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Lyrics & meaning

Dinasari Colour-ai Paarkka

From Vellai Pura Ondru · 1984

Lyricist
Gangai Amaran
Singers
S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Vellai Pura Ondru
Movie release year
1984
Lyrics added on
28 Feb 2023

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
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Dhinasari colourai paarkka college
Male Chorus :Haei
Male :Paarththathum kanavil magizhum teenage
Male Chorus :Haei
Male :Virumbi ketpathu
Male Chorus :Papapap paapap paa
Male :Virumbu enbathu
Male Chorus :Papapap paapap paa
Male :Neyargal viruppaththai kettidammaa
Dhinasari colourai paarkka college
Female Chorus :Haei
Female :Paarththathum kanavil magizhum teenage
Female Chorus :Haei
Female :Virumbi ketpathu
Female Chorus :Papapap paapap paa
Female :Virumbu enbathu
Female Chorus :Papapap paapap paa
Female :Neyargal viruppaththai kettidammaa
Dhinasari colourai paarkka college
Female :Hoi paarththathum kanavil magizhum teenage
Male :Hoi hoi
…………………
Paarvaigal kokki poduthae
Paarththathum sakthi poguthae
Female :Paarvaiyum maari poguthae
Bodhaiyum yaeri poguthae
Palavitha yaekkam yaedhu thookkam
Palavitha yaekkam yaethu thookkam
Female :Paavaiyar paarvai pattathum
Kaalai un manam kaattril aaduthae
Dhinasari colourai paarkka college
Male Chorus :Haei
Male :Paarththathum kanavil magizhum teenage
Male Chorus :Haei
Female Chorus :Papapap paapap paa
Female :Virumbu enbathu
Female Chorus :Papapap paapap paa
Female :Neyargal viruppaththai kettidammaa
Dhinasari colourai paarkka college
Female :Hoi paarththathum kanavil magizhum teenage
Male :Hoo
Aangalin anbu enbathu
Adikkadi paathai maaruthu
Male :Pengalin nesam enpathu
Ponnira poovai pondrathu
Ilamaikku thoothu iniya maathu
Ilamaikku thoothu iniya maathu
Male :Pudhiyathoru ulagam enbathu
Arugil vanthathu uravai thanthathu
Dhinasari colourai paarkka college
Female Chorus :Haei
Female :Paarththathum kanavil magizhum teenage
Female Chorus :Haei
Female :Virumbi ketpathu
Female Chorus :Papapap paapap paa
Female :Virumbu enbathu
Female Chorus :Papapap paapap paa
Female :Neyargal viruppaththai kettidammaa
Dhinasari colourai paarkka college
Male Chorus :Haei
Male :Paarththathum kanavil magizhum teenage
Male Chorus :Haei
Male :Virumbi ketpathu
Male Chorus :Papapap paapap paa
Male :Virumbu enbathu
Male Chorus :Papapap paapap paa
Male :Neyargal viruppaththai kettidammaa
…………………
......
College is the place to see colors every day!
Male Chorus: Hey!
Male: Teenage is the age that dreams with joy at a single look!
Male Chorus: Hey!
Male: Asking for what you love,
Male Chorus: Pa-pa-pa pa-pa pa
Male: Asking someone to love you,
Male Chorus: Pa-pa-pa pa-pa pa
Male: Come on girl, listen to the listener's choice!
College is the place to see colors every day!
Female Chorus: Hey!
Female: Teenage is the age that dreams with joy at a single look!
Female Chorus: Hey!
Female: Asking for what you love,
Female Chorus: Pa-pa-pa pa-pa pa
Female: Asking someone to love you,
Female Chorus: Pa-pa-pa pa-pa pa
Female: Come on, listen to the listener's choice!
College is the place to see colors every day!
Female: Hoy, teenage is the age that dreams with joy at a single look!
Male: Hoy hoy!
......
Glances are hooking each other in!
All strength drains away the moment you look!
Female: The way we look at things is changing too!
A sweet intoxication is rising high!
With all kinds of longings, where is sleep?
With all kinds of longings, where is sleep?
Female: Once a girl's glance falls on you,
Young man, your heart sways in the wind!
College is the place to see colors every day!
Male Chorus: Hey!
Male: Teenage is the age that dreams with joy at a single look!
Male Chorus: Hey!
Female Chorus: Pa-pa-pa pa-pa pa
Female: Asking someone to love you,
Female Chorus: Pa-pa-pa pa-pa pa
Female: Come on, listen to the listener's choice!
College is the place to see colors every day!
Female: Hoy, teenage is the age that dreams with joy at a single look!
Male: Hoo!
The love that men offer,
Often strays and changes its path!
Male: The love that women give,
Is pure like a golden flower!
A sweet woman is a messenger to youth!
A sweet woman is a messenger to youth!
Male: A whole new world,
Has come close and blessed us with love!
College is the place to see colors every day!
Female Chorus: Hey!
Female: Teenage is the age that dreams with joy at a single look!
Female Chorus: Hey!
Female: Asking for what you love,
Female Chorus: Pa-pa-pa pa-pa pa
Female: Asking someone to love you,
Female Chorus: Pa-pa-pa pa-pa pa
Female: Come on, listen to the listener's choice!
College is the place to see colors every day!
Male Chorus: Hey!
Male: Teenage is the age that dreams with joy at a single look!
Male Chorus: Hey!
Male: Asking for what you love,
Male Chorus: Pa-pa-pa pa-pa pa
Male: Asking someone to love you,
Male Chorus: Pa-pa-pa pa-pa pa
Male: Come on girl, listen to the listener's choice!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This upbeat, youth-centric song captures the vibrant atmosphere of college life, teenage romance, and mutual attraction between young men and women. Framed as a radio listener request format ('Neyargal Viruppam'), the song playfully explores how college acts as a canvas for youthfulness, dreams, and colorful experiences. The verses playfully debate the nature of attraction, comparing male affection to a wandering path and female love to a delicate golden flower, highlighting the intoxicating joy and restlessness that comes with young love.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Monaif (Initial Consonant Alliteration)

Paavaiyar paarvai pattathum

Repetition of the initial 'Pa' sound creates rhythmic momentum across the line.

Uvamai (Simile)

Pengalin nesam enpathu / Ponnira poovai pondrathu

Comparing a woman's love directly to a golden flower using the comparative marker 'pondrathu'.

Metaphor

Paarvaigal kokki poduthae

Describing glances as casting hooks ('kokki poduthae'), metaphorically expressing how captivating looks catch one's heart.

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Trivia

'Vellai Pura Ondru' (1984) features music composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja with lyrics written by Gangai Amaran. Sung by legendary playback singers S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and S. Janaki, the song uniquely incorporates Western-influenced chorus vocalizations (papapap paapap paa) combined with radio announcer terminology to capture 1980s youth culture.

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