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Pombalaiyinna Aamabalai

From Oor Kuruvi · 1987

Lyricist
Gangai Amaran
Singers
Malaysia Vasudevan, S. N. Surendar
Music director
Gangai Amaran
Movie name
Oor Kuruvi
Movie release year
1987
Lyrics added on
12 Feb 2021

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Pombalaiyinnaa aambalai manam
Sanjalappadum vambula vizhum
Pengalai nambathae
Pengalai nambathae
Pombalaiyinnaa aambalai manam
Sanjalappadum vambula vizhum
Pengalai nambathae
Pengalai nambathae
Antha ponnungalai nenaichchu
Bothai thannigalai adichchu
Antha ponnungalai nenaichchu
Bothai thannigalai adichchu
Un sontha pantham saathi sanam
Aththanai peraiyum moththamaa maranthu
Pombalaiyinnaa aambalai manam
Sanjalappadum vambula vizhum
Pengalai nambathae
Aangalai pengalai nambathae
Pengalai nambathae….
Pengalai nambathae….
Mota thadava paakkumpothu
Mogaththa sulikkiraa
Ada aduththa thadava paakkumpothu
Thalaiya kuniyuraa
………………..
Hae pombalayinnaa perum sothanaidaa
Antha ponnugalaal varum vedhanaidaa
Ava thalukkum kulukkum sirippum virippum
Kurukku vazhiyil kannakka mudikkum
Pombalaiyinnaa
Male :Machi machi
Male :Pompalaiyinnaa
Aambalai manam
Sanjalappadum vambula vizhum
Pengalai nambathae
Pengalai nambathae
Pengalai nambathae
Aangalai pengalai nambathae
Nenaichcavana yaeikkirath unakku pazhakkamaa
Nee neraththa maaththu kunaththa maaththi irukka venumaa
Nenaichcavana yaeikkirath unakku pazhakkamaa
All :Nee neraththa maaththu kunaththa maaththi irukka venumaa
Un koyililae thenam archanaithaan
Abisegangalum varum nichchainthaan
En manasa keduththu odamba keduththu
Kudiyai kudikkum pazhagi kodukkum
Pombalaiyinnaa
Male :Machi
Aambalai manam
Sanjalappadum vambula vizhum
Pengalai nambathae pengalai nambathae
Antha ponnungalai nenaichchu
Bothai thannigalai adichchu
Un sontha pantham saathi sanam
Aththanai peraiyum moththamaa maranthu
Pombalaiyinnaa aambalai manam
Sanjalappadum vambula vizhum
All :Pengalai nambathae…..pengalai nambathae
Pengalai nambathae…pengalai nambathae
When it comes to women, a man's heart
gets restless and falls into trouble.
Don't trust women!
Don't trust women!
When it comes to women, a man's heart
gets restless and falls into trouble.
Don't trust women!
Don't trust women!
Thinking about those girls,
and drowning yourself in drinks,
Thinking about those girls,
and drowning yourself in drinks,
your kith and kin, your family and friends,
forgetting every single one of them completely...
When it comes to women, a man's heart
gets restless and falls into trouble.
Don't trust women!
Men, don't trust women!
Don't trust women...
Don't trust women...
The first time she looks at you,
she scrunches up her face and turns away.
Ah, but the next time she looks at you,
she shyly bows her head.
...
Hey, women are a great trial, my friend!
Only misery comes from those girls, man!
Her flair, her sway, her smile, and her charms,
will finish you off through deceitful shortcuts!
When it comes to women...
Male: Buddy, buddy!
Male: When it comes to women...
a man's heart
gets restless and falls into trouble.
Don't trust women!
Don't trust women!
Don't trust women!
Men, don't trust women!
Is it your habit to deceive the one who trusted you?
Should you change your nature just because times change?
Is it your habit to deceive the one who trusted you?
All: Should you change your nature just because times change?
In your temple, there are daily prayers,
and sacred offerings are sure to happen.
Ruining my mind, destroying my body,
it wipes out the whole family and traps you in habit.
When it comes to women...
Male: Buddy!
A man's heart
gets restless and falls into trouble.
Don't trust women, don't trust women!
Thinking about those girls,
and drowning yourself in drinks,
your kith and kin, your family and friends,
forgetting every single one of them completely...
When it comes to women, a man's heart
gets restless and falls into trouble.
All: Don't trust women... Don't trust women!
Don't trust women... Don't trust women!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Pombalaiyinnaa Aambalai Manam is a folk-infused, colloquial song from the 1987 Tamil film Oor Kuruvi, with lyrics penned by Gangai Amaran. The song delivers a dramatic and rustic warning against falling blindly in love. It depicts how romantic infatuation can make a man's mind restless, leading him to abandon his family, ties, and duties while turning to vices like alcohol.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Anaphora (Repetition)

Pengalai nambathae

The refrain 'Pengalai nambathae' is repeated throughout the song to strongly reinforce the central theme of caution.

Egal / Internal Rhyme (Edhugai)

Ava thalukkum kulukkum sirippum virippum

The line uses rhyming suffixes (-um) in rapid succession ('thalukkum', 'kulukkum', 'sirippum', 'virippum') to create a rhythmic, musical bounce.

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

Hae pombalayinnaa perum sothanaidaa / Antha ponnugalaal varum vedhanaidaa

The words 'sothanaidaa' and 'vedhanaidaa' end with identical phonetic sounds, enhancing oral tradition poetry.

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Trivia

Written by Gangai Amaran, the song heavily utilizes local Tamil slang terms like 'bothai thanni' (alcohol) and 'machi' (friend/brother-in-law) to capture a realistic informal street-folks conversation dynamic.

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