Paar Magaley Paar
From Paar Magaley Paar · 1963
- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singer
- T. M. Soundararajan
- Music director
- Vishwanathan-Ramamoorthy
- Details
- Paar Magaley Paar1963
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Nee illaadha maaligaiyai | At this mansion without you |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Un nizhal illaamal vaaduvadhai | How it languishes without your shadow |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Male | |
| Thaai padutha padukkaiyinai | At the bed where your mother lay |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Aval thangha mugam karuguvadhai | How her golden face darkens with grief |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Male | |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Nee illaadha maaligaiyai | At this mansion without you |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Un nizhal illaamal vaaduvadhai | How it languishes without your shadow |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Male | |
| Unbadhendru unavai vaithaal | When food is served to eat |
| Un mugathai kaattugiraai | You show your face in it |
| Urakkamendru padukkai pottaal | When a bed is laid for sleep |
| Odi vandhu ezhuppugiraai | You run up and wake me |
| Male | |
| Kan maniyil aadugiraai | You dance in the pupil of my eye |
| Punnagaiyil vaattugiraai | You torment me with your smile |
| Kannizhandha thandhai thanaiyae | To this father who has lost his vision |
| Enna seiya ennugiraai | What do you intend to do? |
| Enna seiya ennugiraai | What do you intend to do? |
| Male | |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Male | |
| Thandhai vaazhvu | If the father's life |
| Mudindhu ponaal | Comes to an end |
| Thaayin manjal nilaippadhillai | The mother's holy turmeric status does not last |
| Thaayin vaazhvu | If the mother's life |
| Maraindhu ponaal | Fades away |
| Thandhaikkendru yaarum illai | There is no one left for the father |
| Male | |
| Thandhai vaazhvu | If the father's life |
| Mudindhu ponaal | Comes to an end |
| Thaayin manjal nilaippadhillai | The mother's holy turmeric status does not last |
| Thaayin vaazhvu | If the mother's life |
| Maraindhu ponaal | Fades away |
| Thandhaikkendru yaarum illai | There is no one left for the father |
| Male | |
| Oruvaraaga vaazhugindrom | We live as one connected unit |
| Pirivadharkko idhayam illai | Yet our hearts cannot bear separation |
| Yaarum illai unakkae endru | Thinking there is no one left for you |
| Odivittaai en magalae | You ran away, my daughter |
| Odivittaai en magalae | You ran away, my daughter |
| Male | |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Nee illaadha maaligaiyai | At this mansion without you |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Un nizhal illaamal vaaduvadhai | How it languishes without your shadow |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Male | |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
| Paar magalae paar | Look, my daughter, look |
பார் மகளே பார்
பார் மகளே பார்
நீயில்லாத மாளிகையை
பார் மகளே பார்
உன் நிழல் இல்லாமல் வாடுவதை
பார் மகளே பார்
பார் மகளே பார்
Look, my daughter, look
Look, my daughter, look
At this mansion without you
Look, my daughter, look
How it languishes without your shadow
Look, my daughter, look
Look, my daughter, look
தாய் படுத்த படுக்கையினை
பார் மகளே பார்
அவள் தங்க முகம் கருகுவதை
பார் மகளே பார்
பார் மகளே பார்
At the bed where your mother lay
Look, my daughter, look
How her golden face darkens with grief
Look, my daughter, look
Look, my daughter, look
பார் மகளே பார்
பார் மகளே பார்
நீயில்லாத மாளிகையை
பார் மகளே பார்
உன் நிழல் இல்லாமல் வாடுவதை
பார் மகளே பார்
பார் மகளே பார்
Look, my daughter, look
Look, my daughter, look
At this mansion without you
Look, my daughter, look
How it languishes without your shadow
Look, my daughter, look
Look, my daughter, look
உண்பது என்று உணவை வைத்தால்
உன் முகத்தை காட்டுகிறாய்
உறக்கம் என்று படுக்கையை போட்டால்
ஓடி வந்து எழுப்புகிறாய்
When food is served to eat
You show your face in it
When a bed is laid for sleep
You run up and wake me
கண்மணியில் ஆடுகிறாய்
புன்னகையில் வாட்டுகிறாய்
கண்ணிழந்த தந்தை தனையே
என்ன செய்ய எண்ணுகிறாய்
என்ன செய்ய எண்ணுகிறாய்
You dance in the pupil of my eye
You torment me with your smile
To this father who has lost his vision
What do you intend to do?
What do you intend to do?
பார் மகளே பார்
பார் மகளே பார்
Look, my daughter, look
Look, my daughter, look
தந்தை வாழ்வு
முடிந்து போனால்
தாயின் மஞ்சள் நிலைப்பதில்லை
தாயின் வாழ்வு
மறைந்து போனால்
தந்தைக்கென்று யாருமில்லை
If the father's life
Comes to an end
The mother's holy turmeric status does not last
If the mother's life
Fades away
There is no one left for the father
தந்தை வாழ்வு
முடிந்து போனால்
தாயின் மஞ்சள் நிலைப்பதில்லை
தாயின் வாழ்வு
மறைந்து போனால்
தந்தைக்கென்று யாருமில்லை
If the father's life
Comes to an end
The mother's holy turmeric status does not last
If the mother's life
Fades away
There is no one left for the father
ஒருவராக வாழுகின்றோம்
பிரிவதர்க்கோ இதயமில்லை
யாருமில்லை உனக்கே என்று
ஓடிவிட்டாய் என் மகளே
ஓடிவிட்டாய் என் மகளே
We live as one connected unit
Yet our hearts cannot bear separation
Thinking there is no one left for you
You ran away, my daughter
You ran away, my daughter
பார் மகளே பார்
பார் மகளே பார்
நீயில்லாத மாளிகையை
பார் மகளே பார்
உன் நிழல் இல்லாமல் வாடுவதை
பார் மகளே பார்
பார் மகளே பார்
Look, my daughter, look
Look, my daughter, look
At this mansion without you
Look, my daughter, look
How it languishes without your shadow
Look, my daughter, look
Look, my daughter, look
பார் மகளே பார்
பார் மகளே பார்
Look, my daughter, look
Look, my daughter, look
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Nee illaadha maaligaiyai
At this mansion without you
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Un nizhal illaamal vaaduvadhai
How it languishes without your shadow
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Thaai padutha padukkaiyinai
At the bed where your mother lay
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Aval thangha mugam karuguvadhai
How her golden face darkens with grief
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Nee illaadha maaligaiyai
At this mansion without you
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Un nizhal illaamal vaaduvadhai
How it languishes without your shadow
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Unbadhendru unavai vaithaal
When food is served to eat
Un mugathai kaattugiraai
You show your face in it
Urakkamendru padukkai pottaal
When a bed is laid for sleep
Odi vandhu ezhuppugiraai
You run up and wake me
Kan maniyil aadugiraai
You dance in the pupil of my eye
Punnagaiyil vaattugiraai
You torment me with your smile
Kannizhandha thandhai thanaiyae
To this father who has lost his vision
Enna seiya ennugiraai
What do you intend to do?
Enna seiya ennugiraai
What do you intend to do?
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Thandhai vaazhvu
If the father's life
Mudindhu ponaal
Comes to an end
Thaayin manjal nilaippadhillai
The mother's holy turmeric status does not last
Thaayin vaazhvu
If the mother's life
Maraindhu ponaal
Fades away
Thandhaikkendru yaarum illai
There is no one left for the father
Thandhai vaazhvu
If the father's life
Mudindhu ponaal
Comes to an end
Thaayin manjal nilaippadhillai
The mother's holy turmeric status does not last
Thaayin vaazhvu
If the mother's life
Maraindhu ponaal
Fades away
Thandhaikkendru yaarum illai
There is no one left for the father
Oruvaraaga vaazhugindrom
We live as one connected unit
Pirivadharkko idhayam illai
Yet our hearts cannot bear separation
Yaarum illai unakkae endru
Thinking there is no one left for you
Odivittaai en magalae
You ran away, my daughter
Odivittaai en magalae
You ran away, my daughter
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Nee illaadha maaligaiyai
At this mansion without you
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Un nizhal illaamal vaaduvadhai
How it languishes without your shadow
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Paar magalae paar
Look, my daughter, look
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
The song 'Paar Magale Paar' is an agonizing lament of a sorrowful father calling out to his estranged daughter. He describes how the grand mansion feels empty and withered without her presence, and how her mother is inconsolable with heartbreak. The father speaks of how her memories haunt his every moment—appearing in his food, waking him from sleep, and dancing before his vision. Kannadasan's lyrics touch upon the fragile emotional bond within a family, emphasizing how parents' lives are deeply linked to their children. The father laments the separation, reflecting on how their home has lost its spirit since she left, leaving them in utter despair.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Anaphora / Adukku Thodar (Repetition)
“Paar magalae paar”
The phrase 'Paar magalae paar' is repeated continuously throughout the song to emphasize the father's plea and emotional anguish.
Ethukai (Second Letter Rhyme)
“Unbadhendru unavai vaithaal / Urakkamendru padukkai pottaal”
Rhyming of the second letter 'n' in 'Unbadhendru' and 'Urakkamendru' creates rhythmic harmony.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Aval thangha mugam karuguvadhai”
Comparing the mother's face to gold ('Thanga mugam') and describing it as blackening/charring with sorrow ('karuguvadhai').
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Trivia
The film 'Paar Magaley Paar' (1963) stars Sivaji Ganesan, Savitri, and Sowcar Janaki. The iconic music was composed by the legendary duo Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy, with lyrics by Kannadasan and vocals by T. M. Soundararajan. The song is celebrated as one of Tamil cinema's most poignant father-daughter emotional tracks.
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