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About “Pothi Vacha Malligai Mottu” Song
“Pothi Vacha Malligai Mottu” is a duet from the 1983 Tamil film Mann Vasanai, directed by Bharathiraja. Ilaiyaraaja composed the music, Vairamuthu wrote the lyrics, and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and S. Janaki sing it. The song is a warm, romantic number that captures the affection between the film’s leads, Pandiyan and Revathi.
This song traces the delicate arc of young, shy love blossoming into intimacy. The woman’s voice carries modesty and awakening desire. The man responds with tender devotion, finding his very identity reborn through love, and gently courts her with offers of closeness. Her final refusal isn’t rejection but a protective tenderness, afraid her heart cannot bear too much too soon — met by his gentle acceptance that love, like a bud, must unfold slowly, not be forced.
She:
A jasmine bud once locked away in shy and secret grace,
Has opened now and left behind the blush upon my face.
The sweet, soft whispers of the one who holds my heart as his own,
Have woven tender bonds of harmony in all that is.
He:
By calling out my darling’s name again and yet again,
I found myself a soul reborn — as if I’d never lived before.
He:
The gentle breeze is waiting for the garlands to entwine,
The sacred thread is ready now to bind your heart to mine.
She:
Is this the dusk that softly falls, or evening’s golden glow?
Or is it time to rest upon your lap and let love flow?
He:
Weave the jasmine in your hair, so fragrant and so white,
And let the bed of love be laid to welcome in the night.
She:
Oh my love, the north wind stirs,
and still my heart burns with fevered heat.
She:
While bathing in the river’s flow, my mind was lost in you,
And shy, I veiled my blushing skin in turmeric’s golden hue.
He:
Shall I steal a fleeting glance, or come and stand beside,
To softly rub your weary back where water meets the shore?
She:
That cannot be allowed, my love —my heart could never bear it.
He:
A tender bud is all the blossom has the strength to bear.
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