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Lyrics & meaning

Pogatha Dhooram

From Rangoli · 2023

Lyricist
Vaali Mohan Das
Singer
Sundaramurthy KS
Music director
Sundaramurthy KS
Details
Rangoli2023

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Male
Naan eluthiya en kadhaiyinaiThe story that I wrote,
Yaar tholaithathu en iravinaiWho lost my night?
Pogatha dhooram kadha dhooram pogaTo go untraveled distances, distances of stories,
Neeyaaga thaandi vaanam thaandi pogaTo cross as yourself, crossing beyond the sky,
Pesadha kaatre kaala veesi pogaOh silent wind, blowing time away,
Thoovadha megam tholai thatti pogaOh cloud that does not rain, knocking from afar,
Pogatha dhooram kadha dhooram pogaTo go untraveled distances, distances of stories,
Neeyaaga thaandi vaanam thaandi pogaTo cross as yourself, crossing beyond the sky,
Pesadha kaatre kaala veesi pogaOh silent wind, blowing time away,
Thoovadha megam tholai thatti pogaOh cloud that does not rain, knocking from afar,
Male
Naan ingu vidhiyin vilaiyil vilundhu pogaAs I fall here as a victim to the price of fate,
Yaar ingu kadhiyin mudivai maatri pogaWho here will change the outcome of destiny?
Vaan ingu thookam kettu tholaindhu pogaAs the sky loses its sleep and gets lost here,
Per anbu kanavu velicham kaattum..mmmImmense love and dreams will show the light...
Female
Hey kanaa kanoom neramHey, it is the time of dreaming dreams,
Hey kanaa kanoom neramHey, it is the time of dreaming dreams,
Female
Hey kanaa kanoom neramHey, it is the time of dreaming dreams,
Hey kanaa kanoom neramHey, it is the time of dreaming dreams

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

This song captures a profound sense of existential contemplation, emotional longing, and struggle against destiny. The narrator reflects on their own life story and the sleep lost to hardship, feeling constrained by fate. Despite feeling lost in darkness, the lyricist clings to the belief that vast love and dreams will eventually guide the way through the night.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Personification

Pesadha kaatre kaala veesi poga / Thoovadha megam tholai thatti poga

Attributes human traits to wind ('Pesadha kaatre' - silent breeze) and clouds ('Thoovadha megam tholai thatti' - unspilling cloud knocking from afar).

Ethirai (Second letter rhyme) & Internal Rhyme

Naan ingu vidhiyin vilaiyil vilundhu poga / Yaar ingu kadhiyin mudivai maatri poga

Matching second-letter patterns and internal assonance between 'vidhiyin' (fate) and 'kadhiyin' (destiny).

Anaphora (Repetition for emphasis)

Hey kanaa kanoom neram

Refrain repetition at the end of the song creates a hypnotic effect emphasizing the act of dreaming.

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Trivia

The director of the movie Rangoli (2023), Vaali Mohan Das, also wrote the lyrics for this song, while composer Sundaramurthy KS performed the vocals himself to convey the song's raw emotional depth.

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