Family Paattu
From Veetla Vishesham · 2022
- Lyricist
- Pa. Vijay
- Music director
- Girishh Gopalakrishnan
- Details
- Veetla Vishesham2022
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Nooru kovil thevai illai | There is no need for a hundred temples, |
| Thaaiyum thanthaiyum podhumae | Mother and father are more than enough. |
| Ooril ulla deivam ellaam | All the deities that exist in this world, |
| Engal veettil vaazhumae | Reside right inside our home. |
| Male | |
| Yaarum illai endru thaan | Saying that there is no one left, |
| Ingu yaarumae illai | There is truly nobody alone here. |
| Aadhi bagavan veettile | In the house of the Almighty Creator, |
| Endrum anbukkedhellai | There is never any boundary for love. |
| Male | |
| Nooru kovil thevai illai | There is no need for a hundred temples, |
| Thaaiyum thanthaiyum podhumae | Mother and father are more than enough. |
| Chorus | |
| ………………….. | |
| Male | |
| Irandu vaazhkai ulladha | Do we have two lives to live? |
| Idhayam namakku chinnadha | Is our heart so small? |
| Kavalai marandhu uravil kalandhu | Forgetting worries and blending into family bonds, |
| Seidha thavarai sernthu rasithiduvom | Let us cherish together the mistakes we made. |
| Female | |
| Ethanai peyarkku ippadi vaazhum | How many people get to live like this, |
| Varangal kidaikkum boomiyilae | Receiving such blessings on this earth? |
| Kidaitha uravai deivathin parisaai | Treating the relationships we received as God's gift, |
| Semithu vaippom nenjikullae | Let us save and treasure them inside our hearts. |
| Chorus | |
| …………………. | |
| Female | |
| Udaintha idhayangal seruma | Will broken hearts ever join together again? |
| Uravil idhayangal udaiyuma | Will hearts break within a relationship? |
| Virumbum nenjangal vizhaguma | Will hearts that love ever drift apart? |
| Vizhagum nenjangal virumbuma | Will hearts that drift apart love again? |
| Female | |
| Paarthu pazhagiya manasu thaan | Can a mind accustomed to knowing someone, |
| Pazhasa maranthiduma | Ever truly forget the past? |
| Pazhasa marakka ninaikkayil | When trying to forget the past, |
| Meendum ninaithiduma | Will it remember it all over again? |
| Male | |
| Ethanai peyarkku inbamai vaazha | For how many people, to live in happiness, |
| Varangal kidaikkum boomiyilae | Are blessings granted on this earth? |
| Kidaitha varamthai kan munnae kalaithu | Shattering the received blessing right before our eyes, |
| Ullukkul azhudhu punnagai chedikku | Crying inside, for the plant of smiles, |
| Kanneerai ootruvadha… | Are we watering it with tears? |
| Male | |
| Nooru kovil thevai illai | There is no need for a hundred temples, |
| Thaaiyum thanthaiyum podhumae | Mother and father are more than enough. |
| Ooril ulla deivam ellaam | All the deities that exist in this world, |
| Engal veettil vaazhumae | Reside right inside our home. |
| Male | |
| Yaarum illai endru thaan | Saying that there is no one left, |
| Ingu yaarumae illai | There is truly nobody alone here. |
| Aadhi bagavan veettilae | In the house of the Almighty Creator, |
| Endrum anbukkedhellai | There is never any boundary for love. |
| Male | |
| Nooru kovil thevai illai | There is no need for a hundred temples, |
| Thaaiyum thanthaiyum podhumae…. | Mother and father are more than enough. |
| Chorus | |
| ………………….. | |
நூறு கோவில் தேவை இல்லை
தாயும் தந்தையும் போதுமே
ஊரில் உள்ள தெய்வம் எல்லாம்
எங்கள் வீட்டில் வாழுமே
There is no need for a hundred temples,
Mother and father are more than enough.
All the deities that exist in this world,
Reside right inside our home.
யாரும் இல்லை என்று தான்
இங்கு யாருமே இல்லை
ஆதி பகவன் வீட்டிலே
என்றும் அன்புக்கேதெல்லை
Saying that there is no one left,
There is truly nobody alone here.
In the house of the Almighty Creator,
There is never any boundary for love.
நூறு கோவில் தேவை இல்லை
தாயும் தந்தையும் போதுமே
There is no need for a hundred temples,
Mother and father are more than enough.
...............
இரண்டு வாழ்க்கை உள்ளதா
இதயம் நமக்கு சின்னதா
கவலை மறந்து உறவில் கலந்து
செய்த தவறை சேர்ந்து ரசித்திடுவோம்
Do we have two lives to live?
Is our heart so small?
Forgetting worries and blending into family bonds,
Let us cherish together the mistakes we made.
எத்தனை பெயர்க்கு இப்படி வாழும்
வரங்கள் கிடைக்கும் பூமியிலே
கிடைத்த உறவை தெய்வத்தின் பரிசாய்
சேமித்து வைப்போம் நெஞ்சுக்குள்ளே
How many people get to live like this,
Receiving such blessings on this earth?
Treating the relationships we received as God's gift,
Let us save and treasure them inside our hearts.
இது பாச மலர்களின் தோட்டமே
ஒரு கூட்டு கிளிகளின் கூட்டமே
அழகோ அழகு எந்தையும் தாயும்
மகிழ்ந்துலாவி கொஞ்சிய வீடிதுவே
..................
Will broken hearts ever join together again?
Will hearts break within a relationship?
Will hearts that love ever drift apart?
Will hearts that drift apart love again?
உடைந்த இதயங்கள் சேருமா
உறவில் இதயங்கள் உடையுமா
விரும்பும் நெஞ்சங்கள் விலகுமா
விலகும் நெஞ்சங்கள் விரும்புமா
Can a mind accustomed to knowing someone,
Ever truly forget the past?
When trying to forget the past,
Will it remember it all over again?
பார்த்து பழகிய மனசு தான்
பழச மறந்திடுமா
பழச மறக்க நினைக்கயில்
மீண்டும் நினைத்திடுமா
For how many people, to live in happiness,
Are blessings granted on this earth?
Shattering the received blessing right before our eyes,
Crying inside, for the plant of smiles,
Are we watering it with tears?
எத்தனை பெயர்க்கு இன்பமாய் வாழ
வரங்கள் கிடைக்கும் பூமியிலே
கிடைத்த வரத்தை கண் முன்னே கலைத்து
உள்ளுக்குள் அழுது புன்னகை செடிக்கு
கண்ணீரை ஊற்றுவதா
There is no need for a hundred temples,
Mother and father are more than enough.
All the deities that exist in this world,
Reside right inside our home.
நூறு கோவில் தேவை இல்லை
தாயும் தந்தையும் போதுமே
ஊரில் உள்ள தெய்வம் எல்லாம்
எங்கள் வீட்டில் வாழுமே
Saying that there is no one left,
There is truly nobody alone here.
In the house of the Almighty Creator,
There is never any boundary for love.
யாரும் இல்லை என்று தான்
இங்கு யாருமே இல்லை
ஆதி பகவன் வீட்டிலே
என்றும் அன்புக்கேதெல்லை
There is no need for a hundred temples,
Mother and father are more than enough.
நூறு கோவில் தேவை இல்லை
தாயும் தந்தையும் போதுமே
.......................
Nooru kovil thevai illai
There is no need for a hundred temples,
Thaaiyum thanthaiyum podhumae
Mother and father are more than enough.
Ooril ulla deivam ellaam
All the deities that exist in this world,
Engal veettil vaazhumae
Reside right inside our home.
Yaarum illai endru thaan
Saying that there is no one left,
Ingu yaarumae illai
There is truly nobody alone here.
Aadhi bagavan veettile
In the house of the Almighty Creator,
Endrum anbukkedhellai
There is never any boundary for love.
Nooru kovil thevai illai
There is no need for a hundred temples,
Thaaiyum thanthaiyum podhumae
Mother and father are more than enough.
…………………..
Irandu vaazhkai ulladha
Do we have two lives to live?
Idhayam namakku chinnadha
Is our heart so small?
Kavalai marandhu uravil kalandhu
Forgetting worries and blending into family bonds,
Seidha thavarai sernthu rasithiduvom
Let us cherish together the mistakes we made.
Ethanai peyarkku ippadi vaazhum
How many people get to live like this,
Varangal kidaikkum boomiyilae
Receiving such blessings on this earth?
Kidaitha uravai deivathin parisaai
Treating the relationships we received as God's gift,
Semithu vaippom nenjikullae
Let us save and treasure them inside our hearts.
………………….
Udaintha idhayangal seruma
Will broken hearts ever join together again?
Uravil idhayangal udaiyuma
Will hearts break within a relationship?
Virumbum nenjangal vizhaguma
Will hearts that love ever drift apart?
Vizhagum nenjangal virumbuma
Will hearts that drift apart love again?
Paarthu pazhagiya manasu thaan
Can a mind accustomed to knowing someone,
Pazhasa maranthiduma
Ever truly forget the past?
Pazhasa marakka ninaikkayil
When trying to forget the past,
Meendum ninaithiduma
Will it remember it all over again?
Ethanai peyarkku inbamai vaazha
For how many people, to live in happiness,
Varangal kidaikkum boomiyilae
Are blessings granted on this earth?
Kidaitha varamthai kan munnae kalaithu
Shattering the received blessing right before our eyes,
Ullukkul azhudhu punnagai chedikku
Crying inside, for the plant of smiles,
Kanneerai ootruvadha…
Are we watering it with tears?
Nooru kovil thevai illai
There is no need for a hundred temples,
Thaaiyum thanthaiyum podhumae
Mother and father are more than enough.
Ooril ulla deivam ellaam
All the deities that exist in this world,
Engal veettil vaazhumae
Reside right inside our home.
Yaarum illai endru thaan
Saying that there is no one left,
Ingu yaarumae illai
There is truly nobody alone here.
Aadhi bagavan veettilae
In the house of the Almighty Creator,
Endrum anbukkedhellai
There is never any boundary for love.
Nooru kovil thevai illai
There is no need for a hundred temples,
Thaaiyum thanthaiyum podhumae….
Mother and father are more than enough.
…………………..
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This soulful track from 'Veetla Vishesham' centers on the sanctity of family, parental devotion, and the depth of emotional relationships. The opening verses proclaim that one does not need to wander to a hundred temples seeking God, because a mother and a father embody divinity within the home. It underscores the belief that under God's roof, unconditional love knows no bounds, and no one is ever truly alone.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Iyaipu (End Rhyme)
“Udaintha idhayangal seruma / Uravil idhayangal udaiyuma”
The lines end with rhythmic, rhyming musical suffixes ('seruma', 'udaiyuma', 'vizhaguma', 'virumbuma'), creating a soft lyrical cadence.
Muran (Antithesis)
“Virumbum nenjangal vizhaguma / Vizhagum nenjangal virumbuma”
Contrasts opposing concepts—desiring/loving ('virumbum') versus separating/distancing ('vizhagum')—to express the complex nature of human emotions.
Metaphor
“Ullukkul azhudhu punnagai chedikku / Kanneerai ootruvadha…”
Metaphorically compares a person's smile to a small plant ('punnagai chedi') that is sorrowfully watered by hidden inner tears ('kanneer').
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Trivia
'Veetla Vishesham' (2022) is the official Tamil remake of the hit 2018 Hindi film 'Badhaai Ho'. Music director Girishh Gopalakrishnan incorporated classical and traditional choral textures into the soundtrack, featuring classical vocalist Bombay Jayashri alongside Jairam Balasubramanian and Debapriya Adhikary to evoke deep filial reverence and emotional warmth.
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