Thendralukku Endru
From Payanam 1976 Film · 1976
- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singer
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- Music director
- M. S. Vishwanathan
- Details
- Payanam 1976 Film1976
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Thendralukku endrum vayadhu | Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always |
| Pathinaarae andro | Sixteen? |
| Sevvaanathin vanna nilaavum | Isn't the colorful moon in the red evening sky |
| Chinnavalthaan andro | A young girl as well? |
| Male | |
| Thendralukku endrum vayadhu | Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always |
| Pathinaarae andro | Sixteen? |
| Sevvaanathin vanna nilaavum | Isn't the colorful moon in the red evening sky |
| Chinnavalthaan andro | A young girl as well? |
| Male | |
| Thendralukku endrum vayadhu | Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always |
| Pathinaarae andro | Sixteen? |
| Male | |
| {Velli thaeril ulla silaikku | For the idol residing in the silver chariot |
| Ennaal thirunaalo | When is the grand festival day? |
| Minnal meni mega kuzhalaal | With a lightning-like body and cloud-like hair |
| Thannai arivaalo} (2) | Will she come to know herself? (2) |
| Paal vanna poo mullai | Looking at the milk-white jasmine blossom |
| Paarthaal podhatho | Is that not enough? |
| Paalaivanathil kaaviri aaru | Will the Kaveri river in the desert |
| Bairavi paadatho | Not sing in the ragam Bhairavi? |
| Male | |
| Thendralukku endrum vayadhu | Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always |
| Pathinaarae andro | Sixteen? |
| Sevvaanathin vanna nilaavum | Isn't the colorful moon in the red evening sky |
| Chinnavalthaan andro | A young girl as well? |
| Male | |
| Thendralukku endrum vayadhu | Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always |
| Pathinaarae andro | Sixteen? |
| Male | |
| Kamban vandhaal kaviyam paada | If Kamban were to arrive and sing an epic |
| Karpanai oru kodi | Ten million imaginations would blossom |
| Kannan kanda raadhai kooda eedilladi | Even Krishna's beloved Radha is no match, my dear |
| Thaththi thaavum sithira muthu | The hopping and bounding artistic pearl |
| Sippiyil vilaiyaadi | Playing inside the seashell |
| Thazhuva pogum thalaivan yaaro | Who is the hero destined to embrace her |
| Kaadhal uravaadi | In a bond of divine love? |
| Male | |
| Thendralukku endrum vayadhu | Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always |
| Pathinaarae andro | Sixteen? |
| Male | |
| {Pattuchaelai kattum solai | The garden clad in a silk saree |
| Vaaduthu kan pattu | Withers under evil eyes |
| Panneer sombu munnaal nindru | Standing before us with a pot of rosewater |
| Vaavendradhu} (2) | It invited us to enter (2) |
| Ethanai solli ithanai azhagai | Expressing so much, how can I sing |
| Naan paaduven | Of all this exquisite beauty? |
| Inba thamizhil ullathaiyellaam | Whatever resides in sweet Tamil |
| Alli tharugindren | I gather and offer it all to you |
| Male | |
| Thendralukku endrum vayadhu | Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always |
| Pathinaarae andro | Sixteen? |
| Sevvaanathin vanna nilaavum | Isn't the colorful moon in the red evening sky |
| Chinnavalthaan andro | A young girl as well? |
| Male | |
| Thendralukku endrum vayadhu | Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always |
| Pathinaarae andro | Sixteen? |
தென்றலுக்கு என்றும் வயது
பதினாறே அன்றோ
செவ்வானத்தில் வண்ண நிலாவும்
சின்னவள்தான் அன்றோ
Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always
Sixteen?
Isn't the colorful moon in the red evening sky
A young girl as well?
தென்றலுக்கு என்றும் வயது
பதினாறே அன்றோ
செவ்வானத்தில் வண்ண நிலாவும்
சின்னவள்தான் அன்றோ
Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always
Sixteen?
Isn't the colorful moon in the red evening sky
A young girl as well?
தென்றலுக்கு என்றும் வயது
பதினாறே அன்றோ
Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always
Sixteen?
{வெள்ளித்தேரில் உள்ள சிலைக்கு
எந்நாள் திருநாளோ
மின்னல் மேனி மேகக் குழலால்
தன்னை அறிவாளோ} (2)
பால் வண்ணம் பூ முல்லை
பார்த்தால் போதாதோ
பாலைவனத்தில் காவிரியாறு
பைரவி பாடாதோ
For the idol residing in the silver chariot
When is the grand festival day?
With a lightning-like body and cloud-like hair
Will she come to know herself? (2)
Looking at the milk-white jasmine blossom
Is that not enough?
Will the Kaveri river in the desert
Not sing in the ragam Bhairavi?
தென்றலுக்கு என்றும் வயது
பதினாறே அன்றோ
செவ்வானத்தில் வண்ண நிலாவும்
சின்னவள்தான் அன்றோ
Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always
Sixteen?
Isn't the colorful moon in the red evening sky
A young girl as well?
தென்றலுக்கு என்றும் வயது
பதினாறே அன்றோ
Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always
Sixteen?
கம்பன் வந்தால் காவியம் பாட
கற்பனை ஒரு கோடி
கண்ணன் கண்ட ராதை கூட ஈடில்லடி
தத்தித் தாவும் சித்திர முத்து
சிப்பியில் விளையாடி
தழுவப்போகும் தலைவன் யாரோ
காதல் உறவாடி
If Kamban were to arrive and sing an epic
Ten million imaginations would blossom
Even Krishna's beloved Radha is no match, my dear
The hopping and bounding artistic pearl
Playing inside the seashell
Who is the hero destined to embrace her
In a bond of divine love?
தென்றலுக்கு என்றும் வயது
பதினாறே அன்றோ
Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always
Sixteen?
{பட்டுச்சேலை கட்டும் சோலை
வாடுது கண் பட்டு
பன்னீர் சொம்பும் முன்னால் நின்று
வாவென்றது} (2)
எத்தனை சொல்லி இத்தனை அழகை
நான் பாடுவேன்
இன்பத் தமிழில் உள்ளதையெல்லாம்
அள்ளித் தருகின்றேன்
The garden clad in a silk saree
Withers under evil eyes
Standing before us with a pot of rosewater
It invited us to enter (2)
Expressing so much, how can I sing
Of all this exquisite beauty?
Whatever resides in sweet Tamil
I gather and offer it all to you
தென்றலுக்கு என்றும் வயது
பதினாறே அன்றோ
செவ்வானத்தில் வண்ண நிலாவும்
சின்னவள்தான் அன்றோ
Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always
Sixteen?
Isn't the colorful moon in the red evening sky
A young girl as well?
தென்றலுக்கு என்றும் வயது
பதினாறே அன்றோ
Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always
Sixteen?
Thendralukku endrum vayadhu
Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always
Pathinaarae andro
Sixteen?
Sevvaanathin vanna nilaavum
Isn't the colorful moon in the red evening sky
Chinnavalthaan andro
A young girl as well?
Thendralukku endrum vayadhu
Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always
Pathinaarae andro
Sixteen?
Sevvaanathin vanna nilaavum
Isn't the colorful moon in the red evening sky
Chinnavalthaan andro
A young girl as well?
Thendralukku endrum vayadhu
Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always
Pathinaarae andro
Sixteen?
{Velli thaeril ulla silaikku
For the idol residing in the silver chariot
Ennaal thirunaalo
When is the grand festival day?
Minnal meni mega kuzhalaal
With a lightning-like body and cloud-like hair
Thannai arivaalo} (2)
Will she come to know herself? (2)
Paal vanna poo mullai
Looking at the milk-white jasmine blossom
Paarthaal podhatho
Is that not enough?
Paalaivanathil kaaviri aaru
Will the Kaveri river in the desert
Bairavi paadatho
Not sing in the ragam Bhairavi?
Thendralukku endrum vayadhu
Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always
Pathinaarae andro
Sixteen?
Sevvaanathin vanna nilaavum
Isn't the colorful moon in the red evening sky
Chinnavalthaan andro
A young girl as well?
Thendralukku endrum vayadhu
Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always
Pathinaarae andro
Sixteen?
Kamban vandhaal kaviyam paada
If Kamban were to arrive and sing an epic
Karpanai oru kodi
Ten million imaginations would blossom
Kannan kanda raadhai kooda eedilladi
Even Krishna's beloved Radha is no match, my dear
Thaththi thaavum sithira muthu
The hopping and bounding artistic pearl
Sippiyil vilaiyaadi
Playing inside the seashell
Thazhuva pogum thalaivan yaaro
Who is the hero destined to embrace her
Kaadhal uravaadi
In a bond of divine love?
Thendralukku endrum vayadhu
Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always
Pathinaarae andro
Sixteen?
{Pattuchaelai kattum solai
The garden clad in a silk saree
Vaaduthu kan pattu
Withers under evil eyes
Panneer sombu munnaal nindru
Standing before us with a pot of rosewater
Vaavendradhu} (2)
It invited us to enter (2)
Ethanai solli ithanai azhagai
Expressing so much, how can I sing
Naan paaduven
Of all this exquisite beauty?
Inba thamizhil ullathaiyellaam
Whatever resides in sweet Tamil
Alli tharugindren
I gather and offer it all to you
Thendralukku endrum vayadhu
Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always
Pathinaarae andro
Sixteen?
Sevvaanathin vanna nilaavum
Isn't the colorful moon in the red evening sky
Chinnavalthaan andro
A young girl as well?
Thendralukku endrum vayadhu
Isn't the age of the gentle breeze always
Pathinaarae andro
Sixteen?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This classic song celebrates eternal youth, feminine beauty, and romantic longing through vivid imagery of nature. The lyrics assert that nature—symbolized by the gentle breeze (thendral) and the twilight moon—is perennially sixteen years old, representing timeless freshness. Kannadasan crafts rich allegories comparing the heroine to a temple deity on a silver chariot, a pristine jasmine, and a rare pearl playing within a shell.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uvamai / Uruvagam)
“Thendralukku endrum vayadhu Pathinaarae andro”
Compares the freshness of the breeze and twilight moon to a 16-year-old youth, symbolizing everlasting beauty.
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navortchi)
“Kannan kanda raadhai kooda eedilladi”
Extolling the heroine's supreme beauty by stating that even Radha, praised in classical legends by Lord Krishna, cannot compare to her.
Personification (Maanidamayamaakkal)
“Paalaivanathil kaaviri aaru Bairavi paadatho”
Attributes human traits to nature, describing the desert river singing in Bhairavi ragam and the garden dressed in a silk saree welcoming guests with rosewater.
Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Paal vanna poo mullai / Paarthaal podhatho / Paalaivanathil kaaviri aaru”
Repetition of the 'P' sound at the beginning of words across consecutive lines.
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Trivia
Written by the iconic lyricist Kannadasan for the 1976 film 'Payanam', the line 'Thendralukku endrum vayadhu pathinaaru' became a legendary phrase in Tamil popular culture, frequently quoted to describe timeless elegance and youth.
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