Sundelikkum Sundelikkum Lyrics English Translation – Kaithi Kannayiram | M. S. Rajeswari
“Sundelikkum Sundelikkum” by M. S. Rajeswari appeared on the 1960 album Kaithi Kannayiram. Lyricist A. Maruthakasi and composer K. V. Mahadevan created the song. It opens by announcing a wedding procession for a mouse couple at night.
The song assigns ceremonial duties to animals and nature. A limping crab dances for the guests, and a frog’s croak acts as the percussion. The meaning of the ‘Sundelikkum Sundelikkum’ lyrics comes from this transformation, where mud from a wet field becomes sandalwood paste.
Sundelikkum SundelikkumIt’s a wedding for the little mouse and his bride
ThirumanamamA wedding is taking place
Iravil Chola Thattai PallakkileAt night, in a ‘palanquin’ made of sorghum stalks
OorvalamamA grand procession is underway
Sundelikkum SundelikkumIt’s a wedding for the little mouse and his bride
ThirumanamamA wedding is taking place
Iravil Chola Thattai PallakkileAt night, in a ‘palanquin’ made of sorghum stalks
OorvalamamA grand procession is underway
Nondik Kalu NanduA crab with a limping leg
Ponnu NattiyamamIs the lady performing the dance
Norai Thavalai MelathalaA foamy frog, with its throat
VaththiyamamIs providing the percussion
Nondik Kalu NanduA crab with a limping leg
Ponnu NattiyamamIs the lady performing the dance
Norai Thavalai MelathalaA foamy frog, with its throat
VaththiyamamIs providing the percussion
Thondaiyilla KottanumThe owl that had no throat
Suthiya Vittu PadichamSang its song by spinning around
Thondaiyilla KottanumThe owl that had no throat
Suthiya Vittu PadichamSang its song by spinning around
Kann Simitti MinminiyumA winking firefly
Kantha Lightu PottuchamFlicked on a bright, powerful light
Kann Simitti MinminiyumA winking firefly
Kantha Lightu PottuchamFlicked on a bright, powerful light
Sundelikkum SundelikkumIt’s a wedding for the little mouse and his bride
ThirumanamamA wedding is taking place
Iravil Chola Thattai PallakkileAt night, in a ‘palanquin’ made of sorghum stalks
OorvalamamA grand procession is underway
Nanjai Vayal Seru Ange SanthanamamThe mud from the wet field was their ‘sandalwood paste’
Naththang Koottu Thanneere PanneeramThe water from a snail’s shell was their ‘rosewater’
Nanjai Vayal Seru Ange SanthanamamThe mud from the wet field was their ‘sandalwood paste’
Naththang Koottu Thanneere PanneeramThe water from a snail’s shell was their ‘rosewater’
Punjai Kattu Kuruvi ThazhaiA bird from the dry fields brought leaves
Pottu Kolla VeththalaiyamTo be served as the ceremonial ‘betel’
Punjai Kattu Kuruvi ThazhaiA bird from the dry fields brought leaves
Pottu Kolla VeththalaiyamTo be served as the ceremonial ‘betel’
Vanthiruntha KumbalukkuFor the crowd that had gathered
Soru Mattum PaththalaiyamIt seemed only the food wasn’t enough
Vanthiruntha KumbalukkuFor the crowd that had gathered
Soru Mattum PaththalaiyamIt seemed only the food wasn’t enough
Sundelikkum SundelikkumIt’s a wedding for the little mouse and his bride
ThirumanamamA wedding is taking place
Iravil Chola Thattai PallakkileAt night, in a ‘palanquin’ made of sorghum stalks
OorvalamamA grand procession is underway
Sundelikkum SundelikkumIt’s a wedding for the little mouse and his bride
ThirumanamamA wedding is taking place
Iravil Chola Thattai PallakkileAt night, in a ‘palanquin’ made of sorghum stalks
Each verse adds another layer to this miniature world, from winking fireflies providing light to an owl acting as a singer. The song gathers these absurd details to build a complete wedding ceremony. It works as a pure celebration of how imagination finds wonder in simple things.
