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Lyrics & meaning

Vaikasi Masathula Panthal

From Ninaivu Chinnam · 1989

Lyricist
Gangai Amaran
Singers
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Ninaivu Chinnam
Movie release year
1989
Lyrics added on
6 Jul 2022

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Vaigaasi maasaththula panthal onnu pottu
Rendu vaazhai maram kattaporaendi
Vaigaasi maasaththula panthal onnu pottu
Rendu vaazhai maram kattaporaendi
Panthal onnu potta podhumaa
Ponnukinnu venumaa
Panthal onnu potta podhumaa
Ponnukinnu venumaa
Ponnilaatha kalyaanamaa
Neeyillaamae naan yaedhamma
Ponnilaatha kalyaanamaa
Neeyillaamae naan yaedhamma
Vaigaasi maasaththula panthal onnu pottu
Rendu vaazhai maram kattaporaendi
Rendu vaazhai maram kattaporaendi….ee…ee….
Maappillai neeyilaamae malligai vaasamaa
Thedinaal paadumpothu thendralum veesumaa
Male :Raththiri neeyillaamae thookkanthaan koodumaa
Paayilae saanjingkooda kannuthaan moodumaa
Vaalipaththil asai vanthaa ellorukkum vedhanai
Etti ninnu pesu rasa ennaththukku sodhanai
Male :Onnoda naan onnaach sera
Naalai ennai thavikkiraen
Vaigaasi….
Haei vaigaasi maasaththula panthal onnu pottu
Rendu vaazhai maram kattaporaendi
Rendu vaazhai maram kattaporaendi
Vaanguven kooraiselai nallathor naalilae
Thaalithaan melae yaera thanga en tholulae
Female :Paal pazham naanum yaenthu neeyulla roomula
Paarththu naan vaara pothu en manam thaangalae
Paal pazham thevai illai nee irukkum pothilae
Paarththu pasi aaravillai vera yaethum thonalae
Male :Onnukkonnu yaedhethi pesi
Oorai ellaam marakkanum maarulethaan kedakkanum
Vaigaasi nerungi varum
Vaigaasi maasaththula panthal onnu pottu
Rendu vaazhai maram kattaporaendi
Hoi vaigaasi maasaththula panthal onnu pottu
Rendu vaazhai maram kattaporaendi
Panthal onnu potta podhumaa
Ponnukinnu venumaa
Panthal onnu potta podhumaa
Ponnukinnu venumaa
Ponnilaatha kalyaanamaa
Neeyillaamae naan yaedhamma
Ponnilaatha kalyaanamaa
Neeyillaamae naan yaedhamma
Vaigaasi….
Hoi vaigaasi maasaththula panthal onnu pottu
Rendu vaazhai maram kattaporaendi
Rendu vaazhai maram kattaporaendi
In the month of Vaikasi, I will put up a wedding canopy,
and tie two banana trees to it, my girl!
In the month of Vaikasi, I will put up a wedding canopy,
and tie two banana trees to it, my girl!
Is it enough just to put up a canopy?
Don't you need a bride as well?
Is it enough just to put up a canopy?
Don't you need a bride as well?
Can there be a wedding without gold?
And what am I without you, my dear?
Can there be a wedding without gold?
And what am I without you, my dear?
In the month of Vaikasi, I will put up a wedding canopy,
and tie two banana trees to it, my girl!
and tie two banana trees to it, my girl...!
Without you as my bridegroom, does the jasmine have any fragrance?
When my heart yearns and sings, does the gentle breeze even blow?
Male: Without you at night, can sleep ever come?
Even if I lie down on the mat, do my eyes ever close?
When desire awakens in youth, it brings heartache to everyone.
Keep your distance and speak, my prince, why test me like this?
Male: To unite as one with you,
I count each passing day and yearn.
Vaikasi...
Hey, in the month of Vaikasi, I will put up a wedding canopy,
and tie two banana trees to it, my girl!
and tie two banana trees to it, my girl!
I will buy the wedding saree on an auspicious day,
for the sacred wedding thread to be tied, as you come to rest on my shoulder.
Female: Carrying milk and fruit, I will enter your room,
and as I look at you and walk in, my heart will hardly be able to bear it!
I won't need milk or fruit when you are with me,
just looking at you hasn't satisfied my hunger, and I can think of nothing else!
Male: Teasing and whispering sweet words to each other,
we must forget the whole world and I want to rest upon your chest.
Vaikasi is drawing near...
In the month of Vaikasi, I will put up a wedding canopy,
and tie two banana trees to it, my girl!
Hoy, in the month of Vaikasi, I will put up a wedding canopy,
and tie two banana trees to it, my girl!
Is it enough just to put up a canopy?
Don't you need a bride as well?
Is it enough just to put up a canopy?
Don't you need a bride as well?
Can there be a wedding without gold?
And what am I without you, my dear?
Can there be a wedding without gold?
And what am I without you, my dear?
Vaikasi...
Hoy, in the month of Vaikasi, I will put up a wedding canopy,
and tie two banana trees to it, my girl!
and tie two banana trees to it, my girl!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song is a joyful folk duet from the film 'Ninaivu Chinnam' celebrating the love and anticipation of two lovers preparing for their upcoming wedding in the Tamil month of Vaikasi. The hero sings about setting up the traditional wedding canopy (panthal) and decorating it with banana trees, while the heroine teasingly reminds him that a wedding canopy is useless without the bride.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Monaai (Initial Alliteration)

Paal pazham naanum yaenthu neeyulla roomula

Repetition of initial consonant sounds across words in the same line, such as 'Paal pazham' creating rhythmic flow.

Edhugai (Second Letter Rhyme)

Panthal onnu potta podhumaa / Ponnukinnu venumaa

Matching second consonants across consecutive lines, such as 'Panthal' and 'Ponnukinnu'.

Rhetorical Question (Vinaa)

Ponnilaatha kalyaanamaa / Neeyillaamae naan yaedhamma

Asking a question not for an answer, but to emphasize devotion and love, e.g., 'Can there be a wedding without a bride?'

Did you know?

Trivia

'Vaigaasi Maasaththula' is composed by Ilaiyaraaja and penned by Gangai Amaran for the 1989 film 'Ninaivu Chinnam' starring Prabhu and Radhika. The month of Vaikasi (May-June) in the Tamil calendar is considered highly auspicious for traditional Hindu weddings in Tamil Nadu.

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