Paadavaa Un Paadalai Sad
From Naan Paadum Paadal · 1984
- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singer
- S. Janaki
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Details
- Naan Paadum Paadal1984
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Aaa….aaa….haaa..aaa aaa | Aaa... aaa... haaa... aaa aaa |
| Aaa…aaa…haaa…aaaa… | Aaa... aaa... haaa... aaaa... |
| Aaa….aaa….haaa…aaa…aaa | Aaa... aaa... haaa... aaa... aaa |
| Female | |
| Hmm mmm mmmm | Hmm mmm mmmm |
| Paadava un paadalai | Shall I sing your song? |
| Paadava un paadalai | Shall I sing your song? |
| Enn kannilae yen neerodai ho | Why is there a stream of tears in my eyes, ho? |
| Enn kannilae yen neerodai ho | Why is there a stream of tears in my eyes, ho? |
| Paadava un paadalai | Shall I sing your song? |
| Paadava un paadalai | Shall I sing your song? |
| Female | |
| Thengum kanneeril | In the pooled tears, |
| Undhan bimbam | Is your reflection. |
| Poovin nenjil boogambam | An earthquake inside the heart of a flower. |
| Thengum kanneeril | In the pooled tears, |
| Undhan bimbam | Is your reflection. |
| Poovin nenjil boogambam | An earthquake inside the heart of a flower. |
| Female | |
| Sudaraodu eriyathu | It will not burn with a flame, |
| Thiri pona deepam | A lamp that has lost its wick. |
| Uyir pona pinnaalum | Even after life has departed, |
| Udal ingu vaazhum | The body lives on here. |
| Kanneril sugam | Will the mind not find, |
| Kaanatho manam | Comfort in tears? |
| Nee thantha maangalyam | The sacred thread you gave, |
| En jenma saabalyam | Is the fulfillment of my birth. |
| Female | |
| Paadava un paadalai | Shall I sing your song? |
| Enn kannilae yen neerodai ho | Why is there a stream of tears in my eyes, ho? |
| Paadava un paadalai | Shall I sing your song? |
| Female | |
| Kanna en nenjil | Oh my Beloved, in my heart, |
| Kaadhal kaayam | Is a wound of love. |
| Aaruthal sollum aagaayam | The sky offers words of comfort. |
| Kanna en nenjil | Oh my Beloved, in my heart, |
| Kaadhal kaayam | Is a wound of love. |
| Aaruthal sollum aagaayam | The sky offers words of comfort. |
| Female | |
| Puyalodu poraadum | A life like a fragile flower, |
| Poovaagum vaazhkkai | Fighting against a storm. |
| Irunthaalum en nenjil | Even so, in my heart, |
| Yen intha vetkkai | Why is there this shyness? |
| Un paadhai enage | Where is your path? |
| En paadham angae | My footstep is over there. |
| Valaraamal theiyaamal | Neither growing nor waning, |
| Vaazhgindra nilavingae | Here lives the moon. |
| Female | |
| Paadava un paadalai | Shall I sing your song? |
| Paadava un paadalai | Shall I sing your song? |
| Enn kannilae yen neerodai ho | Why is there a stream of tears in my eyes, ho? |
| Enn kannilae yen neerodai ho | Why is there a stream of tears in my eyes, ho? |
| Paadava un paadalai | Shall I sing your song? |
| Paadava un paadalai | Shall I sing your song? |
....................
Aaa... aaa... haaa... aaa aaa
Aaa... aaa... haaa... aaaa...
Aaa... aaa... haaa... aaa... aaa
ம்ம் ம்ம்ம் ம்ம்ம்ம் ம்ம்
பாடவா உன் பாடலை
பாடவா உன் பாடலை
என் கண்ணிலே ஏன் நீரோடை ஹோ
என் கண்ணிலே ஏன் நீரோடை ஹோ
Hmm mmm mmmm
Shall I sing your song?
Shall I sing your song?
Why is there a stream of tears in my eyes, ho?
Why is there a stream of tears in my eyes, ho?
Shall I sing your song?
Shall I sing your song?
பாடவா உன் பாடலை
பாடவா உன் பாடலை
In the pooled tears,
Is your reflection.
An earthquake inside the heart of a flower.
In the pooled tears,
Is your reflection.
An earthquake inside the heart of a flower.
{தேங்கும் கண்ணீரில்
உந்தன் பிம்பம்
பூவின் நெஞ்சில் பூகம்பம்} (2)
It will not burn with a flame,
A lamp that has lost its wick.
Even after life has departed,
The body lives on here.
Will the mind not find,
Comfort in tears?
The sacred thread you gave,
Is the fulfillment of my birth.
சுடரோடு எரியாது
திரி போன தேகம்
உயிர் போன பின்னாலும்
உடல் இங்கு வாழும்
கண்ணீரில் சுகம்
காணாதோ மனம்
நீ தந்த மாங்கல்யம்
என் ஜென்ம சாபல்யம்
Shall I sing your song?
Why is there a stream of tears in my eyes, ho?
Shall I sing your song?
பாடவா உன் பாடலை
என் கண்ணிலே ஏன் நீரோடை ஹோ
பாடவா உன் பாடலை
Oh my Beloved, in my heart,
Is a wound of love.
The sky offers words of comfort.
Oh my Beloved, in my heart,
Is a wound of love.
The sky offers words of comfort.
{கண்ணா என் நெஞ்சில்
காதல் காயம்
ஆறுதல் சொல்லும் ஆகாயம்} (2)
A life like a fragile flower,
Fighting against a storm.
Even so, in my heart,
Why is there this shyness?
Where is your path?
My footstep is over there.
Neither growing nor waning,
Here lives the moon.
புயலோடு போராடும்
பூவாகும் வாழ்க்கை
இருந்தாலும் என் நெஞ்சில்
ஏன் இந்த வேட்க்கை
உன் பாதை எங்கே
என் பாதம் அங்கே
வளராமல் தேயாமல்
வாழ்கின்ற நிலவிங்கே
Shall I sing your song?
Shall I sing your song?
Why is there a stream of tears in my eyes, ho?
Why is there a stream of tears in my eyes, ho?
Shall I sing your song?
Shall I sing your song?
பாடவா உன் பாடலை
பாடவா உன் பாடலை
என் கண்ணிலே ஏன் நீரோடை ஹோ
என் கண்ணிலே ஏன் நீரோடை ஹோ
பாடவா உன் பாடலை
பாடவா உன் பாடலை
Aaa….aaa….haaa..aaa aaa
Aaa... aaa... haaa... aaa aaa
Aaa…aaa…haaa…aaaa…
Aaa... aaa... haaa... aaaa...
Aaa….aaa….haaa…aaa…aaa
Aaa... aaa... haaa... aaa... aaa
Hmm mmm mmmm
Hmm mmm mmmm
Paadava un paadalai
Shall I sing your song?
Paadava un paadalai
Shall I sing your song?
Enn kannilae yen neerodai ho
Why is there a stream of tears in my eyes, ho?
Enn kannilae yen neerodai ho
Why is there a stream of tears in my eyes, ho?
Paadava un paadalai
Shall I sing your song?
Paadava un paadalai
Shall I sing your song?
Thengum kanneeril
In the pooled tears,
Undhan bimbam
Is your reflection.
Poovin nenjil boogambam
An earthquake inside the heart of a flower.
Thengum kanneeril
In the pooled tears,
Undhan bimbam
Is your reflection.
Poovin nenjil boogambam
An earthquake inside the heart of a flower.
Sudaraodu eriyathu
It will not burn with a flame,
Thiri pona deepam
A lamp that has lost its wick.
Uyir pona pinnaalum
Even after life has departed,
Udal ingu vaazhum
The body lives on here.
Kanneril sugam
Will the mind not find,
Kaanatho manam
Comfort in tears?
Nee thantha maangalyam
The sacred thread you gave,
En jenma saabalyam
Is the fulfillment of my birth.
Paadava un paadalai
Shall I sing your song?
Enn kannilae yen neerodai ho
Why is there a stream of tears in my eyes, ho?
Paadava un paadalai
Shall I sing your song?
Kanna en nenjil
Oh my Beloved, in my heart,
Kaadhal kaayam
Is a wound of love.
Aaruthal sollum aagaayam
The sky offers words of comfort.
Kanna en nenjil
Oh my Beloved, in my heart,
Kaadhal kaayam
Is a wound of love.
Aaruthal sollum aagaayam
The sky offers words of comfort.
Puyalodu poraadum
A life like a fragile flower,
Poovaagum vaazhkkai
Fighting against a storm.
Irunthaalum en nenjil
Even so, in my heart,
Yen intha vetkkai
Why is there this shyness?
Un paadhai enage
Where is your path?
En paadham angae
My footstep is over there.
Valaraamal theiyaamal
Neither growing nor waning,
Vaazhgindra nilavingae
Here lives the moon.
Paadava un paadalai
Shall I sing your song?
Paadava un paadalai
Shall I sing your song?
Enn kannilae yen neerodai ho
Why is there a stream of tears in my eyes, ho?
Enn kannilae yen neerodai ho
Why is there a stream of tears in my eyes, ho?
Paadava un paadalai
Shall I sing your song?
Paadava un paadalai
Shall I sing your song?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Paadava Un Paadalai from the 1984 movie Naan Paadum Paadal, penned by lyricist Vairamuthu and set to music by Ilaiyaraaja, is a melancholic expression of grief, love, and emotional turbulence. The speaker reflects on her sorrow, visualizing her beloved's reflection in her tears while describing her heart as a delicate flower enduring an earthquake. She compares her lifeless existence to a lamp missing its wick, yet finds spiritual solace in the sacred marital bond (maangalyam) given to her.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Urvagam)
“Poovin nenjil boogambam”
Comparing the inner turmoil of a fragile heart to an earthquake hitting a delicate flower (Poovin nenjil boogambam).
Paradox
“Uyir pona pinnaalum udal ingu vaazhum”
Describing a state of living death where life has departed yet the physical body endures.
Alliteration (Moonaai)
“Puyalodu poraadum Poovaagum vaazhkkai”
Repetition of the 'P' sound creates a rhythmic flow across words in the line.
Rhyme (Edhugai / Iyaibu)
“Nee thantha maangalyam En jenma saabalyam”
End-rhyme between 'maangalyam' and 'saabalyam' emphasizes the emotional peak of marital devotion.
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Trivia
Naan Paadum Paadal (1984) was directed by R. Sundarrajan with iconic music composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja. This solo track features rendering by S. Janaki (and a counterpart version by S.P. Balasubrahmanyam), widely remembered for its soulful melody and expressive vocal modulations.
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