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Vilakkillamal Kanakkezhuthi

From Thalattu – 1969 Film · 1969

Lyricist
Tirupathur Rasu
Singer
T. M. Soundararajan
Music director
M. L. Srikanth
Movie name
Thalattu – 1969 Film
Movie release year
1969
Lyrics added on
23 Jun 2021

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Oorellaam veruthaalum
Un manadhil paasam undu
Unmaiyellaam maraindhaalum
Un nizhalil needhiyundu
Un nizhalae maraindhu vittaal
Yaar nizhalil naan iruppen
Yaar nizhalil naan iruppen
Vilakkilaamal kanakkezhudhi
En vaazhkai amaithaaya kannaa
Vaazhkai amaithaaya
Vilakkilaamal kanakkezhudhi
En vaazhkai amaithaaya kannaa
Vaazhkai amaithaaya
Veru vazhiyillamal manidhan vadivil
Ennai padaithaayaa kannaa
Ennai padaithaayaa
Vilakkilaamal kanakkezhudhi
En vaazhkai amaithaaya
Thookku medai yeriya pinnae
Saatchi venduma kanna saatchi venduma
Thookku medai yeriya pinnae
Saatchi venduma kanna saatchi venduma
Neruppu koottin melae vizhundha pinnae
Paravai vaazhumaa kanna paravai vaazhumaa
Vilakkilaamal kanakkezhudhi
En vaazhkai amaithaaya
Midhithu edutha malargal meendum
Sarangal aagumaa kanna sarangal aagumaa
Midhithu edutha malargal meendum
Sarangal aagumaa kanna sarangal aagumaa
Pozhudhu vidindha pinnae nilavu kodukkum
Velicham vendumaa kanna velicham vendumaa
Vilakkilaamal kanakkezhudhi
En vaazhkai amaithaaya kanna
Vaazhkai amaithaaya
Even if the whole world hates me,
there is love in your heart.
Even if all the truth is hidden,
there is justice in your shadow.
If your shadow itself disappears,
in whose shadow will I live?
In whose shadow will I live?
Did you write my fate without a lamp
and shape my life this way, Krishna?
Did you shape my life?
Did you write my fate without a lamp
and shape my life this way, Krishna?
Did you shape my life?
Having no other choice, in the form of a human,
did you create me, Krishna?
Did you create me?
Did you write my fate without a lamp
and shape my life?
After stepping onto the gallows,
is a witness needed, Krishna, is a witness needed?
After stepping onto the gallows,
is a witness needed, Krishna, is a witness needed?
After fire has fallen upon its nest,
can a bird survive, Krishna, can a bird survive?
Did you write my fate without a lamp
and shape my life?
Can flowers that were crushed underfoot
ever become a garland again, Krishna, become a garland again?
Can flowers that were crushed underfoot
ever become a garland again, Krishna, become a garland again?
After the day has dawned, is the light
given by the moon needed, Krishna, is that light needed?
Did you write my fate without a lamp
and shape my life this way, Krishna?
Did you shape my life?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

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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