Uyirillamal Ulakinile Udalum
From Thozhan · 1960
- Lyricist
- A. Maruthakasi
- Singers
- Seerkazhi Govindarajan, Jikki
- Music director
- G. Ramanathan
- Details
- Thozhan1960
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Uyirillaamal ulaginilae | Can a body live in this world without a soul? |
| Udalum vaazhuma | Will a body even survive? |
| Payir illamal vayalinilae | Without crops in a field, |
| Pasumai thonuma | Will greenery ever appear? |
| Female | |
| Uyirillaamal ulaginilae | Can a body live in this world without a soul? |
| Udalum vaazhuma | Will a body even survive? |
| Payir illamal vayalinilae | Without crops in a field, |
| Pasumai thonuma | Will greenery ever appear? |
| Male | |
| Mazhai illamal ulaginilae | Without rain in this world, |
| Payirum vaazhuma | Can crops even survive? |
| Mazhai illamal ulaginilae | Without rain in this world, |
| Payirum vaazhuma | Can crops even survive? |
| Nilavillamal neelavaanam | Without the moon, can the blue sky |
| Oliyai kaanuma oliyai kaanuma | Behold any light, behold any light? |
| Nilavillamal neelavaanam | Without the moon, can the blue sky |
| Oliyai kaanuma oliyai kaanuma | Behold any light, behold any light? |
| Female | |
| Iyalum isaiyum inaindhidamal | Without literature and music uniting, |
| Geetham pirakkuma..aa… | Will a song ever be born? |
| Iyalum isaiyum inaindhidamal | Without literature and music uniting, |
| Geetham pirakkuma | Will a song ever be born? |
| Mugilai kandu aadidaamal | Without dancing upon seeing the rain clouds, |
| Mayilum irukkuma | Will a peacock ever remain? |
| Mugilai kandu aadidaamal | Without dancing upon seeing the rain clouds, |
| Mayilum irukkuma | Will a peacock ever remain? |
| Male | |
| Paruvakaalam thanimaiyilae | In youth, when spent in solitude, |
| Inimai kaanumae…aaa | Can sweetness ever be experienced? |
| Paruvakaalam thanimaiyilae | In youth, when spent in solitude, |
| Inimai kaanumae…aaa | Can sweetness ever be experienced? |
| Paasavalaiyil vilunthidamaal | Without falling into the web of affection, |
| Amaidhi kaanuma | Can peace ever be found? |
| Paasavalaiyil vilunthidamaal | Without falling into the web of affection, |
| Amaidhi kaanuma | Can peace ever be found? |
| Female | |
| Uravu konda ulam irandum | Will two hearts that have formed a bond |
| Pirivai virumbhuma | Ever desire separation? |
| Uravu konda ulam irandum | Will two hearts that have formed a bond |
| Pirivai virumbhuma | Ever desire separation? |
| Ummaiyindri enadhu vaazhvil | Without you in my life, |
| Inbam arumbhuma | Will happiness ever blossom? |
| Ummaiyindri enadhu vaazhvil | Without you in my life, |
| Inbam arumbhuma | Will happiness ever blossom? |
உயிரில்லாமல் உலகினிலே
உடலும் வாழுமா
பயிரில்லாமல் வயலினிலே
பசுமை தோணுமோ
Can a body live in this world without a soul?
Will a body even survive?
Without crops in a field,
Will greenery ever appear?
உயிரில்லாமல் உலகினிலே
உடலும் வாழுமா
பயிரில்லாமல் வயலினிலே
பசுமை தோணுமோ
Can a body live in this world without a soul?
Will a body even survive?
Without crops in a field,
Will greenery ever appear?
மழையில்லாமல் உலகினிலே
பயிரும் வாழுமா
மழையில்லாமல் உலகினிலே
பயிரும் வாழுமா
நிலவில்லாமல் நீலவானம்
ஒளியைக் காணுமா....
நிலவில்லாமல் நீலவானம்
ஒளியைக் காணுமா..
Without rain in this world,
Can crops even survive?
Without rain in this world,
Can crops even survive?
Without the moon, can the blue sky
Behold any light, behold any light?
Without the moon, can the blue sky
Behold any light, behold any light?
இயலும் இசையும் இணைந்திடாமல்
கீதம் பிறக்குமா
இயலும் இசையும் இணைந்திடாமல்
கீதம் பிறக்குமா
முகிலைக் கண்டு ஆடிடாமல்
மயிலும் இருக்குமா
முகிலைக் கண்டு ஆடிடாமல்
மயிலும் இருக்குமா
Without literature and music uniting,
Will a song ever be born?
Without literature and music uniting,
Will a song ever be born?
Without dancing upon seeing the rain clouds,
Will a peacock ever remain?
Without dancing upon seeing the rain clouds,
Will a peacock ever remain?
பருவக்காலம் தனிமையிலே
இனிமை காணுமா
பருவக்காலம் தனிமையிலே
இனிமை காணுமா
பாசவலையில் விழுந்திடாமல்
அமைதி காணுமா
பாசவலையில் விழுந்திடாமல்
அமைதி காணுமா
In youth, when spent in solitude,
Can sweetness ever be experienced?
In youth, when spent in solitude,
Can sweetness ever be experienced?
Without falling into the web of affection,
Can peace ever be found?
Without falling into the web of affection,
Can peace ever be found?
உறவு கொண்ட உளமிரண்டும்
பிரிவை விரும்புமா
உறவு கொண்ட உளமிரண்டும்
பிரிவை விரும்புமா
உம்மையன்றி எனது வாழ்வில்
இன்பம் அரும்புமா...!
உம்மையன்றி எனது வாழ்வில்
இன்பம் அரும்புமா...!
Will two hearts that have formed a bond
Ever desire separation?
Will two hearts that have formed a bond
Ever desire separation?
Without you in my life,
Will happiness ever blossom?
Without you in my life,
Will happiness ever blossom?
உயிரில்லாமல் உலகினிலே
உடலும் வாழுமா
பயிரில்லாமல் வயலினிலே
பசுமை தோணுமோ
பசுமை தோணுமோ
Uyirillaamal ulaginilae
Can a body live in this world without a soul?
Udalum vaazhuma
Will a body even survive?
Payir illamal vayalinilae
Without crops in a field,
Pasumai thonuma
Will greenery ever appear?
Uyirillaamal ulaginilae
Can a body live in this world without a soul?
Udalum vaazhuma
Will a body even survive?
Payir illamal vayalinilae
Without crops in a field,
Pasumai thonuma
Will greenery ever appear?
Mazhai illamal ulaginilae
Without rain in this world,
Payirum vaazhuma
Can crops even survive?
Mazhai illamal ulaginilae
Without rain in this world,
Payirum vaazhuma
Can crops even survive?
Nilavillamal neelavaanam
Without the moon, can the blue sky
Oliyai kaanuma oliyai kaanuma
Behold any light, behold any light?
Nilavillamal neelavaanam
Without the moon, can the blue sky
Oliyai kaanuma oliyai kaanuma
Behold any light, behold any light?
Iyalum isaiyum inaindhidamal
Without literature and music uniting,
Geetham pirakkuma..aa…
Will a song ever be born?
Iyalum isaiyum inaindhidamal
Without literature and music uniting,
Geetham pirakkuma
Will a song ever be born?
Mugilai kandu aadidaamal
Without dancing upon seeing the rain clouds,
Mayilum irukkuma
Will a peacock ever remain?
Mugilai kandu aadidaamal
Without dancing upon seeing the rain clouds,
Mayilum irukkuma
Will a peacock ever remain?
Paruvakaalam thanimaiyilae
In youth, when spent in solitude,
Inimai kaanumae…aaa
Can sweetness ever be experienced?
Paruvakaalam thanimaiyilae
In youth, when spent in solitude,
Inimai kaanumae…aaa
Can sweetness ever be experienced?
Paasavalaiyil vilunthidamaal
Without falling into the web of affection,
Amaidhi kaanuma
Can peace ever be found?
Paasavalaiyil vilunthidamaal
Without falling into the web of affection,
Amaidhi kaanuma
Can peace ever be found?
Uravu konda ulam irandum
Will two hearts that have formed a bond
Pirivai virumbhuma
Ever desire separation?
Uravu konda ulam irandum
Will two hearts that have formed a bond
Pirivai virumbhuma
Ever desire separation?
Ummaiyindri enadhu vaazhvil
Without you in my life,
Inbam arumbhuma
Will happiness ever blossom?
Ummaiyindri enadhu vaazhvil
Without you in my life,
Inbam arumbhuma
Will happiness ever blossom?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This classic Tamil duet uses a series of natural and philosophical analogies to emphasize the necessity of union and companionship. Just as a body cannot live without life, a field cannot be green without crops, and a song cannot exist without the blending of poetry and music, human life is incomplete without love and togetherness.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Edhugai (Second-letter Rhyme)
“Iyalum isaiyum inaindhidamal / Mugilai kandu aadidaamal”
Matching second consonant 'ya' sound in adjacent poetic lines ('Payir' and 'Uyir', 'Iyalum' and 'Mugilai').
Rhetorical Question (Vinah-alankaram)
“Uravu konda ulam irandum pirivai virumbhuma”
The lyricist frames every pair of lines as a rhetorical question where the answer is an emphatic 'no', reinforcing the essential interdependence of lovers.
Metaphor (Uvamai / Uruvagim)
“Paasavalaiyil vilunthidamaal amaidhi kaanuma”
Comparing affection to a net ('Paasavalai') and happiness to a blossoming flower ('Inbam arumbhuma').
Did you know?
Trivia
Composed by veteran music director G. Ramanathan with lyrics by legendary poet A. Maruthakasi, this song exemplifies the classic era of Tamil cinema music where nature imagery was extensively used to depict romantic devotion.
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