- Lyricist
- Na. Muthu Kumar
- Singer
- Benny Dayal
- Music director
- G. V. Prakash Kumar
- Movie name
- Seval
- Movie release year
- 2008
- Lyrics added on
- 22 Oct 2018
Lyrics & meaning
♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Sirikkiraan
Murugesan sirikkiraan
Ethukku sirikkira elae sirikkira
Ennaatha maraikira
Methuva kanaikkira
Samainja ponpola
Sarinji nikkira
Emmaadi aathaadi
En manasu pochaedi
Oda marathu mulla polla
Pana marathu kallapola
Oru vaarthai ava sonnalae
Sanikizhamai naalu mani
Vidiyakaala nerathula
Enna ava varachonnalae
Kulathukkulla pasipola
Koburathu killiyapola
Karumbukulla inippa pola
Seththukittaalae
Thookananguruvi thaan
Thullura aruvi thaan
Mookanaangkayiru thaan
Mattunaa mayilu thaan
Emmaadi aathaadi
En manasu pochaedi ye
Oda marathu mulla polla
Pana marathu kallapola
Oru vaarthai ava sonnalae
Sanikizhamai naalu mani
Vidiyakaala nerathula
Enna ava varachonnalae
Ye ye ho ho oo
Aa aa ye ye ho ho
Ye ye ho ho oo
Aa aa ye ye ho ho
Jeiyikka vantha sevalpola
Parithavikka vittalae
Sivasailam vaikkappola
Perandu oda vittalae
Nethu vacha meen kozhambu
Vasamaaga vanthaalae
Nellu kottum kulukkappola
Nenappu kottiponaalae
Sengal soola neruppupola
Narambu ellaam kodhikudhu
Sethu vacha veeramellam
Kaathula thaan parakuthu
Kannukulla ava moganthaan
Color colorah theriyuthu
Kasakki potta kagithamum
Samanthiya vidiyuthu
Emmaadi aathaadi
En manasu pochaedi
Chorus :Angali pangali
Aakiputta komali
Sirikkiraan
Murugesan sirikkiraan
Ethukku sirikkira elae sirikkira
: Ennaatha maraikira
Methuva kanaikkira
Samainja ponpola
Sarinji nikkira
{Ae thannanae
Ae thannanae thannanae
Ae thannanae
Ae thanna murugesa} (2)
Vengapaya mavanenu
Veedhiyila sonnanga
Velakamaathu azhukkunu
Ellarumae pathanga
Vevaranketta moothinu
Thovarangaatil vachanga
Aakangetta koovenu
Jadaiyaaga paathaanga
Aayiram peru yesunaalum
Ava oruthi pothumae
Ava nenappil kaalu rendum
Aagaasam yerumae
Araikoraiya ennakku ippa
Kaadhalikka theriyuthu
Aanaalum aiyaiyoo
Odambu ellaam nadunguthu
Emmaadi aathaadi
En manasu pochaedi
Chorus :Aiyaiyo aiyaiyo
Ivan manasu koiyaiyo
Oda marathu mulla polla
Pana marathu kallapola
Oru vaarthai ava sonnalae
Sanikizhamai naalu mani
Vidiyakaala nerathula
Enna ava varachonnalae
Kulathukkulla pasipola
Koburathu killiyapola
Karumbukulla inippa pola
Seththukittaalae
Thookananguruvi thaan
Thullura aruvi thaan
Mookanaangkayiru thaan
Mattunaa mayilu thaan
Emmaadi aathaadi
En manasu pochaedi
He is smiling!
Murugesan is smiling!
Why are you smiling, hey, why are you grinning?
What are you hiding?
You're clearing your throat so softly...
Like a girl who has just come of age,
you stand there shyly leaning!
Oh my, oh mother dear,
my heart has completely slipped away!
Sharp like the thorn of a babool tree,
intoxicating like palm-tree toddy,
she spoke just one word to me!
"Saturday at four o'clock,
in the early morning dawn,"
she asked me to come!
Like moss spreading in a pond,
like a parrot perched on a temple tower,
like the sweetness inside sugarcane,
she drew me close and took me in!
She is like a weaver bird,
she is a leaping waterfall,
she slipped a nose-rope onto me,
and this peacock tamed and caught me!
Oh my, oh mother dear,
my heart has completely slipped away!
Sharp like the thorn of a babool tree,
intoxicating like palm-tree toddy,
she spoke just one word to me!
"Saturday at four o'clock,
in the early morning dawn,"
she asked me to come!
Ye ye ho ho oo
Aa aa ye ye ho ho
Ye ye ho ho oo
Aa aa ye ye ho ho
Like a fighting rooster that entered to win,
she left me flustered and breathless!
Like hay blowing across Sivasailam,
she sent me tumbling around!
Tasting rich like yesterday's fish curry,
she came to me just right!
Like grain pouring from a granary,
she showered her memories and walked away!
Like the blaze inside a brick kiln,
all my veins are boiling hot!
All the bravery I had gathered
is simply blowing away in the wind!
Before my eyes, only her face
appears in vivid, glowing colors!
Even a crumpled sheet of paper
blooms like a yellow chrysanthemum to me!
Oh my, oh mother dear,
my heart has completely slipped away!
Chorus: In front of his kith and kin,
she has turned him into a fool!
He is smiling!
Murugesan is smiling!
Why are you smiling, hey, why are you grinning?
What are you hiding?
You're clearing your throat so softly...
Like a girl who has just come of age,
you stand there shyly leaning!
{Hey thannane,
hey thannane thannane,
hey thannane,
hey thanna, Murugesa!} (2)
"Son of a rogue,"
they called me in the streets.
"As dirty as a broom,"
everyone looked down on me.
"A senseless, good-for-nothing fool,"
they cast me aside into the fields.
"An unlucky, wretched owl,"
they shunned me like tangled matted hair.
Even if a thousand people mock me,
she alone is enough for me!
Just thinking of her, both my feet
soar high into the sky!
Little by little, in clumsy ways,
I am learning how to love now!
And yet, oh dear,
my entire body trembles!
Oh my, oh mother dear,
my heart has completely slipped away!
Chorus: Oh dear, oh dear,
his heart has been stolen away!
Sharp like the thorn of a babool tree,
intoxicating like palm-tree toddy,
she spoke just one word to me!
"Saturday at four o'clock,
in the early morning dawn,"
she asked me to come!
Like moss spreading in a pond,
like a parrot perched on a temple tower,
like the sweetness inside sugarcane,
she drew me close and took me in!
She is like a weaver bird,
she is a leaping waterfall,
she slipped a nose-rope onto me,
and this peacock tamed and caught me!
Oh my, oh mother dear,
my heart has completely slipped away!
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Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song from 'Seval' celebrates the ecstatic, disorienting joy of a rural young man named Murugesan upon realizing his love is reciprocated. Set in a South Tamil Nadu village backdrop, the hero is teasingly mocked by his friends for his shy, goofy demeanor after his beloved gives him a secret rendezvous time—Saturday at 4:00 AM. The lyrics portray how love elevates a man who was previously dismissed by village gossip as foolish or useless, turning his self-doubt into floating euphoria and overwhelming passion.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Upamai (Simile)
“Oda marathu mulla polla / Pana marathu kallapola”
Compares the sudden, sharp, and intoxicating impact of the lover's words to the prick of an Oda tree thorn and the high of fresh palm toddy.
Upamai (Simile)
“Sengal soola neruppupola / Narambu ellaam kodhikudhu”
Compares the hero's intense emotional excitement and boiling nerves to the roaring heat inside a brick kiln fire.
Monai (Alliteration)
“Kulathukkulla pasipola / Koburathu killiyapola”
Repetition of the initial sound 'Ku' / 'Ko' across consecutive lines, creating a rhythmic harmony in Tamil folk poetry.
Ethugai (Assonance)
“Thookananguruvi thaan / Thullura aruvi thaan”
Matching second letter 'ka' / 'lla' and structural rhyme in lines expressing nature imagery.
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