- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singer
- Chithoor Nagaiya
- Music director
- Vishwanathan-Ramamoorthy
- Movie name
- Jaya Gopi
- Movie release year
- 1955
- Lyrics added on
- 5 Oct 2025
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song presents a humorous yet sorrowful monologue of a householder tormented by the chaotic demands of domestic life, unruly children, and a formidable wife. Overwhelmed by daily household troubles, he laments that his current misery must be the karmic retribution for sins committed in a previous life. Finding no joy in family life, he ultimately contemplates renouncing worldly attachments for spiritual liberation.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Hyperbole
“Saavu koorum en samsaarameethae”
Exaggerates domestic misery by claiming that family life itself is actively calling for his death.
Irony & Humor
“Yaedhaiyo mukthi yaedhaiyo”
Presents severe existential concepts like 'Mukthi' (liberation) in a lighthearted, comical context of escaping mundane household chores.
Rhyme / Monorhyme (Iyaibu)
“Sugamae illai theeraa thollai”
Use of internal rhyming syllables in 'Sugamae illai theeraa thollai' to give the lyric a rhythmic musicality.
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Trivia
Composed by the legendary music director duo Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy with lyrics by Kannadasan, this song highlights Chittor V. Nagaiah's versatile singing talent in expressing satirical domestic frustration in 1950s Tamil cinema.
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