- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singer
- Anitha Karthikeyan
- Music director
- M. Ghibran
- Movie name
- Vaagai Sooda Vaa
- Movie release year
- 2011
- Lyrics added on
- 11 Jul 2018
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
Senga Soola Kaara from the film Vaagai Sooda Vaa is a deeply moving folk song depicting the grueling life and plight of bonded laborers working at a brick kiln in rural Tamil Nadu. The song presents a sharp contrast: while the clay bricks baked by the workers go on to build tall, sky-reaching homes for others, the workers' own lives remain fragile, impoverished, and stuck in deep misery like raw, unbaked mud easily dissolved by rain.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uvamaani)
“Pozappu thaan pacha manna poochu”
Comparing human life and livelihood to unbaked, raw mud ('pacha manna poochu') which easily dissolves in hardship, and comparing the laborers to earthworms ('mannu puzuvukku').
Irony (Maranisai)
“Vinna vinna thottu ninnaachu / Mannu kuzhi poola namma parampara / Pallam aagi poochu”
The contrast between the bricks building sky-touching mansions for others while the workers who make them sink deeper into pits of poverty.
Repetition / Alliteration (Adukkuthodar / Edugai)
“Sutta sutta mannu kallachu / Natta natta kallu veedachu”
Rhythmic repetition of Tamil words for poetic rhythm and emphasis (Sutta sutta, Natta natta, Nachu nachu, Vitha vitha, Vinna vinna).
Did you know?
Trivia
Vaagai Sooda Vaa (2011) marked the film debut of acclaimed music composer M. Ghibran. Set in 1960s rural Tamil Nadu, the song sensitively captures the reality of child labor and bonded brick kiln workers, earning wide critical acclaim for Vairamuthu's poetic lyrics and the authentic folk score.
Keep listening
Songs with a similar feeling
From the same album
More songs from Vaagai Sooda Vaa
View albumSpot an issue?
Help us improve the lyrics or English translation.