Sengathire
From Kadaikutty Singam · 2018
- Lyricist
- Yugabharathi
- Singer
- Pradeep Kumar
- Music director
- D. Imman
- Details
- Kadaikutty Singam2018
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Aaaa….aaaa…..aaaa… | Aaaa...aaaa...aaaa... |
| Aaaa….aaa….aaa…. | Aaaa...aaa...aaa... |
| Male | |
| Sengathirae sengathirae | O red sun ray! O red sun ray! |
| Thalai thongiyathu yaaralae | Why has your head drooped, because of whom? |
| Sangadamo sanjalamo | Is it sorrow or is it distress? |
| Athai yethividu kaalalae | Kick it away with your feet! |
| Male | |
| Sengathirae sengathirae | O red sun ray! O red sun ray! |
| Thalai thongiyathu yaaralae | Why has your head drooped, because of whom? |
| Sangadamo sanjalamo | Is it sorrow or is it distress? |
| Athai yethividu kaalalae | Kick it away with your feet! |
| Male | |
| Uyir vedhanai tharum vaarthayai | Words that inflict pain deep into the soul, |
| Uravae nee pesuvatho | O kin, are you the one speaking them? |
| Kuyil veetaiyae kudai saithida | To tilt and overturn the nest of a nightingale, |
| Puyal kaatru veesuvatho | Is a stormy wind blowing? |
| Vidhiyin aatam oyaadhae | The play of fate never ceases, |
| Ethuvum vilaiyattae vadaathae | Do not let anything turn into a cruel game. |
| Male | |
| Sengathirae sengathirae | O red sun ray! O red sun ray! |
| Thalai thongiyathu yaaralae…ae… | Why has your head drooped, because of whom? |
| Sangadamo sanjalamo | Is it sorrow or is it distress? |
| Athai yethividu kaalalae | Kick it away with your feet! |
| Male | |
| Annai madi meethu thoongayilae | When sleeping on mother's lap, |
| Thollaigalum yethada…aa.. | There are no troubles at all, my dear... |
| Thanthai naamai thaangum velayilae | When father carries us by his name, |
| Kaigalilae vaanada | The sky feels within our hands! |
| Male | |
| Theru mannodu naam nadanthaalumae | Even when we walked through the street dirt, |
| Azhukkillaamalae irunthomada | We remained spotless without any stain. |
| Nilai kannadiyil siru keeral pol | Like a tiny crack on a tall standing mirror, |
| Pala thundaayindru udainthomada | We broke into many pieces today. |
| Vayadhagum pothunaamae | As we grow older, |
| Vazhi maari pogiromae…ae…. | We stray away from our path... |
| Male | |
| Sengathirae sengathirae | O red sun ray! O red sun ray! |
| Thalai thongiyathu yaaralae…ae | Why has your head drooped, because of whom? |
| Sangadamo sanjalamo | Is it sorrow or is it distress? |
| Athai yethividu kaalalae ..ae…. | Kick it away with your feet! |
| Male | |
| Mottu vidum poovai kaatuvathu | What defines a blossoming flower, |
| Eppoluthum vaasamae | Is always its sweet fragrance. |
| Ullavarai vazha thevayethu | What is needed to live as long as we exist, |
| Unmayilae paasamae | Is truly genuine affection. |
| Male | |
| Ethai sonnalumae thavaragavae | Whatever you say, taking it in a wrong way, |
| Porul kolvoridam nalam yethada | What good is there with people who misunderstand? |
| Uravillaamalae oru jeevanum | Without familial relationships, no living soul, |
| Uyir vazhaathena unarvomada | Can truly survive—let us realize this. |
| Vayalodu vaazha naamae | To live alongside the lush fields, |
| Varappaga maruvomae…ae…. | Let us turn into the protective bunds... |
| Male | |
| Sengathirae sengathirae | O red sun ray! O red sun ray! |
| Thalai thongiyathu yaaralae…ae.. | Why has your head drooped, because of whom? |
| Sangadamo sanjalamo | Is it sorrow or is it distress? |
| Athai yethividu kaalalae ..ae… | Kick it away with your feet! |
ஆஆ ஆஆ
ஆஆ ஆஆ ஆஆ
ஆஆ
Aaaa...aaaa...aaaa...
Aaaa...aaa...aaa...
செங்கதிரே
செங்கதிரே தலை
தொங்கியது யாராலே
சங்கடமோ சஞ்சலமோ
அதை எத்திவிடு
காலாலே
O red sun ray! O red sun ray!
Why has your head drooped, because of whom?
Is it sorrow or is it distress?
Kick it away with your feet!
செங்கதிரே
செங்கதிரே தலை
தொங்கியது யாராலே
சங்கடமோ சஞ்சலமோ
அதை எத்திவிடு
காலாலே
O red sun ray! O red sun ray!
Why has your head drooped, because of whom?
Is it sorrow or is it distress?
Kick it away with your feet!
உயிர் வேதனை
தரும் வார்த்தையை உறவே
நீ பேசுவதோ குயில் வீட்டையே
குடை சாய்த்திட புயல் காற்று
வீசுவதோ விதியின் ஆட்டம்
ஓயாதே எதுவும் விளையாட்டே
வாடாதே
Words that inflict pain deep into the soul,
O kin, are you the one speaking them?
To tilt and overturn the nest of a nightingale,
Is a stormy wind blowing?
The play of fate never ceases,
Do not let anything turn into a cruel game.
செங்கதிரே
செங்கதிரே தலை
தொங்கியது யாராலே..
சங்கடமோ சஞ்சலமோ
அதை எத்திவிடு
காலாலே
O red sun ray! O red sun ray!
Why has your head drooped, because of whom?
Is it sorrow or is it distress?
Kick it away with your feet!
அன்னை மடி மீது
தூங்கையிலே தொல்லைகளும்
ஏதடா ஆ தந்தை நம்மை
தாங்கும் வேளையிலே
கைகளிலே வானடா
When sleeping on mother's lap,
There are no troubles at all, my dear...
When father carries us by his name,
The sky feels within our hands!
தெரு மண்ணோடு
நாம் நடந்தாலுமே
அழுக்கில்லாமலே
இருந்தோமடா நிலை
கண்ணாடியில் சிறு கீறல்
போல் பல துண்டாயின்று
உடைந்தோமடா வயதாகும்
போது நாமே வழி மாறி
போகிறோமே
Even when we walked through the street dirt,
We remained spotless without any stain.
Like a tiny crack on a tall standing mirror,
We broke into many pieces today.
As we grow older,
We stray away from our path...
செங்கதிரே
செங்கதிரே தலை
தொங்கியது யாராலே..
சங்கடமோ சஞ்சலமோ
அதை எத்திவிடு
காலாலே...
O red sun ray! O red sun ray!
Why has your head drooped, because of whom?
Is it sorrow or is it distress?
Kick it away with your feet!
மொட்டு விடும்
பூவை காட்டுவது
எப்பொழுதும் வாசமே
உள்ளவரை வாழ தேவை
எது உண்மையிலே பாசமே
What defines a blossoming flower,
Is always its sweet fragrance.
What is needed to live as long as we exist,
Is truly genuine affection.
எதை சொன்னாலுமே
தவறாகவே பொருள்
கொள்வோரிடம் நலம் ஏதடா
உறவில்லாமலே ஒரு ஜீவனும்
உயிர் வாழாதென உணர்வோமடா
வயலோடு வாழ நாமே வரப்பாக
மாறுவோமே ...
Whatever you say, taking it in a wrong way,
What good is there with people who misunderstand?
Without familial relationships, no living soul,
Can truly survive—let us realize this.
To live alongside the lush fields,
Let us turn into the protective bunds...
செங்கதிரே
செங்கதிரே தலை
தொங்கியது யாராலே..
சங்கடமோ சஞ்சலமோ
அதை எத்திவிடு
காலாலே..
O red sun ray! O red sun ray!
Why has your head drooped, because of whom?
Is it sorrow or is it distress?
Kick it away with your feet!
Aaaa….aaaa…..aaaa…
Aaaa...aaaa...aaaa...
Aaaa….aaa….aaa….
Aaaa...aaa...aaa...
Sengathirae sengathirae
O red sun ray! O red sun ray!
Thalai thongiyathu yaaralae
Why has your head drooped, because of whom?
Sangadamo sanjalamo
Is it sorrow or is it distress?
Athai yethividu kaalalae
Kick it away with your feet!
Sengathirae sengathirae
O red sun ray! O red sun ray!
Thalai thongiyathu yaaralae
Why has your head drooped, because of whom?
Sangadamo sanjalamo
Is it sorrow or is it distress?
Athai yethividu kaalalae
Kick it away with your feet!
Uyir vedhanai tharum vaarthayai
Words that inflict pain deep into the soul,
Uravae nee pesuvatho
O kin, are you the one speaking them?
Kuyil veetaiyae kudai saithida
To tilt and overturn the nest of a nightingale,
Puyal kaatru veesuvatho
Is a stormy wind blowing?
Vidhiyin aatam oyaadhae
The play of fate never ceases,
Ethuvum vilaiyattae vadaathae
Do not let anything turn into a cruel game.
Sengathirae sengathirae
O red sun ray! O red sun ray!
Thalai thongiyathu yaaralae…ae…
Why has your head drooped, because of whom?
Sangadamo sanjalamo
Is it sorrow or is it distress?
Athai yethividu kaalalae
Kick it away with your feet!
Annai madi meethu thoongayilae
When sleeping on mother's lap,
Thollaigalum yethada…aa..
There are no troubles at all, my dear...
Thanthai naamai thaangum velayilae
When father carries us by his name,
Kaigalilae vaanada
The sky feels within our hands!
Theru mannodu naam nadanthaalumae
Even when we walked through the street dirt,
Azhukkillaamalae irunthomada
We remained spotless without any stain.
Nilai kannadiyil siru keeral pol
Like a tiny crack on a tall standing mirror,
Pala thundaayindru udainthomada
We broke into many pieces today.
Vayadhagum pothunaamae
As we grow older,
Vazhi maari pogiromae…ae….
We stray away from our path...
Sengathirae sengathirae
O red sun ray! O red sun ray!
Thalai thongiyathu yaaralae…ae
Why has your head drooped, because of whom?
Sangadamo sanjalamo
Is it sorrow or is it distress?
Athai yethividu kaalalae ..ae….
Kick it away with your feet!
Mottu vidum poovai kaatuvathu
What defines a blossoming flower,
Eppoluthum vaasamae
Is always its sweet fragrance.
Ullavarai vazha thevayethu
What is needed to live as long as we exist,
Unmayilae paasamae
Is truly genuine affection.
Ethai sonnalumae thavaragavae
Whatever you say, taking it in a wrong way,
Porul kolvoridam nalam yethada
What good is there with people who misunderstand?
Uravillaamalae oru jeevanum
Without familial relationships, no living soul,
Uyir vazhaathena unarvomada
Can truly survive—let us realize this.
Vayalodu vaazha naamae
To live alongside the lush fields,
Varappaga maruvomae…ae….
Let us turn into the protective bunds...
Sengathirae sengathirae
O red sun ray! O red sun ray!
Thalai thongiyathu yaaralae…ae..
Why has your head drooped, because of whom?
Sangadamo sanjalamo
Is it sorrow or is it distress?
Athai yethividu kaalalae ..ae…
Kick it away with your feet!
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
The song 'Sengathirae' from Kadaikutty Singam is an emotional ballad reflecting on family bonds, misunderstandings, and the painful fractures that occur within a joint family. The lyricist addresses a beloved family member as 'Sengathirae' (red sun ray), questioning why they are dejected and urging them to brush aside sorrows and stay strong. The song contrasts the innocent, unified days of childhood—under the protective warmth of parents—with the painful adulthood where small misunderstandings crack a family like glass.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Nilai kannadiyil siru keeral pol / Pala thundaayindru udainthomada”
Comparing the protagonist/kin to 'Sengathirae' (red sun ray) and family breakdown to a cracked standing mirror ('Nilai kannadiyil siru keeral pol').
Ethukai (Second-letter Rhyme)
“Sengathirae sengathirae / Sangadamo sanjalamo”
Tamil poetic device where the second letter of consecutive lines rhyme ('Sengathirae' / 'Sangadamo').
Hyperbole / Imagery
“Thanthai naamai thaangum velayilae / Kaigalilae vaanada”
Expressing the elevated joy and security of childhood under a father's guidance as holding the sky in one's hands.
Did you know?
Trivia
Composed by D. Imman for Pandiraj's directorial 'Kadaikutty Singam' (2018), this soulful track was rendered by Pradeep Kumar and Ramya NSK. The lyrics by Yugabharathi capture the central theme of the movie—preserving joint family unity against modern individualistic conflicts.
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