Oru Pournami
From Raja · 2002
- Lyricist
- Lyricist Not Known
- Singers
- Hariharan, Mahalakshmi Iyer
- Music director
- S. A. Rajkumar
- Details
- Raja2002
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Chorus | |
| Ohooo..ohooo | Ohooo..ohooo |
| Oooo…ooo…oooo…oooo… | Oooo…ooo…oooo…oooo… |
| Male | |
| Oru pournami nilavu | As a full moon |
| Oorvalam poga | Goes on a procession |
| Adi aayiram kanavu | Hey girl, a thousand dreams |
| Saalaigal poda | Lay down the roads |
| Male | |
| Indha ooril ulla poovukellam | For all the flowers in this town |
| Neethaan kankaatchi | You are the grand spectacle |
| Nee selai soodi saalai ooram | Wearing a saree by the roadside |
| Odum neerveezhchi | You are a running waterfall |
| Female | |
| Hooo…ooo | Hooo…ooo |
| Adi nee azhagii | Hey beautiful girl |
| Thulli varum thendral kaatrae | Oh bouncing gentle breeze |
| Neethaan endhan anjal petti | You are my mailbox |
| Endhan nenjai unnil serthen | I deposited my heart inside you |
| Setru vidu aasai kootil | Deliver it into the nest of desires |
| Purindhatha solvaai poongaatrae | Did you understand? Tell me, gentle breeze |
| Male | |
| Ohh oru pournami nilavu | Oh, as a full moon |
| Oorvalam poga | Goes on a procession |
| Adi aayiram kanavu | Hey girl, a thousand dreams |
| Saalaigal poda | Lay down the roads |
| Female | |
| Sollatha kaadhal | Unspoken love |
| Sollavandha podhu | When it comes to be spoken |
| Sollellaam kaanaamal | Why do all the words disappear |
| Yen pogudhoo | And vanish away? |
| Male | |
| Yaar nenjilae dhaan | In whose heart |
| Kaadhal enbathillai | Is there no love? |
| Aanaal enna ellaamae | Yet why does everything |
| Poo pookuthoo | Blossom like flowers? |
| Female | |
| Kaarkaalam thaan kaadhal | Love is like the monsoon season |
| Adhu vandhaal inbam seiyum | When it arrives, it brings pure joy |
| Male :Por kaalam thaan kaadhal | Male: Love is like a time of war |
| Adhu vandhaal imsai seyyum | When it arrives, it causes sweet torment |
| Female | |
| Alai vandhu yedho thaan | The wave comes and says |
| Solgirathu | Something to the shore |
| Male :Karai athai ketkaamal | Male: Without listening to it, the shore |
| Selgirathu | Just passes away |
| Female | |
| Oru pournami nilavu | As a full moon |
| Oorvalam poga | Goes on a procession |
| Orr aayiram kanavu | A thousand dreams |
| Saalaigal poda | Lay down the roads |
| Chorus | |
| ……………………. | ... |
| Female | |
| Ooo…ooo…ooo….. | Ooo…ooo…ooo….. |
| Chorus | |
| ……………………… | ... |
| Male | |
| Aagaaya megam | The cloud in the sky |
| Un meethu pogum | Passes over you |
| Pogum podhu lesagha | As it passes, gently |
| Thaen thoovumae | It sprinkles honey |
| Female | |
| Naan thedum megam | If the cloud I am searching for |
| Ennai vandhu sernthaal | Comes and reaches me |
| Deivam vandhu | God Himself will arrive |
| En vaazhvai thaalatumae | And sing a lullaby to my life |
| Male | |
| Penpoovae un vaazhkai | Oh flower-like girl, your life |
| Oru sorgam endrae maarum | Will turn into a paradise |
| Female :En aasai kai sernthaal | Female: If my desired one joins hands with me |
| Un vaarthai unmaiyaagum | Your words will come true |
| Male | |
| Unakenna nee ingae | What is there for you? You are here |
| Vaira vizha | Like a diamond celebration |
| Enakkaana vaanam thaan | The sky meant for me |
| Aruginila | Is right here nearby |
| Female | |
| Oru pournami nilavu | As a full moon |
| Oorvalam poga | Goes on a procession |
| Orr aayiram kanavu | A thousand dreams |
| Saalaigal poda | Lay down the roads |
| Male | |
| Indha ooril ulla poovukellam | For all the flowers in this town |
| Neethaan kankaatchi | You are the grand spectacle |
| Nee selai soodi saalai ooram | Wearing a saree by the roadside |
| Odum neerveezhchi | You are a running waterfall |
| Female | |
| Hooo…ooo | Hooo…ooo |
| Male :Mazhaiyae azhagae | Male: Oh beauty like rain |
| Female | |
| Thulli varum thendral kaatrae | Oh bouncing gentle breeze |
| Neethaan endhan anjal petti | You are my mailbox |
| Male :Endhan nenjai unnil serthen | Male: I deposited my heart inside you |
| Setru vidu aasai kootil | Deliver it into the nest of desires |
| Female :Purindhatha solvaai poongaatrae | Female: Did you understand? Tell me, gentle breeze |
| Chorus | |
| Ohooo..ohooo | Ohooo..ohooo |
| Oooo…ooo…oooo…oooo… | Oooo…ooo…oooo…oooo… |
ஓஹோ ஓஹோ
ஓஓ ஓஓ ஓஓ ஓஓ
Ohooo..ohooo
Oooo…ooo…oooo…oooo…
ஒரு பௌர்ணமி
நிலவு ஊர்வலம் போக
அடி ஆயிரம் கனவு
சாலைகள் போட
As a full moon
Goes on a procession
Hey girl, a thousand dreams
Lay down the roads
இந்த ஊரில்
உள்ள பூவுக்கெல்லாம்
நீதான் கண்காட்சி நீ
சேலை சூடி சாலை
ஓரம் ஓடும் நீர்
வீழ்ச்சி
For all the flowers in this town
You are the grand spectacle
Wearing a saree by the roadside
You are a running waterfall
ஹோ ஓஓ அடி நீ
அழகி துள்ளி வரும் தென்றல்
காற்றே நீதான் எந்தன் அஞ்சல்
பெட்டி எந்தன் நெஞ்சை உன்னில்
சேர்த்தேன் சேற்று விடு ஆசை
கூட்டில் புரிந்ததா சொல்வாய்
பூங்காற்றே
Hooo…ooo
Hey beautiful girl
Oh bouncing gentle breeze
You are my mailbox
I deposited my heart inside you
Deliver it into the nest of desires
Did you understand? Tell me, gentle breeze
ஓ ஒரு பௌர்ணமி
நிலவு ஊர்வலம் போக அடி
ஆயிரம் கனவு சாலைகள்
போட
Oh, as a full moon
Goes on a procession
Hey girl, a thousand dreams
Lay down the roads
சொல்லாத
காதல் சொல்ல வந்த
போது சொல்லெல்லாம்
காணாமல் ஏன் போகுதோ
Unspoken love
When it comes to be spoken
Why do all the words disappear
And vanish away?
யார் நெஞ்சிலே
தான் காதல் என்பதில்லை
ஆனால் என்ன எல்லாமே
பூ பூக்குதோ
In whose heart
Is there no love?
Yet why does everything
Blossom like flowers?
கார்காலம் தான்
காதல் அது வந்தால்
இன்பம் செய்யும்
போர் காலம்
தான் காதல் அது
வந்தால் இம்சை
செய்யும்
Love is like the monsoon season
When it arrives, it brings pure joy
Male: Love is like a time of war
When it arrives, it causes sweet torment
அலை வந்து
ஏதோ தான் சொல்கிறது
கரை அதை
கேட்காமல் செல்கிறது
The wave comes and says
Something to the shore
Male: Without listening to it, the shore
Just passes away
ஒரு பௌர்ணமி
நிலவு ஊர்வலம் போக
அடி ஆயிரம் கனவு
சாலைகள் போட
As a full moon
Goes on a procession
A thousand dreams
Lay down the roads
............................
...
ஓஓ ஓஓ ஓஓ
Ooo…ooo…ooo…..
...............................
...
ஆகாய மேகம்
உன் மீது போகும் போகும்
போது லேசாக தேன்
தூவுமே
The cloud in the sky
Passes over you
As it passes, gently
It sprinkles honey
நான் தேடும்
மேகம் என்னை வந்து
சேர்ந்தால் தெய்வம்
வந்து என் வாழ்வை
தாலாட்டுமே
If the cloud I am searching for
Comes and reaches me
God Himself will arrive
And sing a lullaby to my life
பெண் பூவே உன்
வாழ்க்கை ஒரு சொர்க்கம்
என்றே மாறும்
என் ஆசை கை
சேர்ந்தால் உன் வார்த்தை
உண்மையாகும்
Oh flower-like girl, your life
Will turn into a paradise
Female: If my desired one joins hands with me
Your words will come true
உனக்கென்ன நீ
இங்கே வைர விழா
என்னைகாண வானம்
தான் அருகினிலா
What is there for you? You are here
Like a diamond celebration
The sky meant for me
Is right here nearby
ஒரு பௌர்ணமி
நிலவு ஊர்வலம் போக
அடி ஆயிரம் கனவு
சாலைகள் போட
As a full moon
Goes on a procession
A thousand dreams
Lay down the roads
இந்த ஊரில் உள்ள
பூவுக்கெல்லாம் நீதான்
கண்காட்சி நீ சேலை சூடி
சாலை ஓரம் ஓடும் நீர்
வீழ்ச்சி
For all the flowers in this town
You are the grand spectacle
Wearing a saree by the roadside
You are a running waterfall
ஹோ ஓஓ
மழையே அழகே
Hooo…ooo
Male: Oh beauty like rain
துள்ளி வரும்
தென்றல் காற்றே நீதான்
எந்தன் அஞ்சல் பெட்டி
எந்தன் நெஞ்சை
உன்னில் சேர்த்தேன்
சேற்று விடு ஆசை
கூட்டில்
புரிந்ததா
சொல்வாய் பூங்காற்றே
Oh bouncing gentle breeze
You are my mailbox
Male: I deposited my heart inside you
Deliver it into the nest of desires
Female: Did you understand? Tell me, gentle breeze
ஓஹோ ஓஹோ
ஓஓ ஓஓ ஓஓ ஓஓ
Ohooo..ohooo
Oooo…ooo…oooo…oooo…
Ohooo..ohooo
Ohooo..ohooo
Oooo…ooo…oooo…oooo…
Oooo…ooo…oooo…oooo…
Oru pournami nilavu
As a full moon
Oorvalam poga
Goes on a procession
Adi aayiram kanavu
Hey girl, a thousand dreams
Saalaigal poda
Lay down the roads
Indha ooril ulla poovukellam
For all the flowers in this town
Neethaan kankaatchi
You are the grand spectacle
Nee selai soodi saalai ooram
Wearing a saree by the roadside
Odum neerveezhchi
You are a running waterfall
Hooo…ooo
Hooo…ooo
Adi nee azhagii
Hey beautiful girl
Thulli varum thendral kaatrae
Oh bouncing gentle breeze
Neethaan endhan anjal petti
You are my mailbox
Endhan nenjai unnil serthen
I deposited my heart inside you
Setru vidu aasai kootil
Deliver it into the nest of desires
Purindhatha solvaai poongaatrae
Did you understand? Tell me, gentle breeze
Ohh oru pournami nilavu
Oh, as a full moon
Oorvalam poga
Goes on a procession
Adi aayiram kanavu
Hey girl, a thousand dreams
Saalaigal poda
Lay down the roads
Sollatha kaadhal
Unspoken love
Sollavandha podhu
When it comes to be spoken
Sollellaam kaanaamal
Why do all the words disappear
Yen pogudhoo
And vanish away?
Yaar nenjilae dhaan
In whose heart
Kaadhal enbathillai
Is there no love?
Aanaal enna ellaamae
Yet why does everything
Poo pookuthoo
Blossom like flowers?
Kaarkaalam thaan kaadhal
Love is like the monsoon season
Adhu vandhaal inbam seiyum
When it arrives, it brings pure joy
Male :Por kaalam thaan kaadhal
Male: Love is like a time of war
Adhu vandhaal imsai seyyum
When it arrives, it causes sweet torment
Alai vandhu yedho thaan
The wave comes and says
Solgirathu
Something to the shore
Male :Karai athai ketkaamal
Male: Without listening to it, the shore
Selgirathu
Just passes away
Oru pournami nilavu
As a full moon
Oorvalam poga
Goes on a procession
Orr aayiram kanavu
A thousand dreams
Saalaigal poda
Lay down the roads
…………………….
...
Ooo…ooo…ooo…..
Ooo…ooo…ooo…..
………………………
...
Aagaaya megam
The cloud in the sky
Un meethu pogum
Passes over you
Pogum podhu lesagha
As it passes, gently
Thaen thoovumae
It sprinkles honey
Naan thedum megam
If the cloud I am searching for
Ennai vandhu sernthaal
Comes and reaches me
Deivam vandhu
God Himself will arrive
En vaazhvai thaalatumae
And sing a lullaby to my life
Penpoovae un vaazhkai
Oh flower-like girl, your life
Oru sorgam endrae maarum
Will turn into a paradise
Female :En aasai kai sernthaal
Female: If my desired one joins hands with me
Un vaarthai unmaiyaagum
Your words will come true
Unakenna nee ingae
What is there for you? You are here
Vaira vizha
Like a diamond celebration
Enakkaana vaanam thaan
The sky meant for me
Aruginila
Is right here nearby
Oru pournami nilavu
As a full moon
Oorvalam poga
Goes on a procession
Orr aayiram kanavu
A thousand dreams
Saalaigal poda
Lay down the roads
Indha ooril ulla poovukellam
For all the flowers in this town
Neethaan kankaatchi
You are the grand spectacle
Nee selai soodi saalai ooram
Wearing a saree by the roadside
Odum neerveezhchi
You are a running waterfall
Hooo…ooo
Hooo…ooo
Male :Mazhaiyae azhagae
Male: Oh beauty like rain
Thulli varum thendral kaatrae
Oh bouncing gentle breeze
Neethaan endhan anjal petti
You are my mailbox
Male :Endhan nenjai unnil serthen
Male: I deposited my heart inside you
Setru vidu aasai kootil
Deliver it into the nest of desires
Female :Purindhatha solvaai poongaatrae
Female: Did you understand? Tell me, gentle breeze
Ohooo..ohooo
Ohooo..ohooo
Oooo…ooo…oooo…oooo…
Oooo…ooo…oooo…oooo…
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
The song 'Oru Pournami Nilavu' from the movie Raja (2002) is a romantic duet expressing deep affection, poetic praise, and emotional connection between two lovers. The male protagonist envisions his beloved as a full moon on a grand procession and compares her graceful presence to a waterfall wrapped in a saree. He entrusts his romantic desires to the gentle breeze, treating it as a messenger to convey his love.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Nee selai soodi saalai ooram / Odum neerveezhchi”
The lover directly compares the woman wearing a saree by the roadside to a running waterfall.
Personification / Metaphor
“Neethaan endhan anjal petti”
The gentle breeze/lover is metaphorically addressed as a mailbox ('anjal petti') carrying the lover's heart and emotions.
Monai (Initial Alliteration)
“Sollatha kaadhal / Sollavandha podhu / Sollellaam kaanaamal”
Repetition of the initial 'So' sound creates poetic harmony across consecutive lines.
Muran (Antithesis)
“Kaarkaalam thaan kaadhal... / Por kaalam thaan kaadhal...”
Contrasting views of love—one presenting love as a pleasant rainy season bringing joy, and the other as a turbulent time of war bringing torment.
Did you know?
Trivia
Although listed with unknown credits in the query context, 'Oru Pournami Nilavu' is a classic hit from the 2002 movie 'Raja' starring Ajith Kumar, Jyothika, and Priyanka Trivedi. The soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar, featuring vocals by Hariharan and K. S. Chithra with lyrics penned by Pa. Vijay.
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