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Pallakka Thookki Pakka

From Seerum Singangal · 1983

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singer
P. Suseela
Music director
Shankar Ganesh
Movie name
Seerum Singangal
Movie release year
1983
Lyrics added on
10 Nov 2020

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Pallaakkai thookki paakka ellorum vaarunga
Pattaadai katti kondu nikkuratha paarunga
Irupathu vayasu ilagiya manasu haan
Irupathu vayasu ilagiya manasu haan
Aalaanaa ponnaagi anjaaru varusamaachchunga
……………….
Pallaakkai thookki paakka ellorum vaarunga
Pattaadai katti kondu nikkuratha paarunga
Irupathu vayasu ilagiya manasu haan
Aalaanaa ponnaagi anjaaru varusamaachchunga
……………….
Vetta vetta naanthaan thanga surangam
Un maarbodu Saernthaadum vellipadhakkam
Vetta vetta naanthaan thanga surangam
Un maarbodu Saernthaadum vellipadhakkam
Theppam mithakka oru odai irukka
Veppam thanikka kulir vaadai irukka
Maanaa Semmeenaa naan thaavi kuthikka
Maanaa Semmeenaa naan thaavi kuthikka
Pallaakkai thookki paakka ellorum vaarunga
Pattaadai katti kondu nikkuratha paarunga
Irupathu vayasu ilagiya manasu haan
Aalaanaa ponnaagi anjaaru varusamaachchunga…ha….
……………….
Pongi vachcha soru inga irukku
Idhai parimaara thalai vaazhai enga irukku
Pongi vachcha soru inga irukku
Idhai parimaara thalai vaazhai enga irukku
Unda piragum pasi uchcham irukkum
Alli koduththum idhu micham irukkum
Paaththaa nee kettaa naan vaari koduppaen
Paaththaa nee kettaa naan vaari koduppaen
Pallaakkai thookki paakka ellorum vaarunga
Pattaadai katti kondu nikkuratha paarunga
Irupathu vayasu ilagiya manasu haan
Aalaanaa ponnaagi anjaaru varusamaachchunga…ha….
……………….
Everyone come, lift the palanquin curtain and take a look!
Look at her standing there, draped in silk attire!
Twenty years old, with a gentle and tender heart, ah!
Twenty years old, with a gentle and tender heart, ah!
It has been five or six years since she grew into womanhood, sir!
...
Everyone come, lift the palanquin curtain and take a look!
Look at her standing there, draped in silk attire!
Twenty years old, with a gentle and tender heart, ah!
It has been five or six years since she grew into womanhood, sir!
...
The more you dig, the more I am a rich mine of gold!
A silver locket resting and swaying against your chest!
The more you dig, the more I am a rich mine of gold!
A silver locket resting and swaying against your chest!
While there is a stream for the raft to float upon,
While there is a cool breeze to soothe the heat,
Am I a deer or a red fish, leaping and bounds?
Am I a deer or a red fish, leaping and bounds?
Everyone come, lift the palanquin curtain and take a look!
Look at her standing there, draped in silk attire!
Twenty years old, with a gentle and tender heart, ah!
It has been five or six years since she grew into womanhood, sir... ha...
...
The cooked feast is waiting right here,
Where is the top plantain leaf to serve it upon?
The cooked feast is waiting right here,
Where is the top plantain leaf to serve it upon?
Even after dining, the hunger will remain at its peak,
Even after giving generously, plenty will still remain!
If you look at me and ask, I will shower it all upon you!
If you look at me and ask, I will shower it all upon you!
Everyone come, lift the palanquin curtain and take a look!
Look at her standing there, draped in silk attire!
Twenty years old, with a gentle and tender heart, ah!
It has been five or six years since she grew into womanhood, sir... ha...
...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This upbeat and seductive folk-style dance track celebrates youthful beauty, vitality, and romance. The song describes a twenty-year-old woman in fine silk attire who invites everyone to admire her elegance. She uses rich metaphors to describe her youthful charms—comparing herself to an endless gold mine, a bounding deer, a jumping red fish, and a warm meal ready to be served.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uvamai)

Vetta vetta naanthaan thanga surangam

The speaker compares herself to a gold mine ('thanga surangam') that yields endless gold the more one digs.

Allegory / Sexual Innuendo Metaphor

Pongi vachcha soru inga irukku

Youth and love are metaphors for cooked rice waiting on a plantain leaf ('Pongi vachcha soru').

End Rhyme (Iyaibu)

Theppam mithakka oru odai irukka / Veppam thanikka kulir vaadai irukka

Rhyming structure using 'mithakka' and 'thanikka' at the middle/end of parallel lines.

Alliteration (Monaai)

Pallaakkai thookki paakka ellorum vaarunga

Repetition of the 'P' consonant sound in 'Pallaakkai thookki paakka'.

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Trivia

This song is featured in the 1983 Tamil action film 'Seerum Singangal', featuring lyrics penned by Vairamuthu.

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