Vilakkillamal Kanakkezhuthi
From Thalattu – 1969 Film · 1969
- Lyricist
- Tirupathur Rasu
- Singer
- T. M. Soundararajan
- Music director
- M. L. Srikanth
- Details
- Thalattu – 1969 Film1969
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Oorellaam veruthaalum | Even if the entire world hates me, |
| Un manadhil paasam undu | There is love in your heart. |
| Unmaiyellaam maraindhaalum | Even if all truth is hidden, |
| Un nizhalil needhiyundu | There is justice in your shadow. |
| Un nizhalae maraindhu vittaal | If even your shadow disappears, |
| Yaar nizhalil naan iruppen | In whose shadow will I live? |
| Yaar nizhalil naan iruppen | In whose shadow will I live? |
| Male | |
| Vilakkilaamal kanakkezhudhi | Writing destiny's accounts without a lamp, |
| En vaazhkai amaithaaya kannaa | Did you design my life, O Krishna? |
| Vaazhkai amaithaaya | Did you design my life? |
| Vilakkilaamal kanakkezhudhi | Writing destiny's accounts without a lamp, |
| En vaazhkai amaithaaya kannaa | Did you design my life, O Krishna? |
| Vaazhkai amaithaaya | Did you design my life? |
| Veru vazhiyillamal manidhan vadivil | Having no other choice, in human form, |
| Ennai padaithaayaa kannaa | Did you create me, O Krishna? |
| Ennai padaithaayaa | Did you create me? |
| Male | |
| Vilakkilaamal kanakkezhudhi | Writing destiny's accounts without a lamp, |
| En vaazhkai amaithaaya | Did you design my life? |
| Male | |
| Thookku medai yeriya pinnae | After stepping onto the gallows, |
| Saatchi venduma kanna saatchi venduma | Is a witness needed, O Krishna, is a witness needed? |
| Thookku medai yeriya pinnae | After stepping onto the gallows, |
| Saatchi venduma kanna saatchi venduma | Is a witness needed, O Krishna, is a witness needed? |
| Neruppu koottin melae vizhundha pinnae | After falling onto a nest of fire, |
| Paravai vaazhumaa kanna paravai vaazhumaa | Will a bird survive, O Krishna, will a bird survive? |
| Male | |
| Vilakkilaamal kanakkezhudhi | Writing destiny's accounts without a lamp, |
| En vaazhkai amaithaaya | Did you design my life? |
| Male | |
| Midhithu edutha malargal meendum | Can flowers that have been trampled underfoot |
| Sarangal aagumaa kanna sarangal aagumaa | Become garlands again, O Krishna, become garlands again? |
| Midhithu edutha malargal meendum | Can flowers that have been trampled underfoot |
| Sarangal aagumaa kanna sarangal aagumaa | Become garlands again, O Krishna, become garlands again? |
| Pozhudhu vidindha pinnae nilavu kodukkum | After the dawn has broken, the light given by the moon— |
| Velicham vendumaa kanna velicham vendumaa | Is it needed, O Krishna, is that light needed? |
| Male | |
| Vilakkilaamal kanakkezhudhi | Writing destiny's accounts without a lamp, |
| En vaazhkai amaithaaya kanna | Did you design my life, O Krishna? |
| Vaazhkai amaithaaya | Did you design my life? |
ஊரெல்லாம் வெறுத்தாலும்
உன் மனதில் பாசமுண்டு
உண்மையெல்லாம் மறைந்தாலும்
உன் நிழலில் நீதியுண்டு
உன் நிழலே மறைந்து விட்டால்
யார் நிழலில் நானிருப்பேன்
யார் நிழலில் நானிருப்பேன்.......
Even if the entire world hates me,
There is love in your heart.
Even if all truth is hidden,
There is justice in your shadow.
If even your shadow disappears,
In whose shadow will I live?
In whose shadow will I live?
விளக்கில்லாமல் கணக்கெழுதி
என் வாழ்க்கை அமைத்தாயா கண்ணா
வாழ்க்கை அமைத்தாயா
விளக்கில்லாமல் கணக்கெழுதி
என் வாழ்க்கை அமைத்தாயா கண்ணா
வாழ்க்கை அமைத்தாயா
வேறு வழியில்லாமல் மனிதன் வடிவில்
என்னைப் படைத்தாயா கண்ணா
என்னைப் படைத்தாயா.....
Writing destiny's accounts without a lamp,
Did you design my life, O Krishna?
Did you design my life?
Writing destiny's accounts without a lamp,
Did you design my life, O Krishna?
Did you design my life?
Having no other choice, in human form,
Did you create me, O Krishna?
Did you create me?
விளக்கில்லாமல் கணக்கெழுதி
என் வாழ்க்கை அமைத்தாயா ...
Writing destiny's accounts without a lamp,
Did you design my life?
தூக்கு மேடை ஏறிய பின்னே
சாட்சி வேண்டுமா கண்ணா சாட்சி வேண்டுமா
நெருப்பு கூட்டின் மேலே விழுந்த பின்னே
பறவை வாழுமா கண்ணா பறவை வாழுமா
After stepping onto the gallows,
Is a witness needed, O Krishna, is a witness needed?
After stepping onto the gallows,
Is a witness needed, O Krishna, is a witness needed?
After falling onto a nest of fire,
Will a bird survive, O Krishna, will a bird survive?
விளக்கில்லாமல் கணக்கெழுதி
என் வாழ்க்கை அமைத்தாயா ...
Writing destiny's accounts without a lamp,
Did you design my life?
மிதித்து எடுத்த மலர்கள் மீண்டும்
சரங்கள் ஆகுமா கண்ணா சரங்கள் ஆகுமா
மிதித்து எடுத்த மலர்கள் மீண்டும்
சரங்கள் ஆகுமா கண்ணா சரங்கள் ஆகுமா
பொழுது விடிந்த பின்னே நிலவு கொடுக்கும்
வெளிச்சம் வேண்டுமா கண்ணா வெளிச்சம் வேண்டுமா
Can flowers that have been trampled underfoot
Become garlands again, O Krishna, become garlands again?
Can flowers that have been trampled underfoot
Become garlands again, O Krishna, become garlands again?
After the dawn has broken, the light given by the moon—
Is it needed, O Krishna, is that light needed?
விளக்கில்லாமல் கணக்கெழுதி
என் வாழ்க்கை அமைத்தாயா கண்ணா
வாழ்க்கை அமைத்தாயா
Writing destiny's accounts without a lamp,
Did you design my life, O Krishna?
Did you design my life?
Oorellaam veruthaalum
Even if the entire world hates me,
Un manadhil paasam undu
There is love in your heart.
Unmaiyellaam maraindhaalum
Even if all truth is hidden,
Un nizhalil needhiyundu
There is justice in your shadow.
Un nizhalae maraindhu vittaal
If even your shadow disappears,
Yaar nizhalil naan iruppen
In whose shadow will I live?
Yaar nizhalil naan iruppen
In whose shadow will I live?
Vilakkilaamal kanakkezhudhi
Writing destiny's accounts without a lamp,
En vaazhkai amaithaaya kannaa
Did you design my life, O Krishna?
Vaazhkai amaithaaya
Did you design my life?
Vilakkilaamal kanakkezhudhi
Writing destiny's accounts without a lamp,
En vaazhkai amaithaaya kannaa
Did you design my life, O Krishna?
Vaazhkai amaithaaya
Did you design my life?
Veru vazhiyillamal manidhan vadivil
Having no other choice, in human form,
Ennai padaithaayaa kannaa
Did you create me, O Krishna?
Ennai padaithaayaa
Did you create me?
Vilakkilaamal kanakkezhudhi
Writing destiny's accounts without a lamp,
En vaazhkai amaithaaya
Did you design my life?
Thookku medai yeriya pinnae
After stepping onto the gallows,
Saatchi venduma kanna saatchi venduma
Is a witness needed, O Krishna, is a witness needed?
Thookku medai yeriya pinnae
After stepping onto the gallows,
Saatchi venduma kanna saatchi venduma
Is a witness needed, O Krishna, is a witness needed?
Neruppu koottin melae vizhundha pinnae
After falling onto a nest of fire,
Paravai vaazhumaa kanna paravai vaazhumaa
Will a bird survive, O Krishna, will a bird survive?
Vilakkilaamal kanakkezhudhi
Writing destiny's accounts without a lamp,
En vaazhkai amaithaaya
Did you design my life?
Midhithu edutha malargal meendum
Can flowers that have been trampled underfoot
Sarangal aagumaa kanna sarangal aagumaa
Become garlands again, O Krishna, become garlands again?
Midhithu edutha malargal meendum
Can flowers that have been trampled underfoot
Sarangal aagumaa kanna sarangal aagumaa
Become garlands again, O Krishna, become garlands again?
Pozhudhu vidindha pinnae nilavu kodukkum
After the dawn has broken, the light given by the moon—
Velicham vendumaa kanna velicham vendumaa
Is it needed, O Krishna, is that light needed?
Vilakkilaamal kanakkezhudhi
Writing destiny's accounts without a lamp,
En vaazhkai amaithaaya kanna
Did you design my life, O Krishna?
Vaazhkai amaithaaya
Did you design my life?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This emotional song is a sorrowful lament addressed to Lord Krishna, questioning the tragic design of the singer's fate. The speaker feels betrayed by life and questions whether God mistakenly wrote his destiny in the dark without a lamp, leading to irreversible suffering. Through evocative metaphors—a bird falling into fire, crushed flowers trying to become garlands, and moonlight arriving after dawn—the protagonist conveys the futility of late sympathy or justice when life is already shattered beyond recovery.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Urvagam)
“Neruppu koottin melae vizhundha pinnae / Paravai vaazhumaa”
Compares a devastated life to a bird falling into a fiery nest and flowers crushed underfoot.
Rhetorical Question (Vinaa Aani)
“Thookku medai yeriya pinnae saatchi venduma kanna”
Uses dramatic rhetorical questions to emphasize the futility of aid after total destruction.
Ethirai (Second-letter Rhyme)
“Oorellaam veruthaalum / Unmaiyellaam maraindhaalum”
Matching second consonants across lines ('Oorellaam' and 'Unmaiyellaam').
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Trivia
Featured in the 1969 film 'Thalattu', this philosophical song composed by M. L. Srikanth and written by Tirupathur Rasu showcases T. M. Soundararajan's evocative vocal range in expressing existential agony and questioning fate.
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