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Poompaavaiye

From Chevvaikizhamai · 2023

Lyricist
Pazhani Bharathi
Singer
Chinmayi Sripada
Music director
B. Ajaneesh Loknath
Movie name
Chevvaikizhamai
Movie release year
2023
Lyrics added on
13 Nov 2023

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Poompaavaiyae
Or nagaramaga aanadhenna
Vaazhkkaiyae
Thee meedhilae
Oru malarai pola
Erivdhenna yakkaiyae
Thee pidikkum kaamam
Yaar kodutha saabam
Theiyum indha dhegam
Aa..aaa…aaa..aa…
Oor thootrudhae
Visham pongum vaarthai
Kollaamal kolludhae
Nee paavamaai
Endhan mugam nila vanam
Nenjil oru niramdharam
Kanakkalil ulaa varum
Kannil oru kanneer kulam
Udal sodhanai koodam aagum
Sudum baagathil thegam vega hoi
Eravillai thaabam
Thaalavillai dhegam
Aa ..aa..aa..
Oru theekadal per alaigalodu
Ennil vandhu moozhgudhae
Or vegathil en vayadhum vaazhvum
Pattri kondru eriyudhae
Poovil oru naagam
Boogambathin vegam
Aaravillai kaayam
Aa..aa..aa….
Poompaavaiyae
Or nagaramaga aanadhenna
Vaazhkkaiyae
Un vaazhkkaiyae
O delicate, flower-like girl,
Why has it become like an open city,
This life of yours?
Right in the fire,
Just like a blossom,
Why is your body burning?
This desire that catches fire,
Whose curse is this?
This body is wasting away,
Aa… aa… aa…
The town speaks ill and slanders,
Their poison-filled words
Kill me without taking my life.
Looking so helpless and pitiful,
My face was once like a moonlit garden,
Now my heart is utterly alone,
Where dreams used to stroll,
My eyes are now a pool of tears.
The body has become a testing ground,
As it burns in searing heat, oh,
The feverish burning will not subside,
And the body can no longer bear it.
Aa… aa… aa…
A sea of fire, with roaring waves,
Crashes in and drowns me.
In its violent rush, my youth and life
Catch fire and burn away.
A snake inside the flower,
The fury of an earthquake,
The wound never heals.
Aa… aa… aa…
O delicate, flower-like girl,
Why has it become like an open city,
This life,
Your very life….
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Poompaavaiyae' from the movie 'Chevvaikizhamai' (the Tamil dubbed version of the Telugu mystery thriller 'Mangalavaaram') is a poignant, haunting depiction of a woman suffering from an uncontrollable internal affliction and hypersexuality due to psychological trauma. The lyrics highlight her intense emotional and physical turmoil, comparing her body to a flower caught in a raging fire and her condition to an unhealing wound.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Uvamaani)

“Oru malarai pola”

Compares the fragile human body or life to a delicate flower burning upon a flame ('Oru malarai pola erivdhenna yakkaiyae').

Metaphor (Uruvagaimai)

“Oru theekadal per alaigalodu”

Refers to overwhelming emotional/physical agony as a 'sea of fire' with large waves drowning the protagonist ('Oru theekadal per alaigalodu').

Ethirhai (Rhyme/Assonance in Tamil Poetry)

“Eravillai thaabam / Thaalavillai dhegam”

Matching second letter rhyming structure in adjacent lines ('Eravillai' and 'Thaalavillai').

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Trivia

'Chevvaikizhamai' is the official Tamil version of the acclaimed Telugu psychological thriller 'Mangalavaaram' directed by Ajay Bhupathi. Sung passionately by Chinmayi Sripada with music composed by B. Ajaneesh Loknath, the song beautifully encapsulates the tragic condition of nymphomania faced by the protagonist, treating a sensitive subject with deep lyrical empathy.

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