- Lyricist
- Vivek
- Music director
- A. R. Rahman
- Movie name
- Lal Salaam
- Movie release year
- 2024
- Lyrics added on
- 30 Oct 2023
Lyrics & meaning
♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Santhana maarikuthan
Saduthyil oru kolava
Saduthyil oru kolava
Ooooooo…oooo
Namma mangalamaa vaazha
Podungamma kolava
Podungamma kolava
Ooooooo…oooo
Namma yeri kolam neranjida
Podungamma kolava
Podungamma kolava
Ooooooo…oooo
Ooo… namma panjam theera
Podungamma kolava
Podungamma kolava
Ooooooo…oooo
Aey odikalacha sanam
Thedi kalacha sanam
Thana maranthu vanthu
Aadi elappaara
Ther thiruvizha
Female :Ther thiruvizha
Male :Ther thiruvizha
Female :Ther thiruvizha
Oh namma ther thiruvizha
Female :Namma ther thiruvizha
Male :Namma ther thiruvizha
Female :Namma ther thiruvizha
Ae thaniyagi odappakkam
Thoongi vazhinja maram
Kilai oram sontham sera pookuthe
Female :Pookuthe pookuthe
Oh hoo pookuthe pookuthe
Maattukkum seer undu
Poonaikum meen thundu
Vaguppukku viduppu vittom
Varumaikkum viduppu vittaom
Mathaalamum pichchikittu
Moththa sanam kottamida
Thannaane naane naana
Female :Ther thiruvizha
Male :Thannaane naane naana
Female :Ther thiruvizha
Thannaane naane naana
Female :Namma ther thiruvizha
Male :Thannaane naane naana
Female :Namma ther thiruvizha
Humming ……………
Mattaan thozhuvaththula
Maatteruva alliyaanthu
Aattaan thozhuvaththula
Aatteruva alliyaanthu
Hoi hoi hoi ..hoi hoi hoi
Mattaan thozhuvaththula
Maatteruva alliyaanthu
Aattaan thozhuvaththula
Aatteruva alliyaanthu
Kattaa eru perukki
Kaaranama eru idiththu
Kadala siru payiru
Kaaramani payiru
Ellaam siru payiru
Ezhuvagai mani payiru
Mola potta moona naalu
Enga muthu maari
Peyatho muthumazhi
Peyatho muthumazhi
Peyatho muthumazhi
Enga muthu maari
Odi kalacha sanam
Thedi kalacha sanam
Thanna maranthu vanthu
Aadi elappaara
Ther thiruvizha
Female :Ther thiruvizha
Male :Ther thiruvizha
Female :Ther thiruvizha
Oh namma ther thiruvizha
Female :Namma ther thiruvizha
Male :Namma ther thiruvizha
Female :Namma ther thiruvizha
Ae thaniyagi odappakkam
Thoongi vazhinja maram
Kilai oram sontham sera pookuthe
Female :Pookuthe pookuthe
Oh hoo pookuthe pookuthe
Maattukkum seer undu
Poonaikum meen thundu
Vaguppukku viduppu vittom
Varumaikkum viduppu vittaom
Mathaalamum pichchikittu
Moththa sanam kottamida
Thannaane naane naana
Female :Ther thiruvizha
Male :Thannaane naane naana
Female :Ther thiruvizha
Aathaa…poduuu
Kummiyadi penne kummiyadi
Nalla valaiyal kulunga kummiyadi
Kummiyadi penne kummiyadi
Nalla valaiyal kulunga kummiyadi
Kummiyadi penne kummiyadi
Varungaalam namakku kummiyadi
Kummiyadi penne kummiyadi
Varungaalam namakku kummiyadi
Makka manja kulikka
Maattu kombu poomanakka
Oorora kutti survaru
Poodura oosi pallilikka
Hoi hoi hoi hoi..hoi hoi hoi hoi
Theriyatha sonthamellam
Oru naalu onnu sera
Thaniyaana kaalu rendum
Thaayooru mannach sera
Enga pasi maraiya
Enga sami manam kulira
Santhosha kanneeruthaan
Enga muthu maari
Peyatho muthumazhi
Peyatho muthumazhi
Peyatho muthumazhi
Enga muthu maari
Odi kalacha sanam
Thedi kalacha sanam
Thanna maranthu vanthu
Aadi elappaara
Ther thiruvizha
Female :Ther thiruvizha
Male :Ther thiruvizha
Female :Ther thiruvizha
Oh namma ther thiruvizha
Female :Namma ther thiruvizha
Male :Namma ther thiruvizha
Female :Namma ther thiruvizha
Ae thaniyagi odappakkam
Thoongi vazhinja maram
Kilai oram sontham sera pookuthe
Female :Pookuthe pookuthe
Oh hoo pookuthe pookuthe
Maattukkum seer undu
Poonaikum meen thundu
Vaguppukku viduppu vittom
Varumaikkum viduppu vittaom
Mathaalamum pichchikittu
Moththa sanam kottamida
Thannaane naane naana
Female :Ther thiruvizha
Male :Thannaane naane naana
Female :Ther thiruvizha
For our Goddess Sandhana Mari,
Quick, raise a joyful ululation!
Quick, raise a joyful ululation!
Oh oh oh oh... oh oh oh oh
So that we all live in prosperity and joy,
Women, raise your ululations!
Women, raise your ululations!
Oh oh oh oh... oh oh oh oh
As our lakes and ponds fill to the brim,
Women, raise your ululations!
Women, raise your ululations!
Oh oh oh oh... oh oh oh oh
Oh, so our hardships and drought vanish,
Women, raise your ululations!
Women, raise your ululations!
Oh oh oh oh... oh oh oh oh
Hey, people worn out from rushing around,
People exhausted from searching all over,
Can forget their troubles and gather,
To dance and catch their breath...
It is the Chariot Festival!
Female: The Chariot Festival!
Male: The Chariot Festival!
Female: The Chariot Festival!
Oh, it is our Chariot Festival!
Female: Our Chariot Festival!
Male: Our Chariot Festival!
Female: Our Chariot Festival!
Hey, standing all alone by the stream,
The sleepy, drooping tree,
Now bursts into bloom as family gathers around its branches!
Female: It blooms, it blooms!
Oh hoo, it blooms, it blooms!
Even the cows receive special treats,
And even the cat gets a piece of fish!
We took a holiday from school,
And we gave poverty a holiday too!
As the folk drums burst into energetic beats,
And the whole crowd celebrates together!
Thannaane naane naanaa
Female: The Chariot Festival!
Male: Thannaane naane naanaa
Female: The Chariot Festival!
Thannaane naane naanaa
Female: Our Chariot Festival!
Male: Thannaane naane naanaa
Female: Our Chariot Festival!
[Humming]
In the cattle shed,
Gathering cow manure,
In the goat pen,
Gathering goat manure,
Hoy hoy hoy... hoy hoy hoy
In the cattle shed,
Gathering cow manure,
In the goat pen,
Gathering goat manure,
Sweeping up the dry compost,
Crushing and preparing the fertilizer with care,
Groundnuts and pulses,
Cowpeas and beans,
All varieties of small lentils,
All seven kinds of sacred grains,
Three days after sowing the sprouted seeds,
Our Mother Muthu Mari,
Brought down a shower of pearl-like rains!
Brought down a shower of pearl-like rains!
Brought down a shower of pearl-like rains!
Our Mother Muthu Mari!
People worn out from rushing around,
People exhausted from searching all over,
Can forget their troubles and gather,
To dance and catch their breath...
It is the Chariot Festival!
Female: The Chariot Festival!
Male: The Chariot Festival!
Female: The Chariot Festival!
Oh, it is our Chariot Festival!
Female: Our Chariot Festival!
Male: Our Chariot Festival!
Female: Our Chariot Festival!
Hey, standing all alone by the stream,
The sleepy, drooping tree,
Now bursts into bloom as family gathers around its branches!
Female: It blooms, it blooms!
Oh hoo, it blooms, it blooms!
Even the cows receive special treats,
And even the cat gets a piece of fish!
We took a holiday from school,
And we gave poverty a holiday too!
As the folk drums burst into energetic beats,
And the whole crowd celebrates together!
Thannaane naane naanaa
Female: The Chariot Festival!
Male: Thannaane naane naanaa
Female: The Chariot Festival!
Mother Goddess... let's dance!
Clap your hands and dance the kummi, girls, dance!
Dance the kummi so your lovely bangles jingle!
Clap your hands and dance the kummi, girls, dance!
Dance the kummi so your lovely bangles jingle!
Clap your hands and dance the kummi, girls, dance!
Dance the kummi for the bright future that is ours!
Clap your hands and dance the kummi, girls, dance!
Dance the kummi for the bright future that is ours!
As everyone bathes in sacred turmeric water,
And sweet-smelling flowers crown the horns of the cattle,
Even the broken short wall at the edge of the village,
Grins wide through the sprouting needle-grass!
Hoy hoy hoy hoy... hoy hoy hoy hoy
Relatives we had never met before,
All reunite as one on this blessed day,
Feet that once walked far away in loneliness,
Finally return to touch their mother village soil!
To make all our hunger vanish,
To bring peace and joy to our Goddess's heart,
These are tears of pure happiness!
Our Mother Muthu Mari,
Brought down a shower of pearl-like rains!
Brought down a shower of pearl-like rains!
Brought down a shower of pearl-like rains!
Our Mother Muthu Mari!
People worn out from rushing around,
People exhausted from searching all over,
Can forget their troubles and gather,
To dance and catch their breath...
It is the Chariot Festival!
Female: The Chariot Festival!
Male: The Chariot Festival!
Female: The Chariot Festival!
Oh, it is our Chariot Festival!
Female: Our Chariot Festival!
Male: Our Chariot Festival!
Female: Our Chariot Festival!
Hey, standing all alone by the stream,
The sleepy, drooping tree,
Now bursts into bloom as family gathers around its branches!
Female: It blooms, it blooms!
Oh hoo, it blooms, it blooms!
Even the cows receive special treats,
And even the cat gets a piece of fish!
We took a holiday from school,
And we gave poverty a holiday too!
As the folk drums burst into energetic beats,
And the whole crowd celebrates together!
Thannaane naane naanaa
Female: The Chariot Festival!
Male: Thannaane naane naanaa
Female: The Chariot Festival!
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Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
'Ther Thiruvizha' from Lal Salaam is an exuberant Tamil folk celebration song that captures the spirit, unity, and traditional grandeur of a village temple chariot festival. It depicts how villagers come together, leaving behind daily hardships, weariness, and poverty to celebrate communal harmony. Through rituals such as preparing sprout pots (mulaipari), raising joyful shrill calls (kulavai), performing Kummi folk dances, and decorating livestock, the song invokes Goddess Muthu Mariamman for timely rains, prosperity, and communal well-being.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Edhugai (Second letter rhyming in Tamil prosody)
“Odi kalacha sanam / Thedi kalacha sanam”
The second consonant 'di' rhymes across 'Odi' and 'Thedi'.
Monaik-Koorpu (Alliteration)
“Kummiyadi penne kummiyadi / Nalla valaiyal kulunga kummiyadi”
Repetition of the 'k' sound in 'Kummiyadi', 'kulunga', and 'Kummiyadi'.
Metaphor / Personification
“Ae thaniyagi odappakkam / Thoongi vazhinja maram / Kilai oram sontham sera pookuthe”
A lonely tree by the stream is personified as 'slumbering' and blooming with joy when kin gather around it.
Hyperbole / Metonymy
“Vaguppukku viduppu vittom / Varumaikkum viduppu vittaom”
Expressing extreme joy and communal relief by poetically declaring a holiday for poverty itself.
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Trivia
The track showcases A. R. Rahman's deep engagement with rural Tamil folk music forms like Kummi and Mulaipari. 'Lal Salaam' is directed by Aishwarya Rajinikanth and features Rajinikanth in an extended cameo appearance, centered around themes of communal harmony and sports in rural Tamil Nadu.
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