Raasaa Maga Polirundhe
From Paadhai Theriyudhu Paar · 1960
- Lyricist
- K. C. S. Arunachalam
- Singers
- A. L. Raghavan, Chorus
- Music director
- M. B. Sreenivas
- Details
- Paadhai Theriyudhu Paar1960
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Raasa maga | Like a king's daughter |
| Raasa maga polirundhae | You were living like a king's daughter, |
| Naalu peru paathu unnai | Seeing you, four people in public |
| Lesa enni | Thinking lightly of you |
| Lesa enni pesalaachae penmani | Have started talking lightly of you, O maiden! |
| Un nenjunkallaai | Your heart turned like a stone |
| Un nenjunkallaai maari pochae kanmani | Your heart has turned into stone, O precious one! |
| Male | |
| Raasa maga polirundhae | You were living like a king's daughter, |
| Naalu peru paathu unnai | Seeing you, four people in public |
| Lesa enni pesalaachae penmani | Have started talking lightly of you, O maiden! |
| Un nenjunkallaai maari pochae kanmani | Your heart has turned into stone, O precious one! |
| Male | |
| Vattalennum kulanthanilae | In the small pond that is a plate, |
| Vaathu kozhi pol midhantha | Floating like a duck, |
| Vattalennum kulanthanilae | In the small pond that is a plate, |
| Vaathu kozhi pol midhantha | Floating like a duck, |
| Ittiliyae yen ilaithu ponaai | O Idli, why have you become so thin and lost weight? |
| Neeyum endha payal meedhu kaadhalanaai | Did you fall in love with some fellow too? |
| Chorus :Adadadada ichh ichchchch | Chorus: Adadadada kiss kiss |
| Male | |
| Ittiliyae yen ilaithu ponaai | O Idli, why have you become so thin and lost weight? |
| Neeyum endha payal meedhu kaadhalanaai | Did you fall in love with some fellow too? |
| Male | |
| Raasa maga | Like a king's daughter |
| Raasa maga polirundhae | You were living like a king's daughter, |
| Naalu peru paathu unnai | Seeing you, four people in public |
| Lesa enni pesalaachae penmani | Have started talking lightly of you, O maiden! |
| Un nenjunkallaai | Your heart turned like a stone |
| Un nenjunkallaai maari pochae kanmani | Your heart has turned into stone, O precious one! |
| Male | |
| Alli vilugumpadi | So as to devour it all, |
| Aasai kollum un azhagai | Your beauty that evokes intense desire, |
| Alli vilugumpadi | So as to devour it all, |
| Aasai kollum un azhagai | Your beauty that evokes intense desire, |
| Kollai kondu pona kallan yaaradi | Who is the thief that looted it away? |
| Neeyum konjamkonjamaai ilaippadhum yenadi | Why are you also growing thin little by little? |
| Chorus | |
| Adadadada ichh ichchchch | Chorus: Adadadada kiss kiss |
| Male | |
| Melagaa podi poosi | Smeared with chili powder, |
| Ennaiyilae thalai muzhugi | Bathing in oil, |
| Melagaa podi poosi | Smeared with chili powder, |
| Ennaiyilae thalai muzhugi | Bathing in oil, |
| Azhaga adhigaaram panninae | You ruled regally with your beauty, |
| Kaalam appadiyae irukkummunnu enninae | You thought times would remain just like that forever! |
| Chorus | |
| Adadadada ichh ichchchch | Chorus: Adadadada kiss kiss |
ராசா மக
ராசா மக போலிருந்தே
நாலு பேரு பாத்து உன்னை
லேசா எண்ணிப்
லேசா எண்ணிப் பேசலாச்சே பெண்மணி
உன் நெஞ்சுங் கல்லாய்
உன் நெஞ்சுங் கல்லாய் மாறிப் போச்சே கண்மணி
Like a king's daughter
You were living like a king's daughter,
Seeing you, four people in public
Thinking lightly of you
Have started talking lightly of you, O maiden!
Your heart turned like a stone
Your heart has turned into stone, O precious one!
ராசா மக போலிருந்தே
நாலு பேரு பாத்து உன்னை
லேசா எண்ணிப் பேசலாச்சே பெண்மணி
உன் நெஞ்சுங் கல்லாய் மாறிப் போச்சே கண்மணி
You were living like a king's daughter,
Seeing you, four people in public
Have started talking lightly of you, O maiden!
Your heart has turned into stone, O precious one!
வட்டலெனும் குளந்தனிலே
வாத்துக் கோழி போல் மிதந்தே
வட்டலெனும் குளந்தனிலே
வாத்துக் கோழி போல் மிதந்தே
இட்டிலியே ஏனிளைத்துப் போனாய்
நீயும் எந்தப் பயல் மீது காதலானாய்
குழு :
அடடடடடா .......ச்ச்........ச்ச்ச்சச்........
In the small pond that is a plate,
Floating like a duck,
In the small pond that is a plate,
Floating like a duck,
O Idli, why have you become so thin and lost weight?
Did you fall in love with some fellow too?
Chorus: Adadadada kiss kiss
ஆண் மற்றும் குழு :
இட்டிலியே ஏனிளைத்துப் போனாய்
நீயும் எந்தப் பயல் மீது காதலானாய்
இட்டிலியே ஏனிளைத்துப் போனாய்
நீயும் எந்தப் பயல் மீது காதலானாய்
O Idli, why have you become so thin and lost weight?
Did you fall in love with some fellow too?
இட்டிலியே ஏனிளைத்துப் போனாய்
நீயும் எந்தப் பயல் மீது காதலானாய்
Like a king's daughter
You were living like a king's daughter,
Seeing you, four people in public
Have started talking lightly of you, O maiden!
Your heart turned like a stone
Your heart has turned into stone, O precious one!
ராசா மக
ராசா மக போலிருந்தே
நாலு பேரு பாத்து உன்னை
லேசா எண்ணிப் பேசலாச்சே பெண்மணி
உன் நெஞ்சுங் கல்லாய்
உன் நெஞ்சுங் கல்லாய் மாறிப் போச்சே கண்மணி
So as to devour it all,
Your beauty that evokes intense desire,
So as to devour it all,
Your beauty that evokes intense desire,
Who is the thief that looted it away?
Why are you also growing thin little by little?
அள்ளி விழுங்கும்படி
ஆசை கொள்ளும் உன்னழகைக்
கொள்ளை கொண்டு போன கள்ளன் யாரடி
நீயும் கொஞ்சஞ் கொஞ்சமாயுளைப்பதேனடி
Chorus: Adadadada kiss kiss
அடடடடடா .......ச்ச்........ச்ச்ச்சச்........
Smeared with chili powder,
Bathing in oil,
Smeared with chili powder,
Bathing in oil,
You ruled regally with your beauty,
You thought times would remain just like that forever!
ஆண் மற்றும் குழு :
இட்டிலியே ஏனிளைத்துப் போனாய்
நீயும் எந்தப் பயல் மீது காதலானாய்
இட்டிலியே ஏனிளைத்துப் போனாய்
நீயும் எந்தப் பயல் மீது காதலானாய்
Chorus: Adadadada kiss kiss
மொளகாப் பொடி பூசி
எண்ணையிலே தலை முழுகி
மொளகாப் பொடி பூசி
எண்ணையிலே தலை முழுகி
அழகா அதிகாரம் பண்ணினே
காலம் அப்படியே இருக்குமுன்னு எண்ணினே
அடடடடடா .......ச்ச்........ச்ச்ச்சச்........
ஆண் மற்றும் குழு :
{இட்டிலியே ஏனிளைத்துப் போனாய்
நீயும் எந்தப் பயல் மீது காதலானாய்
இட்டிலியே ஏனிளைத்துப் போனாய்
நீயும் எந்தப் பயல் மீது காதலானாய்} (2)
Raasa maga
Like a king's daughter
Raasa maga polirundhae
You were living like a king's daughter,
Naalu peru paathu unnai
Seeing you, four people in public
Lesa enni
Thinking lightly of you
Lesa enni pesalaachae penmani
Have started talking lightly of you, O maiden!
Un nenjunkallaai
Your heart turned like a stone
Un nenjunkallaai maari pochae kanmani
Your heart has turned into stone, O precious one!
Raasa maga polirundhae
You were living like a king's daughter,
Naalu peru paathu unnai
Seeing you, four people in public
Lesa enni pesalaachae penmani
Have started talking lightly of you, O maiden!
Un nenjunkallaai maari pochae kanmani
Your heart has turned into stone, O precious one!
Vattalennum kulanthanilae
In the small pond that is a plate,
Vaathu kozhi pol midhantha
Floating like a duck,
Vattalennum kulanthanilae
In the small pond that is a plate,
Vaathu kozhi pol midhantha
Floating like a duck,
Ittiliyae yen ilaithu ponaai
O Idli, why have you become so thin and lost weight?
Neeyum endha payal meedhu kaadhalanaai
Did you fall in love with some fellow too?
Chorus :Adadadada ichh ichchchch
Chorus: Adadadada kiss kiss
Ittiliyae yen ilaithu ponaai
O Idli, why have you become so thin and lost weight?
Neeyum endha payal meedhu kaadhalanaai
Did you fall in love with some fellow too?
Raasa maga
Like a king's daughter
Raasa maga polirundhae
You were living like a king's daughter,
Naalu peru paathu unnai
Seeing you, four people in public
Lesa enni pesalaachae penmani
Have started talking lightly of you, O maiden!
Un nenjunkallaai
Your heart turned like a stone
Un nenjunkallaai maari pochae kanmani
Your heart has turned into stone, O precious one!
Alli vilugumpadi
So as to devour it all,
Aasai kollum un azhagai
Your beauty that evokes intense desire,
Alli vilugumpadi
So as to devour it all,
Aasai kollum un azhagai
Your beauty that evokes intense desire,
Kollai kondu pona kallan yaaradi
Who is the thief that looted it away?
Neeyum konjamkonjamaai ilaippadhum yenadi
Why are you also growing thin little by little?
Adadadada ichh ichchchch
Chorus: Adadadada kiss kiss
Melagaa podi poosi
Smeared with chili powder,
Ennaiyilae thalai muzhugi
Bathing in oil,
Melagaa podi poosi
Smeared with chili powder,
Ennaiyilae thalai muzhugi
Bathing in oil,
Azhaga adhigaaram panninae
You ruled regally with your beauty,
Kaalam appadiyae irukkummunnu enninae
You thought times would remain just like that forever!
Adadadada ichh ichchchch
Chorus: Adadadada kiss kiss
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This lighthearted and satirical song from Paadhai Theriyudhu Paar personifies a simple food item—an Idli—as a royal princess who has lost her soft, plump charm and fallen onto hard times. The singer humorously teases the idli, asking why it has become thin, dry, and tough-hearted, playfully questioning if it fell in love with someone or had its beauty stolen by a thief. Using vivid culinary imagery, the song describes the idli floating in chutney on a plate like a duck in a pond, and getting smeared with spicy gun powder and oil as if dressing up in cosmetics. Beyond the humorous surface, it serves as a light critique on vanity, the passage of time, and changing fortunes.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Personification
“Ittiliyae yen ilaithu ponaai Neeyum endha payal meedhu kaadhalanaai”
The song treats an Idli as a living maiden ('penmani' / 'kanmani') who experiences heartbreak, loses weight, and wears makeup.
Simile (Uvamai)
“Vaathu kozhi pol midhantha”
Compares the idli floating in liquid on a plate to a duck floating gracefully in a pond.
Metaphor (Uruvagaimai)
“Vattalennum kulanthanilae”
Compares a wide dining plate ('vattal') to a pond ('kulam').
Culinary Metaphor / Imagery
“Melagaa podi poosi Ennaiyilae thalai muzhugi”
Describes applying chili powder and oil to an idli as if applying powder cosmetics and taking a bath.
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Trivia
Paadhai Theriyudhu Paar (1960) was a pathbreaking Tamil film produced by a leftist film cooperative and directed by Nemai Ghosh. It marked the debut of renowned music director M. B. Sreenivasan in Tamil cinema and won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.
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