Radha Jayalakshmi’s voice in “Madhu Malar Ellam” ushers in a joyful spring season. The song from the album Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari casts nature as a grand orchestra. K. D. Santhanam’s Tamil lyrics and T. G. Lingappa’s composition present a world filled with musical sounds.
Madhu Malar Ellam
Radha Jayalakshmi • From “Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari”
K. D. Santhanam gives creative agency to the environment itself. He frames the sound of flowing water as shimmering like molten glass. The lyrics then equate the spring season to a poet who sings of ancient greatness in a modern style.
Madhumalar Ellam Pudhumanam VeesiAll the sweet flowers spread a new fragrance,
Magizhnthidum Vasanthakalama joyful springtime.
Madhumalar Ellam Pudhumanam VeesiAll the sweet flowers spread a new fragrance,
Magizhnthidum Vasanthakalama joyful springtime.
Manathil Pasumaiyum Ninaivil InimaiyumIt brings freshness to the mind and sweetness to memories,
Manathil Pasumaiyum Ninaivil InimaiyumIt brings freshness to the mind and sweetness to memories,
Vazhangidum Vasanthakalam Oo Oo Oothis springtime that gives so much.
Vazhangidum Vasanthakalam Oo Oo OoThis springtime that gives so much.
Madhumalar Ellam Pudhumanam VeesiAll the sweet flowers spread a new fragrance,
Magizhnthidum Vasanthakalama joyful springtime.
Madhumalar Ellam Pudhumanam VeesiAll the sweet flowers spread a new fragrance,
Magizhnthidum Vasanthakalama joyful springtime.
Kannadi Urugi Paivathu PondraLike the flowing of molten glass,
Thanneerin Salasala Oliyumis the shimmering sound of water.
Kannadi Urugi Paivathu PondraLike the flowing of molten glass,
Thanneerin Salasala Oliyumis the shimmering sound of water.
Pannodu Malarai Padum VandinThe bee that sings a tune to the flowers,
Pangana Reengara Isaiyumits humming is the perfect music.
Pannodu Malarai Padum VandinThe bee that sings a tune to the flowers,
Pangana Reengara Isaiyumits humming is the perfect music.
Manathil PasumaiyumFreshness in the mind,
Oo Ooh HoOh, oh, ho,
Ninaivil Inimaiyumsweetness in my memories,
Hmm Mm MmHmm, mm, mm,
Manathil Pasumaiyum Ninaivil InimaiyumIt brings freshness to the mind and sweetness to memories,
Vazhangidum Vasanthakalamthis springtime that gives so much.
Oo Oo OoOh, oh, oh,
Vazhangidum Vasanthakalamthis springtime that gives so much.
Madhumalar Ellam Pudhumanam VeesiAll the sweet flowers spread a new fragrance,
Magizhnthidum Vasanthakalama joyful springtime.
Pazhamaiyin Uyarvai Pudhiya TamizhileOf ancient greatness in a modern Tamil,
Ye Ye YeYeah, yeah, yeah,
Pazhamaiyin Uyarvai Pudhiya Tamizhileof ancient greatness in a modern Tamil,
Padidum Kavinganai Poleit is like a poet who sings.
Pazhamaiyin Uyarvai Pudhiya TamizhileOf ancient greatness in a modern Tamil,
Padidum Kavinganai Poleit is like a poet who sings.
Azhagenum Merugal Ulaginai PudhumaiWith a polish of beauty, the world is made new,
Agidum Vasanthakalamthis is the springtime that makes it so.
Azhagenum Merugal Ulaginai PudhumaiWith a polish of beauty, the world is made new,
Agidum Vasanthakalamthis is the springtime that makes it so.
Manathil Pasumaiyum Ninaivil InimaiyumIt brings freshness to the mind and sweetness to memories,
Manathil Pasumaiyum Ninaivil InimaiyumIt brings freshness to the mind and sweetness to memories,
Vazhangidum Vasanthakalam Oo Oo Oothis springtime that gives so much.
Vazhangidum VasanthakalamThis springtime that gives so much.
Madhumalar Ellam Pudhumanam VeesiAll the sweet flowers spread a new fragrance,
The song’s central point is that spring is an active artist, bringing “freshness” to the mind and “sweetness” to memory. This “Madhu Malar Ellam” lyrics translation shows how nature acts as the ultimate composer, renewing the world through its beauty.
