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Lyrics & meaning

Sendhamizh Thenmozhiyaal

From Maalaiyitta Mangai · 1958

Lyricist
Kannadasan
Singer
T. R. Mahalingam
Music director
Vishwanathan-Ramamoorthy
Movie name
Maalaiyitta Mangai
Movie release year
1958
Lyrics added on
24 Mar 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Sill endru pootha
Siru nerunchi kaattinilae..
Nill endru koori niruthi vazhi ponaalae
Nindradhu pol nindraal
Nedum dhooram parandhaal
Nirkkumo aavi
Nilaikkumo nenjam
Manam perumo vaazhvae
Aah aaaa aaaaa aaaaa aaaaa
Senthamizh thaen mozhiyaal
Nilaavena sirikkum malarkkodiyaal
Nilaavena sirikkum malarkkodiyaal
Paingani idhazhil pazha rasam tharuvaal
Parugida thalai kunivaal
Kaatrinil pirandhavalo
Pudhidhaai karpanai vadithavalo
Ahaaa aaaaa… aaaa…aaa….aaa….aaa…
Kaatrinil pirandhavalo
Pudhidhaai karpanai vadithavalo
Saetrinil malarndha senthaamaraiyo
Sevvanthai poo charamo
Saetrinil malarndha senthaamaraiyo
Sevvanthai poo charamo
Aval senthamizh thaen mozhiyaal
Nilaavena sirikkum malarkkodiyaal
Nilaavena sirikkum malarkkodiyaal
Paingani idhazhil pazha rasam tharuvaal
Parugida thalai kunivaal
Kangalil neelam vilaithavalo
Adhai kadalinil kondu karaithavalo
Kangalil neelam vilaithavalo
Adhai kadalinil kondu karaithavalo
Pennukku pennae peraasai kollum
Per azhagellaam padaithavalo
Pennukku pennae peraasai kollum
Per azhagellaam padaithavalo
Aval senthamizh thaen mozhiyaal
Nilaavena sirikkum malarkkodiyaal
Nilaavena sirikkum malarkkodiyaal
Paingani idhazhil pazha rasam tharuvaal
Parugida thalai kunivaal
Megathai koondhalil mudithavalo..
Vin meengalai malaraai aninthavalo
Megathai koondhalil mudithavalo..
Vin meengalai malaraai aninthavalo
Mogathilae indha ulagangal yaavaiyum
Moozhgida seiyum moginiyo..
Mogathilae indha ulagangal yaavaiyum
Moozhgida seiyum moginiyo..
Aval senthamizh thaen mozhiyaal
Nilaavena sirikkum malarkkodiyaal
Nilaavena sirikkum malarkkodiyaal
Paingani idhazhil pazha rasam tharuvaal
Parugida thalai kunivaal
In the cool wilderness
of tiny wild nerunji blossoms,
she told me to wait, stopped me, and went her way.
She paused for just a moment,
and then flew far away!
Will my life breath remain?
Will my heart survive?
Will my life ever find its fragrance?
Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah...
Her words are as sweet as the nectar of pure Tamil,
she is a flowering vine smiling like the moon.
She is a flowering vine smiling like the moon.
She offers sweet juice from her ripe lips,
and bows her head in shyness when I lean in to drink.
Was she born of the gentle wind?
Is she a creation shaped by fresh imagination?
Aha, ah-ah-ah...
Was she born of the gentle wind?
Is she a creation shaped by fresh imagination?
Is she a red lotus blooming in the mud?
Or a garland strung with yellow chrysanthemums?
Is she a red lotus blooming in the mud?
Or a garland strung with yellow chrysanthemums?
She speaks with the sweetness of pure Tamil nectar,
a flowering vine smiling like the moon.
A flowering vine smiling like the moon.
She offers sweet juice from her ripe lips,
and bows her head in shyness when I lean in to drink.
Did she grow the deep blue in her eyes,
and pour it out to color the ocean?
Did she grow the deep blue in her eyes,
and pour it out to color the ocean?
Was she blessed with such rare beauty
that even a woman would look at her with deep longing?
Was she blessed with such rare beauty
that even a woman would look at her with deep longing?
She speaks with the sweetness of pure Tamil nectar,
a flowering vine smiling like the moon.
A flowering vine smiling like the moon.
She offers sweet juice from her ripe lips,
and bows her head in shyness when I lean in to drink.
Did she gather the dark clouds into her hair?
Does she wear the shining stars as flowers?
Did she gather the dark clouds into her hair?
Does she wear the shining stars as flowers?
Is she an enchantress who drowns
this entire world in longing?
Is she an enchantress who drowns
this entire world in longing?
She speaks with the sweetness of pure Tamil nectar,
a flowering vine smiling like the moon.
A flowering vine smiling like the moon.
She offers sweet juice from her ripe lips,
and bows her head in shyness when I lean in to drink.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This classic romantic composition captures the profound fascination and poetic exaggeration of a lover describing the divine, incomparable beauty of his beloved. In the prelude, he recalls a fleeting encounter in a thorn forest where her momentary glance immobilized him, leaving his heart and soul yearning. As the song progresses, he praises her sweet Tamil speech, comparing her smile to moonbeams, her lips to succulent fruit, her hair to dark clouds, and her eyes to the source of the ocean's blue.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Uvamaani (Simile)

“Nilaavena sirikkum malarkkodiyaal”

Compares her bright smile to the moon ('Nilaavena sirikkum') and her lips to tender fruit ('Paingani idhazhil').

Uthprekshai (Hyperbole / Poetic Conceit)

“Kangalil neelam vilaithavalo Adhai kadalinil kondu karaithavalo”

Extravagant poetic imagery suggesting she cultivated blue in her eyes and dissolved the leftover color into the sea to make it blue.

Monnai (Alliteration)

“Mogathilae indha ulagangal yaavaiyum Moozhgida seiyum moginiyo..”

Repetition of starting consonantal sounds 'Me' / 'Moo' in 'Megathai', 'Mogathilae', and 'Moozhgida'.

Uruvagaim (Metaphor)

“Senthamizh thaen mozhiyaal”

Directly identifying her sweet language as the pure honey of classical Tamil ('Senthamizh thaen mozhi').

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Trivia

Featured in the 1958 film 'Maalaiyitta Mangai', this iconic track was composed by the legendary duo Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy, written by Kannadasan, and rendered with classical purity by T. R. Mahalingam. Kannadasan produced the film himself, marking a landmark moment in Tamil cinema music where classical Carnatic ragas (primarily Karaharapriya and Kapi) were seamlessly blended with romantic film poetry.

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