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Collegil Test

From Chinna Poove Mella Pesu · 1987

Lyricist
S. A. Rajkumar
Singer
Malaysia Vasudevan
Music director
S. A. Rajkumar
Movie name
Chinna Poove Mella Pesu
Movie release year
1987
Lyrics added on
26 May 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
College-il test vacha
Bore adikkudhu
Manasu teen age-u ponnu kanda
Daav adikidhu
College-il test vacha
Bore adikkudhu
Manasu teen age-u ponnu kanda
Daav adikidhu
Ada bus stand-u pakkam thaanae
Kannu meiyudhu
Nalla pala palakkum saelaiya kandaa
Pakkam thaavudhu
Namma college-il test vacha
Bore adikkudhu
Manasu teen age-u ponnu kanda
Daav adikidhu
Ada bus stand-u pakkam thaanae
Kannu meiyudhu
Nalla pala palakkum saelaiya kandaa
Pakkam thaavudhu
Adi mayilae mayilae mayilae
Enna marandhu pona mayilae
Adi odunji nikkira oyilae
Naan urugi ponen kuyilae
Un kannu rendum nenja killudhu
Ilam ponnu manam enna solludhu
Un kannu rendum nenja killudhu
Ilam ponnu manam enna solludhu
Adi aththini siththini paththiniyae uththami
Kattikkiraen unna naanu kitta vaadi machchini
College-il
Namma college-il test vacha
Bore adikkudhu
Manasu teen age-u ponnu kanda
Daav adikidhu
Ada bus stand-u pakkam thaanae
Kannu meiyudhu
Nalla pala palakkum saelaiya kandaa
Pakkam thaavudhu
Ada nadayae nadayae nadayae
En manam kavarndha nadayae
Ada elachu pona idaiyae
Enna vaattum kaaman padaiyae
Un appan aaththa peru ennamaa
Un parambaraikkae paattan naan ammaa
Un appan aaththa peru ennamaa
Un parambaraikkae paattan naan ammaa
Adi andhari sundhari anjugamae endhiri
Kondu poven kudhirai mela maaman rajathandhiri
College-il
Namma college-il test vacha
Bore adikkudhu
Manasu teen age-u ponnu kanda
Daav adikidhu
Ada bus stand-u pakkam thaanae
Kannu meiyudhu
Nalla pala palakkum saelaiya kandaa
Pakkam thaavudhu
Namma college-il test vacha
Bore adikkudhu
Manasu teen age-u ponnu kanda
Daav adikidhu
Ada bus stand-u pakkam thaanae
Kannu meiyudhu
Nalla pala palakkum saelaiya kandaa
Pakkam thaavudhu
Hei pakkam thaavudhu
Hei hei pakkam thaavudhu
When they give tests in college,
it feels so boring!
When my heart sees a teenage girl,
it starts to flirt!
When they give tests in college,
it feels so boring!
When my heart sees a teenage girl,
it starts to flirt!
Hey, around the bus stand,
my eyes wander around!
When catching sight of a shining saree,
my heart leaps right over there!
When they give tests in our college,
it feels so boring!
When my heart sees a teenage girl,
it starts to flirt!
Hey, around the bus stand,
my eyes wander around!
When catching sight of a shining saree,
my heart leaps right over there, oh hey!
Hey peacock, my lovely peacock,
the peacock who forgot all about me,
standing with such slender grace,
I have completely melted for you, sweet cuckoo!
Both your eyes pinch my heart!
What is this young girl's heart saying?
Both your eyes pinch my heart!
What is this young girl's heart saying?
Hey, charming, graceful, and virtuous girl,
I will marry you, come close to me, darling!
In college...
When they give tests in our college,
it feels so boring!
When my heart sees a teenage girl,
it starts to flirt!
Hey, around the bus stand,
my eyes wander around!
When catching sight of a shining saree,
my heart leaps right over there!
Oh, what a walk, what a walk,
a graceful walk that stole my heart!
Oh, that slender waist of yours,
it strikes me like the god of love's army!
What are your father's and mother's names, girl?
I am the master of your whole family tree!
What are your father's and mother's names, girl?
I am the master of your whole family tree!
Hey enchanting beauty, my sweet parrot, rise up!
I will carry you away on horseback, your man is a clever strategist!
In college...
When they give tests in our college,
it feels so boring!
When my heart sees a teenage girl,
it starts to flirt!
Hey, around the bus stand,
my eyes wander around!
When catching sight of a shining saree,
my heart leaps right over there!
When they give tests in our college,
it feels so boring!
When my heart sees a teenage girl,
it starts to flirt!
Hey, around the bus stand,
my eyes wander around!
When catching sight of a shining saree,
my heart leaps right over there!
Hey, it leaps right over there!
Hey hey, it leaps right over there!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song expresses the carefree, playful spirit of college youth who find academic exams boring and prefer the excitement of romance and distraction. The protagonist whimsically describes how his eyes wander towards girls at the bus stand and how his heart instantly gets drawn to attractive young women. He playfully woos his beloved using romantic exaggerations, traditional classical classifications of women, and humorous banter about her family and lineage. Overall, the song is a energetic, lighthearted college track celebrating youthful infatuation and romantic banter.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Enna vaattum kaaman padaiyae

Comparing the girl's charm to Cupid's army ('kaaman padaiyae') that torments the lover's heart.

Hyperbole

Un parambaraikkae paattan naan ammaa

Playful dramatic exaggeration of status and flirting by claiming to be the ancestor/patriarch to her whole lineage.

Eskhai / Alliteration (Ethirhai and Monai)

Adi aththini siththini paththiniyae uththami

Rhyming ending words and rhythmic repetition of classic terms for women (aththini, siththini, paththini, uththami).

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Trivia

'Chinna Poove Mella Pesu' (1987) marked the debut of S. A. Rajkumar as a film music director. He composed the music as well as penned the lyrics for this popular youth track.

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