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Lyrics & meaning

Yarukkaga

From Vasantha Maligai · 1972

Lyricist
Kannadasan
Singer
T. M. Soundararajan
Music director
K. V. Mahadevan
Movie name
Vasantha Maligai
Movie release year
1972
Lyrics added on
23 Apr 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
{ Yarukaaga
Idhu yarukaaga
Indha maaligai
Vasantha maaligai
Kaadhal oviyam
Kalaintha maaligai } (2)
Yarukaaga
Idhu yarukaaga
Kaadhalae po po
Saathalae vaa vaa
{ Maranam ennum
Thoothu vanthadhu
Adhu mangai ennum
Vadivil vanthadhu } (2)
Sorgamaaga
Naan ninaithadhu
Indru naragamaga
Maari vittathu
Yarukaaga
Idhu yarukaaga
Malarai thaanae
Naan parithadhu kai
Mullin meethu yen vizhunthadhu
Uravai thaanae
Naan ninaithadhu ennai
Pirivu vanthu yen azhaithadhu
Ezhuthungal
En kallaraiyil aval
Irakamillaathaval endru
Paadungal en kallaraiyil
Ivan paithiyakaaran endru
Kangal theetum
Kaadhal enbathu adhu
Kannil neerai varavazhaipathu
Pengal kaatum anbu enbathu
Nammai pithan aaki alaiya vaipathu
Yarukaaga
{ Engirunthu
Sontham vanthadhu
Indru engirunthu
Nanju vanthadhu } (2)
Angirunthu
Aatugindravan dhinam
Aadugindra naadagam idhu
Yarukaaga
Idhu yarukaaga
Indha maaligai
Vasantha maaligai
Kaadhal oviyam
Kalaintha maaligai
Yarukaaga
Idhu yarukaaga
Yarukaaga yarukaaga …
For whom?
For whom is this?
This palace,
this palace of spring,
a palace where love's painting
has been ruined?
For whom?
For whom is this?
Go away, love, go away!
Come, death, come to me!
A messenger called death
has arrived,
and it came
in the form of a woman.
What I believed
was heaven,
has today turned
into hell.
For whom?
For whom is this?
It was only a flower
that I picked,
so why did my hand fall on thorns?
It was only a bond of love
that I longed for,
so why did separation come calling me?
Write this down
on my tombstone,
that she was heartless!
Sing over my grave,
that he was a madman!
The love painted
by the eyes
only brings tears to the eyes.
The affection shown by women
turns us mad and makes us wander in pain.
For whom?
Where did this
bond come from?
And where today
did this poison come from?
From up above,
the One who pulls the strings
stages this drama every day.
For whom?
For whom is this?
This palace,
this palace of spring,
a palace where love's painting
has been ruined?
For whom?
For whom is this?
For whom? For whom? ...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This heart-wrenching song from the classic movie Vasantha Maligai captures the deep existential grief and heartbreak of the protagonist whose dream of a happy life with his beloved has collapsed. Having built a literal and symbolic 'palace of spring' (Vasantha Maaligai) for his love, he finds himself betrayed by fate, viewing the woman he loved as a messenger of death who transformed his heavenly world into hell.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Muran (Antithesis)

“Kaadhalae po po / Saathalae vaa vaa”

Contrasts love ('Kaadhal') and death ('Saadhu/Saathal'), bidding love to leave while beckoning death to approach.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

“Kaadhal oviyam kalaintha maaligai”

Compares love to an intricate painting ('oviyam') that has been smudged or ruined inside the palace.

Muran (Antithesis)

“Sorgamaaga naan ninaithadhu indru naragamaga maari vittathu”

Contrasts heaven ('Sorgam') and hell ('Naragam') to convey the drastic reversal of his fortune.

Iyaipu (Rhyme)

“Malarai thaanae ... Uravai thaanae”

Matching end sounds in parallel lyric structures ('Malarai thaanae' / 'Uravai thaanae') creating a melodic rhythm.

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Trivia

Vasantha Maligai (1972) is one of Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan's biggest blockbusters. This tragic song was composed by K. V. Mahadevan and rendered soulfully by T. M. Soundararajan (TMS). Lyricist Kannadasan's evocative lines about writing on a tombstone became deeply iconic in Tamil pop culture.

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