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Lyrics & meaning

Pattaasa Antha Ponnu

From Naan Thaan Siva · 2020

Lyricist
Yugabharathi
Singer
Deepak
Music director
D. Imman
Movie name
Naan Thaan Siva
Movie release year
2020
Lyrics added on
17 Apr 2020

Lyrics & meaning

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↻ English translation
Pattaasa andha ponnu
Oru paarvai paartha
Panjaara kozhi kunjum
Uru maarum vaaththa
Pattaasa andha ponnu
Oru paarvai paartha
Panjaara kozhi kunjum
Uru maarum vaaththa
Ava kaattu malli pola
Vaasam veesa
Thalagaalu puriyama enna pesa
Ava kaattu malli pola vaasam veesa
Thalagaalu puriyama enna pesa pesa
Thalaiyaati bommai kooda
Avaloda pera sonna
Selaiyagi poga sandai podum
Pasu maattu kaambum kooda
Avaloda pecha ketta
Karakkaama paala sindhi odum
Azhutha kozhantha
Ava munnae vandha
Adangi vidhuvadhenna
Anneram thaan
Ava edakku madakku panni
Pogum seethai
Ava adikka enakku ippo bodhai
Pattaasa andha ponnu
Oru paarvai paartha
Panjaara kozhi kunjum
Uru maarum vaaththa
Avaloda vaasam patta
Manasellaam seettu katta
Kalanjae thaan povadhenna thozha
Avaloda kanna kanda
Urundu odum kozhi gunda
Thadu maari poren konja naala
Azhagil adhattum ava kannadiya
Theruvil nadanthu varum rangoliya
Ava morappu puzhanjathenna aiyo saara
Ava sirippu midhichadhenna saera
Pattaasa andha ponnu
Oru paarvai paartha
Panjaara kozhi kunjum
Uru maarum vaaththa
Ava kaattu malli pola vaasam veesa
Thalagaalu puriyama enna pesa
Ava kaattu malli pola vaasam veesa
Thalagaalu puriyama enna pesa pesa
If that girl, fiery like a firecracker,
casts just one look,
even a chick inside a coop
will turn into a duck!
If that girl, fiery like a firecracker,
casts just one look,
even a chick inside a coop
will turn into a duck!
As she spreads her fragrance
like wild jasmine,
what can I say when I have lost my senses?
As she spreads her fragrance like wild jasmine,
what can I even say, completely losing my head?
Even a bobblehead doll,
if it hears her name,
will fight to freeze still like a statue!
Even a cow's udder,
if it hears her voice,
will spill its milk and run without being milked!
Why does a crying baby,
when brought before her,
suddenly quiet down
at that very moment?
She is like Sita walking past,
stirring up playful mischief!
When she hits me playfully, I feel intoxicated!
If that girl, fiery like a firecracker,
casts just one look,
even a chick inside a coop
will turn into a duck!
When her scent catches me,
why does my whole heart scatter
like a deck of cards, my friend?
Seeing her eyes,
like a glass marble rolling away,
I have been stumbling around these past few days!
Is she a mirror that commands with beauty?
Or a rangoli (colourful floor art) walking down the street?
Oh my, her sharp glare squeezes me like juice!
Her smile crushes me like soft mud!
If that girl, fiery like a firecracker,
casts just one look,
even a chick inside a coop
will turn into a duck!
As she spreads her fragrance like wild jasmine,
what can I say when I have lost my senses?
As she spreads her fragrance like wild jasmine,
what can I even say, completely losing my head?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Pattaasa Andha Ponnu' is an upbeat, rustic Tamil track that celebrates a young man's playful obsession with a fiery and irresistibly attractive girl. Through imaginative hyperbole and rural folklore imagery, the protagonist describes how her beauty disarms everyone around her, from bobblehead toys and farm animals to crying babies and his own heart. The lyrics combine humor with romance, comparing the heroine to an explosive firecracker and fragrant wild jasmine. Her presence causes absurdly delightful disruptions in the hero's daily life, leaving him utterly mesmerized and intoxicated by her charm.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai)

Ava kaattu malli pola vaasam veesa

Compares the girl's fiery presence to a firecracker ('Pattaasa') and her natural scent to wild jasmine ('Kaattu malli pola').

Hyperbole (Athisayokthi)

Panjaara kozhi kunjum uru maarum vaaththa

Exaggerates her impact absurdly, claiming even a chick in a coop transforms into a duck when she looks at it.

Initial Rhyme / Alliteration (Moonaai)

Pattaasa andha ponnu / Panjaara kozhi kunjum

Repetition of the 'Pa' sound at the start of consecutive lines creates a rhythmic cadence.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Theruvil nadanthu varum rangoliya

Directly compares the girl walking down the street to a colorful Rangoli artwork come to life.

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Trivia

Naan Thaan Siva is a Tamil action drama film starring Vinoth Kishan and Ashrita Shetty, directed by R. Panneerselvam with lyrics penned by Yugabharathi.

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