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Pallaakku Vaanga Ponen

From Panakkara Kudumbam · 1964

Lyricist: Kannadasan
Singer: T. M. Soundararajan
Music director: Vishwanathan-Ramamoorthy
Movie name: Panakkara Kudumbam
Movie release year: 1964
Lyrics added on: 21 Mar 2020

Lyrics & meaning

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↻ English translation

Pallaakku vaanga ponen

Oorvalam poga

Naan paadhiyilae thirumbi vandhen

Thani maramaaga

Pallaakku vaanga ponen

Oorvalam poga

Naan paadhiyilae thirumbi vandhen

Thani maramaaga

Malligai poo vaangi vandhen

Pennukku chooda

Malligai poo vaangi vandhen

Pennukku chooda

Adhai man meedhu pottu vittaen

Veiyilil vaada veiyilil vaada

Pallaakku vaanga ponen

Oorvalam poga

Naan paadhiyilae thirumbi vandhen

Thani maramaaga

Mana maedai poda sonnaen

Mangalam illai

Manamagalai kaana vandhen

Kungumam illai

Mana maedai poda sonnaen

Mangalam illai

Manamagalai kaana vandhen

Kungumam illai

Kaadhalukkae vaazhndhirundhen

Karpanai illai

Kalyaanam kolvadhu mattum

En vasamillai en vasamillai

Pallaakku vaanga ponen

Oorvalam poga

Naan paadhiyilae thirumbi vandhen

Thani maramaaga

Kannaalae pennai andru

Kandadhu paavam

Kanda udan kaadhal nenjil

Kondadhu paavam

Kannaalae pennai andru

Kandadhu paavam

Kanda udan kaadhal nenjil

Kondadhu paavam

Konda pinnae pirivai cholli

Vandhadhu paavam

Verum koodaaga boomiyil innum

Vaazhvadhu paavam vaazhvadhu paavam

Pallaakku vaanga ponen

Oorvalam poga

Naan paadhiyilae thirumbi vandhen

Thani maramaaga

Pallaakku vaanga ponen

Oorvalam poga

Naan paadhiyilae thirumbi vandhen

Thani maramaaga

I went to get a palanquin

To ride in a wedding procession,

I returned halfway,

All alone like a solitary tree.

I went to get a palanquin

To ride in a wedding procession,

I returned halfway,

All alone like a solitary tree.

I brought back jasmine flowers

For my bride to wear,

I brought back jasmine flowers

For my bride to wear,

I threw them down on the ground,

To wither in the heat, to wither in the heat.

I went to get a palanquin

To ride in a wedding procession,

I returned halfway,

All alone like a solitary tree.

I asked for a wedding stage to be built,

Yet there was no celebration.

I came to see the bride,

Yet there was no kumkum on her brow.

I asked for a wedding stage to be built,

Yet there was no celebration.

I came to see the bride,

Yet there was no kumkum on her brow.

I lived only for my love,

It was no mere dream.

Only marrying her

Was not in my hands, not in my hands.

I went to get a palanquin

To ride in a wedding procession,

I returned halfway,

All alone like a solitary tree.

Seeing that girl that day

Was a curse,

Falling in love the moment I saw her

Was a curse,

Seeing that girl that day

Was a curse,

Falling in love the moment I saw her

Was a curse,

And after loving her, facing this separation

Was a curse,

Living on this earth as an empty shell

Is a curse, is a curse.

I went to get a palanquin

To ride in a wedding procession,

I returned halfway,

All alone like a solitary tree.

I went to get a palanquin

To ride in a wedding procession,

I returned halfway,

All alone like a solitary tree.

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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Pallaakku vaanga ponen' expresses intense grief over lost love and unfulfilled marital aspirations. The narrator sets out filled with hope, intending to arrange a royal palanquin and bring flowers for his bride, only for fate to crush his dreams midway. Left abandoned, he compares himself to a lonely tree standing isolated in the desert and jasmine flowers left to wither in scorching heat.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Uvamaani)

“Naan paadhiyilae thirumbi vandhen / Thani maramaaga”

Compares the protagonist's emotional isolation after heartbreak to a single standing tree ('Thani maramaaga').

Metaphor (Uvagam)

“Verum koodaaga boomiyil innum”

Compares the protagonist's lifeless, spiritless physical body to a hollow shell ('Verum koodu').

Epiphora / Rhyme (Eiybu)

“Kandadhu paavam ... Kondadhu paavam ... Vandhadhu paavam”

The repetitive ending with 'paavam' emphasizes the theme of suffering and fateful misfortune across successive lines.

Did you know?

Trivia

Featured in the 1964 M. G. Ramachandran starrer 'Panakkara Kudumbam', this classic track was composed by the duo Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy, penned by Kannadasan, and sung by T. M. Soundararajan.

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