Oru Kaadhal Raagam Lyrics Translation: Manathile Oru Paattu | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam delivers a masterful performance in Oru Kaadhal Raagam, taken from the album Manathile Oru Paattu. Lyricist Kannadasan and composer Ilaya Gangai create a soundscape of devotion. The voice carries a deep sense of worship for the beloved.
Released: September 6, 2022
Oru Kaadhal Raagam
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam • From “Manathile Oru Paattu”
Lyricist
Kannadasan
Composer
Ilaya Gangai
Oru Kaadhal Raagam Lyrics Translation (from “Manathile Oru Paattu”)
Kannadasan writes of a ‘yagam’ ritual performed without sleep. S. P. Balasubrahmanyam sings that the beloved’s face appears inside his heart, even as the moon runs across the sky. He states plainly that he lives for the beloved alone.
Oru Kaadhal Raagam Nan PaduvenI’ll sing a song of love,
Urangamal Yagam Nan SeigirenAnd perform a sleepless vigil, a sacred ‘yagam’ ritual for you.
Nilave Malare Uyire UraveMy moon, my flower, my life, my love,
Ennai Nerungi VaCome closer to me.
Unaithan NinaithenI’ve thought only of you,
Manathai Koduthen Sontham Kondu VaI’ve given you my heart, so come and make me yours.
Oru Kaadhal Raagam Nan PaduvenI’ll sing a song of love,
Urangamal Yagam Nan SeigirenAnd perform a sleepless vigil, a sacred ‘yagam’ ritual for you.
Nilave Malare Uyire UraveMy moon, my flower, my life, my love,
Ennai Nerungi VaCome closer to me.
Unaithan NinaithenI’ve thought only of you,
Manathai Koduthen Sontham Kondu VaI’ve given you my heart, so come and make me yours.
Oru Kaadhal Raagam Nan PaduvenI’ll sing a song of love,
Urangamal Yagam Nan SeigirenAnd perform a sleepless vigil, a sacred ‘yagam’ ritual for you.
Vanamennum Padhai Thannil Odum NilaveOh moon, running along the path of the sky,
Enthan Nenjil Endrum Thondrum Unthan MugameIt’s your face that forever appears inside my heart.
Thendral Vanthu Theendum Inbam Kodi SugameA gentle breeze’s touch is a million pleasures,
Sonthamaga Nan Padum Pudhiya RagameBut you’re the new melody I sing as my very own.
Kann Imaikkatha VizhigalYour unblinking eyes,
Manmadhan Thodutha KanaigalAre arrows shot by ‘Manmadhan’, the god of love.
Then Sinthum Idhazhgal MellaYour honey-sweet lips slowly,
Adhu Pesum MozhigalSpeak a language all their own.
Pavaiye Bodhaiye En RathaiyeMy beautiful doll, my sweet intoxication, my love.
Oru Kaadhal Raagam Nan PaduvenI’ll sing a song of love,
Urangamal Yagam Nan SeigirenAnd perform a sleepless vigil, a sacred ‘yagam’ ritual for you.
Poovai Pola Ennai ParththuYou looked at me as if I were a flower,
Neeyum SiriththaiAnd you smiled.
Parvaiyale Kaadhal ValaiyaiWith just your gaze, a net of love,
Mella ViriththaiYou gently cast around me.
Paarkka Paarkka Nenjam YengaThe more I looked, the more my heart yearned,
Pazhaga ThudiththenAnd I trembled with the desire to know you.
Pavai Unnai Thane NanumIt was you and only you, my dear,
Dhinamum NinaithenThat I thought of day after day.
Un Mugam Paarthen MaaneWhen I saw your face, my ‘maan’ (dear one),
En Vizhi Poothen NaaneMy own eyes became locked on you.
Unakkagathane Nan Uyir VazhgindreneIt’s for you, and you alone, that I live.
Pavaiye Bethaiye En RathaiyeMy beautiful doll, my innocent one, my love.
Oru Kaadhal Raagam Nan PaduvenI’ll sing a song of love,
Urangamal Yagam Nan SeigirenAnd perform a sleepless vigil, a sacred ‘yagam’ ritual for you.
Nilave Malare Uyire UraveMy moon, my flower, my life, my love,
Ennai Nerungi VaCome closer to me.
Unaithan NinaithenI’ve thought only of you,
Manathai Koduthen Sontham Kondu VaI’ve given you my heart, so come and make me yours.
Oru Kaadhal Raagam Nan PaduvenI’ll sing a song of love,
Urangamal Yagam Nan SeigirenAnd perform a sleepless vigil, a sacred ‘yagam’ ritual for you.
The track resolves as a promise of complete surrender to feeling. This Oru Kaadhal Raagam lyrics translation highlights a narrative of worship. The song’s meaning in English focuses on eternal devotion.
