Pattapagal
From Veera Thalattu · 1998
- Lyricist
- Kasthuri Raja
- Singers
- Malaysia Vasudevan, Swarnalatha
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Details
- Veera Thalattu1998
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Patta pagal nerathula | In the broad daylight, |
| Singaarichu minukki vanthaa | If you come dolled up and glowing, |
| Kaadu kara vela aaguma | Will the field and farm work get done? |
| Ada naachi muthu | Oh Naachimuthu, |
| Pombalaikku nyaayamaaguma | Is this fair for a woman? |
| Male | |
| Hey patta pagal nerathula | Hey, in the broad daylight, |
| Singaarichu minukki vanthaa | If you come dolled up and glowing, |
| Kaadu kara vela aaguma | Will the field and farm work get done? |
| Ada naachi muthu | Oh Naachimuthu, |
| Pombalaikku nyaayamaaguma | Is this fair for a woman? |
| Female | |
| Akkam pakkam kannu pottu | Glancing around left and right, |
| Aasaiyathaan alaiya vittu | Letting desires wander about, |
| Male :Eppadi eppadi | Male: How is that, how is that? |
| Female | |
| Akkam pakkam kannu pottu | Glancing around left and right, |
| Aasaiyathaan alaiya vittu | Letting desires wander about, |
| Pombalaiya paakkuravuga | Those who look at women like that... |
| Male :Adi aaththi | Male: Oh my goodness! |
| Female | |
| Meesa mela kaiya pottu | Placing a hand on the mustache, |
| Rosamaaga murukki kittu | Twirling it with pride, |
| Aambalainu peethalaaguma | Is it right to boast about being a man? |
| Ada pechiamma | Oh Pechiamma, |
| Sabala buththi vittu pogumaa | Will fickle desires ever leave? |
| Paliya mattum enga mela podalaaguma | Is it fair to just put the blame on us? |
| Male | |
| Purushan kitta konji pesa | To cuddle and talk with your husband, |
| Veedu vaasal illaiyaa | Is there no home and doorstep? |
| Female :Nerangetta nerathula | Female: At an odd hour, |
| Neenga mattum vallaiyaa | Didn't you also come? |
| Male | |
| Ada vetti pechu pesa venam | Hey, don't talk idle gossip, |
| Pozhuthu saayuthu ikllaiyaa | Isn't the sun setting already? |
| Female :Raathirikku kitta vandhaa | Female: When coming close at night, |
| Appa theriyavillaiyaa | Didn't you realize it then? |
| Male | |
| Vela vetti seiyalainna | If we don't do hard labor, |
| Payiru pakka velaiyalainna | If the crops do not grow well, |
| Sothu sugam vanthu serumaa | Will prosperity and comfort arrive? |
| Ada naachimuthu mathathu ellaam | Oh Naachimuthu, will everything else, |
| Odi poguma | Just run away? |
| Female | |
| Kitta vandhu konja neram | Coming close for a little while, |
| Thottu pesavillainga | We didn't touch and talk! |
| Male :Etti ninnu paartha pothum | Male: Looking from a distance, |
| Ekku thappa sollalainnga | Don't speak inappropriately! |
| Female | |
| Naanga onnum singaarichu | We didn't dress up fancy, |
| Aal mayakka vallainga | To entice or charm anyone! |
| Male :Naanga kooda velai kettu | Male: We didn't come around, |
| Suthi suthi vallainga | Asking for work, wandering around! |
| Female | |
| Velai velainnu solli | Saying work, work all the time, |
| Pondaatiya kaakka vechu | Making the wife wait endlessly, |
| Female | |
| Mm…velai velainnu solli | Mm... saying work, work all the time, |
| Pondaatiya kaakka vechu | Making the wife wait endlessly, |
| Sambaaricha mattum podhuma | Is it enough to just earn money? |
| {Adi pechiyamma kaasu panam | Oh Pechiamma, can cash and wealth, |
| Kudumbam aaguma} (2) | Ever make a loving family? |
| Male | |
| Adi ippathaandi unmai | Oh, only now the truth, |
| Purinjuchu pondaati thaayae | Has been understood, my dear wife, |
| Unnaala thaan buththi vandhuchu | Only because of you did good sense return! |
பட்டபகல் நேரத்தில
சிங்காரிச்சு மினிக்கி வந்தா
காடு கரை வேலை ஆகுமா
அட நாச்சிமுத்து
பொம்பளைக்கு நாயமாகுமா...
In the broad daylight,
If you come dolled up and glowing,
Will the field and farm work get done?
Oh Naachimuthu,
Is this fair for a woman?
ஏ பட்டபகல் நேரத்தில
சிங்காரிச்சு மினிக்கி வந்தா
காடு கரை வேலை ஆகுமா
அட நாச்சிமுத்து
பொம்பளைக்கு நாயமாகுமா...
Hey, in the broad daylight,
If you come dolled up and glowing,
Will the field and farm work get done?
Oh Naachimuthu,
Is this fair for a woman?
அக்கம் பக்கம் கண்ண போட்டு'
ஆசையாத்தான் அலைய விட்டு
எப்படி எப்படி
Glancing around left and right,
Letting desires wander about,
Male: How is that, how is that?
அக்கம் பக்கம் கண்ண போட்டு'
ஆசையாத்தான் அலைய விட்டு
பொம்பளைய பாக்குறவுக
அடி ஆத்தி
Glancing around left and right,
Letting desires wander about,
Those who look at women like that...
Male: Oh my goodness!
மீசைமேல கையபோட்டு
ரோசமாக முறுக்கிக்கிட்டு
ஆம்பளைன்னு பீத்தலாகுமா
அட பேச்சியம்மா சவல
புத்திவிட்டு போகுமா
பழிய மட்டும் எங்கமேல
போடலாகுமா....
Placing a hand on the mustache,
Twirling it with pride,
Is it right to boast about being a man?
Oh Pechiamma,
Will fickle desires ever leave?
Is it fair to just put the blame on us?
புருசன்கிட்ட கொஞ்சி பேச
வீடு வாசல் இல்லையா
நேரங்கெட்ட நேரத்துல
நீங்கமட்டும் வல்லையா
To cuddle and talk with your husband,
Is there no home and doorstep?
Female: At an odd hour,
Didn't you also come?
அட வெட்டி பேச்சு பேசவேணாம்
பொழுது சாயுது இல்லையா
ராத்திரிக்கு கிட்ட வந்தா
அப்ப தெரியவில்லையா
Hey, don't talk idle gossip,
Isn't the sun setting already?
Female: When coming close at night,
Didn't you realize it then?
வேலை வெட்டி செய்யலைன்ன
பயிறு பக்க வெளையலைன்னா
சொத்து சொகம் வந்து சேருமா
அட நாச்சிமுத்து மத்தது எல்லாம்
ஓடி போகுமா
If we don't do hard labor,
If the crops do not grow well,
Will prosperity and comfort arrive?
Oh Naachimuthu, will everything else,
Just run away?
கிட்ட வந்து கொஞ்ச நேரம்
தொட்டு பேசவில்லைங்க
எட்டி நின்னு பார்த்தா பொது
எக்கு தப்பா சொல்லைங்க
Coming close for a little while,
We didn't touch and talk!
Male: Looking from a distance,
Don't speak inappropriately!
நாங்க ஒன்னும் சிங்காரிச்சு
ஆள் மயக்க வல்லைங்க
நாங்க கூட வேலை கெட்டு
சுத்தி சுத்தி வல்லைங்க
We didn't dress up fancy,
To entice or charm anyone!
Male: We didn't come around,
Asking for work, wandering around!
வேலை வேலையின்னு
சொல்லி பொண்டாட்டியா
காக்க வச்சு
Saying work, work all the time,
Making the wife wait endlessly,
ம்ம் வேலை வேலையின்னு
சொல்லி பொண்டாட்டியா
காக்க வச்சு
சம்பாரிச்சா மட்டும் போதுமா
{அடி பேச்சியம்மா காசு பணம்
குடும்பம் ஆகுமா} (2)
Mm... saying work, work all the time,
Making the wife wait endlessly,
Is it enough to just earn money?
Oh Pechiamma, can cash and wealth,
Ever make a loving family?
அடி இப்பதாண்டி உண்மை
புரிஞ்சுச்சு பொண்டாட்டி தாயே
உன்னாலத்தான் புத்தி வந்துச்சு...
Oh, only now the truth,
Has been understood, my dear wife,
Only because of you did good sense return!
Patta pagal nerathula
In the broad daylight,
Singaarichu minukki vanthaa
If you come dolled up and glowing,
Kaadu kara vela aaguma
Will the field and farm work get done?
Ada naachi muthu
Oh Naachimuthu,
Pombalaikku nyaayamaaguma
Is this fair for a woman?
Hey patta pagal nerathula
Hey, in the broad daylight,
Singaarichu minukki vanthaa
If you come dolled up and glowing,
Kaadu kara vela aaguma
Will the field and farm work get done?
Ada naachi muthu
Oh Naachimuthu,
Pombalaikku nyaayamaaguma
Is this fair for a woman?
Akkam pakkam kannu pottu
Glancing around left and right,
Aasaiyathaan alaiya vittu
Letting desires wander about,
Male :Eppadi eppadi
Male: How is that, how is that?
Akkam pakkam kannu pottu
Glancing around left and right,
Aasaiyathaan alaiya vittu
Letting desires wander about,
Pombalaiya paakkuravuga
Those who look at women like that...
Male :Adi aaththi
Male: Oh my goodness!
Meesa mela kaiya pottu
Placing a hand on the mustache,
Rosamaaga murukki kittu
Twirling it with pride,
Aambalainu peethalaaguma
Is it right to boast about being a man?
Ada pechiamma
Oh Pechiamma,
Sabala buththi vittu pogumaa
Will fickle desires ever leave?
Paliya mattum enga mela podalaaguma
Is it fair to just put the blame on us?
Purushan kitta konji pesa
To cuddle and talk with your husband,
Veedu vaasal illaiyaa
Is there no home and doorstep?
Female :Nerangetta nerathula
Female: At an odd hour,
Neenga mattum vallaiyaa
Didn't you also come?
Ada vetti pechu pesa venam
Hey, don't talk idle gossip,
Pozhuthu saayuthu ikllaiyaa
Isn't the sun setting already?
Female :Raathirikku kitta vandhaa
Female: When coming close at night,
Appa theriyavillaiyaa
Didn't you realize it then?
Vela vetti seiyalainna
If we don't do hard labor,
Payiru pakka velaiyalainna
If the crops do not grow well,
Sothu sugam vanthu serumaa
Will prosperity and comfort arrive?
Ada naachimuthu mathathu ellaam
Oh Naachimuthu, will everything else,
Odi poguma
Just run away?
Kitta vandhu konja neram
Coming close for a little while,
Thottu pesavillainga
We didn't touch and talk!
Male :Etti ninnu paartha pothum
Male: Looking from a distance,
Ekku thappa sollalainnga
Don't speak inappropriately!
Naanga onnum singaarichu
We didn't dress up fancy,
Aal mayakka vallainga
To entice or charm anyone!
Male :Naanga kooda velai kettu
Male: We didn't come around,
Suthi suthi vallainga
Asking for work, wandering around!
Velai velainnu solli
Saying work, work all the time,
Pondaatiya kaakka vechu
Making the wife wait endlessly,
Mm…velai velainnu solli
Mm... saying work, work all the time,
Pondaatiya kaakka vechu
Making the wife wait endlessly,
Sambaaricha mattum podhuma
Is it enough to just earn money?
{Adi pechiyamma kaasu panam
Oh Pechiamma, can cash and wealth,
Kudumbam aaguma} (2)
Ever make a loving family?
Adi ippathaandi unmai
Oh, only now the truth,
Purinjuchu pondaati thaayae
Has been understood, my dear wife,
Unnaala thaan buththi vandhuchu
Only because of you did good sense return!
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This folk-style duet features playful banter between a husband and wife working in rural agricultural fields. The song begins with friendly teasing about dressing up during working hours and letting romantic distractions interfere with agricultural labor. The conversation shifts as both partners exchange humorous arguments about manhood, female vanity, hard work, and romantic affection. As the song progresses, the dialogue deepens into a meaningful message about marital balance. The wife reminds the husband that while hard work and money are necessary to sustain a household, spending time together and nurturing love are equally vital. The husband ultimately realizes his mistake, acknowledging that wealth alone cannot build a true family, concluding with affection and mutual understanding.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Monai (Initial Alliteration)
“Patta pagal nerathula”
Repetition of the initial consonant sound 'p' across adjacent words ('Patta pagal').
Ethukai (Second Letter Rhyming)
“Akkam pakkam kannu pottu”
Rhyming of the second consonant sound 'kk' across consecutive lines ('Akkam' and 'Eppadi').
Conversational Folk Structure (Santham)
“Purushan kitta konji pesa”
Rhythmic call-and-response pattern typical of Tamil village folk work songs (Ettappattu / Karagattam style).
Did you know?
Trivia
The lyrics were written by Kasthuri Raja, known for his rustic rural storytelling and folk-influenced songwriting in Tamil cinema. 'Veera Thalattu' (1998) stars Murali, Rajkiran, and Vineetha, with music composed by Ilaiyaraaja.
Keep listening
More from Veera Thalattu
Veera Thalattu
Veera Thalattu
Veera Thalattu
Veera Thalattu
Veera Thalattu
Veera Thalattu