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Lyrics & meaning

Oru Vaatti

From Mapla Singam · 2016

Lyricist
Yugabharathi
Singers
Naresh Iyer, Vandhana
Music director
N. R. Raghunanthan
Details
Mapla Singam2016

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Female
Ahaa..aaa..haa..aaa..Ahaa..aaa..haa..aaa..
Haa..aaa..haa…aaa…Haa..aaa..haa…aaa…
Ahaa..aaa..haa..aaa..Ahaa..aaa..haa..aaa..
Haa..aaa..haa…aaa…haaahaa…Haa..aaa..haa…aaa…haaahaa…
Female
Oruvaatti una paathuLooking at you just once,
Usurae karanju poyiruchumy very life melted away.
Pasumaattu madipolaLike a cow's udder,
Manasum kavicha aayiruchumy heart became raw with tenderness and love.
Female
Enna senja enakketho aachuWhatever you did, something happened to me,
Solla solla suduthae en moochuas I keep talking, my breath feels warm.
Matha yaanai mithamaanaLike a wild, raging elephant,
Kathaiyaa pochuI have now become gentle and tame.
Female
Oruvaatti una paathuLooking at you just once,
Usurae karanju poyiruchumy very life melted away.
Pasumaattu madipolaLike a cow's udder,
Manasum kavicha aayiruchumy heart became raw with tenderness and love.
Female
Meena paatha kokkaagaLike a heron eyeing a fish,
Nee kothi pora sollamayou peck at my heart and leave without saying a word.
Potta kaadu enna neethaanI was like a dry, barren land,
Senjathenna vellaamadid you cultivate me into a fertile crop field?
Female
Vaaiyaara nee pesaWhen you talk to me wholeheartedly,
Thallaaduren thaangaamaI wobble, unable to hold myself together.
Aagaaram sellaamaWithout food going down my throat,
Allaaduren thoongaamaI struggle without getting any sleep.
Female
Pora paatha pogaamaWithout going on the path I intended,
Vera yethum thonaamawithout thinking of anything else,
Paakkurenae unna naanumI keep staring at you,
Vacha kannu vaangaamawithout even blinking my eyes.
Female
Oruvaatti una paathuLooking at you just once,
Usurae karanju poyiruchumy very life melted away.
Pasumaattu madipolaLike a cow's udder,
Manasum kavicha aayiruchumy heart became raw with tenderness and love.
Male
Thana nana naaThana nana naa
Thana naanaa nana naaThana naanaa nana naa
Thana nana nana nanaThana nana nana nana
Nana nana nana naaNana nana nana naa
Female
Velai yethum seiyaamaWithout doing any work,
Naan nikkirenae veenaagaI am standing here uselessly.
Moolai ketta aala polaLike someone who has lost their mind,
Sokkurenae loosaagaI am swooning like a fool.
Female
Pooaana penn naanumThough I am a soft, flower-like woman,
Vemburenae kaayagaI am wilting away like an unripe fruit.
Yaarodum pesaamaWithout talking to anyone,
Ondurenae theevaagaI isolate myself like an island.
Female
Soorakaathu neeyaagaYou are like a whirlwind,
Solaporiyum naanaagaand I am like puffed corn spinning around.
Enna neeyum suthi vaaraYou keep circling around me,
Aala kollum peyaagalike a captivating, deadly spirit.
Female
Oruvaatti una paathuLooking at you just once,
Usurae karanju poyiruchumy very life melted away.
Pasumaattu madipolaLike a cow's udder,
Manasum kavicha aayiruchumy heart became raw with tenderness and love.
Female
Enna senja enakketho aachuWhatever you did, something happened to me,
Solla solla suduthae en moochuas I keep talking, my breath feels warm.
Matha yaanai mithamaanaLike a wild, raging elephant,
Kathaiyaa pochuI have now become gentle and tame.

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

The song 'Oruvaatti Una Paathu' from the movie Mapla Singam (2016) captures the tender, rustic essence of falling hopelessly in love at first sight. The protagonist describes how a single glance from her beloved completely dissolved her composure, making her heart soft, vulnerable, and overflowing with deep affection. Through rural metaphors, she expresses how love transformed her wild, uncontrollable emotions into gentleness and converted her barren life into a blooming field. As the track progresses, the emotional arc highlights the dizzying trance of love—restlessness, sleepless nights, inability to focus on daily tasks, and isolating oneself in sweet daydreaming. She compares the lover to a whirlwind that spins her life around, leaving her captivated and deeply enamored.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Uwamai Ani)

Pasumaattu madipola / Manasum kavicha aayiruchu

Compares the tenderness and overflow of love in the heart to a cow's udder full of milk using the explicit comparison word 'pola'.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Potta kaadu enna neethaan / Senjathenna vellaama

Metaphorically equates the speaker's dry, unfulfilled life to a barren land ('potta kaadu') transformed into a rich harvest ('vellaama') by love.

Iyaipu (End Rhyme)

Soorakaathu neeyaaga / Solaporiyum naanaaga

Both lines end with the matching suffix '-aaga', creating a musical rhyming cadence.

Metaphor

Matha yaanai mithamaana / Kathaiyaa pochu

Compares the protagonist's wild, restless mind to a raging elephant ('matha yaanai') that has suddenly become tame and controlled.

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Trivia

The song 'Oruvaatti Una Paathu' is composed by N. R. Raghunanthan for the comedy-drama film 'Mapla Singam' (2016), starring Vimal and Anjali. Written by lyricist Yugabharathi, the track features distinct rural imagery ('Pasumaattu madi', 'Potta kaadu') characteristic of his songwriting style that blends traditional Tamil folk sensibilities with modern romantic expressions. The melody is sung by Saindhavi, whose delicate voice elevates the playful and longing emotion of the lyrics.

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