Manam Pona Pokkil
From Kadhal Rojavae · 2000
- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singers
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Details
- Kadhal Rojavae2000
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Manam pona pokkil ponen | I went wherever my mind drifted |
| En paadhaiyil | In my path |
| Vidivelli ondru kanden | I saw a morning star |
| Adhi kaalaiyil | In the early morning |
| Female | |
| Yaar nammai serthu vaithadhu | Who brought us together? |
| Namm kaiyil enna ulladhu | What control do we hold in our hands? |
| Pudhu anbu ondru thaanae | A new love alone |
| Vilaiyaadudhu | Plays around |
| Adhu nenjil nindru thaanae | Staying within the heart |
| Pudhir podudhu | It poses a riddle |
| Male | |
| Neer illaadha paalaiyl | In a waterless desert |
| Nilavu pola neeyadi | You are like the moon, my dear |
| Nindru kaana iyalaa | Unable to stand and watch |
| Vazhi pokkan naanadi | I am a wayfarer, my dear |
| Female | |
| Nee marutha podhilum | Even when you refuse it |
| Unnai thodarum vennilaa | The full moon follows you |
| Amudha oliyai veesum | Shining its divine light |
| Dhinam undhan kaaladi | Every day at your feet |
| Male | |
| Kadal neeril | With sea water |
| Dhaagam theerumaa | Can thirst ever be quenched? |
| Kadhaigal ingae | Will stories told here |
| Vaazhkkai aagumaa | Become real life? |
| Male | |
| Manam pona pokkil ponen | I went wherever my mind drifted |
| En paadhaiyil | In my path |
| Vidivelli ondru kanden | I saw a morning star |
| Adhi kaalaiyil | In the early morning |
| Male | |
| Yaar nammai serthu vaithadhu | Who brought us together? |
| Namm kaiyil enna ulladhu | What control do we hold in our hands? |
| Pudhu anbu ondru thaanae | A new love alone |
| Vilaiyaadudhu | Plays around |
| Adhu nenjil nindru thaanae | Staying within the heart |
| Pudhir podudhu | It poses a riddle |
| Female | |
| Kaadhal varigal paadinaal | If love lines are sung |
| Kaanal varigal aagumaa | Will they become lines of a mirage? |
| Unadhu kaigal meettum | Plucked by your hands |
| Pudhu ponnin veenai naan | I am a new golden veena |
| Male | |
| Vasantha kaalam pona pin | After the spring season leaves |
| Kuyilgal koova koodumo | Can cuckoos still sing? |
| Vandhu pogum vasantham | The spring that comes and goes |
| Vaazhvil endru thondrumo | When will it bloom in life? |
| Female | |
| Kadaloram aadum neeralai | The ocean wave dancing by the shore |
| Oru podhum oivadhillaiyae | Never rests at any time |
| Female | |
| Manam pona pokkil ponen | I went wherever my mind drifted |
| En paadhaiyil | In my path |
| Vidivelli ondru kanden | I saw a morning star |
| Adhi kaalaiyil | In the early morning |
| Male | |
| Yaar nammai serthu vaithadhu | Who brought us together? |
| Female :Namm kaiyil enna ulladhu | What control do we hold in our hands? |
| Male | |
| Idhu therindhu pogum neram | Knowing this, it is time to leave |
| Vazhiyanuppa vaa | Come to see me off |
| Unnai arindhu konda neram | Now that I have known you |
| Nee sendru vaa | Go ahead and take your leave |
மனம் போன போக்கில் போனேன்
என் பாதையில்
விடிவெள்ளி ஒன்று கண்டேன்
அதிகாலையில்
I went wherever my mind drifted
In my path
I saw a morning star
In the early morning
யார் நம்மை சேர்த்து வைத்தது
நம் கையில் என்ன உள்ளது
புது அன்பு ஒன்று தானே
விளையாடுது
அது நெஞ்சில் நின்றுதானே
புதிர் போடுது
Who brought us together?
What control do we hold in our hands?
A new love alone
Plays around
Staying within the heart
It poses a riddle
நீர் இல்லாத பாலையில்
நிலவு போல நீயடி
நின்று காண இயலா
வழிப்போக்கன் நானடி
In a waterless desert
You are like the moon, my dear
Unable to stand and watch
I am a wayfarer, my dear
நீ மறுத்த போதிலும்
உன்னைத் தொடரும் வெண்ணிலா
அந்த ஒளியில் வீசும்
தினம் உந்தன் காலடி
கடல் நீரில் தாகம் தீருமா
கதைகள் இங்கே வாழ்கை ஆகுமா
Even when you refuse it
The full moon follows you
Shining its divine light
Every day at your feet
மனம் போன போக்கில் போனேன்
என் பாதையில்
விடிவெள்ளி ஒன்று கண்டேன்
அதிகாலையில்
With sea water
Can thirst ever be quenched?
Will stories told here
Become real life?
யார் நம்மை சேர்த்து வைத்தது
நம் கையில் என்ன உள்ளது
புது அன்பு ஒன்று தானே
விளையாடுது
அது நெஞ்சில் நின்றுதானே
புதிர் போடுது
I went wherever my mind drifted
In my path
I saw a morning star
In the early morning
காதல் வரிகள் பாடினால்
கானல் வரிகள் ஆகுமா
உனது கைகள் மீட்டும்
புதுப் பொண்ணின் வீணை நான்
Who brought us together?
What control do we hold in our hands?
A new love alone
Plays around
Staying within the heart
It poses a riddle
வசந்தக் காலம் போன பின்
குயில்கள் கூவக் கூடுமோ
வந்து போகும் வசந்தம்
வாழ்வில் என்று தோன்றுமோ
கடலோரம் ஆடும் நீரலை....
ஒரு போதும் ஓய்வதில்லையே...
If love lines are sung
Will they become lines of a mirage?
Plucked by your hands
I am a new golden veena
மனம் போன போக்கில் போனேன்
என் பாதையில்
விடிவெள்ளி ஒன்று கண்டேன்
அதிகாலையில்
After the spring season leaves
Can cuckoos still sing?
The spring that comes and goes
When will it bloom in life?
யார் நம்மை சேர்த்து வைத்தது
நம் கையில் என்ன உள்ளது
இது தெரிந்து போகும் நேரம்
வழி அனுப்பவா
உன்னை அறிந்து கொண்ட நேரம்
நீ சென்று வா......
The ocean wave dancing by the shore
Never rests at any time
I went wherever my mind drifted
In my path
I saw a morning star
In the early morning
Who brought us together?
What control do we hold in our hands?
Knowing this, it is time to leave
Come to see me off
Now that I have known you
Go ahead and take your leave
Manam pona pokkil ponen
I went wherever my mind drifted
En paadhaiyil
In my path
Vidivelli ondru kanden
I saw a morning star
Adhi kaalaiyil
In the early morning
Yaar nammai serthu vaithadhu
Who brought us together?
Namm kaiyil enna ulladhu
What control do we hold in our hands?
Pudhu anbu ondru thaanae
A new love alone
Vilaiyaadudhu
Plays around
Adhu nenjil nindru thaanae
Staying within the heart
Pudhir podudhu
It poses a riddle
Neer illaadha paalaiyl
In a waterless desert
Nilavu pola neeyadi
You are like the moon, my dear
Nindru kaana iyalaa
Unable to stand and watch
Vazhi pokkan naanadi
I am a wayfarer, my dear
Nee marutha podhilum
Even when you refuse it
Unnai thodarum vennilaa
The full moon follows you
Amudha oliyai veesum
Shining its divine light
Dhinam undhan kaaladi
Every day at your feet
Kadal neeril
With sea water
Dhaagam theerumaa
Can thirst ever be quenched?
Kadhaigal ingae
Will stories told here
Vaazhkkai aagumaa
Become real life?
Manam pona pokkil ponen
I went wherever my mind drifted
En paadhaiyil
In my path
Vidivelli ondru kanden
I saw a morning star
Adhi kaalaiyil
In the early morning
Yaar nammai serthu vaithadhu
Who brought us together?
Namm kaiyil enna ulladhu
What control do we hold in our hands?
Pudhu anbu ondru thaanae
A new love alone
Vilaiyaadudhu
Plays around
Adhu nenjil nindru thaanae
Staying within the heart
Pudhir podudhu
It poses a riddle
Kaadhal varigal paadinaal
If love lines are sung
Kaanal varigal aagumaa
Will they become lines of a mirage?
Unadhu kaigal meettum
Plucked by your hands
Pudhu ponnin veenai naan
I am a new golden veena
Vasantha kaalam pona pin
After the spring season leaves
Kuyilgal koova koodumo
Can cuckoos still sing?
Vandhu pogum vasantham
The spring that comes and goes
Vaazhvil endru thondrumo
When will it bloom in life?
Kadaloram aadum neeralai
The ocean wave dancing by the shore
Oru podhum oivadhillaiyae
Never rests at any time
Manam pona pokkil ponen
I went wherever my mind drifted
En paadhaiyil
In my path
Vidivelli ondru kanden
I saw a morning star
Adhi kaalaiyil
In the early morning
Yaar nammai serthu vaithadhu
Who brought us together?
Female :Namm kaiyil enna ulladhu
What control do we hold in our hands?
Idhu therindhu pogum neram
Knowing this, it is time to leave
Vazhiyanuppa vaa
Come to see me off
Unnai arindhu konda neram
Now that I have known you
Nee sendru vaa
Go ahead and take your leave
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This song reflects on fate, yearning, and the bittersweet nature of love. The narrator describes walking aimlessly through life until encountering a beloved who shines like a morning star in a desert. Questioning whether human effort or destiny controls their bond, the speaker wrestles with the uncertainty of whether love will flourish into reality or vanish like a mirage.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Upamai (Simile)
“Nilavu pola neeyadi”
Comparing the beloved to the moon shining in a dry desert ('Neer illaadha paalaiyl / Nilavu pola neeyadi').
Rhetorical Question
“Kadal neeril / Dhaagam theerumaa”
Using questions like 'Can sea water quench thirst?' to express the impossibility or inadequacy of fulfilling deep emotional desires through temporary means.
Metaphor
“Unadhu kaigal meettum / Pudhu ponnin veenai naan”
The speaker compares themselves to a golden veena waiting to be played by the beloved's touch.
Emona / Rhyme (Tamil Rhyming Pattern)
“Kaadhal varigal paadinaal / Kaanal varigal aagumaa”
Use of internal and end-rhyming patterns characteristic of Vaali's lyrical style ('Varigal' matching 'Kaanal').
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Trivia
This track features poetic Tamil lyrics by Vaali exploring existential questions of destiny and romance through classical nature metaphors like the desert, sea waves, and spring season.
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