“Muthukkuda Maanam” by M. G. Sreekumar and Sujatha appears on the album Pappachan Olivilanu. The lyrics, also by the artists, open with a love kept unseen by anyone. This feeling is described as a honeyed sweetness dancing in the heart like a fig.
Released: June 9, 2023
Muthukkuda Maanam
M. G. Sreekumar | Sujatha • From “Pappachan Olivilanu”
Pappachan Olivilanu’s Muthukkuda Maanam Lyrics Translation
The duet continues by comparing the couple to butterflies and one person to an undying flame. Another line calls the beloved “the first line my heart ever wrote” on fragrant paper. This points to a love that feels predestined and original.
Muthukkuda Maanam PantholorukkeeleThe pearl-studded sky has set up a canopy
MohapperunnaalaayIt has become a festival of love
Aarum Kaanaathinnente NenjilUnseen by anyone, inside my heart
Athippazhampoley IttirithhenmadhuramA little honeyed sweetness, like a fig
ThathikkaliykkhanundeIs dancing playfully
Aarum Kaanaathinnente ChundilUnseen by anyone, upon my lips
Mazhaneer Chaariya VazhiyoramaBy the path where the rainwater streams
Niravaarnnommakal MaraneekkiA line of memories has lifted the veil
Illippadiykkarikil MindiyirunnakaalamThe time we sat talking by the bamboo steps
MelleyaduthuvannooHas gently drawn near
Muthukkuda Maanam Potti VirinjilleHasn’t the pearl-studded sky burst into bloom?
MohapperunnaalaayIt has become a festival of love
Aarum Kaanaathinnente NenjilUnseen by anyone, inside my heart
Moovanthi Chelanjum Muttathe CherupoovaadiyilIn the small courtyard garden, adorned by the twilight
Irunilaashalabhamaay Maarunnu NaamWe become a pair of twilight butterflies
Thaarambathhaarotha Kannoram KanavaazhangalilIn the depths of dreams, by the edge of your star-filled eyes
Kanakameen Chirakumaay Neenthunnu NjaanI swim with the wings of a golden fish
Nizhalaarnnoren IdanaazhiyilIn a shadowy corridor of my own
Orunaalum Maayaatha Thiriyaayi NeeYou are a flame that never fades
Maanikkyakkallinte Mookkuthi ChoodunnoruThe one who wears a ruby nose-stud
Poovaali Praavinte Kannil KanavezhutheedumAnd writes dreams into the eyes of a spotted dove
Kaattinte Ponpeelithumbathoru Viruthaayi-Like a flourish on the tip of the wind’s golden feather
Ttaavolam Minneedum Vaarminnal ChelanjiA beautiful streak of lightning glimmers
Kunnikkudam Pole Manjin Thudam Peythu Nin SnehamYour love showered down, a mist from a tiny pot
Njaanethum Nerathu Vaathikkal Narumizhiyode NeeWhen I arrive, you are at the doorstep with your beautiful eyes
Pularithan Ilaveyil Chiri YekumeOffering a smile like the morning’s gentle sunlight
Kaanumpam Kandonnu Mindumpam SwayamariyaatheyenWhen I see you, when we speak, without me even knowing
Ilakalil Himakanam Thookunnu NeeYou sprinkle dewdrops upon my leaves
Manamaarnnoren KadalaasilaayOn a fragrant paper of my own
Manamaadyamezhuthiya Variyaanu NeeYou are the first line my heart ever wrote
Maanikkyakkallinte Mookkuthi ChoodunnoruThe one who wears a ruby nose-stud
Poovaali Praavinte Kannil KanavezhutheedumAnd writes dreams into the eyes of a spotted dove
Kaattinte Ponpeelithumbathoru Viruthaayi-Like a flourish on the tip of the wind’s golden feather
Ttaavolam Minneedum Vaarminnal ChelanjiA beautiful streak of lightning glimmers
Kunnikkudam Pole Manjin Thudam Peythu Nin SnehamYour love showered down, a mist from a tiny pot
Muthukkuda Maanam PantholorukkeeleThe pearl-studded sky has set up a canopy
MohapperunnaalaayIt has become a festival of love
Aarum Kaanaathinnente NenjilUnseen by anyone, inside my heart
Athippazhampoley IttirithhenmadhuramA little honeyed sweetness, like a fig
ThathikkaliykkhanundeIs dancing playfully
Aarum Kaanaathinnente ChundilUnseen by anyone, upon my lips
Mazhaneer Chaariya VazhiyoramaBy the path where the rainwater streams
Niravaarnnommakal MaraneekkiA line of memories has lifted the veil
Illippadiykkarikil MindiyirunnakaalamThe time we sat talking by the bamboo steps
MelleyaduthuvannooHas gently drawn near
Muthukkuda Maanam Music Video
The song consistently uses small natural images to illustrate a private connection. Gentle rain, dewdrops, and twilight butterflies build a world known only to two people. The meaning in the ‘Muthukkuda Maanam’ lyrics comes from valuing these small, unobserved moments of affection.