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Lyrics & meaning

Oorula Irukkudhu Nooru

From Sakthi Parasakthi · 1990

Lyricist
Vaali
Singer
S. P. Shailaja
Music director
Sankar Ganesh
Movie name
Sakthi Parasakthi
Movie release year
1990
Lyrics added on
15 Nov 2020

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Adaei oorula irukkudhu nooru peiyi
Udukkaiya aattu nee anga poyi
Haei oorula irukkudhu nooru peiyi
Udukkaiya aattu nee anga poyi
Yenda nee inga vandhu poosa podurae
Engitta pamba kaatti paattu paadurae
Pottodu poovodu thaayaaga vandhendaa
Thaayaagum munnalae peiyaaga ninnendaa
Adeii oorula irukkudhu nooru peiyi
Udukkaiya aattu nee anga poyi
Yenda nee inga vandhu poosa podurae
Engitta pamba kaatti paattu paadurae
Pottodu poovodu thaayaaga vandhendaa
Thaayaagum munnalae peiyaaga ninnendaa
Oorula irukkudhu nooru peiyi
Udukkaiya aattu nee anga poyi dei
Polladha veetla stove vedikkudhu
Ponaana marumagal usura kudikkudhu
Ellamae marmama ingae nadakkudhu
Ippodhu ovvonnaa sandhi sirikudhu
Poosaari velaya angae nee kattada
Pogaadha peigala po poonnu ottada
Mandhiramthaan un thandhiramthaan
Uththami naan pathini naan
Engittathaan palikkumaa
Oorula irukkudhu nooru peiyi
Udukkaiya aattu nee anga poyi
Yenda nee inga vandhu poosa podurae
Engitta pamba kaatti paattu paadurae
Pottodu poovodu thaayaaga vandhendaa
Thaayaagum munnalae peiyaaga ninnendaa
Oorula irukkudhu nooru peiyi
Udukkaiya aattu nee anga poyi
Kaiyaala kaththathaan pudikka mudiyuma
Haan kaiyaala kaththathaan pudikka mudiyuma
Kambaala nizhala thaan adikka mudiyuma
Oodhiya nilavathaan anaikka mudiyuma
Unnala enna thaan adakka mudiyuma
Seer ketta maamiyai
Naar pola kizhikkanum
Seneera thadavi thaan
En koondhal mudikkanum
Aathaadi naan ratha katterithaan
Sengal vechu soolaiya pola
Kangal rendum sevakkudhu
Oorula irukkudhu nooru peiyi
Udukkaiya aattu nee anga poyi
Yenda nee inga vandhu poosa podurae
Engitta pamba kaatti paattu paadurae
Pottodu poovodu thaayaaga vandhendaa
Thaayaagum munnalae peiyaaga ninnendaa
Oorula irukkudhu nooru peiyi
Udukkaiya aattu nee anga poyi
Oorula irukkudhu nooru peiyi
Udukkaiya aattu nee anga poyi…dei
Hey, there are a hundred ghosts in this town!
Go over there and shake your udukkai (hourglass drum)!
Hey, there are a hundred ghosts in this town,
Go over there and shake your udukkai!
Why did you come here to perform rituals on me?
Why wave a snake at me and sing your songs?
I arrived as a mother, with a bindi and flowers,
But before I could be a mother, I had to rise as a ghost!
Hey, there are a hundred ghosts in this town,
Go over there and shake your udukkai!
Why did you come here to perform rituals on me?
Why wave a snake at me and sing your songs?
I arrived as a mother, with a bindi and flowers,
But before I could be a mother, I had to rise as a ghost!
There are a hundred ghosts in this town,
Go over there and shake your udukkai, hey!
In wicked homes, kitchen stoves explode,
Taking the life of a precious daughter-in-law!
Everything happens in dark secrecy here,
And now, one by one, their shameful acts are publicly exposed!
Go practice your priest duties over there!
Chase away those evil spirits that refuse to leave!
Will your chants and your cunning tricks,
Against me, a pure and virtuous woman,
Ever have any power?
There are a hundred ghosts in this town,
Go over there and shake your udukkai!
Why did you come here to perform rituals on me?
Why wave a snake at me and sing your songs?
I arrived as a mother, with a bindi and flowers,
But before I could be a mother, I had to rise as a ghost!
There are a hundred ghosts in this town,
Go over there and shake your udukkai!
Can anyone catch the wind with bare hands?
Ah, can anyone catch the wind with bare hands?
Can you strike a shadow with a stick?
Can you blow out the moon like a flame?
Could you ever manage to subdue me?
That wicked mother-in-law,
Must be torn apart like shredded fiber!
Only after smearing myself with red blood,
Shall I tie up my loose hair!
Beware, I am a bloodthirsty spirit!
Like a blazing brick kiln,
Both my eyes burn glowing red!
There are a hundred ghosts in this town,
Go over there and shake your udukkai!
Why did you come here to perform rituals on me?
Why wave a snake at me and sing your songs?
I arrived as a mother, with a bindi and flowers,
But before I could be a mother, I had to rise as a ghost!
There are a hundred ghosts in this town,
Go over there and shake your udukkai!
There are a hundred ghosts in this town,
Go over there and shake your udukkai... hey!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This intense song features a woman possessed by a vengeful spirit (or channeling divine anger) directly confronting a local exorcist/priest (poosaari). She ridicules his empty chants, snake-charming rituals, and drum-shaking (udukkai), telling him that real 'ghosts' are the living human monsters in society—specifically wicked mothers-in-law who murder young brides through staged stove explosions for dowry. Asserting her absolute purity, virtue, and chaste nature ('Pathini'), she declares that no worldly magic or trickery can control her divine fury. She uses vivid imagery to convey her unstoppable power, comparing her anger to the wind and moon, and vows a bloody retribution against those who tormented her before tying up her unkempt hair.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Rhetorical Question

“Kaiyaala kaththathaan pudikka mudiyuma”

Asking 'Can you catch the wind with bare hands?' emphasizes the impossibility of stopping her vengeful spirit.

Simile

“Naar pola kizhikkanum”

Compares tearing apart the wicked mother-in-law to shredding plant fibers ('naar pola').

Simile

“Sengal vechu soolaiya pola... Kangal rendum sevakkudhu”

Compares her reddening eyes full of rage to a blazing brick kiln ('soolaiya pola').

Ethugai (Second Letter Rhyme)

“Seer ketta maamiyai / Naar pola kizhikkanum”

The second consonant 'r' (seer / naar) creates a rhythmic, biting poetic harmony.

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Trivia

Written by legendary lyricist Vaali for the 1990 movie 'Sakthi Parasakthi', the song highlights common 1980s and 1990s socio-mythological themes in Tamil cinema. It directly addresses the horror of dowry deaths ('stove explosions') through the popular cinematic device of a vengeful chaste spirit confronting fake exorcists.

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