Maargazhi Lyrics Translation | Dominic And Ladies Purse | Kapil Kapilan | Keerthana Vaidyanathan

“Maargazhi” by Keerthana Vaidyanathan and Kapil Kapilan appears on the album Dominic And Ladies Purse. Lyricists Aandal and Vinayak Sasikumar pair with composer Darbuka Siva. The song begins with verses from Aandal’s Tiruppavai, referencing a sacred day during the month of Maargazhi.

Maargazhi

Kapil Kapilan | Keerthana Vaidyanathan • From “Dominic And Ladies Purse”

Lyricist

Aandal, Vinayak Sasikumar

Composer

Darbuka Siva

Dominic And Ladies Purse’s Maargazhi Lyrics Translation

The song then shifts from the sacred call to a modern, personal feeling. The new lyrics ask if the falling rain is also drenching the heart with emotion. This turn brings a cosmic event down to an individual, intimate scale.

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Maargazhi Thingal Madhi Niraintha NannaalaalOn this auspicious day of the full moon in the month of ‘Maargazhi’

Maargazhi Thingal Madhi Niraintha NannaalaalOn this sacred day, with the ‘Maargazhi’ moon shining full

Neeraada Pothuveer Pothumino NerizhaiyeerOh, finely adorned girls, if you wish to join the sacred bath, come now

Seer Malkum Aayppaadi SelvachirumeergaalOh, blessed young maidens of prosperous ‘Aaypaadi’

Koorvel Kodunthozhilan Nandagopan KumaranThe son of Nandagopan, the king with a fierce, sharp spear

Eraarntha Kanni Yasodhai Ilam SingamThe young lion of the beautiful, doe-eyed Yasodha

Kaarmeni Chenkan Kathirmathiyam Pol MugathaanHis body dark as a cloud, his eyes reddish, his face like the sun and moon

Naaraayanane Namakke Parai TharuvaanIt is Narayana himself who will grant us our boon

Paaror Pukazha Padinthelor EmpaavaaySo the world may praise us as we perform this vow, my dear girl

Naaraayanane Namakke Parai TharuvaanIt is Narayana himself who will grant us our boon

Paaror Pukazha Padinthelor EmpaavaaySo the world may praise us as we perform this vow, my dear girl

Mukilvaanam PozhiyunnunoIs the cloudy sky pouring down?

Manampolum NanayunnunoIs my heart getting drenched along with it?

Thodum Minnalin ViraloIs that the touch of a lightning’s finger?

Puthukathayo KalavoA new story, or is it just an illusion?

Mayakkunna Novo MalarthennaloIs this a dizzying pain, or a breeze carrying flowers?

Marakkaatha PaattoAn unforgettable song?

Pidaykkunno Innum MizhivaanamAre the skies of my eyes still fluttering?

Kithaykkunno ShwaasamIs my breath still panting?

Pizhaykkunno AkathaalamIs my inner rhythm losing its beat?

Nilam Maanja PoleAs if the very ground beneath me has vanished