- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singer
- S. Janaki
- Music director
- M. S. Vishwanathan
- Movie name
- Paartha Gnabagam Illayo
- Movie release year
- 1985
- Lyrics added on
- 5 Aug 2022
Lyrics & meaning
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Overall song meaning
This playful yet poignant Tamil folk song expresses the raw emotions of a young woman coming of age and longing for her lover. In an innocent opening, she describes consuming alcohol mistaking it for water, yet feeling unaffected and devoid of expected bashfulness. Through vivid rural imagery, she contemplates turning seventeen, her unmarried status, and the agony of waiting for a beloved who promised to return.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Uvamai Ani)
“Kaveri meenai kadan kettu vaangi”
Compares the beauty and movement of her eyes to fish from the Kaveri river.
Simile (Uvamai Ani)
“En pola penthaan vellaattu manthai”
Compares young women in society to a herd of goats in the busy Pollachi market.
Monai (Initial Rhyme)
“Ellaarum vaangum pollaachchi santhai / En pola penthaan vellaattu manthai”
Repetition of the initial vowel sound 'E' in 'Ellaarum' and 'En pola'.
Iyaipu (End Rhyme)
“Vaarannu solli ponavanthaanae / Vaaraamal ponaal vaaduthu maanae”
Rhyming ending words 'ponavanthaanae' and 'maanae'.
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Trivia
Composed by M. S. Viswanathan with lyrics by Vaali, this song highlights S. Janaki's masterful vocal modulation, seamlessly blending playful innocence with subtle emotional yearning.
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