Oodha Color Ribbon
From Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam · 2013
- Lyricist
- Yugabharathi
- Singer
- Harihara Sudhan
- Music director
- D. Imman
- Details
- Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam2013
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Thannathaanae thanae na | (Folk rhythm vocalization) |
| Male :Oodhaa.. oodhaa.. | Male: Purple.. purple.. |
| Oodhaa coloru ribbon.. unakku yaaru appan | O purple-colored ribbon, who is your father? |
| oodhaa coloru ribbon.. unakku yaaru appan | O purple-colored ribbon, who is your father? |
| Male | |
| Oodhaa coloru ribbon.. unakku yaaru appan | O purple-colored ribbon, who is your father? |
| Ae solladai avanuku naan salaam podanum | Hey tell me, girl, I need to salute him! |
| Nee solladai avanuku naan salaam podanum..oohh | You tell me, girl, I need to salute him.. oohh! |
| Male | |
| Rojaa.. rojaa.. | Rose.. rose.. |
| Rojaa coloru bommi.. unakku yaaru mummy | O rose-colored doll, who is your mother? |
| Rojaa coloru bommi.. unakku yaaru mummy | O rose-colored doll, who is your mother? |
| Hey nilladi avaluku naan sabaash podanum | Hey stop, girl, I need to praise her! |
| Nee nilladi avaluku naan sabaash podanum | You stop, girl, I need to praise her! |
| Oodhaa.. oodhaa.. | Purple.. purple.. |
| Male | |
| Mathavanga nadanthu pona veethi verum veethi | When others walk past, a street is just a street. |
| Nee theruvil nadanthu pona enaku seithi thalaipu seithi | But when you walk down the street, it is headline news to me! |
| Mathavanga siripa paatha okay verum okay | Seeing others smile is just okay, plain okay. |
| Nee sirichu paesum pothu enaku vanthuthiduthae seekae | But when you smile and talk, I catch a love-sickness! |
| Mathavanga azhagu ellam mothathula boru boru | Everyone else's beauty is totally boring. |
| Singaari un azhagu thaanae botha yethum beeru beeru | Pretty girl, your beauty alone gets me drunk like beer! |
| Cooling ah na beeru | A chilling cold beer! |
| Oodhaa.. oodhaa.. | Purple.. purple.. |
| Male | |
| Mathavanga urasi pona jolly semma jolly | If others brush past, it's fun, totally fun. |
| Nee urasi pona piragu paatha kaali i am kaali | But after you brush past me, I am completely finished! |
| Mathavanga kadanthu pona thoosi verum thoosi | When others pass by, it's just dust, mere dust. |
| Nee kadanthu pona piragum kuliru ac window ac | Even after you pass by, there is a chill like a window AC! |
| Mathavanga kannukellam simaati nee settai settai | To everyone else's eyes, you might be a naughty girl. |
| Ennodaya kannuku nee eppovumae kaathal kottai | To my eyes, you are forever a fortress of love! |
| Nippaturen paatta.. | I'm stopping the song now.. |
| Male | |
| Oodhaa.. oodhaa.. | Purple.. purple.. |
| Oodhaa coloru ribbon.. unakku yaaru appan | O purple-colored ribbon, who is your father? |
| Oodhaa coloru ribbon.. unakku yaaru appan | O purple-colored ribbon, who is your father? |
| Nee solladai avanuku naan salaam podanum | You tell me, girl, I need to salute him! |
| Nee solladai avanuku naan salaam podanum | You tell me, girl, I need to salute him! |
| Oodhaa.. oodhaa.. oodhaa..oodhaa.. | Purple.. purple.. purple.. purple.. |
.............................................
(Folk rhythm vocalization)
Male: Purple.. purple..
O purple-colored ribbon, who is your father?
O purple-colored ribbon, who is your father?
ஊதா ஊதா
ஊதா கலரு ரிப்பன்
உனக்கு யாரு அப்பன்
ஊதா கலரு ரிப்பன்
உனக்கு யாரு அப்பன்
O purple-colored ribbon, who is your father?
Hey tell me, girl, I need to salute him!
You tell me, girl, I need to salute him.. oohh!
ஊதா கலரு ரிப்பன்
உனக்கு யாரு அப்பன் ஏய்
சொல்லடி அவனுக்கு நான்
சலாம் போடனும் நீ சொல்லடி
அவனுக்கு நான் சலாம் போடனும்....
Rose.. rose..
O rose-colored doll, who is your mother?
O rose-colored doll, who is your mother?
Hey stop, girl, I need to praise her!
You stop, girl, I need to praise her!
Purple.. purple..
ரோஜா ரோஜா
ரோஜா கலரு பொம்மி
உனக்கு யாரு மம்மி
ரோஜா கலரு பொம்மி
உனக்கு யாரு மம்மி
ஹே நில்லடி அவளுக்கு
நான் சபாஷ் போடனும்
ஹே நில்லடி அவளுக்கு
நான் சபாஷ் போடனும்
ஊதா ஊதா
When others walk past, a street is just a street.
But when you walk down the street, it is headline news to me!
Seeing others smile is just okay, plain okay.
But when you smile and talk, I catch a love-sickness!
Everyone else's beauty is totally boring.
Pretty girl, your beauty alone gets me drunk like beer!
A chilling cold beer!
Purple.. purple..
மத்தவங்க நடந்து போனா
வீதி வெறும் வீதி நீ தெருவில்
நடந்து போனா எனக்கு செய்தி
தலைப்பு செய்தி மத்தவங்க சிாிப்ப
பாத்தா ஒகே வெறும் ஒகே நீ சிாிச்சு
பேசும் போது எனக்கு வந்துடுதே சீக்கே
மத்தவங்க அழகு எல்லாம் மொத்ததுல
போரு போரு சிங்காாி உன் அழகு தானே
போதை ஏத்தும் பீரு பீரூ குளிங்கான பீரு
ஊதா ஊதா
If others brush past, it's fun, totally fun.
But after you brush past me, I am completely finished!
When others pass by, it's just dust, mere dust.
Even after you pass by, there is a chill like a window AC!
To everyone else's eyes, you might be a naughty girl.
To my eyes, you are forever a fortress of love!
I'm stopping the song now..
மத்தவங்க உரசி போனா
ஜாலி செம ஜாலி நீ உரசி போன
பிறகு பாத்தா காலி ஐ எம் காலி
மத்தவங்க கடந்து போனா தூசி
வெறும் தூசி நீ கடந்து போன
பிறகும் குளிரு ஏசி விண்டோ ஏசி
மத்தவங்க கண்ணுக்கெல்லாம்
சீமாட்டி நீ சேட்டை சேட்டை
என்னோடய கண்ணுக்கு நீ
எப்போவுமே காதல் கோட்டை
நிப்பாட்டுறேன் பாட்ட ஊதா ஊதா
Purple.. purple..
O purple-colored ribbon, who is your father?
O purple-colored ribbon, who is your father?
You tell me, girl, I need to salute him!
You tell me, girl, I need to salute him!
Purple.. purple.. purple.. purple..
ஊதா கலரு ரிப்பன்
உனக்கு யாரு அப்பன் ஊதா
கலரு ரிப்பன் உனக்கு யாரு
அப்பன் நீ சொல்லடி அவனுக்கு
நான் சலாம் போடனும் நீ சொல்லடி
அவனுக்கு நான் சலாம் போடனும்
ஊதா ஊதா ஊதா ஊதா
Thannathaanae thanae na
(Folk rhythm vocalization)
Male :Oodhaa.. oodhaa..
Male: Purple.. purple..
Oodhaa coloru ribbon.. unakku yaaru appan
O purple-colored ribbon, who is your father?
oodhaa coloru ribbon.. unakku yaaru appan
O purple-colored ribbon, who is your father?
Oodhaa coloru ribbon.. unakku yaaru appan
O purple-colored ribbon, who is your father?
Ae solladai avanuku naan salaam podanum
Hey tell me, girl, I need to salute him!
Nee solladai avanuku naan salaam podanum..oohh
You tell me, girl, I need to salute him.. oohh!
Rojaa.. rojaa..
Rose.. rose..
Rojaa coloru bommi.. unakku yaaru mummy
O rose-colored doll, who is your mother?
Rojaa coloru bommi.. unakku yaaru mummy
O rose-colored doll, who is your mother?
Hey nilladi avaluku naan sabaash podanum
Hey stop, girl, I need to praise her!
Nee nilladi avaluku naan sabaash podanum
You stop, girl, I need to praise her!
Oodhaa.. oodhaa..
Purple.. purple..
Mathavanga nadanthu pona veethi verum veethi
When others walk past, a street is just a street.
Nee theruvil nadanthu pona enaku seithi thalaipu seithi
But when you walk down the street, it is headline news to me!
Mathavanga siripa paatha okay verum okay
Seeing others smile is just okay, plain okay.
Nee sirichu paesum pothu enaku vanthuthiduthae seekae
But when you smile and talk, I catch a love-sickness!
Mathavanga azhagu ellam mothathula boru boru
Everyone else's beauty is totally boring.
Singaari un azhagu thaanae botha yethum beeru beeru
Pretty girl, your beauty alone gets me drunk like beer!
Cooling ah na beeru
A chilling cold beer!
Oodhaa.. oodhaa..
Purple.. purple..
Mathavanga urasi pona jolly semma jolly
If others brush past, it's fun, totally fun.
Nee urasi pona piragu paatha kaali i am kaali
But after you brush past me, I am completely finished!
Mathavanga kadanthu pona thoosi verum thoosi
When others pass by, it's just dust, mere dust.
Nee kadanthu pona piragum kuliru ac window ac
Even after you pass by, there is a chill like a window AC!
Mathavanga kannukellam simaati nee settai settai
To everyone else's eyes, you might be a naughty girl.
Ennodaya kannuku nee eppovumae kaathal kottai
To my eyes, you are forever a fortress of love!
Nippaturen paatta..
I'm stopping the song now..
Oodhaa.. oodhaa..
Purple.. purple..
Oodhaa coloru ribbon.. unakku yaaru appan
O purple-colored ribbon, who is your father?
Oodhaa coloru ribbon.. unakku yaaru appan
O purple-colored ribbon, who is your father?
Nee solladai avanuku naan salaam podanum
You tell me, girl, I need to salute him!
Nee solladai avanuku naan salaam podanum
You tell me, girl, I need to salute him!
Oodhaa.. oodhaa.. oodhaa..oodhaa..
Purple.. purple.. purple.. purple..
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
'Oodha Coloru Ribbon' is a highly popular, energetic Tamil folk-pop song from 'Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam' (2013). The track captures a lighthearted rural lover expressing his fascination with a girl who wears a purple ribbon. He comically praises her parents for bringing someone so stunning into the world, humorously claiming he wants to pay his respects to her father and mother.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Iyaipu (End Rhyme)
“Mathavanga nadanthu pona veethi verum veethi / Nee theruvil nadanthu pona enaku seithi thalaipu seithi”
Rhyming ending words ('veethi' and 'seithi') create a catchy, rhythmic flow typical of Tamil folk songs.
Metaphor & Simile
“Singaari un azhagu thaanae botha yethum beeru beeru”
Compares the girl's captivating beauty to the intoxicating effect of a cold beer.
Muran (Contrast)
“Mathavanga kadanthu pona thoosi verum thoosi / Nee kadanthu pona piragum kuliru ac window ac”
Contrasts the mundane presence of others (mere dust) with the cooling, mesmerizing presence of the heroine (like a window AC).
Anaphora / Repetition
“Oodhaa coloru ribbon.. unakku yaaru appan”
Repetition of the hook phrase builds energy and emphasizes the protagonist's comical obsession.
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Trivia
'Oodha Coloru Ribbon' was composed by D. Imman and sung by Hariharasudan, with lyrics by Yugabharathi. The song became a massive chartbuster upon release, winning Hariharasudan best male playback singer recognitions. Its catchy hook line and Sivakarthikeyan's energetic dance performance made it a staple track in Tamil pop culture.
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