Chinna Kuyil Paadum
From Poove Poochooda Vaa · 1985
- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singer
- K. S. Chithra
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Details
- Poove Poochooda Vaa1985
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Laa laa laalala … laa laa laalala | Laa laa laalala … laa laa laalala |
| Female | |
| Chinna kuyil paadum paatu kekudhaa | Do you hear the song sung by the little cuckoo? |
| Kukkoo kukkoo koo koo kukkoo kukkoo koo koo | Cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo, cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo |
| Thambigalae thangaigalae theril ennai yetrungal | Younger brothers and sisters, seat me on the chariot! |
| Ullaasamaai urchaagamaai oorai sutri kaatungal | Show me around the town with joy and enthusiasm! |
| Female | |
| Chinna kuyil paadum paatu kekudhaa | Do you hear the song sung by the little cuckoo? |
| Kukkoo kukkoo koo koo kukkoo kukkoo koo koo | Cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo, cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo |
| Female | |
| Yengum manimelae thannandhaniyaa | Wandering all alone everywhere like a precious gem, |
| Gangai nadhikenna kattuthariyaa | Is there a hitching post to tie down the River Ganges? |
| Ada vaanam yengu pogum angu naanum povenae | Ah, wherever the sky goes, I shall go there too! |
| Yeppam vidum odaiyai ippodhudhaan paarkiren | Only now am I seeing the gurgling, bubbling stream, |
| Mainaakalin bhaasaiyai ippodhudhaan ketkiren | Only now am I hearing the language of the mynah birds, |
| Brindhavanam ingae paarthenae la la la lalalaa | I found my Vrindavan right here, la la la lalalaa! |
| Female | |
| Chinna kuyil paadum paatu kekudhaa | Do you hear the song sung by the little cuckoo? |
| Female | |
| Aha indha boomi putham pudhusu paasam vandhadhaalae pongum manasu | Aha, this earth feels brand new; my heart overflows as love arrives! |
| Ini vaasam veesum poovil naanum vaasam seivenae | From now on, I too shall reside inside the fragrant flowers! |
| Thaavi yengum odinen thaayin madi thedinen | I leaped and ran everywhere, searching for a mother's lap, |
| Poovanangal yengilum poojai seiya pogiren | I am going to offer worship across all the flower gardens, |
| En solaiyil naanum poovaven la la la lalalaa | In my garden, I too will become a flower, la la la lalalaa! |
| Female | |
| Chinna kuyil paadum paatu kekudhaa | Do you hear the song sung by the little cuckoo? |
| Kukkoo kukkoo koo koo koo koo kukkoo kukkoo koo koo koo koo | Cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo koo koo cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo koo koo |
| Thambigalae thangaigalae theril yennai yetrungal | Younger brothers and sisters, seat me on the chariot! |
| Ullaasamaai urchaagamaai oorai suttri kaatungal | Show me around the town with joy and enthusiasm! |
| Female | |
| Chinna kuyil paadum paatu kekudhaa | Do you hear the song sung by the little cuckoo? |
| Kukkoo kukkoo koo koo kukkoo kukkoo koo koo | Cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo, cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo |
| Kukkoo kukkoo koo koo kukkoo kukkoo koo koo | Cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo, cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo |
லா லா லாலலா
லா லா லாலலா
Laa laa laalala … laa laa laalala
சின்ன குயில் பாடும்
பாட்டு கேக்குதா குக்கூ குக்கூ
கூ கூ குக்கூ குக்கூ கூ கூ
தம்பிகளே தங்கைகளே தேரில்
என்னை ஏற்றுங்கள் உல்லாசமாய்
உற்சாகமாய் ஊரை சுற்றி காட்டுங்கள்
Do you hear the song sung by the little cuckoo?
Cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo, cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo
Younger brothers and sisters, seat me on the chariot!
Show me around the town with joy and enthusiasm!
சின்ன குயில் பாடும்
பாட்டு கேக்குதா குக்கூ குக்கூ
கூ கூ குக்கூ குக்கூ கூ கூ
Do you hear the song sung by the little cuckoo?
Cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo, cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo
எங்கும் மணிமேலே
தன்னந்தனியா கங்கை
நதிக்கென்ன கட்டுத்தரியா
அட வானம் எங்கு போகும்
அங்கு நானும் போவேனே
ஏப்பம் விடும் ஓடையை
இப்போதுதான் பார்க்கிறேன்
மைனாக்களின் பாஷையை
இப்போதுதான் கேட்கிறேன்
பிருந்தாவனம் இங்கே
பார்த்தேனே ல ல ல லலலா
Wandering all alone everywhere like a precious gem,
Is there a hitching post to tie down the River Ganges?
Ah, wherever the sky goes, I shall go there too!
Only now am I seeing the gurgling, bubbling stream,
Only now am I hearing the language of the mynah birds,
I found my Vrindavan right here, la la la lalalaa!
சின்ன குயில் பாடும்
பாட்டு கேக்குதா
Do you hear the song sung by the little cuckoo?
குக்கூ குக்கூ கூ கூ
கூ கூ குக்கூ குக்கூ கூ கூ
கூ கூ கூ கூ கூ கூ கூ கூ
கூ கூ கூ கூ கூ கூ கூ கூ
கூ கூ கூ கூ கூ கூ கூ கூ
கூ கூ கூ கூ கூ கூ கூ கூ
கூ கூ
Aha, this earth feels brand new; my heart overflows as love arrives!
From now on, I too shall reside inside the fragrant flowers!
I leaped and ran everywhere, searching for a mother's lap,
I am going to offer worship across all the flower gardens,
In my garden, I too will become a flower, la la la lalalaa!
ஆஹா இந்த பூமி
புத்தம் புதுசு பாசம் வந்ததாலே
பொங்கும் மனசு இனி வாசம்
வீசும் பூவில் நானும் வாசம்
செய்வேனே தாவி எங்கும்
ஓடினேன் தாயின் மடி தேடினேன்
பூவனங்கள் எங்கிலும் பூஜை
செய்ய போகிறேன் என் சோலையில்
நானும் பூவாவேன் ல ல ல லலலா
Do you hear the song sung by the little cuckoo?
Cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo koo koo cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo koo koo
Younger brothers and sisters, seat me on the chariot!
Show me around the town with joy and enthusiasm!
சின்ன குயில் பாடும்
பாட்டு கேக்குதா குக்கூ குக்கூ
கூ கூ கூ கூ குக்கூ குக்கூ கூ கூ
கூ கூ தம்பிகளே தங்கைகளே தேரில்
என்னை ஏற்றுங்கள் உல்லாசமாய்
உற்சாகமாய் ஊரை சுற்றி காட்டுங்கள்
Do you hear the song sung by the little cuckoo?
Cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo, cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo
Cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo, cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo
சின்ன குயில் பாடும்
பாட்டு கேக்குதா குக்கூ குக்கூ
கூ கூ குக்கூ குக்கூ கூ கூ
குக்கூ குக்கூ கூ கூ குக்கூ
குக்கூ கூ கூ
Laa laa laalala … laa laa laalala
Laa laa laalala … laa laa laalala
Chinna kuyil paadum paatu kekudhaa
Do you hear the song sung by the little cuckoo?
Kukkoo kukkoo koo koo kukkoo kukkoo koo koo
Cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo, cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo
Thambigalae thangaigalae theril ennai yetrungal
Younger brothers and sisters, seat me on the chariot!
Ullaasamaai urchaagamaai oorai sutri kaatungal
Show me around the town with joy and enthusiasm!
Chinna kuyil paadum paatu kekudhaa
Do you hear the song sung by the little cuckoo?
Kukkoo kukkoo koo koo kukkoo kukkoo koo koo
Cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo, cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo
Yengum manimelae thannandhaniyaa
Wandering all alone everywhere like a precious gem,
Gangai nadhikenna kattuthariyaa
Is there a hitching post to tie down the River Ganges?
Ada vaanam yengu pogum angu naanum povenae
Ah, wherever the sky goes, I shall go there too!
Yeppam vidum odaiyai ippodhudhaan paarkiren
Only now am I seeing the gurgling, bubbling stream,
Mainaakalin bhaasaiyai ippodhudhaan ketkiren
Only now am I hearing the language of the mynah birds,
Brindhavanam ingae paarthenae la la la lalalaa
I found my Vrindavan right here, la la la lalalaa!
Chinna kuyil paadum paatu kekudhaa
Do you hear the song sung by the little cuckoo?
Aha indha boomi putham pudhusu paasam vandhadhaalae pongum manasu
Aha, this earth feels brand new; my heart overflows as love arrives!
Ini vaasam veesum poovil naanum vaasam seivenae
From now on, I too shall reside inside the fragrant flowers!
Thaavi yengum odinen thaayin madi thedinen
I leaped and ran everywhere, searching for a mother's lap,
Poovanangal yengilum poojai seiya pogiren
I am going to offer worship across all the flower gardens,
En solaiyil naanum poovaven la la la lalalaa
In my garden, I too will become a flower, la la la lalalaa!
Chinna kuyil paadum paatu kekudhaa
Do you hear the song sung by the little cuckoo?
Kukkoo kukkoo koo koo koo koo kukkoo kukkoo koo koo koo koo
Cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo koo koo cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo koo koo
Thambigalae thangaigalae theril yennai yetrungal
Younger brothers and sisters, seat me on the chariot!
Ullaasamaai urchaagamaai oorai suttri kaatungal
Show me around the town with joy and enthusiasm!
Chinna kuyil paadum paatu kekudhaa
Do you hear the song sung by the little cuckoo?
Kukkoo kukkoo koo koo kukkoo kukkoo koo koo
Cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo, cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo
Kukkoo kukkoo koo koo kukkoo kukkoo koo koo
Cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo, cuckoo, cuckoo, koo koo
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Chinna Kuyil Paadum Paatu is a joyful and vibrant track from the 1985 film Poove Poochooda Vaa. It depicts a young woman brimming with exuberance, celebrating her newly found emotional warmth, affection, and boundless freedom. Comparing herself to a uninhibited cuckoo and the untamed River Ganges, she joyfully wanders through nature, experiencing the world around her with childlike wonder and renewed affection.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Onomatopoeia (Oli-kurippu)
“Kukkoo kukkoo koo koo kukkoo kukkoo koo koo- Line 3/7/21/25/26 - Kukkoo kukkoo koo koo kukkoo kukkoo koo koo - Imitating the bird call of the cuckoo to establish a joyful, naturalistic musicality tone.”
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Gangai nadhikenna kattuthariyaa - Line 9 - Gangai nadhikenna kattuthariyaa - Comparing her unbounded youth and spirit to the mighty Ganges River which cannot be tethered to a post.”
Rhyme / Edugai (Second letter agreement)
“Yeppam vidum odaiyai ippodhudhaan paarkiren / Mainaakalin bhaasaiyai ippodhudhaan ketkiren - Lines 11-12 - Edugai agreement between Yeppam and Mainaakalin along with structural repetition (ippodhudhaan).”
Personification
“En solaiyil naanum poovaven - Line 19 - En solaiyil naanum poovaven - Expressing the poetic imagination of merging with nature by becoming a flower herself in her own garden.”
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Trivia
This iconic song fetched singer K. S. Chithra her very first National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 1985. The immense popularity of this track composed by Ilaiyaraaja permanently earned Chithra the beloved title 'Chinna Kuyil' (Little Cuckoo) across Tamil cinema and music history.
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