Poo Pole Un Punnagaiyil
From Kavari Maan · 1979
- Lyricist
- Panchu Arunachalam
- Singer
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Details
- Kavari Maan1979
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Poo polae un punnagaiyil | In your flower-like smile, |
| Pon ulaginai kandenammaa | I saw a golden world, my dear child. |
| Male : Poo polae un punnagaiyil | [Male] In your flower-like smile, |
| Pon ulaginai kandenammaa | I saw a golden world, my dear child. |
| En kannae kannin maniyae | My precious eyes, the apple of my eye, |
| En uyirae uyirin oli neeyae | My life, you are the light of my soul. |
| Male | |
| Poo polae un punnagaiyil | In your flower-like smile, |
| Pon ulaginai kandenammaa | I saw a golden world, my dear child. |
| Male | |
| Poongaatrilae siru poongodi pol | Like a small flowering creeper in the gentle breeze, |
| Nee nadappadhu naattiyamae | Your walk is like a dance. |
| Male | |
| Moongililae varum sangeedham pol | Like the music emanating from a bamboo flute, |
| Nee sirippadhu kaaviyamae | Your laughter is like an epic poem. |
| Anbukku nooru aasaikku nooru | A hundred for affection, a hundred for desire, |
| Muthukkal sootti naan kaanuven | I will adorn you with pearls and watch with joy. |
| Vaa magalae enai paar maghalae | Come, my daughter, look at me, my daughter, |
| En uyirin oli neeyae | You are the light of my life. |
| Male | |
| Poo polae un punnagaiyil | In your flower-like smile, |
| Pon ulaginai kandenammaa | I saw a golden world, my dear child. |
| En kannae kannin maniyae | My precious eyes, the apple of my eye, |
| En uyirae uyirin oli neeyae | My life, you are the light of my soul. |
| Male | |
| Poo polae un punnagaiyil | In your flower-like smile, |
| Pon ulaginai kandenammaa | I saw a golden world, my dear child. |
| Male | |
| Ammaavendru varum kandru kutti | The little calf calling out 'Amma', |
| Adhu thaaimaiyai kondaadudhu | Celebrates the joy of motherhood. |
| Male | |
| Kukkoo endru varum chinna kuyil | The little cuckoo singing 'Cuckoo', |
| Than kuzhandhaikku soroottudhu | Feeds food to its child. |
| Nenjodu paasam vandhaadum podhu | When affection sways within the heart, |
| Kannodu naesam aaraagumae | The love in one's eyes flows like a river. |
| Neeyindri endrum naan illaiyae | Without you, I am nothing at all, |
| En uyirin oli neeyae | You are the light of my life. |
| Male | |
| Poo polae un punnagaiyil | In your flower-like smile, |
| Pon ulaginai kandenammaa | I saw a golden world, my dear child. |
| En kannae kannin maniyae | My precious eyes, the apple of my eye, |
| En uyirae uyirin oli neeyae | My life, you are the light of my soul. |
| Male | |
| Poo polae un punnagaiyil | In your flower-like smile, |
| Pon ulaginai kandenammaa | I saw a golden world, my dear child. |
பூ போலே உன் புன்னகையில்
பொன் உலகினை கண்டேனம்மா
In your flower-like smile,
I saw a golden world, my dear child.
[Male] In your flower-like smile,
I saw a golden world, my dear child.
My precious eyes, the apple of my eye,
My life, you are the light of my soul.
பூ போலே உன் புன்னகையில்
பொன் உலகினை கண்டேனம்மா
என் கண்ணே கண்ணின் மணியே
என் உயிரே உயிரின் ஒளி நீயே
In your flower-like smile,
I saw a golden world, my dear child.
பூ போலே உன் புன்னகையில்
பொன் உலகினை கண்டேனம்மா
Like a small flowering creeper in the gentle breeze,
Your walk is like a dance.
பூங்காற்றிலே சிறு பூங்கொடி போல்
நீ நடப்பது நாட்டியமே
Like the music emanating from a bamboo flute,
Your laughter is like an epic poem.
A hundred for affection, a hundred for desire,
I will adorn you with pearls and watch with joy.
Come, my daughter, look at me, my daughter,
You are the light of my life.
மூங்கிலிலே வரும் சங்கீதம் போல்
நீ சிரிப்பது காவியமே
அன்புக்கு நூறு ஆசைக்கு நூறு
முத்துக்கள் சூட்டி நான் காணுவேன்
வா மகளே எனை பார் மகளே
என் உயிரின் ஒளி நீயே
In your flower-like smile,
I saw a golden world, my dear child.
My precious eyes, the apple of my eye,
My life, you are the light of my soul.
பூ போலே உன் புன்னகையில்
பொன் உலகினை கண்டேனம்மா
என் கண்ணே கண்ணின் மணியே
என் உயிரே உயிரின் ஒளி நீயே
In your flower-like smile,
I saw a golden world, my dear child.
பூ போலே உன் புன்னகையில்
பொன் உலகினை கண்டேனம்மா
The little calf calling out 'Amma',
Celebrates the joy of motherhood.
அம்மாவென்று வரும் கன்றுக்குட்டி
அது தாய்மையை கொண்டாடுது
The little cuckoo singing 'Cuckoo',
Feeds food to its child.
When affection sways within the heart,
The love in one's eyes flows like a river.
Without you, I am nothing at all,
You are the light of my life.
குக்கூவென்று வரும் சின்னக் குயில்
தன் குழந்தைக்கு சோறூட்டுது
நெஞ்சோடு பாசம் வந்தாடும் போது
கண்ணோடு நேசம் ஆறாகுமே
நீ இன்றி என்றும் நான் இல்லையே
என் உயிரின் ஒளி நீயே
In your flower-like smile,
I saw a golden world, my dear child.
My precious eyes, the apple of my eye,
My life, you are the light of my soul.
பூ போலே உன் புன்னகையில்
பொன் உலகினை கண்டேனம்மா
என் கண்ணே கண்ணின் மணியே
என் உயிரே உயிரின் ஒளி நீயே
In your flower-like smile,
I saw a golden world, my dear child.
பூ போலே உன் புன்னகையில்
பொன் உலகினை கண்டேனம்மா
Poo polae un punnagaiyil
In your flower-like smile,
Pon ulaginai kandenammaa
I saw a golden world, my dear child.
Male : Poo polae un punnagaiyil
[Male] In your flower-like smile,
Pon ulaginai kandenammaa
I saw a golden world, my dear child.
En kannae kannin maniyae
My precious eyes, the apple of my eye,
En uyirae uyirin oli neeyae
My life, you are the light of my soul.
Poo polae un punnagaiyil
In your flower-like smile,
Pon ulaginai kandenammaa
I saw a golden world, my dear child.
Poongaatrilae siru poongodi pol
Like a small flowering creeper in the gentle breeze,
Nee nadappadhu naattiyamae
Your walk is like a dance.
Moongililae varum sangeedham pol
Like the music emanating from a bamboo flute,
Nee sirippadhu kaaviyamae
Your laughter is like an epic poem.
Anbukku nooru aasaikku nooru
A hundred for affection, a hundred for desire,
Muthukkal sootti naan kaanuven
I will adorn you with pearls and watch with joy.
Vaa magalae enai paar maghalae
Come, my daughter, look at me, my daughter,
En uyirin oli neeyae
You are the light of my life.
Poo polae un punnagaiyil
In your flower-like smile,
Pon ulaginai kandenammaa
I saw a golden world, my dear child.
En kannae kannin maniyae
My precious eyes, the apple of my eye,
En uyirae uyirin oli neeyae
My life, you are the light of my soul.
Poo polae un punnagaiyil
In your flower-like smile,
Pon ulaginai kandenammaa
I saw a golden world, my dear child.
Ammaavendru varum kandru kutti
The little calf calling out 'Amma',
Adhu thaaimaiyai kondaadudhu
Celebrates the joy of motherhood.
Kukkoo endru varum chinna kuyil
The little cuckoo singing 'Cuckoo',
Than kuzhandhaikku soroottudhu
Feeds food to its child.
Nenjodu paasam vandhaadum podhu
When affection sways within the heart,
Kannodu naesam aaraagumae
The love in one's eyes flows like a river.
Neeyindri endrum naan illaiyae
Without you, I am nothing at all,
En uyirin oli neeyae
You are the light of my life.
Poo polae un punnagaiyil
In your flower-like smile,
Pon ulaginai kandenammaa
I saw a golden world, my dear child.
En kannae kannin maniyae
My precious eyes, the apple of my eye,
En uyirae uyirin oli neeyae
My life, you are the light of my soul.
Poo polae un punnagaiyil
In your flower-like smile,
Pon ulaginai kandenammaa
I saw a golden world, my dear child.
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Poo Polae Un Punnagaiyil from the movie Kavari Maan (1979) is a heartwarming father-daughter song celebrating unconditional parental love. The father gazes at his young daughter and sees a world of golden happiness reflected in her gentle smile. He lovingly describes her walking style as a graceful dance and her cheerful laughter as soothing music played on a bamboo flute. He further highlights the sacred bond of maternal and paternal care using natural imagery—such as a calf calling its mother and a cuckoo bird tenderly feeding its young ones. Deeply emotional, the father acknowledges that his existence gains meaning solely through her, declaring his daughter to be the true light of his life.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Uvamai / உவமை)
“Poo polae un punnagaiyil”
Compares the child's soft, pleasant smile directly to a flower using the comparison marker 'polae'.
Simile (Uvamai / உவமை)
“Poongaatrilae siru poongodi pol”
Compares her graceful walking style to a delicate flowering vine swaying in the breeze ('poongodi pol').
Simile (Uvamai / உவமை)
“Moongililae varum sangeedham pol”
Compares the sound of her laughter to sweet melody coming from a bamboo flute ('sangeedham pol').
Metaphor (Uruvagaimai / உருவகம்)
“Nee nadappadhu naattiyamae”
Directly equates her walking itself to a dance performance rather than using explicit comparison words.
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navirtchi)
“Kannodu naesam aaraagumae”
Exaggerates the emotion of love flowing from the eyes as a full river ('aaraagumae').
Initial Rhyme / Alliteration (Moonaai / மோனை)
“Poo polae un punnagaiyil / Pon ulaginai kandenammaa”
Repetition of the starting letter sound 'P' across consecutive words (Poo / Pon).
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Trivia
Although the music director and singers were listed as unknown in the prompt, this iconic paternal song from 'Kavari Maan' (1979), starring Sivaji Ganesan, was composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja and sung soulfully by K. J. Yesudas. Lyricist Panchu Arunachalam captured pure paternal devotion through timeless natural imagery.
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