Sottangalla
From Japan · 2023
- Lyricist
- Arunraja Kamaraj
- Singer
- Sean Roldan
- Music director
- G. V. Prakash Kumar
- Details
- Japan2023
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Sottangalla solatura parva | A look that spins dice |
| Ammi vechu araikuthamma | Is grinding me like on a grinding stone |
| Thattan pola methakura manasu | The heart floating like a dragonfly |
| Kuttikaranam adikuthamma | Is somersaulting in joy |
| Male | |
| Cholakattu yana pola | Like an elephant charging through a cornfield |
| Nenjukulla payuriye | You pounce into my heart |
| Seeni mela eeya neeyum | Like a fly hovering over sugar |
| Echi vaika meyuriyeee | You graze to leave your sweet touch |
| Male | |
| Pokka neeyum | Without any waste, you |
| Nellaa thoothuriyee yee yee | Winnow the paddy grains |
| Kalli pala | The bitter cactus fruit |
| Thena maathuriyee yee yee | You transform into sweet honey |
| Male | |
| Vekka vanthaa neethan eeram | When heat arrives, you are the cool moisture |
| Veyilukku neeraaharam | For the scorching sun, you are refreshing rice water |
| Kummiruttil kodi koil | In pitch darkness, a ten-million-temple |
| Deepam neethanee | Light of a lamp, you truly are |
| Male | |
| Alli thinga neethan saadham | To scoop up and eat, you are the staple rice |
| Angayamman saami padham | The sacred feet of Goddess Angayamman |
| Kappi kallu dhagam theekkum | Even dry pebbles quenching thirst |
| Megam neethanee… | You are that rain cloud... |
| Male | |
| Sutta mannu on kai alla | Baked clay in your hands |
| Sokka thangam aaneenee | Turned into pure shining gold |
| Kittipulla neeyum thatta | When you strike the tip-cat stick |
| Aeroplane ahh pooneenee | I soared high like an airplane |
| Male | |
| Alli unna naa edukka | When I scoop you up in my arms |
| Athanaiyum on vaasam | Everything carries your sweet aroma |
| Kakkathula aahaasam | The vast sky feels tucked right under my arm |
| Male | |
| Ottu thinna ooram aadu | A goat grazing along the edges |
| Othaasaikku yethu eedu | What can equal your helpful heart? |
| Thottu enna neeyum thookka | When you touch and lift me up |
| Kalam maaraatho | Won't time itself change for the better? |
| Male | |
| Sontham unna sertha veedu | The house that brought your kinship in |
| Sulli vacha maina koodu | Is like a myna's nest built with twigs |
| Alli alli ootum thaaya | Like a mother who feeds lovingly again and again |
| Kaadhal yenthathoo | Does love lift us this high? |
| Male | |
| Mocha kotta pallu paatha | Seeing teeth like field-bean seeds |
| Velli vairam venaamee | Silver and diamonds are no longer needed |
| Echi vachu neeyum thantha | When you share food tasted by you |
| Vellam agum ellaamee… | Everything turns into sweet jaggery... |
| Male | |
| Sippi muthu nee sirikka | When you smile showing pearl-like teeth |
| Natchathiram kaiveesum | , The stars wave back at us |
| Mothathula paal vaasam | Altogether, there is a smell of pure milk |
| Male | |
| Sottangalla solatura parva | A look that spins dice |
| Ammi vechu araikuthamma | Is grinding me like on a grinding stone |
| Thattan pola methakura manasu | The heart floating like a dragonfly |
| Kuttikaranam adikuthamma | Is somersaulting in joy |
| Male | |
| Cholakattu yana pola | Like an elephant charging through a cornfield |
| Nenjukulla payuriye | You pounce into my heart |
| Seeni mela eeya neeyum | Like a fly hovering over sugar |
| Echi vaika meyuriyee | You graze to leave your sweet touch |
| Male | |
| Pokka neeyum | Without any waste, you |
| Nellaa thoothuriyee yee yee | Winnow the paddy grains |
| Kalli pala | The bitter cactus fruit |
| Thena maathuriyee yee yee… | You transform into sweet honey... |
சொட்டாங்கல்லா சுழட்டுற பார்வ
அம்மி வெச்சு அரைக்குதம்மா
தட்டான் போல மெத்தகுற மனசு
குட்டிகரணம் அடிகுதம்மா
A look that spins dice
Is grinding me like on a grinding stone
The heart floating like a dragonfly
Is somersaulting in joy
சோழகாட்டு யானை போல
நெஞ்சுக்குள்ள பாயுறியே
சீனி மேல ஈயா நீயும்
எச்சி வைக்க மேயுரியே… யே…
Like an elephant charging through a cornfield
You pounce into my heart
Like a fly hovering over sugar
You graze to leave your sweet touch
பொக்க நீயும்
நெல்லா தூத்துறியே… யே… யே…
கள்ளி பால தேனா
மாத்துறியே… யே… யே…
Without any waste, you
Winnow the paddy grains
The bitter cactus fruit
You transform into sweet honey
வெக்க வந்தா நீதான் ஈரம்
வெயிலுக்கு நீராகாரம்
கும்மிருட்டில் கோடி கோயில்
தீபம் நீதானே
When heat arrives, you are the cool moisture
For the scorching sun, you are refreshing rice water
In pitch darkness, a ten-million-temple
Light of a lamp, you truly are
அள்ளி திங்க நீதான் சாதம்
அங்காயம்மன் சாமி பாதம்
கப்பி கல்லு தாகம் தீக்கும்
மேகம் நீதானே
To scoop up and eat, you are the staple rice
The sacred feet of Goddess Angayamman
Even dry pebbles quenching thirst
You are that rain cloud...
சுட்ட மண்ணு உன் கை அள்ள
சொக்க தங்கம் ஆனேனே
கிட்டிபுள்ளா நீயும் தட்ட
ஏரோபிளேனா போனேனே
Baked clay in your hands
Turned into pure shining gold
When you strike the tip-cat stick
I soared high like an airplane
அள்ளி உன்ன நா எடுக்க
அத்தனையும் உன் வாசம்
கக்கத்துல ஆகாசம்
When I scoop you up in my arms
Everything carries your sweet aroma
The vast sky feels tucked right under my arm
ஒட்டு தின்ன ஓரம் ஆடு
ஒத்தாசைக்கு ஏது ஈடு
தொட்டு என்ன நீயும் தூக்க
காலம் மாறாதோ
A goat grazing along the edges
What can equal your helpful heart?
When you touch and lift me up
Won't time itself change for the better?
சொந்தம் உன்ன சேர்ந்த வீடு
சுள்ளி வச்ச மைனா கூடு
அள்ளி அள்ளி ஊட்டும்
தாய காதல் ஏந்தாத்தோ
The house that brought your kinship in
Is like a myna's nest built with twigs
Like a mother who feeds lovingly again and again
Does love lift us this high?
மொச்சை கொட்ட பல்லு பாத்தா
வெள்ளி வைரம் வேணாமே
எச்சி வச்சு நீயும் தந்தா
வெல்லும் அகும் எல்லாமே…
Seeing teeth like field-bean seeds
Silver and diamonds are no longer needed
When you share food tasted by you
Everything turns into sweet jaggery...
சிப்பி முத்து நீ சிரிக்க
நட்சத்திரம் கைவீசும்
முத்ததுல பால் வாசம்
When you smile showing pearl-like teeth
, The stars wave back at us
Altogether, there is a smell of pure milk
சொட்டாங்கல்லா சுழட்டுற பார்வ
அம்மி வெச்சு அரைக்குதம்மா
தட்டான் போல மெத்தகுற மனசு
குட்டிகரணம் அடிகுதம்மா
A look that spins dice
Is grinding me like on a grinding stone
The heart floating like a dragonfly
Is somersaulting in joy
சோழகாட்டு யானை போல
நெஞ்சுக்குள்ள பாயுறியே
சீனி மேல ஈயா நீயும்
எச்சி வைக்க மேயுரியே… யே…
Like an elephant charging through a cornfield
You pounce into my heart
Like a fly hovering over sugar
You graze to leave your sweet touch
பொக்க நீயும்
நெல்லா தூத்துறியே… யே… யே…
கள்ளி பால தேனா
மாத்துறியே… யே… யே…
Without any waste, you
Winnow the paddy grains
The bitter cactus fruit
You transform into sweet honey...
Sottangalla solatura parva
A look that spins dice
Ammi vechu araikuthamma
Is grinding me like on a grinding stone
Thattan pola methakura manasu
The heart floating like a dragonfly
Kuttikaranam adikuthamma
Is somersaulting in joy
Cholakattu yana pola
Like an elephant charging through a cornfield
Nenjukulla payuriye
You pounce into my heart
Seeni mela eeya neeyum
Like a fly hovering over sugar
Echi vaika meyuriyeee
You graze to leave your sweet touch
Pokka neeyum
Without any waste, you
Nellaa thoothuriyee yee yee
Winnow the paddy grains
Kalli pala
The bitter cactus fruit
Thena maathuriyee yee yee
You transform into sweet honey
Vekka vanthaa neethan eeram
When heat arrives, you are the cool moisture
Veyilukku neeraaharam
For the scorching sun, you are refreshing rice water
Kummiruttil kodi koil
In pitch darkness, a ten-million-temple
Deepam neethanee
Light of a lamp, you truly are
Alli thinga neethan saadham
To scoop up and eat, you are the staple rice
Angayamman saami padham
The sacred feet of Goddess Angayamman
Kappi kallu dhagam theekkum
Even dry pebbles quenching thirst
Megam neethanee…
You are that rain cloud...
Sutta mannu on kai alla
Baked clay in your hands
Sokka thangam aaneenee
Turned into pure shining gold
Kittipulla neeyum thatta
When you strike the tip-cat stick
Aeroplane ahh pooneenee
I soared high like an airplane
Alli unna naa edukka
When I scoop you up in my arms
Athanaiyum on vaasam
Everything carries your sweet aroma
Kakkathula aahaasam
The vast sky feels tucked right under my arm
Ottu thinna ooram aadu
A goat grazing along the edges
Othaasaikku yethu eedu
What can equal your helpful heart?
Thottu enna neeyum thookka
When you touch and lift me up
Kalam maaraatho
Won't time itself change for the better?
Sontham unna sertha veedu
The house that brought your kinship in
Sulli vacha maina koodu
Is like a myna's nest built with twigs
Alli alli ootum thaaya
Like a mother who feeds lovingly again and again
Kaadhal yenthathoo
Does love lift us this high?
Mocha kotta pallu paatha
Seeing teeth like field-bean seeds
Velli vairam venaamee
Silver and diamonds are no longer needed
Echi vachu neeyum thantha
When you share food tasted by you
Vellam agum ellaamee…
Everything turns into sweet jaggery...
Sippi muthu nee sirikka
When you smile showing pearl-like teeth
Natchathiram kaiveesum
, The stars wave back at us
Mothathula paal vaasam
Altogether, there is a smell of pure milk
Sottangalla solatura parva
A look that spins dice
Ammi vechu araikuthamma
Is grinding me like on a grinding stone
Thattan pola methakura manasu
The heart floating like a dragonfly
Kuttikaranam adikuthamma
Is somersaulting in joy
Cholakattu yana pola
Like an elephant charging through a cornfield
Nenjukulla payuriye
You pounce into my heart
Seeni mela eeya neeyum
Like a fly hovering over sugar
Echi vaika meyuriyee
You graze to leave your sweet touch
Pokka neeyum
Without any waste, you
Nellaa thoothuriyee yee yee
Winnow the paddy grains
Kalli pala
The bitter cactus fruit
Thena maathuriyee yee yee…
You transform into sweet honey...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This soulful folk track expresses innocent, deep affection and gratitude towards a loved one or maternal figure who brings joy, light, and transformation into the protagonist's life. Using rich rural imagery from Tamil folklore and daily rustic life—such as grinding stones, dragonflies, maize fields, cactus fruit turning to honey, and field beans—the song describes how the loved one elevates mundane, hard life into golden sweetness. The narrator feels like a clay figure transformed into gold by their presence.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Thattan pola methakura manasu”
Compares the floating, joyous mind to a floating dragonfly ('Thattan pola methakura manasu').
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Megam neethanee…”
Directly identifies the beloved person as a comforting rain cloud that quenches all thirst ('Megam neethanee').
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navortchi)
“Kakkathula aahaasam”
Exaggerates the feeling of joy, claiming that holding the beloved makes the vast sky feel small enough to fit under one's armpit.
Assonance / Rhyme (Edugai)
“Sutta mannu on kai alla / Sokka thangam aaneenee”
Matching second letters in consecutive lines ('Sutta' and 'Sokka') creating a rhythmic folk cadence.
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Trivia
Composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar for the 2023 film 'Japan' starring Karthi, this song features vocals by singer-composer Sean Roldan. Lyricist Arunraja Kamaraj extensively incorporated traditional Tamil rural metaphors, folk games (like Kittipulla), and agrarian life terms (like Neeraaharam and Thoothuriyee) to give the track an authentic regional feel.
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