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Lyrics & meaning

Vaalibam Vazhga

From Devi Sridevi · 1983

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singers
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Devi Sridevi
Movie release year
1983
Lyrics added on
5 Feb 2021

Lyrics & meaning

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↻ English translation
Laalala laalaa…..laalala laalaa
Vaalibam vaazhga…..vaiyagam vaazhga
Marangal malargal pozhiga
Sooriyan polae bhoomiyin malae
Kadhalum vaazhga…..
Vaalibam vaazhga…..vaiyagam vaazhga
Marangal malargal pozhiga
Sooriyan polae bhoomiyin malae
Kadhalum vaazhga….
Aa…..aahaa….haa….
Aa….kadhlin panthigalil kanvae unavu
Female :Kangalain velichaththilae kavithai ezhuthu
Male :Chandhira sooriyanum vizhi santhikka koosumadi
Female :Kelikal seivathena idhu kelvipadatha mozhi
Aayiram jenmam
Female :Koodiya pantham
Male :Deviyin nenjam
Female :Thamarai manjam
Male :Naaloru poo malarum
Vaalibam vaazhga…..
Male :Vaiyagam vaazhga
Female :Marangal malargal pozhiga
Male :Sooriyan polae
Female :Bhoomiyin malae
Both :Kadhalum vaazhga….
Kaamanin poonganaiyil idhayam mayangum
Male :Kadhalai aadhariththae yae….malargal vangum
Female :Geedhangal paadum kuyil
Ilam pookkalil aadai kattum
Male :Vaazhgindra kalam mattum
Enthan tholgalil koodu kattum
Neeyoru paadhi
Male :Nee maru paadhi
Female :Paadhiyil paadhi
Male :Saervathu needhi
Female :Oduthu kadhal nadhi
Vaalibam vaazhga…..
Female :Vaiyagam vaazhga
Male :Marangal malargal pozhiga
Female :Sooriyan polae
Male :Bhoomiyin malae
Both :Kadhalum vaazhga….
La la la la... La la la la
Long live youth! Long live the world!
May the trees shower flowers!
Like the sun over the earth,
Long live love!
Long live youth! Long live the world!
May the trees shower flowers!
Like the sun over the earth,
Long live love!
Ah... Aaha... Ha...
Ah... in love's feast, dreams are the food
Female: Write poetry in the light of the eyes
Male: Even the sun and moon shy away from meeting your gaze, my girl
Female: Teasing me like this is a language I have never heard
Across a thousand lifetimes,
Female: This bond was formed
Male: The goddess's heart
Female: Is a bed of lotus flowers
Male: A new flower blooms every day
Long live youth!
Male: Long live the world!
Female: May the trees shower flowers!
Male: Like the sun
Female: Over the earth,
Both: Long live love!
Struck by Kamadeva's (the god of love's) flower arrow, the heart is enchanted
Male: Welcoming love, it receives the flowers
Female: The sweet-singing cuckoo
Wears a dress of fresh flowers
Male: For as long as it lives,
It will build a nest upon my shoulders
You are one half,
Male: You are the other half
Female: Half joining with half,
Male: It is only right that they become one
Female: The river of love flows on!
Long live youth!
Female: Long live the world!
Male: May the trees shower flowers!
Female: Like the sun
Male: Over the earth,
Both: Long live love!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song is a joyful celebration of youth, nature, and romantic union. It radiates positivity by praising youthful vitality ('Vaalibam Vaazhga') and universal well-being alongside love, presenting love as a vital element of the world equivalent to sunlight and blooming flowers. Through poetic dialogue, the lovers express their eternal bond, viewing their romance as a destiny spanning across a thousand lifetimes.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagaimai)

Aa….kadhlin panthigalil kanvae unavu

Comparing dreams to the food served at a banquet of love ('Kadhlin panthigalil kanvae unavu').

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi Ani)

Chandhira sooriyanum vizhi santhikka koosumadi

Exaggerating the power of their lovers' gaze by claiming the sun and moon would feel shy upon seeing them interact.

Rhyme & Monai (Alliteration)

Neeyoru paadhi / Nee maru paadhi / Paadhiyil paadhi / Saervathu needhi

Rhythmic repetition of 'Paadhi' across consecutive short lines creating a playful, musical cadence.

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Trivia

Written by Vairamuthu during the early 1980s romantic film era, this song features rich nature imagery and romantic hyperbole characteristic of his signature lyrical style.

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