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Pudhu Vellai Mazhai

From Roja · 1992

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singers
Unni Menon, Sujatha Mohan
Music director
A. R. Rahman
Movie name
Roja
Movie release year
1992
Lyrics added on
7 Feb 2017

Lyrics & meaning

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↻ English translation
Pudhu vellai mazhai ingu pozhigindradhu
Indha kollai nila udal nanaigindradhu
Ingu sollaadha idam kooda kulirgindradhu
Manam soodana idam thedi alaigindradhu
Pudhu vellai mazhai ingu pozhigindradhu
Indha kollai nila udal nanaigindradhu
Ingu sollaadha idam kooda kulirgindradhu
Manam soodaana idam thedi alaigindradhu
Nadhiyae nee aanaal karai naanae
Siru paravai nee aanaal un vaanam naanae
Pudhu vellai mazhai ingu pozhigindradhu
Indha kollai nila udal nanaigindradhu
Pen illaadha oorilae adi aan poo ketpadhillai
Pen illaadha oorilae kodi thaan poo poopadhillai
Un pudavai mundhaanai saaindhadhil indha boomi poo poothadhu
Idhu kamban paadatha sindhanai undhan kaadhodu yaar sonnadhu
Pudhu vellai mazhai ingu pozhigindradhu
Indha kollai nila udal nanaigindradhu
Ingu sollaadha idam kooda kulirgindradhu
Manam soodana idam thedi alaigindradhu
Pudhu vellai mazhai ingu pozhigindradhu
Indha kollai nila udal nanaigindradhu
Nee anaikindra velaiyil uyir poo thidukendru malarum
Nee vedukendru odinaal uyir poo sarugaaga ularum
Iru kaigal theendadha penmaiyai un kangal pandhaadudho
Malar manjam seradha pen nila endhan maarbodu vandhaadudho
Pudhu vellai mazhai ingu pozhigindradhu
Indha kollai nila udal nanaigindradhu
Ingu sollaadha idam kooda kulirgindradhu
Manam soodana idam thedi alaigindradhu
Nadhiyae nee aanaal karai naanae
Siru paravai nee aanaal un vaanam naanae
Pudhu vellai mazhai
Ingu pozhigindradhu
Indha kollai nila
Udal nanaigindradhu
Pudhu vellai mazhai
Ingu pozhigindradhu
Indha kollai nila
Udal nanaigindradhu
A fresh white rain is falling here
Under this captivating moonlight, my body is drenched
Even unspoken places feel the cold here
My heart wanders searching for a warm place
A fresh white rain is falling here
Under this captivating moonlight, my body is drenched
Even unspoken places feel the cold here
My heart wanders searching for a warm place
If you are a river, I am the riverbank
If you are a little bird, I am your sky
A fresh white rain is falling here
Under this captivating moonlight, my body is drenched
In a town without women, no man asks for flowers
In a town without women, even flowering vines do not bloom
When the edge of your saree brushed the ground, this earth blossomed with flowers
This is a thought that even Kamban never wrote; who whispered it in your ear?
A fresh white rain is falling here
Under this captivating moonlight, my body is drenched
Even unspoken places feel the cold here
My heart wanders searching for a warm place
A fresh white rain is falling here
Under this captivating moonlight, my body is drenched
The moment you hold me close, the flower of my soul suddenly blooms
If you suddenly pull away, that flower of life withers like a dry leaf
Are your eyes playing with this womanhood that no hands have ever touched?
Has this moon of a woman, who has never known a bed of flowers, come to rest upon my chest?
A fresh white rain is falling here
Under this captivating moonlight, my body is drenched
Even unspoken places feel the cold here
My heart wanders searching for a warm place
If you are a river, I am the riverbank
If you are a little bird, I am your sky
A fresh white rain
Is falling here
This captivating moonlight
Is drenching my body
A fresh white rain
Is falling here
This captivating moonlight
Is drenching my body
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Pudhu Vellai Mazhai from the 1992 film Roja captures the romantic intimacy between a newly married couple set against the backdrop of snow-clad Kashmir. The lyricist metaphorically describes snowfall as 'new white rain,' using the extreme cold weather to contrast and highlight the warmth of love and emerging physical intimacy between the lovers.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uvamaani)

“Nadhiyae nee aanaal karai naanae”

Snowfall is metaphorically described as 'pudhu vellai mazhai' (new white rain). Additionally, the lover is compared to a river while the partner is the bank, and to a bird while the partner is the sky.

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi Ani)

“Un pudavai mundhaanai saaindhadhil indha boomi poo poothadhu”

Extravagant poetic exaggeration stating that flowers bloomed across the Earth simply because the edge of her sari touched the ground.

Personification

“Indha kollai nila udal nanaigindradhu”

The woman is personified as the 'kollai nila' (captivating moon) whose body gets drenched in the snow.

End Rhyme (Iyaibu)

“Pudhu vellai mazhai ingu pozhigindradhu”

Rhythmic repetition of matching end suffixes like 'pozhigindradhu', 'nanaigindradhu', 'kulirgindradhu', and 'alaigindradhu'.

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Trivia

Pudhu Vellai Mazhai is one of the standout romantic tracks from A.R. Rahman's legendary debut soundtrack for Roja (1992), directed by Mani Ratnam. Sung by Unni Menon and Sujatha Mohan with lyrics by Vairamuthu, the song gained immense popularity across India and was picturized in the snow-capped mountains of Manali (standing in for Kashmir) featuring Arvind Swamy and Madhoo.

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