Irava Pagala
From Poovellam Kettuppar · 1999
- Lyricist
- Pazhani Bharathi
- Music director
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Details
- Poovellam Kettuppar1999
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Irava pagala Kulira veyilaa | Is it night or day, cold or heat? |
| Ennai ondrum seiyaadhadi | Nothing affects me, girl. |
| Kadala puyala | Is it the ocean or a storm? |
| Idiyaa mazhaiyaa | Is it thunder or rain? |
| Ennai ondrum seiyaadhadi | Nothing affects me, girl. |
| Male | |
| Aanaal undhan | But your |
| Mounam matum | silence alone |
| Yedho seiyudhadi | does something to me. |
| Ennai yedho seiyudhadi | It does something to me. |
| Kadhal idhudhaanaa | Is this what love is? |
| Male | |
| Sindum mani polae | Like scattered beads, |
| Sidharum en nenjam | my heart lies shattered. |
| Konjam nee vandhu | If you come for a moment |
| Korthaal inbam | and string them together, it brings joy. |
| Male | |
| Nilavin mudhugum | Is the back of the moon |
| Pennin manadhum | and a woman's mind |
| Endrum ragasiyam thaana | always a secret? |
| Kanavilaenum solladi | Tell me at least in a dream, |
| Pennae kadhal | girl, is love |
| Nijam thaanaa | real? |
| Male | |
| Irava pagala | Is it night or day, |
| Kulira veyilaa | cold or heat? |
| Ennai ondrum seiyaadhadi | Nothing affects me, girl. |
| Male | |
| Ennai thodum thendral | Doesn't the breeze that touches me |
| Unnai thodavillayaa | touch you too? |
| Ennai sudum kadhal unnai | Doesn't the love that burns me |
| Sudavillayaa | burn you too? |
| Ennil vilum mazhai | Doesn't the rain falling on me |
| Unnil vilavillaya | fall on you? |
| Ennil ezhum minnal | Doesn't the lightning striking in me |
| Unnil ezha villayaa | strike in you? |
| Male | |
| Mugathirku kangal rendu | Two eyes for a face, |
| Muthathirkku idhalgal | lips for a kiss, |
| Rendu | two. |
| Kadhaluku nenjam rendu | Two hearts for love, |
| Ippodhu ondringu illayae | but one is missing here now! |
| Male | |
| Thanimayilae thanimayilae | In loneliness, in loneliness, |
| Thudippadhu edhuvarai | how long must I throb in pain? |
| Sol veliyae | Speak up and tell me! |
| Thanimayilae thanimayilae | In loneliness, in loneliness, |
| Thudippadhu edhuvarai | how long must I throb in pain? |
| Sol veliyae | Speak up and tell me! |
| Male | |
| Irava pagala | Is it night or day, |
| Kulira veyilaa | cold or heat? |
| Ennai ondrum seiyaadhadi | Nothing affects me, girl. |
| Female | |
| Vaanavillil vaanavillil | In the rainbow, in the rainbow, |
| Vannam edhuku | why are there colors? |
| Vandhu thodum | Coming to touch, |
| Vandhu thodum | coming to touch, |
| Thendral edhuku | why is there a breeze? |
| Female | |
| Andhi vaanil | In the evening sky, |
| Andhi vaanil | in the evening sky, |
| Vekkam edhuku | why is there shyness? |
| Purindhadhu purindhadhu | I understood, I understood, |
| Indru enaku | today I understood! |
| Female | |
| Mazhaiyinil megham thoonga | Just as clouds sleep in the rain, |
| Malarinil vandu thoonga | and bees sleep inside flowers, |
| Un tholilae saaya vandhen | I came to lean on your shoulder, |
| Sollaadha kadhalai sollida | to express this unspoken love. |
| Female | |
| Solli rasippen | Expressing it, I will cherish it, |
| Solli rasippen | expressing it, I will cherish it, |
| Solli solli nenjukulae | expressing it again and again, inside my heart |
| Endrum vasippen | I will reside forever. |
| Male | |
| Alli anaippen | I will hold you close, |
| Alli anaippen | I will hold you close, |
| Konji konji nenjukulae | pampering and caressing inside my heart, |
| Alli anaippen | I will hold you close. |
இரவா பகலா
குளிரா வெயிலா என்னை
ஒன்றும் செய்யாதடி
கடலா புயலா இடியா
மழையா என்னை ஒன்றும்
செய்யாதடி
Is it night or day, cold or heat?
Nothing affects me, girl.
Is it the ocean or a storm?
Is it thunder or rain?
Nothing affects me, girl.
ஆனால் உந்தன்
மௌனம் மட்டும் ஏதோ
செய்யுதடி என்னை ஏதோ
செய்யுதடி காதல் இதுதானா
But your
silence alone
does something to me.
It does something to me.
Is this what love is?
சிந்தும் மணி
போலே சிதறும் என்
நெஞ்சம் கொஞ்சம் நீ
வந்து கோர்த்தால் இன்பம்
Like scattered beads,
my heart lies shattered.
If you come for a moment
and string them together, it brings joy.
நிலவின் முதுகும்
பெண்ணின் மனதும் என்றும்
ரகசியம் தானா கனவிலேனும்
சொல்லடி பெண்ணே காதல்
நிஜம்தானா
Is the back of the moon
and a woman's mind
always a secret?
Tell me at least in a dream,
girl, is love
real?
இரவா பகலா
குளிரா வெயிலா என்னை
ஒன்றும் செய்யாதடி
கடலா புயலா இடியா
மழையா என்னை ஒன்றும்
செய்யாதடி
Is it night or day,
cold or heat?
Nothing affects me, girl.
என்னை தொடும்
தென்றல் உன்னை தொட
வில்லையா என்னை சுடும்
காதல் உன்னை சுட வில்லையா
என்னில் விழும் மழை உன்னில்
விழவில்லையா என்னில் எழும்
மின்னல் உன்னில் எழவில்லையா
Doesn't the breeze that touches me
touch you too?
Doesn't the love that burns me
burn you too?
Doesn't the rain falling on me
fall on you?
Doesn't the lightning striking in me
strike in you?
முகத்திற்கு கண்கள்
ரெண்டு முத்தத்திற்கு இதழ்கள்
ரெண்டு காதலுக்கு நெஞ்சம்
ரெண்டு இப்போது ஒன்றிங்கு
இல்லையே
Two eyes for a face,
lips for a kiss,
two.
Two hearts for love,
but one is missing here now!
தனிமையிலே
தனிமையிலே துடிப்பது
எதுவரை சொல் வெளியே
தனிமையிலே தனிமையிலே
துடிப்பது எதுவரை சொல் வெளியே
In loneliness, in loneliness,
how long must I throb in pain?
Speak up and tell me!
In loneliness, in loneliness,
how long must I throb in pain?
Speak up and tell me!
இரவா பகலா
குளிரா வெயிலா என்னை
ஒன்றும் செய்யாதடி
கடலா புயலா இடியா
மழையா என்னை ஒன்றும்
செய்யாதடி
Is it night or day,
cold or heat?
Nothing affects me, girl.
வானவில்லில்
வானவில்லில் வண்ணம்
எதுக்கு வந்து தொடும் வந்து
தொடும் தென்றல் எதுக்கு
In the rainbow, in the rainbow,
why are there colors?
Coming to touch,
coming to touch,
why is there a breeze?
அந்தி வானில்
அந்தி வானில் வெட்கம்
எதுக்கு புரிந்தது புரிந்தது
இன்று எனக்கு
In the evening sky,
in the evening sky,
why is there shyness?
I understood, I understood,
today I understood!
மழையினில்
மேகம் தூங்க மலரினில்
வண்டு தூங்க உன் தோளிலே
சாய வந்தேன் சொல்லாத
காதலை சொல்லிட
Just as clouds sleep in the rain,
and bees sleep inside flowers,
I came to lean on your shoulder,
to express this unspoken love.
சொல்லி
ரசிப்பேன் சொல்லி
ரசிப்பேன் சொல்லி
சொல்லி நெஞ்சுக்குள்ளே
என்றும் வசிப்பேன்
Expressing it, I will cherish it,
expressing it, I will cherish it,
expressing it again and again, inside my heart
I will reside forever.
அள்ளி அணைப்பேன்
அள்ளி அணைப்பேன் கொஞ்சி
கொஞ்சி நெஞ்சுக்குள்ளே அள்ளி
அணைப்பேன்
I will hold you close,
I will hold you close,
pampering and caressing inside my heart,
I will hold you close.
ஆண் & பெண் :
{ இரவா
பகலா குளிரா வெயிலா
நம்மை ஒன்றும் செய்யாதினி
கடலா புயலா இடியா மழையா
நம்மை ஒன்றும் செய்யாதினி } (2)
Irava pagala Kulira veyilaa
Is it night or day, cold or heat?
Ennai ondrum seiyaadhadi
Nothing affects me, girl.
Kadala puyala
Is it the ocean or a storm?
Idiyaa mazhaiyaa
Is it thunder or rain?
Ennai ondrum seiyaadhadi
Nothing affects me, girl.
Aanaal undhan
But your
Mounam matum
silence alone
Yedho seiyudhadi
does something to me.
Ennai yedho seiyudhadi
It does something to me.
Kadhal idhudhaanaa
Is this what love is?
Sindum mani polae
Like scattered beads,
Sidharum en nenjam
my heart lies shattered.
Konjam nee vandhu
If you come for a moment
Korthaal inbam
and string them together, it brings joy.
Nilavin mudhugum
Is the back of the moon
Pennin manadhum
and a woman's mind
Endrum ragasiyam thaana
always a secret?
Kanavilaenum solladi
Tell me at least in a dream,
Pennae kadhal
girl, is love
Nijam thaanaa
real?
Irava pagala
Is it night or day,
Kulira veyilaa
cold or heat?
Ennai ondrum seiyaadhadi
Nothing affects me, girl.
Ennai thodum thendral
Doesn't the breeze that touches me
Unnai thodavillayaa
touch you too?
Ennai sudum kadhal unnai
Doesn't the love that burns me
Sudavillayaa
burn you too?
Ennil vilum mazhai
Doesn't the rain falling on me
Unnil vilavillaya
fall on you?
Ennil ezhum minnal
Doesn't the lightning striking in me
Unnil ezha villayaa
strike in you?
Mugathirku kangal rendu
Two eyes for a face,
Muthathirkku idhalgal
lips for a kiss,
Rendu
two.
Kadhaluku nenjam rendu
Two hearts for love,
Ippodhu ondringu illayae
but one is missing here now!
Thanimayilae thanimayilae
In loneliness, in loneliness,
Thudippadhu edhuvarai
how long must I throb in pain?
Sol veliyae
Speak up and tell me!
Thanimayilae thanimayilae
In loneliness, in loneliness,
Thudippadhu edhuvarai
how long must I throb in pain?
Sol veliyae
Speak up and tell me!
Irava pagala
Is it night or day,
Kulira veyilaa
cold or heat?
Ennai ondrum seiyaadhadi
Nothing affects me, girl.
Vaanavillil vaanavillil
In the rainbow, in the rainbow,
Vannam edhuku
why are there colors?
Vandhu thodum
Coming to touch,
Vandhu thodum
coming to touch,
Thendral edhuku
why is there a breeze?
Andhi vaanil
In the evening sky,
Andhi vaanil
in the evening sky,
Vekkam edhuku
why is there shyness?
Purindhadhu purindhadhu
I understood, I understood,
Indru enaku
today I understood!
Mazhaiyinil megham thoonga
Just as clouds sleep in the rain,
Malarinil vandu thoonga
and bees sleep inside flowers,
Un tholilae saaya vandhen
I came to lean on your shoulder,
Sollaadha kadhalai sollida
to express this unspoken love.
Solli rasippen
Expressing it, I will cherish it,
Solli rasippen
expressing it, I will cherish it,
Solli solli nenjukulae
expressing it again and again, inside my heart
Endrum vasippen
I will reside forever.
Alli anaippen
I will hold you close,
Alli anaippen
I will hold you close,
Konji konji nenjukulae
pampering and caressing inside my heart,
Alli anaippen
I will hold you close.
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Irava Pagala is a tender romantic track from the 1999 movie Poovellam Kettuppar. The protagonist expresses that nature's harshest elements—heat, cold, rain, or violent storms—cannot disturb his peace, yet his beloved's silence torments his soul. He yearns to know if she experiences the same inner turmoil and passion that he feels, questioning why love feels so mysterious like the unseen side of the moon. Ultimately, he realizes that beauty in nature exists to echo love's sweetness, and he longs to rest on her shoulder and hold her close forever.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Sindum mani polae Sidharum en nenjam”
Compares the protagonist's scattered, heart-broken feelings to loose beads spilling across the floor.
Anaphora / Initial Rhyme (Moona/Edhukai)
“Ennai thodum thendral... Ennai sudum kadhal...”
Rhythmic repetition of starting structures ('Ennai thodum', 'Ennai sudum', 'Ennil vilum', 'Ennil ezhum') to build romantic intensity.
Rhetorical Question
“Nilavin mudhugum Pennin manadhum Endrum ragasiyam thaana”
Asks rhetorical questions comparing hidden aspects of nature to the mysterious mind of a woman.
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Trivia
Irava Pagala was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja early in his career and sung by legendary singer Hariharan with lyrics written by Pazhani Bharathi. The film Poovellam Kettuppar stars Suriya and Jyothika, making it one of the classic early collaborations between the real-life celebrity couple.
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