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Lyrics & meaning

Onakkaga Poranthene

From Pannaiyarum Padminiyum · 2014

Lyricist
Vaali
Singers
Balram, Sandhya
Music director
Justin Prabhakaran
Movie name
Pannaiyarum Padminiyum
Movie release year
2014
Lyrics added on
28 May 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
{Onakkaga poranthenae
Enathazhagaa…
Piriyaama irupenae pagal iravaa} (2)
Unakku vaakkapattu
Varusanga pona enna
Pogaadhu unnoda paasam
En uchi mudhal paadham varai
En purusan aatchi
Oor thekkaalathaan nikku
Andha muthaalamman saatchi..
Enakkaga poranthayae
Enathazhagi..
Irupenae manasellaam unnai ezhudhi..
Oruvaati ena
Urasaati una
Uruthum panjana methaiyum
Raathiri poothiri yethura velayila..
Karuvaatu paana
Kedachaaka poona
Vidumaa solladi sundhari
Nethili vathalu veesura vaadayila..
Poovaatam otkaandhu
Maavaatum neramthaan
Un kaiyya neetaadha
Mundhaanai oramdhaan
Poovaada thookaadhaa
Boopalam thaakkaadhaa..
Nee muthipona kathiriya
Puthampudhu pinji…
Female :Naan mundhaanaalu aalaanadhaa
Ennudhu un nenju…
Onakkaga poranthenae
Enathazhagaa…
Female & Male :Piriyaama irupenae
Pagal iravaa…
I was born just for you,
My handsome man...
I will stay inseparable from you, day and night.
Ever since I married you,
so what if many years have passed by?
Your deep love for me will never fade.
From the crown of my head to the soles of my feet,
it is my husband who rules over me.
Standing to the south of our village,
Goddess Muthalamman is our witness...
You were born just for me,
My beautiful woman...
I will live with you etched all across my heart...
If you do not brush
against me at least once,
even the soft cotton bed feels uncomfortable,
at night when it is time to light the lamp wick...
If a cat happens to find
a pot of dried fish,
will it ever let it go, tell me, my beauty,
when the aroma of dried anchovies fills the air?
While I sit gentle as a flower
and grind the batter,
do not reach your hands
toward the edge of my saree.
Won't the scent of flowers rise?
Won't the morning melody stir our hearts?
You might think you are an overripe eggplant,
but to me, you are still fresh and tender...
Female: Does your heart still believe
that I came of age just the day before yesterday?
I was born just for you,
My handsome man...
Female & Male: I will stay inseparable from you,
day and night...
Female
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Male
Female

Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Onakkaga Poranthenae' is a soulful and evocative folk melody from the movie 'Pannaiyarum Padminiyum'. The song beautifully portrays the timeless, enduring romance between a long-married village couple. It celebrates how true love does not wither with age, blending deep emotional devotion with playful romantic banter set against rural domestic life.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Ethugai (Second Letter Rhyming)

“Oruvaati ena / Urasaati una”

The second consonant sound 'ru' (ரு) rhymes across both lines ('Oruvaati' and 'Urasaati').

Iyaipu (End Rhyme)

“Karuvaatu paana / Kedachaaka poona”

The lines end with rhyming words 'paana' and 'poona', creating a pleasing rhythmic cadence.

Simile (Upamai)

“Karuvaatu paana kedachaaka poona vidumaa”

The husband's affectionate longing is humorously compared to a cat finding a pot of dried fish and being unable to leave it alone.

Simile (Upamai)

“Poovaatam otkaandhu”

The wife sitting down to grind batter is compared to the delicacy and beauty of a flower ('Poovaatam').

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