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Kaatre Poongatre

From Priyamana Thozhi · 2003

Lyricist
Pa. Vijay
Singer
K. S. Chithra
Music director
S. A. Rajkumar
Movie name
Priyamana Thozhi
Movie release year
2003
Lyrics added on
14 May 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kaatrae poongaatrae
Oru kavidhai solvaaiyaa
Chorus : Aaa…aaa…aaa…aaa
Vinnil sellaththaan
Un siraghugal tharuvaaiyaa
Chorus : Aaa…aaa…aaa…aaa
Aa..aaa..aa..aaa…aa…aaa.
Aa…aaa…aaa…
Aaa..aaa…aaa…
Kaatrae poongaatrae
Oru kavidhai solvaaiyaa
Vinnil sellaththaan
Un siraghugal tharuvaaiyaa
Thendralaai varugiren
Pookkalaai Pookkavaa
Vaarththaiyaai varugiren
Paadalaai Paadavaa
Kaatrae poongaatrae
Oru kavidhai solvaaiyaa
Vinnil sellaththaan
Un siraghugal tharuvaaiyaa
Aa..aaa..aa..aaa…aa…aaa.
Aa…aaa…aaa…
Aa..aaa..aa..aaa…aa…aaa.
Aa…aaa…aaa…
O wind, gentle breeze,
Will you recite a poem?
Chorus: Ah... ah... ah... ah...
Just to fly into the sky,
Will you lend me your wings?
Chorus: Ah... ah... ah... ah...
Ah... ah... ah... ah...
Ah... ah... ah...
Ah... ah... ah...
O wind, gentle breeze,
Will you recite a poem?
Just to fly into the sky,
Will you lend me your wings?
I come as a gentle breeze,
Shall I bloom like flowers?
I come as words,
Shall I sing as a song?
O wind, gentle breeze,
Will you recite a poem?
Just to fly into the sky,
Will you lend me your wings?
Ah... ah... ah... ah...
Ah... ah... ah...
Ah... ah... ah... ah...
Ah... ah... ah...
Female
Female
Chorus
Female
Female
Female
Chorus

Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Kaatrae Poongaatrae is a gentle, melodic song where the speaker converses with the breeze, treating nature as a close confidante. The speaker asks the wind to recite poetry and share its wings so that they can soar freely into the sky. The song captures feelings of tenderness, freedom, and emotional expression, as the singer desires to turn feelings into flowers, words, and music.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Personification

Kaatrae poongaatrae / Oru kavidhai solvaaiyaa

Addressing the wind as a friend and asking it to recite poetry and lend wings.

Parallelism / Anaphora

Thendralaai varugiren / Vaarththaiyaai varugiren

Repetitive sentence structures in 'varugiren' and 'Paadavaa/Pookkavaa' creating a musical rhythm.

Metaphor

Pookkalaai Pookkavaa / Paadalaai Paadavaa

Comparing emotional presence to nature (breeze, blossoming flowers) and artistic creation (words, song).

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Trivia

The soundtrack of the 2003 Tamil film 'Priyamana Thozhi' was composed by S. A. Rajkumar, featuring lyrics written by Pa. Vijay.

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