Onnum Puriyala
From Kumki · 2012
- Lyricist
- Yugabharathi
- Singer
- D. Imman
- Music director
- D. Imman
- Details
- Kumki2012
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Onnum puriyala solla theriyala | I don't understand anything, I don't know how to say it, |
| Kannu muzhiyila kanda azhagula | From the beauty I saw in the pupil of her eye, |
| Aasai kududhae | Desire keeps surging up. |
| Male | |
| Uchanthalaiyilae ulla narambula | In the deepest nerve at the top of my head, |
| Pathu viralula thotta nodiyila | The moment her ten fingers touched, |
| Soodu yerudhae | Heat starts rising. |
| Male | |
| Nethi pottu therikuthu | The spot on my forehead feels like bursting, |
| Vittu vittu rekka mulaikuthu | Wings grow intermittently, |
| Nenjukuli adaikuthu maanae | My chest chokes with feeling, my dear, |
| Male | |
| Manam buthi thaaviyae | My mind and intellect jump about, |
| Tharikettu ooduthu | And run wildly out of control. |
| Uyir unna seravae | To unite my soul with yours, |
| Oru thittam poduthu | It is hatching a plan. |
| Hey hey …. hey … hehehey | Hey hey …. hey … hehehey |
| Male | |
| Onnum puriyala solla theriyala | I don't understand anything, I don't know how to say it, |
| Kannu muzhiyila kanda azhagula | From the beauty I saw in the pupil of her eye, |
| Aasai kududhae | Desire keeps surging up. |
| Male | |
| ……………………………… | |
| Male | |
| Alaiyira peya avalathu paarva | Her gaze is like a wandering spirit, |
| Enna thaakuthu vanthu enna thaakuthu | It attacks me, comes and attacks me. |
| Paravura nooiya avalathu vaasam | Her fragrance is like a spreading affliction, |
| Enna vaatuthu ninnu enna vaatuthu | It torments me, stays and torments me. |
| Male | |
| Avalathu thirumeni veri kootuthu | Her graceful physique heightens my madness, |
| Avalidam adi vaanga vali kaatudhu | It shows me a path to get beaten up by her. |
| Ava enna pesuva atha enna thonuthu | My mind wonders what she might speak, |
| Ava enga thoonguva atha kannu theduthu | My eyes search for where she sleeps. |
| Hey hey.. yae lelele | Hey hey.. yae lelele |
| Male | |
| Onnum puriyala solla theriyala | I don't understand anything, I don't know how to say it, |
| Kannu muzhiyila kanda azhagula | From the beauty I saw in the pupil of her eye, |
| Aasai kududhae | Desire keeps surging up. |
| Male | |
| ……………………….. | |
| Male | |
| Kathir aruvala manasaium keeri | Slicing my heart like a sickle harvesting grain, |
| Thundu podura enna thundu podura | She cuts me into pieces, cuts me into pieces. |
| Kalavara oora ava uru maari | Transforming into a riotous town herself, |
| Gundu podura chella gundu podura | She drops a bomb, a sweet bomb. |
| Male | |
| Vizhiyila pala nooru padam kaatura | In her eyes, she screens a hundred movies, |
| Aruvathu nilavaaga oli kootura | She amplifies brightness like sixty full moons. |
| Ava kitta vanthathum thala suthi aaduthu | When she comes close, my head spins round and round, |
| Ava etti ponathum ada buthi maaruthu | When she goes far, ah, my mind loses control. |
| Hey hey … yaelelele | Hey hey … yaelelele |
| Male | |
| Onnum puriyala solla theriyala | I don't understand anything, I don't know how to say it, |
| Kannu muzhiyila kanda azhagula | From the beauty I saw in the pupil of her eye. |
ஒன்னும் புாியல
சொல்லத் தொியல
கண்ணு முழியில கண்ட
அழகுல ஆசைக் கூடுதே
I don't understand anything, I don't know how to say it,
From the beauty I saw in the pupil of her eye,
Desire keeps surging up.
உச்சந்தலையில உள்ள
நரம்புல பத்து விரலுல தொட்ட
நொடியில சூடு ஏறுதே
In the deepest nerve at the top of my head,
The moment her ten fingers touched,
Heat starts rising.
நெத்திப் பொட்டுத்
தெறிக்குது விட்டு விட்டு
ரெக்கை முளைக்குது
நெஞ்சுக் குழி அடைக்குது மானே
The spot on my forehead feels like bursting,
Wings grow intermittently,
My chest chokes with feeling, my dear,
மனம் புத்தித் தாவியே
தறிக் கெட்டு ஓடுது
உயிா் உன்ன சேரவே
ஒரு திட்டம் போடுது
ஹே ஹே.. ஹே....ஹேஹே
My mind and intellect jump about,
And run wildly out of control.
To unite my soul with yours,
It is hatching a plan.
Hey hey …. hey … hehehey
ஒன்னும் புாியல
சொல்லத் தொியல
கண்ணு முழியில கண்ட
அழகுல ஆசைக் கூடுதே
I don't understand anything, I don't know how to say it,
From the beauty I saw in the pupil of her eye,
Desire keeps surging up.
..............................
அலையிற பேயா
அவளது பாா்வை என்ன
தாக்குது வந்து என்ன தாக்குது
பரவுர நோயா அவளது வாசம்
என்ன வாட்டுது நின்னு
என்ன வாட்டுது
Her gaze is like a wandering spirit,
It attacks me, comes and attacks me.
Her fragrance is like a spreading affliction,
It torments me, stays and torments me.
அவளது திரு மேனி
வெறி கூட்டுது அவளிடம்
அடி வாங்க வழி காட்டுது
அவ என்ன பேசுவா அத
எண்ண தோணுது அவ
எங்க தூங்குவா அத கண்ணு தேடுது
ஹே ஹே...............
Her graceful physique heightens my madness,
It shows me a path to get beaten up by her.
My mind wonders what she might speak,
My eyes search for where she sleeps.
Hey hey.. yae lelele
ஒன்னும் புாியல
சொல்லத் தொியல
கண்ணு முழியில கண்ட
அழகுல ஆசைக் கூடுதே
I don't understand anything, I don't know how to say it,
From the beauty I saw in the pupil of her eye,
Desire keeps surging up.
..............................
கதிா் அருவாளா
மனசையும் கீறி துண்டு
போடுறா என்ன துண்டு
போடுறா கலவர ஊரா
அவ உருமாாி குண்டு
போடுறா செல்ல
குண்டு போடுறா
Slicing my heart like a sickle harvesting grain,
She cuts me into pieces, cuts me into pieces.
Transforming into a riotous town herself,
She drops a bomb, a sweet bomb.
விழியில பல நூறு
படம் காட்டுறா அறுவது
நிலவாக ஒளி கூட்டுறா
அவ கிட்ட வந்ததும் தலை
சுத்தியாடுது அவ எட்டி
போனதும் அட புத்தி மாறுது
ஹே ஹே.. ஏலேலே...
In her eyes, she screens a hundred movies,
She amplifies brightness like sixty full moons.
When she comes close, my head spins round and round,
When she goes far, ah, my mind loses control.
Hey hey … yaelelele
ஒன்னும் புாியல
சொல்லத் தொியல
கண்ணு முழியில கண்ட
அழகுல
I don't understand anything, I don't know how to say it,
From the beauty I saw in the pupil of her eye.
Onnum puriyala solla theriyala
I don't understand anything, I don't know how to say it,
Kannu muzhiyila kanda azhagula
From the beauty I saw in the pupil of her eye,
Aasai kududhae
Desire keeps surging up.
Uchanthalaiyilae ulla narambula
In the deepest nerve at the top of my head,
Pathu viralula thotta nodiyila
The moment her ten fingers touched,
Soodu yerudhae
Heat starts rising.
Nethi pottu therikuthu
The spot on my forehead feels like bursting,
Vittu vittu rekka mulaikuthu
Wings grow intermittently,
Nenjukuli adaikuthu maanae
My chest chokes with feeling, my dear,
Manam buthi thaaviyae
My mind and intellect jump about,
Tharikettu ooduthu
And run wildly out of control.
Uyir unna seravae
To unite my soul with yours,
Oru thittam poduthu
It is hatching a plan.
Hey hey …. hey … hehehey
Hey hey …. hey … hehehey
Onnum puriyala solla theriyala
I don't understand anything, I don't know how to say it,
Kannu muzhiyila kanda azhagula
From the beauty I saw in the pupil of her eye,
Aasai kududhae
Desire keeps surging up.
………………………………
Alaiyira peya avalathu paarva
Her gaze is like a wandering spirit,
Enna thaakuthu vanthu enna thaakuthu
It attacks me, comes and attacks me.
Paravura nooiya avalathu vaasam
Her fragrance is like a spreading affliction,
Enna vaatuthu ninnu enna vaatuthu
It torments me, stays and torments me.
Avalathu thirumeni veri kootuthu
Her graceful physique heightens my madness,
Avalidam adi vaanga vali kaatudhu
It shows me a path to get beaten up by her.
Ava enna pesuva atha enna thonuthu
My mind wonders what she might speak,
Ava enga thoonguva atha kannu theduthu
My eyes search for where she sleeps.
Hey hey.. yae lelele
Hey hey.. yae lelele
Onnum puriyala solla theriyala
I don't understand anything, I don't know how to say it,
Kannu muzhiyila kanda azhagula
From the beauty I saw in the pupil of her eye,
Aasai kududhae
Desire keeps surging up.
………………………..
Kathir aruvala manasaium keeri
Slicing my heart like a sickle harvesting grain,
Thundu podura enna thundu podura
She cuts me into pieces, cuts me into pieces.
Kalavara oora ava uru maari
Transforming into a riotous town herself,
Gundu podura chella gundu podura
She drops a bomb, a sweet bomb.
Vizhiyila pala nooru padam kaatura
In her eyes, she screens a hundred movies,
Aruvathu nilavaaga oli kootura
She amplifies brightness like sixty full moons.
Ava kitta vanthathum thala suthi aaduthu
When she comes close, my head spins round and round,
Ava etti ponathum ada buthi maaruthu
When she goes far, ah, my mind loses control.
Hey hey … yaelelele
Hey hey … yaelelele
Onnum puriyala solla theriyala
I don't understand anything, I don't know how to say it,
Kannu muzhiyila kanda azhagula
From the beauty I saw in the pupil of her eye.
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
The song 'Onnum Puriyala' captures the overwhelming, disorienting experience of falling head over heels in love for the first time. The protagonist describes how a single glance and touch from the woman he loves triggers intense physical and psychological reactions—ranging from a rush of heat and a racing heart to a feeling of flying and wild restlessness.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile / Uvamai Ani
“Alaiyira peya avalathu paarva”
Compares the heroine's captivating glance to a wandering ghost that unexpectedly attacks and haunts the lover.
Metaphor / Uruvagathil Mozhi
“Kathir aruvala manasaium keeri”
Metaphorically compares her sharp, piercing effect on his mind to a harvesting sickle slicing through grain.
Ethugai (Second-letter rhyming)
“Alaiyira peya... / Paravura nooiya...”
The second character 'lai' and 'ra' match rhyming cadence across lines.
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navirtchi Ani)
“Aruvathu nilavaaga oli kootura”
Exaggerates her radiance as equal to sixty full moons shining all at once.
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Trivia
'Onnum Puriyala' from the 2012 Tamil movie Kumki was composed and sung by music director D. Imman himself. The lyrics were penned by Yuga Bharathi. The soundtrack of Kumki was a major commercial and critical success, winning D. Imman several accolades including the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director.
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