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Lyrics & meaning

Ongappanukkum Pe Pe

From Raja Chinna Roja · 1989

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singers
Malaysia Vasudevan, S. P. Sailaja
Music director
Chandrabose
Movie name
Raja Chinna Roja
Movie release year
1989
Lyrics added on
30 May 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Diyala diyala diyala
Diyala diyala diyalo
Diyala diyala diyala
Diyala diyala diyalo
Diyalo
Diyalo
Unga appanukkum
Chorus :Bey bey
Male :Unga paattanukkum
Chorus :Bey bey
Male :Kavalukku vanthavanae
Chorus :Bey bey
Male :Un kaathil oru poo mudipom
Chorus :Bey bey
Adichalum
Chorus :Bey bey
Male :Pudichalum
Chorus :Bey
Male :Nee kitta vantha mutta vantha
Chorus :Bey bey bey
Unga appanukkum
Chorus :Bey bey
Male :Unga paattanukkum
Chorus :Bey bey bey bey bey bey
Haahhh…haahhh
Haahhh…haahhh
Podavaiyilum
Female :Botha
Male :Pugalchiyulum
Female :Botha
Male :Bothai mattum illainna
Boomi suthiduma
Kadhal oru
Male :Botha
Female :Kamamum oru
Male :Botha
Female :Botha mattum illainna
Kaathu veesiduma
Epothu ennagum
Enni pathukoda
Machanae machanae
Maja panikoda doi
Female :Kazhugu mazhai ethu
Valiya solungada thallungadaa
Unga appanukkum
Chorus :Bey bey
Male :Unga paattanukkum
Chorus :Bey bey
Male :Haa…
Female :Kavalukku vanthavanae
Chorus :Bey bey…bae….
Female :Un kaathil oru poo mudipom
Chorus :Bey bey…bae
Adichalum
Chorus :Bey bey
Male :Pudichalum
Chorus :Bey
Male :Nee kitta vantha mutta vantha
Chorus :Bey bey bey
Unga appanukkum
Chorus :Bey bey
Female :Unga paattanukkum
Chorus :Bey beybey beyhhhhh
Drrrrruuuuu diyalo
Chorus :Hey pa pa ra pa pa ra pa pa ra pa
Male :Heyyyy pa pa ra pa pa ra pa pa ra pa
Oosi mani paasi
Unakku mattum oasi
Kaatukulla poga konjam
Karuna vaikiriya
Sutta nari kombu
Vanthu tharen nammbu
Yanaikku oru pallam vettanum
Thooram nikkariya
Sikaatha maanukku
Kanni vaikattuma
Selayila chinnavala
Pinni vaikattuma
Male :Anaikku nenaichathu
Inaikku palichathu
Nadukuma
Unga appanukkum
Chorus :Bey bey..bae
Female :Unga paattanukkum
Chorus :Bey bey…bae
Male :Kavalukku vanthavanae
Chorus :Bey bey…bae….
Male :Un kaathil oru poo mudipom
Chorus :Bey bey…bae
Adichalum
Chorus :Bey bey
Female :Pudichalum
Chorus :Bey
Female :Nee kitta vantha mutta vantha
Chorus :Bey bey bey
Both :Unga appanukkum
Chorus :Bey bey
Both :Unga paatanukkum
Chorus :Bey bey beyhhh…………………….
Thiyaalaa thiyaalaa thiyaalaa
Thiyaalaa thiyaalaa thiyaalo
Thiyaalaa thiyaalaa thiyaalaa
Thiyaalaa thiyaalaa thiyaalo
Thiyaalo
Thiyaalo
To your father,
Chorus: Beh beh!
Male: And to your grandfather too,
Chorus: Beh beh!
Male: O guard who came on watch duty,
Chorus: Beh beh!
Male: We'll tuck a flower behind your ear and fool you!
Chorus: Beh beh!
Even if you beat us,
Chorus: Beh beh!
Male: Even if you grab us,
Chorus: Beh!
Male: If you come near to butt heads with us,
Chorus: Beh beh beh!
To your father,
Chorus: Beh beh!
Male: And to your grandfather too,
Chorus: Beh beh beh beh beh beh!
Haaa... haaa
Haaa... haaa
Even in a saree,
Female: There is intoxication!
Male: Even in flattery,
Female: There is intoxication!
Male: If not for this intoxication,
Would the world keep spinning?
Love is an
Male: Intoxication!
Female: Desire too is an
Male: Intoxication!
Female: If not for this intoxication,
Would the breeze keep blowing?
Whatever happens at any time,
Just think about it, man!
O my friend, my dear fellow,
Have fun and enjoy life, hey!
Female: Which way is Eagle Hill?
Tell us the path and step aside, boys!
To your father,
Chorus: Beh beh!
Male: And to your grandfather too,
Chorus: Beh beh!
Male: Haa...
Female: O guard who came on watch duty,
Chorus: Beh beh... beh....
Female: We'll tuck a flower behind your ear and fool you!
Chorus: Beh beh... beh
Even if you beat us,
Chorus: Beh beh!
Male: Even if you grab us,
Chorus: Beh!
Male: If you come near to butt heads with us,
Chorus: Beh beh beh!
To your father,
Chorus: Beh beh!
Female: And to your grandfather too,
Chorus: Beh beh beh behhh!
Trrrroooo thiyaalo!
Chorus: Hey ba ba ra ba ba ra ba ba ra ba
Male: Heyyy ba ba ra ba ba ra ba ba ra ba
Needles, beads, and glass bangles,
For you alone, they are free of cost!
To let us go inside the forest,
Will you show a little kindness?
A burnt jackal's horn (lucky charm),
I'll bring and give you, believe me!
We have to dig a pit for the elephant,
Will you stand far away?
For the deer that won't get caught,
Shall I set a snare?
With a saree, this young girl,
Shall I wrap and tie her up?
Male: What we wished for that day,
Has come true today!
Will that ever happen?
To your father,
Chorus: Beh beh... beh
Female: And to your grandfather too,
Chorus: Beh beh... beh
Male: O guard who came on watch duty,
Chorus: Beh beh... beh....
Male: We'll tuck a flower behind your ear and fool you!
Chorus: Beh beh... beh
Even if you beat us,
Chorus: Beh beh!
Female: Even if you grab us,
Chorus: Beh!
Female: If you come near to butt heads with us,
Chorus: Beh beh beh!
Both: To your father,
Chorus: Beh beh!
Both: And to your grandfather too,
Chorus: Beh beh behhh...................
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Female
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Chorus
Male
Female
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Male
Female
Male
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This playful folk-style song from 'Raja Chinna Roja' features humorous banter and playful taunting between the main characters and forest guards/villagers. Using rhythmic folk refrains like 'Diyala' and chorus responses like 'Bey bey', the song lightheartedly mocks authority figures by threatening to 'put a flower behind their ears'—a popular Tamil idiom meaning to dupe or trick someone.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagamm)

Kadhal oru Botha / Kamamum oru Botha

Compares love and desire directly to intoxication ('Botha') that keeps the world spinning and the wind blowing.

Ethugai (Second Letter Rhyme)

Anaikku nenaichathu / Inaikku palichathu

The second consonant sound 'nai' ('ன') is repeated in 'Anaikku' and 'Inaikku'.

Iyaipu (End Rhyme)

Oosi mani paasi / Unakku mattum oasi

The rhyming ending sounds 'paasi' and 'oasi' create a rhythmic, catchy musical flow.

Idiom / Cultural Metaphor

Un kaathil oru poo mudipom

Refers to the colloquial Tamil idiom 'Kaathil poo suadhuvathu' (tucking a flower behind the ear), meaning to fool or outsmart someone.

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Trivia

'Raja Chinna Roja' (1989), directed by S. P. Muthuraman and starring Rajinikanth and Gautami, is historic in Indian cinema as the first Indian film to integrate live-action footage with 2D animation sequence (featured in the song 'Superstaru Yaaru'). The film's soundtrack was composed by Chandrabose with lyrics by Vairamuthu.

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