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Lyrics & meaning

Oru Poo Ezhuthum Kavithai

From Pooveli · 1998

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singers
Unnikrishnan, Chithra
Music director
Bharathwaj
Movie name
Pooveli
Movie release year
1998
Lyrics added on
23 Mar 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Oru poo ezhuthum kavithai
Siru thaen thuliyaai urulum
Nadhi neer ezuthum kavithai
Alai oviyamai viriyum
Oru poo ezhuthum kavithai
Siru thaen thuliyaai urulum
Nadhi neer ezuthum kavithai
Alai oviyamai viriyum
Ulagathin melliya thalgalin melae
Ilamaiyin kavithaigal ezuthida vendum
Azhagiya ithazh kondu vaa
Mutham enbathu
Naam kaanum dhiyanam
Athu mudiyum munnamae
Naam kaanbom nyaanam
Oru poo ezhuthum kavithai
Siru thaen thuliyaai urulum
Oosi thulaitha kumizhigal polae
Udaivathu udaivathu vaazhvu
Female :Kaatru thurathum kadal alai polae
Thodarvathu thodarvathu kaadhal
Udal meedhu konja kaalam
Ilaipaarum kaadhalae
Udal theernthu pona pinnum
Uyir vazhum kaadhalae
Kaalangal engu theerum
Athuvarai selvoma
Kaalangal theerum idathil
Puthu jenmam kolvoma
Un moochilae naanum
En moochilae neeyum
Kaatril oligal ketkkum varaiyil
Kaadhal kolvoma….
Oru poo ezhuthum kavithai
Siru thaen thuliyaai urulum
Male :Nadhi neer ezuthum kavithai
Alai oviyamai viriyum
Kangal irukkum peyargalukellam
Sooriyam mattum sondham
Male :Kaadhal irukkum peyargalukellam
Sooriya kudumbam sondham
Ulagam thiranthu vaitha
Mudhal saavi kaadhal than
Thiranthavan tholaithu vittaan
Innum andha thedal than
Sudar kodi etharku vandhom
Tholaithathai thedathan
Udhatinil thodangi andha
Uyir sendru thedal than
Nee enbathum paadhi
Naan enbathum paadhi
Unnil ennai ennil unnai
Ootri kolvoma….
Oru poo ezhuthum kavithai
Female :Siru thaen thuliyaai urulum
Male :Nadhi neer ezuthum kavithai
Female :Alai oviyamai viriyum
Ulagathin melliya thalgalin melae
Female :Ilamaiyin kavithaigal ezuthida vendum
Male :Azhagiya ithazh kondu vaa
Female :Mutham enbathu
Naam kaanum dhiyanam
Male :Athu mudiyum munnamae
Naam kaanbom nyaanam
The poem written by a flower
Rolls down like a tiny drop of honey.
The poem written by river water
Spreads out like a painting of waves.
The poem written by a flower
Rolls down like a tiny drop of honey.
The poem written by river water
Spreads out like a painting of waves.
Upon the delicate pages of this world,
We must write the poems of our youth.
Bring your lovely lips to me;
A kiss is
The meditation we share,
And even before it ends,
We will find true wisdom.
The poem written by a flower
Rolls down like a tiny drop of honey.
Like bubbles pricked by a needle,
Life keeps breaking apart.
Like ocean waves chased by the wind,
Love keeps flowing endlessly.
For a little while upon this body,
Love takes its rest;
Even after the body is gone,
Love continues to live.
Where does all time come to an end?
Shall we journey till there?
At the place where time ends,
Shall we take a new birth together?
I inside your breath,
And you inside mine,
As long as sounds can be heard in the wind,
Shall we keep loving each other?
The poem written by a flower
Rolls down like a tiny drop of honey.
The poem written by river water
Spreads out like a painting of waves.
To all who have eyes,
Only the sun belongs.
To all who have love,
The entire solar system belongs.
The very first key that opened
This world is love.
The one who opened it has lost it,
And that search still goes on.
My radiant love, why did we come here?
Only to search for what was lost.
Beginning at the lips,
The search reaches all the way to the soul.
You are one half,
And I am one half.
Me into you, and you into me,
Shall we pour ourselves into each other?
The poem written by a flower
Rolls down like a tiny drop of honey.
The poem written by river water
Spreads out like a painting of waves.
Upon the delicate pages of this world,
We must write the poems of our youth.
Bring your lovely lips to me;
A kiss is
The meditation we share,
And even before it ends,
We will find true wisdom.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Oru Poo Ezhuthum Kavithai' from the movie Pooveli (1998) is a deeply philosophical romantic duet penned by Vairamuthu. The song equates romantic love to nature's spontaneous art forms—a poem written by a flower that rolls like honey, or river water that paints waves. It transcends physical affection, treating love as a spiritual practice ('dhiyanam') that grants divine wisdom ('nyaanam'). The narrative contrasts the fleeting, fragile nature of human life—which shatters like needle-popped bubbles—with the eternal nature of true love that survives well beyond physical death. The lovers contemplate journeying beyond the boundaries of time, merging their breath and souls. Vairamuthu presents love as the primordial key to the cosmos and a quest that begins with a kiss on the lips and culminates in the union of two souls.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai)

“Oosi thulaitha kumizhigal polae udaivathu udaivathu vaazhvu”

Compares fragile human life breaking to soap bubbles popped by a needle using the comparative marker 'polae'.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

“Mutham enbathu naam kaanum dhiyanam”

Directly equates a physical kiss to a state of spiritual meditation (dhiyanam).

Monai (Initial Alliteration)

“Kaalangal engu theerum / Kaalangal theerum idathil”

Repetition of the initial letter 'Kaa' (கா) in consecutive lines.

Muran (Contrast / Anthesis)

“Udal meedhu konja kaalam... / Udal theernthu pona pinnum uyir vazhum...”

Contrasts the temporary existence of the physical body with the immortal life of love and soul.

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Trivia

'Oru Poo Ezhuthum Kavithai' is a hit song from the 1998 Tamil film Pooveli, directed by Vikraman. The film's music was composed by Bharadwaj, and this track was rendered by P. Unnikrishnan and K. S. Chithra. Vairamuthu's lyrics were widely praised for elevating a romantic duet into a philosophical meditation on love, nature, and eternity.

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