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Ippadiyum Oruthan Undu

From Oru Oorla · 2014

Lyricist
Mu. Metha
Singer
Velmurugan
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Oru Oorla
Movie release year
2014
Lyrics added on
14 May 2020

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Ippadiyum oruthan undu
Adhai eppadi naan solluvadhu
Ippadiyum oruthan undu
Adhai eppadi naan solluvadhu
Thappu yedhu sari yaedhu
Sonna oppukkavum theriyaadhu
Vidinjaa podhum kudikkanum
Pozhudhu saanjaa podhum kudikkanum
Vidinjaa podhum kudikkanum
Pozhudhu saanjaa podhum kudikkanum
Ada endha paya yekkaedu
Kettu ponaa enakkenna
Endriurkkum ivan pola yaaru undu
Ippadiyum oruthan undu
Adhai eppadi naan solluvadhu
Thappu yedhu sari yaedhu
Sonna oppukkavum theriyaadhu
Velaiya senjaa laabamum illa
Seiyaa vittaa nashtamum illa
Sambalam vandhaa sariyaa pogum kudi kanakku
Vaazhkkaiyil oru latchiyam illa
Paadhaiya thaedum avasiyam illa
Than vazhiyil poradhanaal ivan thalaivanappaa
Sollugira josiyam palikkaadhivanidam
Ivan sollum josiyam pudusaagum
Aiyanaaru saamikkunnu padaikkiradhellaam
Paiya paiya ivan kaiyil maatti kollum
Suthi suthi veedhiyila thirigira sudhandhiram
Mothamaa kedachadhu ivanukkappaa
Ippadiyum oruthan undu
Adhai eppadi naan solluvadhu
Thappu yedhu sari yaedhu
Sonna oppukkavum theriyaadhu
Odamil thuni irundhaal enna
Illaa vittaal ivanukkenna
Thalaiyl thanni pattaal thaanae salava thuni
Yaeruna bodha eranga vidaama
Adhula romba gavanam vaippaan
Erangichunnaa panjula theeyaa paraparappaan
Thaan pora pokkula pogura ivanukku
Than pokku yedhu innu theriyaadhu
Pollaappu ivanuku pudhusaa pazhasaa
Nal vaakku kedachaa selvaakku
Vaendiyadhu yaedhum illa
Vaendaadhadhu yaedhum illa
Ivan endha kanakkilum illaiyappaa
Ippadiyum oruthan undu
Adhai eppadi naan solluvadhu
Ippadiyum oruthan undu
Adhai eppadi naan solluvadhu
Thappu yedhu sari yaedhu
Sonna oppukkavum theriyaadhu
Vidinjaa podhum kudikkanum
Pozhudhu saanjaa podhum kudikkanum
Ada endha paya yekkaedu
Kettu ponaa enakkenna
Endriurkkum ivan pola yaaru undu
Ippadiyum oruthan undu
Adhai eppadi naan solluvadhu
Thappu yedhu sari yaedhu
Sonna oppukkavum theriyaadhu
A guy like this really exists
How am I supposed to describe him?
A guy like this really exists
How am I supposed to describe him?
What is wrong and what is right?
Even if you tell him, he refuses to accept it
The moment dawn breaks, he has to drink
The moment dusk falls, he has to drink
The moment dawn breaks, he has to drink
The moment dusk falls, he has to drink
Hey, whoever goes to ruin,
"Why should I care if they get ruined?"
Who else exists like him with this attitude?
A guy like this really exists
How am I supposed to describe him?
Ah, what is wrong and what is right?
Even if you tell him, he refuses to accept it
If he works, there is no gain
If he doesn't work, there is no loss
If he gets paid, it precisely settles his drinking tab
He has no ambition in life
There is no need for him to search for a path
Because he walks his own way, he is his own leader!
No fortune-telling works on him
The predictions he makes are totally new
Whatever is offered to Ayyanar (village guardian deity)
Slowly and quietly ends up in his hands
The complete freedom to wander around the streets
He is the one who got it all!
A guy like this really exists
How am I supposed to describe him?
What is wrong and what is right?
Even if you tell him, he refuses to accept it
What does it matter if he has clothes on?
What does he care if he doesn't?
Fresh clothes are needed only if water touches his head!
Without letting his high wear off,
He pays great attention to keep it going
If it wears off, he flutters like fire catching cotton
Drifting along wherever life takes him,
He does not even know where he is going
Is trouble something new to him, or old?
If someone speaks well of him, that is his fame
There is nothing he desires
There is nothing he dislikes
He simply does not fit into any category!
A guy like this really exists
How am I supposed to describe him?
A guy like this really exists
How am I supposed to describe him?
What is wrong and what is right?
Even if you tell him, he refuses to accept it
The moment dawn breaks, he has to drink
The moment dusk falls, he has to drink
Hey, whoever goes to ruin,
"Why should I care if they get ruined?"
Who else exists like him with this attitude?
A guy like this really exists
How am I supposed to describe him?
What is wrong and what is right?
Even if you tell him, he refuses to accept it
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Oru Oorla' portrays a care-free, eccentric, and alcoholic character who lives completely outside social norms and expectations. He does not care about worldly success, moral judgment, or social standing. His primary routine revolves around drinking from sunrise to sunset, spending whatever money he earns straight on alcohol, and wandering the streets in total freedom. He does not conform to traditional beliefs or astrology, and lives entirely in the present moment without ambitions or regrets.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai)

Erangichunnaa panjula theeyaa paraparappaan

Compares his sudden agitation when losing his drunk high to fire catching on cotton ('panjula theeyaa').

Antithesis / Contrast (Muran)

Velaiya senjaa laabamum illa / Seiyaa vittaa nashtamum illa

Contrasts working versus not working, and profit versus loss to show complete indifference.

Edugai (Second-letter Rhyme)

Rhyming of the second letter 'pp' across consecutive lines ('Ippadiyum' /

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Trivia

'Oru Oorla' (2014) features lyrics penned by veteran Tamil poet and lyricist Mu. Metha. The song serves as a character introduction depicting a quintessential local vagrant whose carefree philosophy parodies societal conventions.

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