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Lyrics & meaning

Sandalee

From Semma · 2017

Lyricist
Yugabharathi
Singers
Velmurugan, Mahalingam
Music director
G. V. Prakash Kumar
Movie name
Semma
Movie release year
2017
Lyrics added on
18 Apr 2017

Lyrics & meaning

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↻ English translation
Sandalee
Un asathura azhagula lesaagi
En anthipagal
Athanaiyum  loosagi
Paya kedakuren
Tharaiyila piece aagi..
Sandalee
Un siripula parakuren thoosagi
Na sevathula
Vitterincha kaasagi
Kodi pudikuren
Nenapula maas aagi
Kaiyum kaalum
Unna kandu odaviladi
Ra vanthum kooda
Kannurendum moodavilladi
Paavi pulla
Enna neeyum aadavittadi
Thai pasathoda
Nenja vanthu modhiputtadi
Theriyaladi puriyaladi
Un iruvizhi manushana
Idupula thookkudhadi
Sandalee
Un asathura azhagula lesaagi
En anthipagal
Athanaiyum  loosagi
Paya kedakuren
Tharaiyila piece aagi..
Sandalee
Un siripula parakuren thoosagi
Na sevathula
Vitterincha kaasagi
Kodi pudikuren
Nenapula maas aagi
Munnala nee vantha ivan
Mukkamozham poovaguren
Sollama nee pona ivan
Pallankuzhi kaayaguren
Sottavaala kutti naanum
Sooru thingala
Nee thottu pesa rendu naala
Veedu thangala
Muttimodhum un nenapu
Real-u suthala
Nee yetti pova sethu poven
Kaadhu kuthala
Kadha vidala kalangidala
Na unnavida oruthiya
Idhuvara paathidala..
Sandalee
Un asathura azhagula lesaagi
En anthipagal
Athanaiyum  loosagi
Paya kedakuren
Tharaiyila piece aagi..
Sandalee
Un siripula parakuren thoosagi
Na sevathula
Vitterincha kaasagi
Kodi pudikuren
Nenapula maas aagi
Kattaanthara onnaladhaan
Kammakkara neeraguren
Senthaamara kannala naan
Pongaamalae sooraguren
Nongupola yenna seevum
Kannukulla kattipottu adichuputta
Uchivaana ninna aala
Orae othattasaipil ulukiputta
Allirani enna yendi
Aativaikira
Un anbil yenna saavikoththaa
Maati vaikira
Pullimaana sekkumaada
Mathi vaikira
Nee vellikasa yenna yeno
Sethu vaikira
Pazhamvidura pazhakidura
En pagalaiyum iravayum
Padaiyalu pootidura…
Sandalee
Un asathura azhagula lesaagi
En anthipagal
Athanaiyum loosagi
Paya kedakuren
Tharaiyila piece aagi..
Sandalee
Un siripula parakuren thoosagi
Na sevathula
Vitterincha kaasagi
Kodi pudikuren
Nenapula maas aagi…
Wicked girl!
Made lightheaded by your stunning beauty,
All of my days and nights
Have completely lost their minds,
I lie flat like a sleeping mat,
Smashed to pieces on the floor...
Wicked girl!
In your smile, I fly away like dust,
Like a coin thrown hard
Against a wall,
I hold my flag high,
Feeling like a hero in my thoughts!
My hands and legs
Won't move when I see you, girl!
Even when night comes,
Both my eyes refuse to close, girl!
You wicked girl,
You made me dance to your tunes, girl!
With the fierce warmth of a mother's love,
You struck right against my chest, girl!
I don't know, I don't understand,
Your two eyes pick up a grown man
And carry him on their hip, girl!
Wicked girl!
Made lightheaded by your stunning beauty,
All of my days and nights
Have completely lost their minds,
I lie flat like a sleeping mat,
Smashed to pieces on the floor...
Wicked girl!
In your smile, I fly away like dust,
Like a coin thrown hard
Against a wall,
I hold my flag high,
Feeling like a hero in my thoughts!
If you come in front of me,
I soften like a fresh string of flowers!
If you leave without a word,
I become a pebble in a Pallanguzhi (traditional board game)!
Like a little puppy wagging its short tail,
I haven't eaten a bite of food!
Since you touched me and spoke, for two days
I haven't stayed at home!
Your memories keep rushing into me,
I'm not making up tales!
If you walk away, I'll drop dead,
I'm not fooling you!
I'm not spinning stories, I'm not wavering,
A girl more wonderful than you,
I have never seen till this day...
Wicked girl!
Made lightheaded by your stunning beauty,
All of my days and nights
Have completely lost their minds,
I lie flat like a sleeping mat,
Smashed to pieces on the floor...
Wicked girl!
In your smile, I fly away like dust,
Like a coin thrown hard
Against a wall,
I hold my flag high,
Feeling like a hero in my thoughts!
I was bare, dry ground, but because of you,
I turn into a cool village pond!
Because of your red-lotus eyes,
I heat up completely without even boiling!
Peeling me like tender palm fruit,
She locked me up inside her eyes and beat me down!
A banyan tree that reached up into the sky,
She shook to its core with a single move of her lips!
My proud queen Alli, why do you
Keep tossing me around?
In your love, why do you
Hang me like a bunch of keys?
A spotted deer, why do you
Turn into an oil-mill bull?
Why do you treasure me away
Like shiny silver coins?
You play hard to get, then pull me close,
And offering up both my day and night,
You lock them away like a sacred offering...
Wicked girl!
Made lightheaded by your stunning beauty,
All of my days and nights
Have completely lost their minds,
I lie flat like a sleeping mat,
Smashed to pieces on the floor...
Wicked girl!
In your smile, I fly away like dust,
Like a coin thrown hard
Against a wall,
I hold my flag high,
Feeling like a hero in my thoughts...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Sandalee is an energetic rural romance song from the film Semma (2018), composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar with lyrics by Yugabharathi. The song captures the euphoric intoxication of a young man deeply enamored by his beloved, Sandalee. He describes how her presence disrupts his daily routine, keeping him awake through nights and making his thoughts swirl with joyful chaos.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Ethirai (Second-letter Rhyme)

Un asathura azhagula lesaagi / En anthipagal

Matching second consonants across consecutive lines, creating rhythmic harmony.

Simile (Upamai)

Un siripula parakuren thoosagi

Comparing the protagonist's helpless lightness in love to flying dust.

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi)

Un iruvizhi manushana / Idupula thookkudhadi

Exaggerating the power of the heroine's gaze to humorously lift a full-grown man onto her hip.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Kattaanthara onnaladhaan / Kammakkara neeraguren

Equating hard barren land transforming into fertile water due to her presence.

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Trivia

'Sandalee' is a popular folk-infused romantic track from the 2018 Tamil comedy film Semma. The music was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, who also starred as the lead actor in the film alongside Arthana Binu. The lyrics were written by prominent lyricist Yugabharathi.

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