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Isaimozhi
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Muthamizh Sonthangal

From Maadi Veettu Ezhai · 1981

Lyricist
Vaali
Singers
T. M. Soundararajan, Vani Jairam
Music director
M. S. Vishwanathan
Movie name
Maadi Veettu Ezhai
Movie release year
1981
Lyrics added on
22 Apr 2024

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Muthamizh sondhangal ethanai sandhangal
Muthamizh sondhangal ethanai sandhangal
Kavidhai varum kalai vannangal
Male :Sithira kannangal sandhana kinnangal
Sithira kannangal sandhana kinnangal
Parugida varum pala ennangal
Parugida varum pala ennangal
Sithira kannangal sandhana kinnangal
Parugida varum pala ennangal
Mogam oru dhaagam
Adhai theerkkum malai mugile
Ezhai mana yazhai dhinam
Meettum valai karamae
Menmai indha penmai
Idhai kaakum malar kanaiye
Indrum ini endrum
Enai thaangum uyir thunaiyae
Madhulai muthukkal
Malligai mottukkal
Parthen madi serthaen
Maavilai pandhalgal
Mangala melangal
Kaanum nilai venum
Kaanum nilai venum
Muthamizh sondhangal ethanai sandhangal
Kavidhai varum kalai vannangal
Pongum alai suzhalum
Thathi thaavum karai thazhuva
Maalai indha velai
Thanga manalil kadhai eludha
Ponnae siru poovae
Kadal neeyoo karai naanoo
Thullum kadhai sollum
Vizhi meenoo ila maano
Kandathum ennenna
Karpanai ammamma
Naalum manam naanum
Kaadhalil ellorum
Kambanin pillaithaan
Kanden thamizh pennae
Kannae thamizh pennae
Muthamizh sondhangal ethanai sandhangal
Kavidhai varum kalai vannangal
Sithira kannangal sandhana kinnangal
Parugida varum pala ennangal
Parugida varum pala ennangal
The ties of Muthamizh (the three arts of Tamil), so many poetic rhythms!
The ties of Muthamizh (the three arts of Tamil), so many poetic rhythms!
Artistic shades where poetry comes alive!
Picture-perfect cheeks, like bowls of sandalwood paste,
Picture-perfect cheeks, like bowls of sandalwood paste,
So many desires arise to drink in their sweetness!
So many desires arise to drink in their sweetness!
Picture-perfect cheeks, like bowls of sandalwood paste,
So many desires arise to drink in their sweetness!
Passion is a thirst,
and you are the mountain cloud that quenches it!
Strumming each day the harp of this poor heart,
O bangled hand!
Tender is this womanhood,
O flower-arrow who protects it!
Today and forever into the future,
O soulmate who holds and supports me!
Pomegranate pearls,
jasmine buds,
I saw them and held you in my lap!
Mango-leaf wedding canopies,
joyous festive drums,
I long to see that blessed day!
I long to see that blessed day!
The ties of Muthamizh (the three arts of Tamil), so many poetic rhythms!
Artistic shades where poetry comes alive!
Surging waves swirl and turn,
leaping forward to embrace the shore,
In this evening hour,
writing stories upon the golden sand!
My golden treasure, my delicate flower,
are you the sea, and am I the shore?
Dancing with life, telling stories,
are your eyes darting fish, or a gentle fawn?
The moment I see you,
oh my, what flights of imagination!
Day after day, in my heart and mind,
when in love, every person
is truly a child of the poet Kamban!
I have seen it all, my Tamil girl!
My darling, my Tamil girl!
The ties of Muthamizh (the three arts of Tamil), so many poetic rhythms!
Artistic shades where poetry comes alive!
Picture-perfect cheeks, like bowls of sandalwood paste,
So many desires arise to drink in their sweetness!
So many desires arise to drink in their sweetness!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This classic romantic duet from 'Maadi Veettu Ezhai' (1981), composed by M. S. Vishwanathan and penned by Vaali, weaves romantic expressions through rich Tamil literary metaphors. The lovers draw parallels between their deep affection and the beauty of Muthamizh (the three forms of Tamil: prose, music, and drama), praising each other's charm, grace, and emotional presence as an inspiration for poetry. Throughout the song, imagery of nature—waves embracing the shore, rain clouds quenching thirst, and flowers blooming—highlights their romantic longing and dreams of marriage. Vaali poetically notes that everyone who falls in love gains the poetic genius of the legendary poet Kamban, celebrating love as a divine and artistic bond.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Edhugai (Second Letter Rhyme)

“Muthamizh sondhangal / Sithira kannangal”

Matching second consonants in adjacent lines creating rhythmic flow in Tamil prosody.

Monai (Initial Alliteration)

“Maavilai pandhalgal / Mangala melangal”

Repetition of initial consonant sounds across adjacent words.

Uruvagam (Metaphor)

“Mogam oru dhaagam / Adhai theerkkum malai mugile”

Direct comparison comparing desire to thirst and the lover to a rain cloud.

Hyperbole (Uvamai / Literary Allusion)

“Kaadhalil ellorum / Kambanin pillaithaan”

Exaggerating the depth of romance by claiming all lovers inherit the poetic mind of Kamban.

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Trivia

The film 'Maadi Veettu Ezhai' stars M. G. Ramachandran's contemporary actor Sivaji Ganesan alongside Sujatha. The song 'Muthamizh Sondhangal' is widely praised for Vaali's exquisite use of pure Tamil classical terms and M. S. Vishwanathan's gentle, ragam-infused melody rendered impeccably by T. M. Soundararajan and Vani Jayaram.

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