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Lyrics & meaning

Rayila Pola

From Thangamani Rangamani · 1989

Lyricist
Vaali
Singer
Mano
Music director
Shankar Ganesh
Movie name
Thangamani Rangamani
Movie release year
1989
Lyrics added on
10 May 2021

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Rayila pola joraa
Ponnu mayila pola vaaraa
Kunnakkudi santhaiyilae
Kotti vechcha kundumalli
Rayila pola joraa
Ponnu mayila pola vaaraa
Kunnakkudi santhaiyilae
Kotti vechcha kundumalli
Rayila pola joraa
Ponnu mayila pola vaaraa…..yae hae….
Kadai veedhi vanthaalae ennethiril neeyirukka
Kannu rendum unaiththaanae thedum
Kaiyaalae unai thottu aasai theeravae puratti
Paarththaalae pudhu inbam oorum
Kanni maanani en kadhal devi nee
Ennai parammaa en idhaya mohini
Intha naadellaam nee suththa
Naanunnai suththi varen vammaa
Intha kaalai mugam paarammaa
Vaazhvil en raani needhaanammaa
Rayila pola joraa
Ponnu mayila pola vaaraa
Kunnakkudi santhaiyilae
Kotti vechcha kundumalli
Rayila pola joraa
Ponnu mayila pola vaaraa…..vaaraa…
Un paarvai pattaalae oliyaagum en veedu
Uruvaagum pudhu rajayogam
Nee vanthaal ellaamae nilai maarum nenachchapadi
Nenjodu sugam vanthu serum
: Karunai vadivamae
Konjam kadaikkan parammaa
Kanavu dheivamae en kavalai theerammaa
Nee anaichchaa naan sirippaenae
Aagaayaththil midhappaenae
Vaa vaa sri lakshmi jeyalakshmi
Vanthaa nalla kaalam bakyalakshmi
Rayila pola joraa
Ponnu mayila pola vaaraa
Hoi….kunnakkudi santhaiyilae
Kotti vechcha kundumalli
Rayila pola joraa
Ponnu mayila pola vaaraa…..haai haai
Fast and grand like a train,
The girl comes strutting like a peacock!
In the Kunnakudi market,
She is like a heap of round jasmine blossoms!
Fast and grand like a train,
The girl comes strutting like a peacock!
Hey... in the Kunnakudi market,
She is like a heap of round jasmine blossoms!
Fast and grand like a train,
The girl comes strutting like a peacock... hey hey...
When I come to the market street and you are before me,
Both my eyes look only for you!
Touching you with my hands and admiring you to my heart's content,
Just looking at you brings a fresh surge of joy!
Sweet tender mango, you are my goddess of love,
Look at me, enchantress of my heart!
While you go all around this town,
I keep circling around you, come on!
Look at this young man's face, my dear,
In my life, you alone are the queen!
Fast and grand like a train,
The girl comes strutting like a peacock!
Hey, in the Kunnakudi market,
She is like a heap of round jasmine blossoms!
Fast and grand like a train,
The girl comes strutting like a peacock... coming along...
Just a glance from you will brighten my home,
A grand stroke of good fortune will begin!
If you arrive, everything will change just as I wished,
And pure happiness will fill my heart!
You embodiment of grace,
Cast a side-glance my way!
Goddess of my dreams, ease all my worries!
If you hold me close, I will smile with joy,
And I will float up in the sky!
Come, oh Sri Lakshmi, Jayalakshmi (goddess of victory),
If you come, good times will arrive, my Bhagyalakshmi (goddess of fortune)!
Fast and grand like a train,
The girl comes strutting like a peacock!
Hoy... in the Kunnakudi market,
She is like a heap of round jasmine blossoms!
Fast and grand like a train,
The girl comes strutting like a peacock... hi hi!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Rayila pola joraa is an upbeat, rhythmic folk-pop song from the 1989 Tamil movie Thangamani Rangamani, written by the prolific lyricist Vaali. The protagonist passionately sings about his beloved, praising her beauty and graceful presence using rural imagery such as the bustling Kunnakkudi market and freshly heaped jasmine blossoms (kundumalli). He compares her arrival to a majestic train and a dancing peacock, highlighting her charming nature. The song conveys the hero's intense romantic devotion as he describes his ladylove as his goddess of luck, queen, and source of ultimate joy. Her presence brings good fortune (rajayogam) and makes him feel as though he is floating in the sky with happiness.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Uvamai (Simile)

“Rayila pola joraa / Ponnu mayila pola vaaraa”

Compares the girl's stylish arrival to the power and grand rhythm of a train ('Rayila pola') and the grace of a peacock ('Mayila pola').

Imagery & Local Allusion

“Kunnakkudi santhaiyilae / Kotti vechcha kundumalli”

Invokes vivid local visual imagery of jasmine flowers gathered at the famous Kunnakkudi market to describe her fresh and alluring beauty.

Uruvagam (Metaphor)

“Vaa vaa sri lakshmi jeyalakshmi / Vanthaa nalla kaalam bakyalakshmi”

Metaphorically addresses the beloved as auspicious deities of wealth and fortune (Sri Lakshmi, Jayalakshmi, Bakyalakshmi).

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi)

“Nee anaichchaa naan sirippaenae / Aagaayaththil midhappaenae”

Exaggerates the emotional high of being embraced by the beloved as floating weightlessly in the sky.

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Trivia

Written by the legendary lyricist Vaali, the song uses rich rural Tamil metaphors characteristic of late 1980s Tamil cinema's village-based romantic tracks, incorporating local geographic landmarks like the Kunnakkudi market.

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