- Lyricist
- Kanakasurabhi
- Singer
- Radha Jayalakshmi
- Music directors
- Chittor V. Nagaiah, A. Rama Rao
- Movie name
- Thai Ullam
- Movie release year
- 1952
- Lyrics added on
- 6 Aug 2019
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This playful Tamil lullaby depicts a mother affectionately chiding her mischievous young child. She playfully threatens that she will no longer carry him because he whines whenever placed in his cradle and refuses to let her step away. Despite her pretend frustration, she expresses deep, unbreakable love for him, declaring that her love is as inseparable as sweetness from sugarcane, a mother cow from her calf, or an eye from its pupil.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Monorhyme / End Rhyme (Iyaibu)
“Thottilai kandaa sinungidurae”
Lines 11 to 14 use matching rhythmic endings ('sinungidurae', 'orangidurae', 'ezhunthidurae', 'thiriyirae') to create a playful nursery-rhyme cadence.
Analogy / Metaphor (Upama / Uvamai)
“Karumbil irunthu suvai pirindhaalum / Kandrum thaayum inai piriyadhu”
The bond between mother and child is poetically compared to sugarcane and its inherent sweetness, a calf and its mother cow, and an eye and its pupil.
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Trivia
Thai Ullam (1952) was directed by K. Ramnoth and starred R. S. Manohar and M. V. Rajamma. The film's music was scored by V. Nagayya and T. R. Pappa, with Kanakasurabhi contributing lyricism that captured maternal warmth.
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