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Lyrics & meaning

Pongiyadhae Kadhal

From Mannukkul Vairam · 1986

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singers
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janki
Music director
Devendran
Movie name
Mannukkul Vairam
Movie release year
1986
Lyrics added on
7 Jan 2021

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
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Pongiyathae kadhal vellaam
Thulliyathae aasai ullam
Pongiyathae kadhal vellaam
Thulliyathae aasai ullam
Kannil nilaa mugam ulaviyathu
Enthan manam thinam ilagiyathu
Kannil nilaa mugam ulaviyathu
Enthan manam thinam ilagiyathu
Iruvizhiyil navarasamo vazhiyuthu
Anubavam iniyathu pudhaiyathu
Pongiyathae kadhal vellaam
Thulliyathae aasai ullam…..
Palli paadam vaasiththaal
Palli paadam vaasiththaal
Needhaanae kannil vanthaai
Pon maegam vinnodu
Ennaalum ennullam unnodu
Unnodu unnodu
Entha sontham yaarodu
Yaaringae sollakkoodum
Kaalam naeram saerattum
Kanni poo maalai soodum
Panbaadu maaraamal eppothum
Panbaadu ennodu ennodu
Ennodu ennodu…
Kadal koodakulamaagum
En kadhal maaraathu
Pongiyathae kadhal vellaam
Male :Aa haa…..Thulliyathae aasai ullam
………………….
Yaezhai mullai penn pillai
Yaezhai mullai penn pillai
Sollaththaan vaarththai illai
En penmai thaalaathu
Endraalum ippothu sollaathu
Sollaathu sollaathu sollaathu
Kannaal paaru penn poovae
Vaai vaarththai thevai illai
Unnai pattri kavi paada
Oomaikku nyaanam illai
Neerindri meenillai ammaadi
Neeyindri naanillai
Naanillai naanillai
Unakkaaga en penmai
Thavam seithaal thappillai
Pongiyathae…..ae….kadhal vellaam
Thulliyathae……ae…..aasai ullam
Female :Kannil nilaa mugam ulaviyathu
Enthan manam thinam ilagiyathu
Iruvizhiyil navarasamo vazhiyuthu
Anubavam iniyathu pudhaiyathu
Pongiyathae…..ae….kadhal vellaam
Male :Mmmmhmm
Female :Thulliyathae……ae…..aasai ullam
...
A flood of love has surged,
My longing heart has leaped with joy!
A flood of love has surged,
My longing heart has leaped with joy!
A moon-like face drifted before my eyes,
And my heart softened day by day.
A moon-like face drifted before my eyes,
And my heart softened day by day.
All shades of emotion overflow in both eyes,
This sweet experience feels so new.
A flood of love has surged,
My longing heart has leaped with joy...
Whenever I read my school lessons,
Whenever I read my school lessons,
You were the only one who appeared before my eyes.
Just as golden clouds belong to the sky,
My heart is forever with you.
With you, always with you...
Who is destined to be with whom,
Who here can ever tell?
Let the right time and moment come,
This young bride will wear the wedding garland.
Never letting go of our good values,
Our traditions stay with me, always with me,
With me, always with me...
Even if the ocean shrinks into a pond,
My love will never change.
A flood of love has surged,
Aaha... my longing heart has leaped with joy!
...
Like a simple jasmine girl,
Like a simple jasmine girl,
I have no words to say what I feel.
My heart cannot bear this longing,
Yet it will not speak of it just now.
It won't say it, won't say it, won't say it...
Just look with your eyes, my flower-like girl,
There is no need for spoken words.
To write poetry about you,
A speechless man has no words.
A fish cannot live without water, my dear,
And I cannot live without you.
Cannot live, cannot live without you...
For your sake, if my woman's heart
Waits in silent devotion, there is nothing wrong.
A flood of love has surged...
My longing heart has leaped with joy...
A moon-like face drifted before my eyes,
And my heart softened day by day.
All shades of emotion overflow in both eyes,
This sweet experience feels so new.
A flood of love has surged...
Mmm-hmm...
My longing heart has leaped with joy...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Pongiyathae Kadhal Vellaam' is a lyrical duet from the 1986 film Mannukkul Vairam that celebrates the overwhelming power and purity of romantic love. Through vivid imagery of overflowing floods, sky-bound clouds, and aquatic life, the lovers express an eternal bond that transcends simple verbal expression, while maintaining respect for traditional cultural values and personal dignity.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uvamai / Uruvagom)

Pongiyathae kadhal vellaam

Compares love to an overflowing flood ('kadhal vellaam') to denote its overwhelming intensity.

Analogy (Uvamai)

Neerindri meenillai ammaadi

Compares the interdependence of lovers to fish needing water to live.

Imagery (Katchi Inbam)

Kannil nilaa mugam ulaviyathu

Evokes a visual image of a moon-like face floating in one's vision.

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Trivia

Mannukkul Vairam (1986) was directed by Manoj Kumar and features music composed by Devendran, with lyrics authored by Vairamuthu. The song highlights classic Tamil literary motifs adapted seamlessly for 1980s cinema.

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