Thangaa Thaamarai Magalae
From Minsara Kanavu · 1997
- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singers
- Balasubrahmanyam, Malgudi Subha
- Music director
- A. R. Rahman
- Details
- Minsara Kanavu1997
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| {Thangaa thaamarai magalae vaa arugae | Oh golden lotus daughter, come near me. |
| Thathi thaavudhu manamae vaa azhagae | My heart leaps and pounces, come my beauty. |
| Vellam manmadha vellam siru virisal kandadhu ullam | A flood, a flood of desire! My heart has developed a small crack. |
| Ivaiyellaam pennae unnaalae} (2) | All of these, oh woman, are because of you. |
| Thangaa thaamarai magalae ilam magalae vaa arugae | Oh golden lotus daughter, young maiden, come near me. |
| Male | |
| Sezhitha azhagil sivandhu nirkum sendhenae – en | Oh sweet red honey standing flushed in lush beauty – my... |
| Kazhuthu varaiyil aasai vandhu nindrenae | Desire has risen and stands up to my neck. |
| Veritha kannaal kangal vizhunghum penmaanae – un | Oh gentle deer of a woman who devours eyes with a staring glance – in... |
| Kanatha koondhalin kaattukkullae kaanaamal naan ponenae | The dense forest of your thick hair, I have gotten lost. |
| Irudhayathin ullae olai ondru kodhikka | As a surge boils inside my heart, |
| Endha moodi pottu naan ennai maraikka | With what lid can I cover and hide myself? |
| Thodattumaa thollai neekka | Shall I touch you to remove this agony? |
| Male | |
| Thangaa thaamarai magalae vaa arugae | Oh golden lotus daughter, come near me. |
| Thathi thaavudhu manamae vaa azhagae | My heart leaps and pounces, come my beauty. |
| Male | |
| Parakkum vandugal poovil koodum kaarkaalam | It is the rainy season when flying bees gather on flowers. |
| Kanaikkum thavalai thunaiyai cherum kaarkaalam | It is the rainy season when croaking frogs seek out their mates. |
| Pirindha kuyilum pedai thedum kaarkaalam | It is the rainy season when separated cuckoos search for partners. |
| Pirindhirukkum uyiraiyellaam pinaithuvaikkum kaarkaalam | It is the rainy season that binds together all separated souls. |
| Nagam kadikkum pennae adakkaadhae aasai | Oh woman biting your nails, do not suppress your desire. |
| Naagareegam paarthaal nadakkaadhu poojai | If we worry about etiquette, the sacred ritual of love will not happen. |
| Nerukkamae kaadhal baashai | Intimacy is the true language of love. |
| Male | |
| Thangaa thaamarai magalae vaa arugae | Oh golden lotus daughter, come near me. |
| Thathi thaavudhu manamae vaa azhagae | My heart leaps and pounces, come my beauty. |
| Vellam manmadha vellam siru virisal kandadhu ullam | A flood, a flood of desire! My heart has developed a small crack. |
| Ivaiyellaam pennae unnaalae | All of these, oh woman, are because of you. |
| Male | |
| Thangaa thaamarai magalae | Oh golden lotus daughter, |
| Thathi thaavudhu manamae | My heart leaps and pounces, |
| Thangaa thaamarai magalae | Oh golden lotus daughter, |
| Thathi thaavudhu manamae vaaa | My heart leaps and pounces, come... |
{ தங்கத் தாமரை
மகளே வா அருகே தத்தித்
தாவுது மனமே வா அழகே
வெள்ளம் மன்மத வெள்ளம்
சிறு விாிசல் கண்டது உள்ளம்
இவை எல்லாம் பெண்ணே
உன்னாலே } (2)
தங்கத் தாமரை மகளே இளம்
மகளே வா அருகே
Oh golden lotus daughter, come near me.
My heart leaps and pounces, come my beauty.
A flood, a flood of desire! My heart has developed a small crack.
All of these, oh woman, are because of you.
Oh golden lotus daughter, young maiden, come near me.
செழித்த அழகில்
சிவந்து நிற்கும் செந்தேனே
என் கழுத்து வரையில் ஆசை
வந்து நின்றேனே வெறித்த
கண்ணால் கண்கள் விழுங்கும்
பெண்மானே உன் கனத்த
கூந்தலின் காட்டுக்குள்ளே
காணாமல் நான் போனேனே
இருதயத்தின் உள்ளே உலை
ஒன்று கொதிக்க எந்த மூடி
போட்டு நான் என்னை மறைக்க
தொடட்டுமா தொல்லை நீக்க
Oh sweet red honey standing flushed in lush beauty – my...
Desire has risen and stands up to my neck.
Oh gentle deer of a woman who devours eyes with a staring glance – in...
The dense forest of your thick hair, I have gotten lost.
As a surge boils inside my heart,
With what lid can I cover and hide myself?
Shall I touch you to remove this agony?
தங்கத் தாமரை
மகளே வா அருகே தத்தித்
தாவுது மனமே வா அழகே
Oh golden lotus daughter, come near me.
My heart leaps and pounces, come my beauty.
பறக்கும் வண்டுகள்
பூவில் கூடும் காா்காலம்
கனைக்கும் தவளை துணையைச்
சேரும் காா்காலம் பிாிந்த குயிலும்
பேடை தேடும் காா்காலம்
பிாிந்திருக்கும் உயிரை எல்லாம்
பிணைத்து வைக்கும் காா்காலம்
நகம் கடிக்கும் பெண்ணே அடக்காதே
ஆசை நாகரீகம் பாா்த்தால் நடக்காது
பூஜை நெருக்கமே காதல் பாஷை
It is the rainy season when flying bees gather on flowers.
It is the rainy season when croaking frogs seek out their mates.
It is the rainy season when separated cuckoos search for partners.
It is the rainy season that binds together all separated souls.
Oh woman biting your nails, do not suppress your desire.
If we worry about etiquette, the sacred ritual of love will not happen.
Intimacy is the true language of love.
தங்கத் தாமரை
மகளே வா அருகே தத்தித்
தாவுது மனமே வா அழகே
வெள்ளம் மன்மத வெள்ளம்
சிறு விாிசல் கண்டது உள்ளம்
இவை எல்லாம் பெண்ணே
Oh golden lotus daughter, come near me.
My heart leaps and pounces, come my beauty.
A flood, a flood of desire! My heart has developed a small crack.
All of these, oh woman, are because of you.
தங்கத் தாமரை மகளே
தத்தித் தாவுது மனமே
தங்கத் தாமரை மகளே
தத்தித் தாவுது மனமே வா
Oh golden lotus daughter,
My heart leaps and pounces,
Oh golden lotus daughter,
My heart leaps and pounces, come...
{Thangaa thaamarai magalae vaa arugae
Oh golden lotus daughter, come near me.
Thathi thaavudhu manamae vaa azhagae
My heart leaps and pounces, come my beauty.
Vellam manmadha vellam siru virisal kandadhu ullam
A flood, a flood of desire! My heart has developed a small crack.
Ivaiyellaam pennae unnaalae} (2)
All of these, oh woman, are because of you.
Thangaa thaamarai magalae ilam magalae vaa arugae
Oh golden lotus daughter, young maiden, come near me.
Sezhitha azhagil sivandhu nirkum sendhenae – en
Oh sweet red honey standing flushed in lush beauty – my...
Kazhuthu varaiyil aasai vandhu nindrenae
Desire has risen and stands up to my neck.
Veritha kannaal kangal vizhunghum penmaanae – un
Oh gentle deer of a woman who devours eyes with a staring glance – in...
Kanatha koondhalin kaattukkullae kaanaamal naan ponenae
The dense forest of your thick hair, I have gotten lost.
Irudhayathin ullae olai ondru kodhikka
As a surge boils inside my heart,
Endha moodi pottu naan ennai maraikka
With what lid can I cover and hide myself?
Thodattumaa thollai neekka
Shall I touch you to remove this agony?
Thangaa thaamarai magalae vaa arugae
Oh golden lotus daughter, come near me.
Thathi thaavudhu manamae vaa azhagae
My heart leaps and pounces, come my beauty.
Parakkum vandugal poovil koodum kaarkaalam
It is the rainy season when flying bees gather on flowers.
Kanaikkum thavalai thunaiyai cherum kaarkaalam
It is the rainy season when croaking frogs seek out their mates.
Pirindha kuyilum pedai thedum kaarkaalam
It is the rainy season when separated cuckoos search for partners.
Pirindhirukkum uyiraiyellaam pinaithuvaikkum kaarkaalam
It is the rainy season that binds together all separated souls.
Nagam kadikkum pennae adakkaadhae aasai
Oh woman biting your nails, do not suppress your desire.
Naagareegam paarthaal nadakkaadhu poojai
If we worry about etiquette, the sacred ritual of love will not happen.
Nerukkamae kaadhal baashai
Intimacy is the true language of love.
Thangaa thaamarai magalae vaa arugae
Oh golden lotus daughter, come near me.
Thathi thaavudhu manamae vaa azhagae
My heart leaps and pounces, come my beauty.
Vellam manmadha vellam siru virisal kandadhu ullam
A flood, a flood of desire! My heart has developed a small crack.
Ivaiyellaam pennae unnaalae
All of these, oh woman, are because of you.
Thangaa thaamarai magalae
Oh golden lotus daughter,
Thathi thaavudhu manamae
My heart leaps and pounces,
Thangaa thaamarai magalae
Oh golden lotus daughter,
Thathi thaavudhu manamae vaaa
My heart leaps and pounces, come...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Thanga Thamarai Magale from Minsara Kanavu is a passionate song expressing deep romantic yearning and desire. The protagonist praises his beloved, describing how her beauty overwhelms him and fills his heart with an uncontrollable surge of love, likened to a flood breaching a dam.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Urvagam)
“Thangaa thaamarai magalae vaa arugae”
Compares the woman to a golden lotus daughter ('Thangaa thaamarai magalae') and her thick hair to a dense forest ('kaattukkullae').
Hyperbole (Uyarpunavarchi)
“Kazhuthu varaiyil aasai vandhu nindrenae”
Exaggerates desire by stating it has filled up all the way to the neck.
Epiphora (Iyaibu)
“Parakkum vandugal poovil koodum kaarkaalam”
Repetition of the word 'kaarkaalam' (rainy season) at the end of consecutive lines to create a rhythmic, seasonal motif.
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Trivia
Composed by A.R. Rahman with lyrics by Vairamuthu, this iconic song won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for S.P. Balasubrahmanyam as well as the National Film Award for Best Lyrics for Vairamuthu in 1997.
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