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Vaanil Vattamadippom

From Poovizhi Raja · 1988

Lyricist
Gangai Amaran
Singers
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam
Music director
Yuvaraj
Movie name
Poovizhi Raja
Movie release year
1988
Lyrics added on
12 Apr 2021

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Vaanil vattamadippom
Vaazhvai etti pidippom
Vaanil vattamadippom
Vaazhvai etti pidippom
Vaanampaadi kaanam paadum naalthanae
Varavu varavu iniya uravu idhuthaanae haehoi…
Vaanil vattamadippom
Vaazhvai etti pidippom
Vaanil vattamadippom
Vaazhvai etti pidippom
Vaanampaadi kaanam paadum naalthanae
Varavu varavu iniya uravu idhuthaanae haehoi…
Naan oru raja poovizhi raja
Keladi rojaa nee enna lesaa
Female :Sabalam salanam dhinamum thodarum
Ilamai manathil iravum pagalum kuraiyaathae
Vaanil vattamadippom
Female :Vaazhvai etti pidippom
Aayiram raagam vaalipa thaalam
Vaalipam ponaal vaazhvathu paavam
Female :Irukkum varaiyil eduppom koduppom
Ilamai inimai ezhuthum kavithai idhuthaanae
Vaanil vattamadippom
Vaazhvai etti pidippom
Female :Vaanil vattamadippom
Vaazhvai etti pidippom
Male: Vaanampaadi kaanam paadum naalthanae
Female :Varavu varavu iniya uravu idhuthaanae haehoi…
Let's soar across the sky
Let's reach out and seize life
Let's soar across the sky
Let's reach out and seize life
Isn't this the day the skylark sings its song?
Welcome, welcome, isn't this a sweet bond? Hey hoy...
Let's soar across the sky
Let's reach out and seize life
Let's soar across the sky
Let's reach out and seize life
Isn't this the day the skylark sings its song?
Welcome, welcome, isn't this a sweet bond? Hey hoy...
I am a king, a king with flower-soft eyes
Listen, my rose, are you so ordinary?
Female: Desires and restless longings continue every day
Day and night, they never fade in a youthful heart
Let's soar across the sky
Female: Let's reach out and seize life
A thousand melodies, the rhythm of youth
If youth is lost, life is a pity
Female: As long as it lasts, let us give and take
Isn't this the poem written by the sweetness of youth?
Let's soar across the sky
Let's reach out and seize life
Female: Let's soar across the sky
Let's reach out and seize life
Male: Isn't this the day the skylark sings its song?
Female: Welcome, welcome, isn't this a sweet bond? Hey hoy...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Vaanil vattamadippom' from the movie Poovizhi Raja (1988) is an energetic celebration of youth, freedom, and romantic joy. Using birds soaring in the sky as a metaphor, the lyrics encourage living life to the fullest, seizing every joyful moment before youth fades away.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Edhugai (Second letter rhyming)

“Vaanil vattamadippom / Vaazhvai etti pidippom”

Matching second consonants in adjacent lines creating rhythmic flow (Vaanil / Vaazhvai).

Metaphor

“Vaanampaadi kaanam paadum naalthanae”

Comparing the joy of living and singing to the carefree flight and song of a skylark (Vaanampaadi).

Alliteration (Monaai)

“Varavu varavu iniya uravu idhuthaanae haehoi…”

Repetition of initial consonants or vowels across words (Varavu varavu).

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Trivia

The lyrics were penned by Gangai Amaran, who is well known for bringing conversational simplicity and catchy rhythmic patterns to Tamil film songs in the 1980s.

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