- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singers
- Jamuna Rani, P. Leela
- Music director
- Vishwanathan-Ramamoorthy
- Movie name
- Sivagangai Seemai
- Movie release year
- 1959
- Lyrics added on
- 29 Mar 2019
Lyrics & meaning
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Overall song meaning
This song from Sivagangai Seemai is a traditional folk-style song of praise sung by women celebrating the heroic qualities, chivalry, and benevolence of the Maruthu Pandiyar brothers. The lyrics highlight their virtue in protecting women, their patronage of poets, and their physical prowess in subduing wild animals like elephants and tigers. The song calls upon village maidens to gaze upon the victory flag and broad chest of the honorable warrior king, cheering for his long life and eternal fame as sung in historical epics.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Iyaibu (End Rhyme)
“Paththini pennai kappavaraam / Paavalar varumai theerpavaraam”
The lines end with identical rhyming suffixes such as '-kappavaraam' and '-theerpavaraam', as well as '-adakkiyavar' and '-madakkiyavar', creating a musical rhythm.
Moonaai (Initial Alliteration)
“Maana maravar engal / Maruthu paandiyar / Maarbin agalam paarungadi”
Repetition of initial consonant/vowel sounds in adjacent words, such as 'Maana', 'Maruthu', and 'Maarbin'.
Uyarvu Navirtchi Ani (Hyperbole)
“Aaradi vengaiyai madakkiyavar”
Exaggerating physical bravery, such as wrestling six-foot tigers and striking terror into enemies with a single glance.
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Trivia
Sivagangai Seemai (1959) was produced and written by the legendary poet Kannadasan to showcase the bravery of the Sivagangai rulers against British colonial forces. The music was composed by Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy.
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