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Lyrics & meaning

Sorgathin Thirappuvaizha

From Pallandu Vazhga · 1975

Lyricist
Pulamaipithan
Singers
Vani Jairam, K. J. Yesudas
Music director
K. V. Mahadevan
Movie name
Pallandu Vazhga
Movie release year
1975
Lyrics added on
4 Nov 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Sorgathin thirappu vizhaa…
Indru sorgathin thirappu vizhaa
Pudhu cholaikku vasantha vizhaa
Pakkathil paruva nilaa
Ilamai tharum iniya palaa
Paarkkattum inba ulaa
Indru sorgathin thirappu vizhaa
Pudhu cholaikku vasantha vizhaa
Pakkathil paruva nilaa
Ilamai tharum iniya palaa
Paarkkattum inba ulaa
Megam asaindhum thavazhndhum
Vilaiyaadum vaanathilae
Aa… aadai kalaindhum sarindhum
Uravaadum nerathilae
Aa… aa…aa megam asaindhum
Thavazhndhum
Vilaiyaadum vaanathiale
Aa… aadai kalaindhum sarindhum
Uravaadum nerathilae
{Thoongaamal nindraengum
Malar vizhigal
Inbam thaangaamal
Thallaadum ilangiligal} (2)
Uyirodu uyiraai
Ondraagi nirkkum
Ullangal pesattum
Pudhu mozhigal
Pudhu mozhigal
Pudhu mozhigal
Indru sorgathin thirappu vizhaa
Pudhu cholaikku vasantha vizhaa
Male :Pakkathil paruva nilaa
Ilamai tharum iniya palaa
Paarkkattum inba ulaa
Aa… aaa….aaa….aaa….aa….aa…
Aa…ha aa… haa.aa..
Ahaahaa… ahaahaa…
Poovai thirandhum nuzhaindhum
Oru vandu paadiyadhu
Aaa…aa..thaenil nanaindhum kulirndhum
Malar kaattril aadiyadhu
Aa… aaa….aaa….aaa
Poovai thirandhum nuzhaindhum
Oru vandu paadiyadhu
Thaenil nanaindhum kulirndhum
Malar kaattril aadiyadhu
Ilavaenir kaalathil thirumanamo
Ini eppodhum maaraadha narumanamo
Ilavaenir kaalathil thirumanamo
Ini eppodhum maaraadha narumanamo
Poovenna poovo
Vandenna vando
Sollaamal solgindra kadhai idhuvo
Kadhai idhuvo
Kadhai idhuvo
Sorgathin thirappu vizhaa
Female :Pudhu cholaikku vasantha vizhaa
Male :Pakkathil paruva nilaa
Female :Ilamai tharum iniya palaa
Male :Paarkkattum inba ulaa
The grand opening of heaven...
Today is the grand opening of heaven,
a spring festival for a fresh garden!
Beside me is the youthful moon,
a sweet jackfruit offering its youth,
let everyone watch our stroll of joy!
Today is the grand opening of heaven,
a spring festival for a fresh garden!
Beside me is the youthful moon,
a sweet jackfruit offering its youth,
let everyone watch our stroll of joy!
As clouds drift and glide,
playing across the sky...
Ah... as clothes loosen and slip away,
in this hour of sweet intimacy...
Ah... ah... ah, as clouds drift
and glide,
playing across the sky...
Ah... as clothes loosen and slip away,
in this hour of sweet intimacy...
Sleepless and yearning,
flower-like eyes...
Unable to bear the joy,
young lovebirds sway and stumble!
Merging soul with soul,
standing as one,
let our hearts speak
a brand new language!
A brand new language!
A brand new language!
Today is the grand opening of heaven,
a spring festival for a fresh garden!
Male: Beside me is the youthful moon,
a sweet jackfruit offering its youth,
let everyone watch our stroll of joy!
Ah... aah... aah... aah... ah... ah...
Ah... ha ah... ha... ah...
Ahaha... ahaha...
Opening the blossom and slipping inside,
a honeybee sang a song...
Ah... ah... drenched in nectar and cooled,
the flower swayed in the breeze...
Ah... aah... aah... aah...
Opening the blossom and slipping inside,
a honeybee sang a song...
Drenched in nectar and cooled,
the flower swayed in the breeze...
Is this a wedding in the season of spring?
Is this a fragrance that will never fade?
Is this a wedding in the season of spring?
Is this a fragrance that will never fade?
What a wondrous flower!
What a wondrous bee!
Is this the story they tell without words?
Is this the story?
Is this the story?
The grand opening of heaven...
Female: A spring festival for a fresh garden!
Male: Beside me is the youthful moon,
Female: A sweet jackfruit offering its youth,
Male: Let everyone watch our stroll of joy!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Sorgathin Thirappu Vizhaa is a romantic duet celebrating intimate bliss and deep emotional union, poetically framed as the opening ceremony of paradise and a spring festival in a lush garden. The lovers use lush nature metaphors—clouds drifting across the sky, beetles gathering nectar from flowers, and the youthful moon—to capture their ecstasy and sensory intoxication.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Indru sorgathin thirappu vizhaa

Compares the embrace and romantic union of lovers directly to the grand inauguration of heaven (Sorgathin thirappu vizhaa).

Rhyme / Monai & Edhukai

Pakkathil paruva nilaa / Ilamai tharum iniya palaa

Assonance and end-rhyme between vizhaa, nilaa, palaa, and ulaa create a musical rhythm.

Allegory / Symbolism

Poovai thirandhum nuzhaindhum / Oru vandu paadiyadhu

The interaction between the beetle (vandu) and the flower (poovai) serves as an erotic metaphor for the lovers' intimacy.

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Trivia

The song is from the 1975 MGR blockbuster 'Pallandu Vazhga', directed by K. Shankar (a remake of V. Shantaram's Hindi classic 'Do Aankhen Barah Haath'). The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan, with vocals rendered by K. J. Yesudas and Vani Jairam.

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