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Sugamana Sindhanai

From Taxi Driver · 1978

Lyricist
Kannadasan
Singers
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
Music director
M. S. Vishwanathan
Movie name
Taxi Driver
Movie release year
1978
Lyrics added on
21 Apr 2024

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Sugamaana sinthanaiyil idhamaana uravodu
Sorkkangal varugindrana
Manam pola maangalyam
Ini veru edhu vendum
Manam pola maangalyam
Ini veru edhu vendum
Maalaigal manakkindrana
Manamaalaigal manakkindrana
Sugamaana sinthanaiyil idhamaana uravaadu
Sorkkangal varugindrana
Azhagaana thirumaeni vilaiyaadum maithaanam
Ini enthan maarballavo
Female :Aa….aa…aa…
Azhagaana thirumaeni vilaiyaadum maithaanam
Ini enthan maarballavo
Female :Adhai pondra manimaedai
Ulagengum kidaiyaathu
Adhai pondra manimedai
Ulagengum kidaiyaathu
Adhai pondra sugamallavo…oo….oo…oo…
Maitheettum nayanagal
Mazhaimega nadanangal
Vilaiyaadum idamallavo….oo…oo…
Malarmanjam namathallavo…
Female :Aa…aa….aa….
Sugamaana sinthanaiyil idhamaana uravaadu
Sorkkangal varugindrana
………………
Aagaayam nee paarkka un saayal naan paarkka
Anantham vilaiyaaduthu
Male :Amuthaana kulirkaalam adharketra sugaraagam
Adhai enni manam paaduthu
Irandaaga illaamal ondraaga silaneram
Irukkindra nilayallavo
Idhu inbaththin kalaiyallavo
In sweet thoughts and comforting intimacy,
Heaven comes to us.
A marriage just as our hearts desired,
What more could we need now?
A marriage just as our hearts desired,
What more could we need now?
The flower garlands are fragrant,
The wedding garlands spread their sweet fragrance.
In sweet thoughts and comforting intimacy,
Heaven comes to us.
The playground where your lovely body can rest and play,
Isn't it my chest from now on?
Female: Aah... aah... aah...
The playground where your lovely body can rest and play,
Isn't it my chest from now on?
Female: A precious stage like that
Cannot be found anywhere in the world.
A precious stage like that
Cannot be found anywhere in the world.
Isn't that such wonderful bliss? Oh...
With eyes lined in kohl
And the dancing of rain clouds,
Isn't this where they come to play? Oh...
Isn't this bed of flowers ours?
Female: Aah... aah... aah...
In sweet thoughts and comforting intimacy,
Heaven comes to us.
...
As you look at the sky and I gaze at your face,
Pure joy begins to play.
Male: A winter sweet as nectar, and a pleasant melody to match,
Thinking of this, my heart sings.
Not remaining as two, but becoming one at times,
Isn't that the state we are in?
Isn't this the very art of bliss?
Female
Female
Male
Male
Male
Female
Chorus
Female
Female

Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Sugamaana Sinthanaiyil from the movie Taxi Driver (1978) is a romantic duet expressing marital bliss, intimate togetherness, and poetic romance. The lovers celebrate their union, comparing their shared love and embrace to heavenly joy and describing the beauty of their emotional and physical oneness. Kannadasan's lyrics artfully weave sensual imagery with spiritual fulfillment, set to M.S. Viswanathan's soulful melody.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagham)

“Azhagaana thirumaeni vilaiyaadum maithaanam Ini enthan maarballavo”

The speaker compares his chest to a playground where the beloved's beauty resides.

Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)

“Sugamaana sinthanaiyil idhamaana uravodu”

Repetition of initial consonant sounds ('S' in Sugamaana / Sinthanaiyil, 'M' in Manam / Maangalyam).

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

“Idhu inbaththin kalaiyallavo”

Matching ending sounds with rhetorical questioning suffix ('allavo') across multiple lines.

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Trivia

Composed by M. S. Viswanathan with lyrics by Kannadasan, this duet rendered by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and S. Janaki is celebrated for its lush 1970s orchestration and poetic expression of post-nuptial romance.

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