Po Po Po
From Manam Kothi Paravai · 2012
- Lyricist
- Yugabharathi
- Singer
- Javed Ali
- Music director
- D. Imman
- Details
- Manam Kothi Paravai2012
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Po po po nee enga vena po | Go, go, go, go wherever you want. |
| Po po po nee onnum vena po | Go, go, go, I don't want anything, go. |
| Enaku onum kavala illa podi thangam po | I have no worries, go my precious darling, go. |
| Nee yaravena jodi seru sogam illa po | Pair up with whoever you want, there is no sadness, go. |
| Male | |
| Po po po nee enga vena po | Go, go, go, go wherever you want. |
| Po po po nee onnum vena po | Go, go, go, I don't want anything, go. |
| Male | |
| Nooru jenmam rani polae vaazhapora poomaanae | Flower-like girl, you will live like a queen for a hundred lifetimes, go. |
| Ennapolae evanum illa sollapora neethaanae | You yourself will eventually say that no one can love you like me. |
| Pachakili neeyae vittu paranthaayae | You, green parrot, abandoned me and flew away. |
| Sollama kollama ennoda illama thallada vituteyae | Without a word, leaving me behind, you left me stumbling alone. |
| Male | |
| Po po po nee enga vena po | Go, go, go, go wherever you want. |
| Po po po nee onnum vena po | Go, go, go, I don't want anything, go. |
| Male | |
| Thangamae ennidam ennakora kooru | My golden one, tell me what flaw you found in me. |
| Vathiyae vittadhae kannukulum neeru …. oo oo oh | Tears have welled up and flooded my eyes... oo oo oh. |
| Ointhidamalae siru vayathil oonjalaadinom | Without stopping, in our childhood, we played on the swing. |
| Maaridamalae naduvayathil noolaikodinom | Without changing, in our youth, we flew kites together. |
| Male | |
| Orunaal kuda neengamal keli pesinom | Without separating for even a single day, we teased each other endlessly. |
| Namai veraaga paarthorai yeno yesinom selvamae | My dear, why did we scold those who viewed us as separate? |
| Po po po nee kooduvittu po | Go, go, go, leave the nest and go. |
| Po po po nee koorumkettu po | Go, go, go, lose your sense and go. |
| Male | |
| Ummm .. kalladi pattu naan kandathila kaayam | Ummm .. I haven't felt pain from being struck by stones, |
| Solladi pattu naan nipathenna nyayam | Is it fair that I stand wounded by your sharp words? |
| Male | |
| Kaadhalodu nee irunthidavae kaavalaaginen | I stood as a protector so that you could dwell in love. |
| Kaanalaagi nee paranthidavae saagapogiren | As you vanish like a mirage and fly away, I am driven to death. |
| Unnai seramal vaazhnthaalae yethu nimmathi | Without uniting with you, how can there be any peace? |
| Ennai yerkaamal ponalae podi unvidhi unvidhi | If you go without accepting me, go, it is your destiny, your destiny. |
| Male | |
| Enaku onum kavala illa podi thangam po | I have no worries, go my precious darling, go. |
| Nee yaravena jodi seru sogam illa po | Pair up with whoever you want, there is no sadness, go. |
| Po po po nee thaali katti po | Go, go, go, tie the holy thread and go. |
| Po po po na vaazhaavetti po | Go, go, go, leaving me behind as a ruined man, go. |
| Male | |
| Nooru jenmam rani polae vaazhapora poomaanae | Flower-like girl, you will live like a queen for a hundred lifetimes, go. |
| Ennapolae evanum illa sollapora neethaanae | You yourself will eventually say that no one can love you like me. |
| Pachakili neeyae vittu paranthaayae | You, green parrot, abandoned me and flew away. |
| Sollama kollama ennoda illama thallada vituteyae | Without a word, leaving me behind, you left me stumbling alone. |
| Male | |
| Po po po | Go, go, go. |
போ போ போ
நீ எங்க வேணா போ
போ போ போ நீ
ஒண்ணும் வேணா போ
எனக்கு ஒண்ணும் கவலை
இல்லை போடி தங்கம் போ
நீ யார வேணா ஜோடி சேரு
சோகம் இல்ல போ
Go, go, go, go wherever you want.
Go, go, go, I don't want anything, go.
I have no worries, go my precious darling, go.
Pair up with whoever you want, there is no sadness, go.
போ போ போ
நீ எங்க வேணா போ
போ போ போ நீ
ஒண்ணும் வேணா போ
Go, go, go, go wherever you want.
Go, go, go, I don't want anything, go.
நூறு ஜென்மம்
ராணி போல வாழப்போற
பூமானே என்னப்போல எவனும்
இல்ல சொல்லப்போற நீதானே
பச்சைக்கிளி நீயே விட்டுப்பறந்தாயே
சொல்லாமக் கொள்ளாம என்னோட
இல்லாம தள்ளாட விட்டுடியே
Flower-like girl, you will live like a queen for a hundred lifetimes, go.
You yourself will eventually say that no one can love you like me.
You, green parrot, abandoned me and flew away.
Without a word, leaving me behind, you left me stumbling alone.
போ போ போ
நீ எங்க வேணா போ
போ போ போ நீ
ஒண்ணும் வேணா போ
Go, go, go, go wherever you want.
Go, go, go, I don't want anything, go.
தங்கமே என்னிடம்
என்ன குற கூறு வத்தியே
விட்டதே கண்ணுக்குள்ளும்
நீரு...... ஓய்ந்திடாமலே
சிறுவயதில் ஊஞ்சல் ஆடினோம்
மாறிடாமலே நடுவயதில்
நுாலாய் கூடினோம்
My golden one, tell me what flaw you found in me.
Tears have welled up and flooded my eyes... oo oo oh.
Without stopping, in our childhood, we played on the swing.
Without changing, in our youth, we flew kites together.
ஒரு நாள்கூட
நீங்காமல் கேலி பேசினோம்
நம்மை வேறாக பாா்த்தோரை
ஏனோ ஏசினோம் செல்வமே
போ போ போ நீ கூடு விட்டுப் போ
போ போ போ நீ கூறும் கெட்டுப் போ
Without separating for even a single day, we teased each other endlessly.
My dear, why did we scold those who viewed us as separate?
Go, go, go, leave the nest and go.
Go, go, go, lose your sense and go.
ம்ம் கல்லடி பட்டு
நான் கண்டதில்ல காயம்
சொல்லடி பட்டு நான்
நிப்பதென்ன நியாயம்
Ummm .. I haven't felt pain from being struck by stones,
Is it fair that I stand wounded by your sharp words?
காதலோடு நீ
இருந்திடவே காவலாகினேன்
கானலாகி நீ பறந்திடவே
சாகப்போகிறேன் உன்னை
சேராமல் வாழ்ந்தாலே ஏது
நிம்மதி என்னை ஏற்காமல்
போனாலே போடி உன் விதி
உன் விதி
I stood as a protector so that you could dwell in love.
As you vanish like a mirage and fly away, I am driven to death.
Without uniting with you, how can there be any peace?
If you go without accepting me, go, it is your destiny, your destiny.
எனக்கு ஒண்ணும்
கவலை இல்லை போடி
தங்கம் போ நீ யார வேணா
ஜோடி சேரு சோகம் இல்ல போ
போ போ போ நீ தாலி கட்டிப் போ
போ போ போ நா வாழாவெட்டி போ
I have no worries, go my precious darling, go.
Pair up with whoever you want, there is no sadness, go.
Go, go, go, tie the holy thread and go.
Go, go, go, leaving me behind as a ruined man, go.
நூறு ஜென்மம்
ராணி போல வாழப்போற
பூமானே என்னப்போல எவனும்
இல்ல சொல்லப்போற நீதானே
பச்சைக்கிளி நீயே விட்டுப்பறந்தாயே
சொல்லாமக் கொள்ளாம என்னோட
இல்லாம தள்ளாட விட்டுடியே
Flower-like girl, you will live like a queen for a hundred lifetimes, go.
You yourself will eventually say that no one can love you like me.
You, green parrot, abandoned me and flew away.
Without a word, leaving me behind, you left me stumbling alone.
போ போ போ
Go, go, go.
Po po po nee enga vena po
Go, go, go, go wherever you want.
Po po po nee onnum vena po
Go, go, go, I don't want anything, go.
Enaku onum kavala illa podi thangam po
I have no worries, go my precious darling, go.
Nee yaravena jodi seru sogam illa po
Pair up with whoever you want, there is no sadness, go.
Po po po nee enga vena po
Go, go, go, go wherever you want.
Po po po nee onnum vena po
Go, go, go, I don't want anything, go.
Nooru jenmam rani polae vaazhapora poomaanae
Flower-like girl, you will live like a queen for a hundred lifetimes, go.
Ennapolae evanum illa sollapora neethaanae
You yourself will eventually say that no one can love you like me.
Pachakili neeyae vittu paranthaayae
You, green parrot, abandoned me and flew away.
Sollama kollama ennoda illama thallada vituteyae
Without a word, leaving me behind, you left me stumbling alone.
Po po po nee enga vena po
Go, go, go, go wherever you want.
Po po po nee onnum vena po
Go, go, go, I don't want anything, go.
Thangamae ennidam ennakora kooru
My golden one, tell me what flaw you found in me.
Vathiyae vittadhae kannukulum neeru …. oo oo oh
Tears have welled up and flooded my eyes... oo oo oh.
Ointhidamalae siru vayathil oonjalaadinom
Without stopping, in our childhood, we played on the swing.
Maaridamalae naduvayathil noolaikodinom
Without changing, in our youth, we flew kites together.
Orunaal kuda neengamal keli pesinom
Without separating for even a single day, we teased each other endlessly.
Namai veraaga paarthorai yeno yesinom selvamae
My dear, why did we scold those who viewed us as separate?
Po po po nee kooduvittu po
Go, go, go, leave the nest and go.
Po po po nee koorumkettu po
Go, go, go, lose your sense and go.
Ummm .. kalladi pattu naan kandathila kaayam
Ummm .. I haven't felt pain from being struck by stones,
Solladi pattu naan nipathenna nyayam
Is it fair that I stand wounded by your sharp words?
Kaadhalodu nee irunthidavae kaavalaaginen
I stood as a protector so that you could dwell in love.
Kaanalaagi nee paranthidavae saagapogiren
As you vanish like a mirage and fly away, I am driven to death.
Unnai seramal vaazhnthaalae yethu nimmathi
Without uniting with you, how can there be any peace?
Ennai yerkaamal ponalae podi unvidhi unvidhi
If you go without accepting me, go, it is your destiny, your destiny.
Enaku onum kavala illa podi thangam po
I have no worries, go my precious darling, go.
Nee yaravena jodi seru sogam illa po
Pair up with whoever you want, there is no sadness, go.
Po po po nee thaali katti po
Go, go, go, tie the holy thread and go.
Po po po na vaazhaavetti po
Go, go, go, leaving me behind as a ruined man, go.
Nooru jenmam rani polae vaazhapora poomaanae
Flower-like girl, you will live like a queen for a hundred lifetimes, go.
Ennapolae evanum illa sollapora neethaanae
You yourself will eventually say that no one can love you like me.
Pachakili neeyae vittu paranthaayae
You, green parrot, abandoned me and flew away.
Sollama kollama ennoda illama thallada vituteyae
Without a word, leaving me behind, you left me stumbling alone.
Po po po
Go, go, go.
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
The song 'Po Po Po' is a bittersweet tragicomedy track from the movie 'Manam Kothi Paravai', expressing the grief and masked anguish of a lover facing separation. Although the protagonist puts on a facade of defiance by repeatedly telling his lover to go away and marry whoever she wishes, his inner turmoil is evident through references to their cherished childhood memories, shared intimacy, and the painful sting of her hurtful words.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Anaphora / Repetition (Adukkuthodar)
“Po po po nee enga vena po”
The phrase 'Po po po' is repeated multiple times at the beginning of stanzas to emphasize the protagonist's mask of indifference hiding deep rejection.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Pachakili neeyae vittu paranthaayae”
The beloved is addressed as 'Pachakili' (green parrot) and 'Poomaan' (flower-like deer/girl), comparing her beauty and her flighty departure to natural elements.
Second-letter Rhyme (Ethukai)
“Ointhidamalae siru vayathil oonjalaadinom”
The Tamil poetic tradition of matching the second consonant is present across consecutive lines like 'Ointhidamalae' and 'Maaridamalae'.
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Trivia
The song 'Po Po Po' was composed by D. Imman with lyrics by Yugabharathi and sung by Javed Ali. 'Manam Kothi Paravai' (2012) marked one of the early lead roles for actor Sivakarthikeyan, and the song's blend of melancholic lyrics with a catchy folk-pop rhythm made it a popular track.
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