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Kallil Pooveduppom Kaatril

From Thunive Thunai · 1976

Lyricist
Kannadasan
Singers
L. R. Eswari, L. R. Anjali
Music director
M. S. Vishwanathan
Movie name
Thunive Thunai
Movie release year
1976
Lyrics added on
13 Jun 2024

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kallil pooveduppom
Kaattril naareduppom
Kallil pooveduppom
Kaattril naareduppom
Ingae sattamundu thittamundru
Engalukkul mattum undu aadu
Adi vetkaththai vittodi
Antha sorkkaththai kondaadi
Adi vetkaththai vittodi
Antha sorkkaththai kondaadi
Engae paarthaalum thanga katti
Adi inbam kondaadu kannai katti
Pachai mottukkal katchai katti
Nalla paadal paadattum thaalam thatti
…………………..
Mangai ingaethaan thaniyaaga nindraal
Vanga kadal thaandi maappillai vanthaan
Adi hongkong thantha kattil undu
Bangkok thantha meththai kondu podu
Adi vetkaththai vittodi
Antha sorkkaththai kondaadi
Adi vetkaththai vittodi
Antha sorkkaththai kondaadi
……………….
Salavai kallaalae araiyai kattii
Sarasa padam pottaen kalaigal kotti
Neechal kulamondrai naduvil katti
Neentha poraadi azhagu kutti
…………………
Maanam ponaalum varumaanam undu
Mangai unakkaga vegumaanam undu
Adi neeyum undu avarum undu
Naalu pakkam suvarum undu aadu
Adi vetkaththai vittodi
Antha sorkkaththai kondaadi
Adi vetkaththai vittodi
Antha sorkkaththai kondaadi
Kallil pooveduppom
Kaattril naareduppom
Kallil pooveduppom
Kaattril naareduppom
Ingae sattamundu thittamundru
Engalukkul mattum undu aadu
Adi vetkaththai vittodi
Antha sorkkaththai kondaadi
Adi vetkaththai vittodi
Antha sorkkaththai kondaadi
We will pluck flowers from stone,
We will draw thread from the wind.
We will pluck flowers from stone,
We will draw thread from the wind.
Here there are rules, and there are plans,
Exclusive only to us—come, dance!
Girl, run away casting off your shyness,
And celebrate that heaven!
Girl, run away casting off your shyness,
And celebrate that heaven!
Wherever you look, there are bars of gold,
Girl, celebrate the joy blindfolded!
Let the young green buds adorn themselves,
And sing a fine song while clapping to the rhythm.
(Music)
The young woman stood here all alone,
Crossing the Bay of Bengal, the groom arrived.
Girl, there is a bed brought from Hong Kong,
Bring and lay down the mattress from Bangkok!
Girl, run away casting off your shyness,
And celebrate that heaven!
Girl, run away casting off your shyness,
And celebrate that heaven!
(Music)
Having built a room with marble stones,
I hung erotic art, showering artistic skill.
Having built a swimming pool right in the center,
You will swim and play in it, pretty girl!
(Music)
Even if honor is lost, there is still income,
Young woman, there is a grand reward for you!
Girl, you are here, and he is here,
Surrounded by walls on all four sides—come, dance!
Girl, run away casting off your shyness,
And celebrate that heaven!
Girl, run away casting off your shyness,
And celebrate that heaven!
We will pluck flowers from stone,
We will draw thread from the wind.
We will pluck flowers from stone,
We will draw thread from the wind.
Here there are rules, and there are plans,
Exclusive only to us—come, dance!
Girl, run away casting off your shyness,
And celebrate that heaven!
Girl, run away casting off your shyness,
And celebrate that heaven!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This energetic dance song from the film 'Thunive Thunai' (1976) portrays a glamorously rebellious and carefree club atmosphere. The lyrics use bold hyperbole—such as plucking flowers from stone or pulling thread from the air—to symbolize accomplishing the impossible and breaking conventional social barriers in pursuit of worldly pleasures and material gain.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navortchi)

“Kallil pooveduppom / Kaattril naareduppom”

Extravagant exaggerations like plucking flowers from stones and pulling fiber from wind to convey impossible feats.

Emonai (First-letter Alliteration)

“Kallil pooveduppom / Kaattril naareduppom”

Matching first letters in consecutive words/lines (Kallil / Kaattril).

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

“Adi vetkaththai vittodi / Antha sorkkaththai kondaadi”

Matching rhyming words at the end of lines ('vittodi' and 'kondaadi').

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Trivia

Composed by M. S. Viswanathan with lyrics by Kannadasan, this track features the iconic duet dynamic of sisters L. R. Eswari and L. R. Anjali, who were renowned for delivering high-energy club numbers in 1970s Tamil cinema.

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