- Lyricist
- A. Maruthakasi
- Singers
- Seerkazhi Govindarajan, S. Janaki
- Music director
- K. V. Mahadevan
- Movie name
- Sabaash Mapillai
- Movie release year
- 1961
- Lyrics added on
- 28 Jan 2020
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
Yaarukku yaar sondham enbadhu from Sabaash Mapillai (1961) is a playful romantic song penned by A. Maruthakasi that uses nature as a canvas to explore theme of love and belonging. The song repeatedly asks the rhetorical question, 'Who belongs to whom?' as various elements of nature claim kinship with the heroine's features—dark rain clouds claim her hair, bright flowers claim her radiant face, ocean pearls claim her white teeth, and ripe ivy gourds claim her crimson lips. Ultimately, the lovers resolve this playful argument through sweet analogies: just as a flower finds joy in giving nectar to a bee, and a ripe fruit belongs to the parrot that pecks it, human beauty and affection are meant for one's destined partner. It beautifully blends Tamil romantic tropes with nature metaphors.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Personification (Uruvagam / Ani)
“Vaanathu kaarmugilum solludhae...”
Dark clouds in the sky are personified as vocal beings claiming ownership over the heroine's hair.
Metaphor / Simile (Uvamai Ani)
“Kunguma idhazh kandu kovaikkani ellaam”
Her bright red lips are compared to red vermillion and sweet ivy gourd fruits (Kovaikkani).
Monai (First-letter Alliteration)
“Kothum kilikkae thaan / Kovaikkani sondham / Kurippaaga unarthalaam”
Repetition of the 'K' sound at the beginning of consecutive lines ('Kothum', 'Kovaikkani', 'Kurippaaga').
Ethugai (Second-letter Rhyme)
“Vanna malar endrum / Vandukku thaan sondham”
Rhyming of the second consonant 'nn' / 'nd' in 'Vanna' and 'Vandukku'.
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Trivia
Written by renowned lyricist A. Maruthakasi for the 1961 film 'Sabaash Mapillai', this song showcases classic 1960s Tamil cinema lyricism where nature imagery (clouds, flowers, pearls, gourds, parrots) is creatively employed to describe a heroine's beauty and the mutual attraction between lovers.
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