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Enga Ooru Nalla Ooru

From Yettikki Potti · 1987

Lyricist
Vaali
Singer
Kollangudi Karuppayi
Music director
Gangai Amaran
Movie name
Yettikki Potti
Movie release year
1987
Lyrics added on
28 Sept 2022

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
………………..
Enga ooru nalla ooru
Nanjai punjai ulla ooru
Enga ooru nalla ooru
Nanjai punjai ulla ooru
Angaalamman koyil irukku naduvae
Aanai suthum kaadum irukku
Chorus :Angaalamman koyil irukku naduvae
Aanai suthum kaadum irukku
{Enga ooru nalla ooru
Chorus :Enga ooru nalla ooru
Female :Nanjai punjai ulla ooru
Chorus :Nanjai punjai ulla ooru} (2)
Aa.aaa..aaa..aaa…aaa…aaaa..
{Kambangkollai undu
Sola kollai undu
Velachalukku korachalilla }(2)
Pon velaiyum seemai
Indha mann valandhaanga
Idhila paadupattu palan edukkum
Makkalum naanga
Pon velaiyum seemai
Indha mann valandhaanga
Idhila paadupattu palan edukkum
Makkalum naanga
{Enga ooru nalla ooru
Chorus :Enga ooru nalla ooru
Female :Nanjai punjai ulla ooru
Chorus :Nanjai punjai ulla ooru..}(2)
Pathu saadhi sanamum
Othumaiya irukkum
Eppodhum enga oorula
Pathu saadhi sanamum
Othumaiya irukkum
Eppodhum enga oorula
Oru marathu paravai pola
Vaazhnthirupponga
Enga oora pola osandhadooru
Ulagil yedhunga
Oru marathu paravai pola
Vaazhnthirupponga
Enga oora pola osandhadooru
Ulagil yedhunga
{Enga ooru nalla ooru
Chorus :Enga ooru nalla ooru
Female :Nanjai punjai ulla ooru
Chorus :Nanjai punjai ulla ooru..}(2)
Angaalamman koyil irukku naudvae
Aanai suthum kaadum irukku
Chorus :Angaalamman koyil irukku naduvae
Aanai suthum kaadum irukku
{Enga ooru nalla ooru
Chorus :Enga ooru nalla ooru
Female :Nanjai punjai ulla ooru
Chorus :Nanjai punjai ulla ooru} (2)
………………...
Our town is a good town
A town with wetland and dryland farms
Our town is a good town
A town with wetland and dryland farms
There is an Angaalamman temple right in the middle
And there is a forest where elephants roam
Chorus: There is an Angaalamman temple right in the middle
And there is a forest where elephants roam
{Our town is a good town
Chorus: Our town is a good town
Female: A town with wetland and dryland farms
Chorus: A town with wetland and dryland farms} (2)
Aa...aaa...aaa...aaa...aaa...aaaa...
{There are millet fields
There are corn fields
There is no shortage of harvest} (2)
A land where gold grows
Blessed by this fertile soil
The people who toil here and reap the benefits
Are us, the people
A land where gold grows
Blessed by this fertile soil
The people who toil here and reap the benefits
Are us, the people
{Our town is a good town
Chorus: Our town is a good town
Female: A town with wetland and dryland farms
Chorus: A town with wetland and dryland farms..}(2)
People of ten different communities
Live together in unity
Always in our town
People of ten different communities
Live together in unity
Always in our town
Like birds living on the same tree
They live together
A town as noble as our town
Is there any in the world?
Like birds living on the same tree
They live together
A town as noble as our town
Is there any in the world?
{Our town is a good town
Chorus: Our town is a good town
Female: A town with wetland and dryland farms
Chorus: A town with wetland and dryland farms..}(2)
There is an Angaalamman temple right in the middle
And there is a forest where elephants roam
Chorus: There is an Angaalamman temple right in the middle
And there is a forest where elephants roam
{Our town is a good town
Chorus: Our town is a good town
Female: A town with wetland and dryland farms
Chorus: A town with wetland and dryland farms} (2)
Chorus
Female
Female
Female
Female
Female
Female
Female
Female
Female
Female
Female

Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song is a joyful celebration of rural village life, expressing pride in local agriculture, natural landscape, and social unity. Sung in authentic Tamil folk style, the narrator praises the village for its rich agricultural yield of grains like millet and sorghum, its divine protection from the central Angaalamman temple, and its sprawling surrounding forests.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai)

Oru marathu paravai pola

Compares the diverse villagers living together in communal harmony to different birds roosting together on a single tree.

Metaphor (Uruvagakani)

Pon velaiyum seemai

Metaphorically describes the rich crops grown on the fertile land as gold yielding from the soil.

End Rhyme (Iyaipu)

Kambangkollai undu / Sola kollai undu

Repetition of the ending word 'undu' across consecutive lines creates an uplifting rhythmic structure typical of Tamil folk songs.

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Trivia

The song is performed by iconic Tamil folk artist Kollangudi Karuppayi, who was known for introducing authentic rustic Naattupura Paattu (rural folk songs) into mainstream 1980s Tamil cinema under musical direction by Gangai Amaran.

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