“Paathakal Palar” from the album Vela features vocals by Hariharan Sheshaadri. Anwar Ali’s lyrics and Sam Cs’ composition begin with the idea of fading paths and scattered voices. The song presents one person as the “final garden of love” amid this chaos.
Paathakal Palar
Hariharan Sheshaadri • From “Vela”
Vela’s Paathakal Palar Lyrics Translation
The lyrics compare a partner to “clear water” flowing into a wilting leaf’s veins, providing life. Another line joins two separate dreams into a single one, like clouds mixing in the sky.
Paathakal Palar Theliyaam MarayaamMany paths may appear and then fade away
Neeyoraal Oduvile SnehavaadamBut you are the one, the final garden of love
Naavukal Pale Chitharum MozhiyaamMany voices may scatter their words
Neeyoraal Madhurithamaaya GaanamBut you are the one, the sweetest of all songs
NeeyaakumaanandavyomathilenIn the sky of bliss that is you
Maayaavimaanangal KuthikollidumMy wondrous visions will take flight
Neeyaakumaashwaasa NeercholayilIn the stream of solace that is you
Njaanente Changaadamozhukaan VidumI’ll let my little raft drift along
Iruswapnamaam Naam Mukilmaalakal PoalWe, two separate dreams, like garlands of clouds
KalarnnalinjoruswapnamaakumWill mingle and dissolve into a single dream
Ellam ChonnittundaavillennaalumEven if not everything has been said
NintethaanennullinnullaakeDeep in my soul, I know that I am yours
Thammil Kandittere AayennaalumAnd though it’s been so long since we last met
Neeye Bimbhippoo KannaazhathilIt is you who reflects in the depths of my eyes
Nee Varavaay NanavuzhalumeeYou arrive for me, this wilting leaf
Njaanila Than Sirayil ThelineeraayAnd flow like clear water into my veins
Nee Niravaay Nizhal PunarumeeYou are the fullness, as a shadow embraces
PournamiraakkadalinnnalayilThe waves on this full-moon sea
Mazhayaam Mazha Njaanum Nanayum Bhoomi NeeyumI will become the rain, and you, the earth that is drenched
Paathakal Palar Music Video
The song journeys from a chaotic world to a singular point of stability. It concludes with one person becoming the rain and the other becoming the earth. The meaning of the “Paathakal Palar” lyrics is a statement of a complete, symbiotic partnership.