marum maalai nerathil | When sixteen came, sly glances came my way |
| Sixteen vanthathum kalla paarvaigal enthan baagathil | Even girls began desiring me at school |
| Pengal kooda aasai kondanar pallikoodathil | There is so much depth in a woman, why are you searching for something else? |
| Female | |
| Yethanai ullathu pennil yen yethayo thedurenga | Your gaze wanders somewhere, shyness entwines me, go away |
| Yengo poguthu paarvai ennai vetkam pinnuthu ponga | There is a heart inside a woman's chest, treat it with respect |
| Pen maarbukul oru manasundu mariyathai panunga | There is a heart inside a woman's chest, ah, look at that as well |
| Pen maarbukul oru manasundu ada athaiyum paarunga | I became an adult in May 1998 |
| Female | |
| May maasam 98’il major aanenae | Ever since I became an adult, I have been troubled |
| Major aana naalaai naanum pegaar aanenae | Some people stroke my cheeks asking if it is raw or ripe |
| Kaaya pazhama endru en kannam thadavum sila per | Some people pinch my waist pretending an ant is crawling |
| Erumbu oorudhu endru en idaiyai killum sila per | Some touch my body pretending to just feel my clothes |
| En aadaigalai thottu paarpathu pol silar angam thodugindrar | Ah, all the fans on the streets are forming a union for me |
| Ada saalaigalil ulla rasigar ellaam oru sangam vaikindrar | |
| Female | |
| …………………………………………… | |
.........................
Hey
ஹே
I became an adult in May 1998
மே மாசம் 98இல்
மேஜர் ஆனேனே மேஜர்
ஆன நாளாய் நானும் பேஜார்
ஆனேனே காயா பழமா என்று
என் கன்னம் தடவும் சில பேர்
எறும்பு ஊறுது என்று என்
இடையை கிள்ளும் சில பேர்
என் ஆடைகளை தொட்டு
பார்ப்பது போல் சிலர் அங்கம்
தொடுகின்றார் அட சாலைகளில்
உள்ள ரசிகர் எல்லாம் ஒரு சங்கம்
வைக்கின்றார்
Ever since I became an adult, I have been troubled
Some people stroke my cheeks asking if it is raw or ripe
Some people pinch my waist pretending an ant is crawling
Some touch my body pretending to just feel my clothes
Ah, all the fans on the streets are forming a union for me
I became an adult in May 1998
மே மாசம் 98இல்
மேஜர் ஆனேனே
Thirteen is considered an unlucky number in the Western world
...................................
Thirteen turned out to be a lucky number in my case
த்ர்டீன் என்பது அன்லக்கி
நம்பர் மேற்கு உலகத்தில் த்ர்டீன்
என்பது லக்கி நம்பர் எந்தன்
விஷயத்தில் த்ர்டீன் வந்தது
ஏதோ நேர்ந்தது மங்கை
பருவத்தில் போர்ட்டீன்
வந்ததும் மாற்றம் வந்தது
எந்தன் உருவத்தில்
When I turned thirteen, something happened as I reached maidenhood
When fourteen arrived, a change came over my physical form
The boy next door shot love arrows at me for no reason
When I went to draw rangoli, mother warned me not to go outside
அடுத்த வீட்டு
பையன் அட அம்பு தொடுத்தான்
சும்மா கோலம் போட போனால்
அடி கூடாதென்றால் அம்மா
{ அட வயசுக்கு ஏன் வந்தேனோ
படு தொல்லை அம்மம்மா } (2)
Oh, why did I come of age?
It is such a huge trouble, oh dear!
Oh, why did I come of age?
It is such a huge trouble, oh dear!
மே மாசம் 98இல்
மேஜர் ஆனேனே
I became an adult in May 1998
...................................
May May May May month
மே மே மே மே மாசம்
When fifteen arrived, flowers bloomed across my body
ஃபிப்டீன் வந்தது
மலர்கள் பூத்தன எந்தன்
தேகத்தில் மலர்கள் எல்லாம்
கனியாய் மாறும் மாலை
நேரத்தில் சிக்ஸ்டீன் வந்ததும்
கள்ள பார்வைகள் எந்தன்
பாகத்தில் பெண்கள் கூட
ஆசை கொண்டனர் பள்ளி
கூடத்தில்
All those flowers turn into fruits in the evening time
When sixteen came, sly glances came my way
Even girls began desiring me at school
There is so much depth in a woman, why are you searching for something else?
எத்தனை உள்ளது
பெண்ணில் ஏன் எதையோ
தேடுறீங்க எங்கோ போகுது
பார்வை என்னை வெட்கம்
பின்னுது போங்க பெண்
மார்புக்குள் ஒரு மனசுண்டு
மரியாதை பண்ணுங்க பெண்
மார்புக்குள் ஒரு மனசுண்டு
அட அதையும் பாருங்க
Your gaze wanders somewhere, shyness entwines me, go away
There is a heart inside a woman's chest, treat it with respect
There is a heart inside a woman's chest, ah, look at that as well
I became an adult in May 1998
மே மாசம் 98இல்
மேஜர் ஆனேனே மேஜர்
ஆன நாளாய் நானும் பேஜார்
ஆனேனே காயா பழமா என்று
என் கன்னம் தடவும் சில பேர்
எறும்பு ஊறுது என்று என்
இடையை கிள்ளும் சில பேர்
என் ஆடைகளை தொட்டு
பார்ப்பது போல் சிலர் அங்கம்
தொடுகின்றார் அட சாலைகளில்
உள்ள ரசிகர் எல்லாம் ஒரு சங்கம்
வைக்கின்றார்
Ever since I became an adult, I have been troubled
Some people stroke my cheeks asking if it is raw or ripe
Some people pinch my waist pretending an ant is crawling
Some touch my body pretending to just feel my clothes
Ah, all the fans on the streets are forming a union for me
..................................
…………………………………
Hey
Hey
I became an adult in May 1998
May maasam 98’il major aanenae
Ever since I became an adult, I have been troubled
Major aana naalaai naanum pegaar aanenae
Some people stroke my cheeks asking if it is raw or ripe
Kaaya pazhama endru en kannam thadavum sila per
Some people pinch my waist pretending an ant is crawling
Erumbu oorudhu endru en idaiyai killum sila per
Some touch my body pretending to just feel my clothes
En aadaigalai thottu paarpathu pol silar angam thodugindrar
Ah, all the fans on the streets are forming a union for me
Ada saalaigalil ulla rasigar ellaam oru sangam vaikindrar
I became an adult in May 1998
May maasam 98’il major aanenae
Thirteen is considered an unlucky number in the Western world
………………………….
Thirteen turned out to be a lucky number in my case
Thirteen enbathu unlucky number merku ulagathil
When I turned thirteen, something happened as I reached maidenhood
Thirteen enbadhu lucky number enthan visayathil
When fourteen arrived, a change came over my physical form
Thirteen vanthathu yetho nernthathu mangai paruvathil
The boy next door shot love arrows at me for no reason
Fourteen vanthathum matram vanthathu enthan uruvathil
When I went to draw rangoli, mother warned me not to go outside
Adutha veetu paiyan ada ambu thoduthaan summa
Oh, why did I come of age?
Kolam poda ponaal adi koodathu endral amma
It is such a huge trouble, oh dear!
{ Ada vayasuku yen vantheno
Oh, why did I come of age?
Padu thollai ammamaa } (2)
It is such a huge trouble, oh dear!
May maasam 98’il major aanenae
I became an adult in May 1998
……………………
May May May May month
May may may may maasam
When fifteen arrived, flowers bloomed across my body
Fifteen vanthathu malargal poothena enthan thegathil
All those flowers turn into fruits in the evening time
Malargal ellaam kaniyaai marum maalai nerathil
When sixteen came, sly glances came my way
Sixteen vanthathum kalla paarvaigal enthan baagathil
Even girls began desiring me at school
Pengal kooda aasai kondanar pallikoodathil
There is so much depth in a woman, why are you searching for something else?
Yethanai ullathu pennil yen yethayo thedurenga
Your gaze wanders somewhere, shyness entwines me, go away
Yengo poguthu paarvai ennai vetkam pinnuthu ponga
There is a heart inside a woman's chest, treat it with respect
Pen maarbukul oru manasundu mariyathai panunga
There is a heart inside a woman's chest, ah, look at that as well
Pen maarbukul oru manasundu ada athaiyum paarunga
I became an adult in May 1998
May maasam 98’il major aanenae
Ever since I became an adult, I have been troubled
Major aana naalaai naanum pegaar aanenae
Some people stroke my cheeks asking if it is raw or ripe
Kaaya pazhama endru en kannam thadavum sila per
Some people pinch my waist pretending an ant is crawling
Erumbu oorudhu endru en idaiyai killum sila per
Some touch my body pretending to just feel my clothes
En aadaigalai thottu paarpathu pol silar angam thodugindrar
Ah, all the fans on the streets are forming a union for me
Ada saalaigalil ulla rasigar ellaam oru sangam vaikindrar
……………………………………………
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
The song 'May Maasam 98'il' from the movie Jay Jay (2003) is a energetic dance track that narrates a young woman's transition through her teenage years up to adulthood in May 1998. Chronologically tracking her ages from 13 to 18, the lyrics depict her physical growth, the social restrictions imposed on her, and the sudden influx of unwanted male attention and casual harassment she experiences in public.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Iyaibu (End Rhyme)
“Kaaya pazhama endru en kannam thadavum sila per / Erumbu oorudhu endru en idaiyai killum sila per”
Lines end with the matching phrase 'sila per', creating a rhythmic end-rhyme structure.
Metaphor (Uruvagaim)
“Fifteen vanthathu malargal poothena enthan thegathil”
Pubertal physical transformation and blossoming maturity are metaphorically described as flowers blooming on her body.
Anaphora / Repetition for Emphasis
“Pen maarbukul oru manasundu mariyathai panunga / Pen maarbukul oru manasundu ada athaiyum paarunga”
The initial phrase 'Pen maarbukul oru manasundu' is repeated sequentially to strongly emphasize the moral message of respecting women.
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Trivia
Composed by Bharadwaj with lyrics by Vairamuthu, this track features vocals by Anuradha Sriram. The song visually featured actress Pooja Lokesh alongside lead actor R. Madhavan and became a huge chartbuster in 2003 for its catchy rhythm and bold lyricism.
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