Poo Poothathai Yaar Song Lyrics – Kovai Murali
From Katha Nayagan · 1988
- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singer
- Kovai Murali
- Music director
- Chandrabose
- Details
- Katha Nayagan1988
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Poo poothathai yaar parthadhu | Who has seen a flower blooming? |
| Kaadhal kuda poovai pondradhu | Love too is just like a flower. |
| Manadhilae ulladhu mounamae nalladhu | What is in the heart is best kept in silence. |
| Vaanam veru neelam yaar sonnadhu | Who said the sky and its blue color are different? |
| Male | |
| Poo poothathai yaar parthadhu | Who has seen a flower blooming? |
| Kaadhal kuda poovai pondradhu | Love too is just like a flower. |
| Male | |
| Sabalam vandhu serndha kaadhal | Love that arrives with temptation |
| Saabam aanadhu | Becomes a curse. |
| Avalam vandhu serntha kaadhal | Love that comes through shared sorrow |
| Aazhamaanadhu | Becomes deep. |
| Male | |
| Paruvam vandha pothu kaadhal | Love that arrives with youth |
| Nyayamaanadhu | Becomes justified. |
| Panbu parthu vandha kaadhal | Love that comes seeing true character |
| Thooimai aanadhu | Becomes pure. |
| Male | |
| Azhagu enbadhu mezhugai pondradhu | Beauty is like wax. |
| Anbu enbadhu vilakkai pondradhu | Affection is like a lamp. |
| Anbu konda ullam endrum maarathadhu | A heart filled with affection never changes. |
| Male | |
| Poo poothathai yaar parthadhu | Who has seen a flower blooming? |
| Kaadhal kuda poovai pondradhu | Love too is just like a flower. |
| Male | |
| Paravai pola parantha vaanil | Like birds in the expansive sky |
| Paranthu selgirom | We fly away. |
| Pasiyai kuda irandu perum | Even our hunger, the two of us |
| Pagirndhu kolgirom | Share together. |
| Male | |
| Urakkam nammai piripathillai | Sleep does not separate us |
| Koodi kolgirom | We unite together. |
| Oruvar kannil oruvar irangi | Descending into each other's eyes |
| Moodi kolgirom | We close them together. |
| Male | |
| Mazhaiyil kaaigirom veyilil nanaigirom | We dry in the rain, we get wet in the heat. |
| Mazhalai pesiyae madiyil saaigirom | Speaking childish talk, we lean on each other's lap. |
| Innum konjam ellai meera naal paarkirom | We wait for the day to cross a few more boundaries. |
| Male | |
| Poo poothathai yaar parthadhu | Who has seen a flower blooming? |
| Kaadhal kuda poovai pondradhu | Love too is just like a flower. |
| Manadhilae ulladhu mounamae nalladhu | What is in the heart is best kept in silence. |
| Vaanam veru neelam yaar sonnadhu | Who said the sky and its blue color are different? |
| Male | |
| Poo poothathai yaar parthadhu | Who has seen a flower blooming? |
| Kaadhal kuda poovai pondradhu | Love too is just like a flower. |
பூப் பூத்ததை யார் பார்த்தது
காதல் கூட பூவை போன்றது
மனதிலே உள்ளது மௌனமே நல்லது
வானம் வேறு நீலம் யார் சொன்னது
Who has seen a flower blooming?
Love too is just like a flower.
What is in the heart is best kept in silence.
Who said the sky and its blue color are different?
பூப் பூத்ததை யார் பார்த்தது
காதல் கூட பூவை போன்றது
Who has seen a flower blooming?
Love too is just like a flower.
சபலம் வந்து சேர்ந்த காதல் சாபம் ஆனது
அவலம் வந்து சேர்ந்த காதல் ஆழமானது
பருவம் வந்த போது காதல் நியாயமானது
பண்பு பார்த்து வந்த காதல் தூய்மையானது
Love that arrives with temptation
Becomes a curse.
Love that comes through shared sorrow
Becomes deep.
அழகு என்பது மெழுகைப் போன்றது
அன்பு எனது விளக்கைப் போன்றது
அன்பு கொண்ட உள்ளம் என்றும் மாறாதது
Love that arrives with youth
Becomes justified.
Love that comes seeing true character
Becomes pure.
பூப் பூத்ததை யார் பார்த்தது
காதல் கூட பூவை போன்றது
Beauty is like wax.
Affection is like a lamp.
A heart filled with affection never changes.
பறவை போல பரந்த வானில் பறந்து செல்கிறோம்
பசியைக் கூட இரண்டு பேரும் பகிர்ந்து கொள்கிறோம்
உறக்கம் நம்மை பிரிப்பதில்லை கூடி கொள்கிறோம்
ஒருவர் கண்ணில் ஒருவர் இறங்கி மூடிக் கொள்கிறோம்
Who has seen a flower blooming?
Love too is just like a flower.
மழையில் காய்கிறோம் வெயிலில் நனைகிறோம்
மழலை பேசியே மடியில் சாய்கிறோம்
இன்னும் கொஞ்சம் எல்லை மீற நாள் பார்க்கிறோம்
Like birds in the expansive sky
We fly away.
Even our hunger, the two of us
Share together.
பூப் பூத்ததை யார் பார்த்தது
காதல் கூட பூவை போன்றது
மனதிலே உள்ளது மௌனமே நல்லது
வானம் வேறு நீலம் யார் சொன்னது
Sleep does not separate us
We unite together.
Descending into each other's eyes
We close them together.
பூப் பூத்ததை யார் பார்த்தது
காதல் கூட பூவை போன்றது
We dry in the rain, we get wet in the heat.
Speaking childish talk, we lean on each other's lap.
We wait for the day to cross a few more boundaries.
Who has seen a flower blooming?
Love too is just like a flower.
What is in the heart is best kept in silence.
Who said the sky and its blue color are different?
Who has seen a flower blooming?
Love too is just like a flower.
Poo poothathai yaar parthadhu
Who has seen a flower blooming?
Kaadhal kuda poovai pondradhu
Love too is just like a flower.
Manadhilae ulladhu mounamae nalladhu
What is in the heart is best kept in silence.
Vaanam veru neelam yaar sonnadhu
Who said the sky and its blue color are different?
Poo poothathai yaar parthadhu
Who has seen a flower blooming?
Kaadhal kuda poovai pondradhu
Love too is just like a flower.
Sabalam vandhu serndha kaadhal
Love that arrives with temptation
Saabam aanadhu
Becomes a curse.
Avalam vandhu serntha kaadhal
Love that comes through shared sorrow
Aazhamaanadhu
Becomes deep.
Paruvam vandha pothu kaadhal
Love that arrives with youth
Nyayamaanadhu
Becomes justified.
Panbu parthu vandha kaadhal
Love that comes seeing true character
Thooimai aanadhu
Becomes pure.
Azhagu enbadhu mezhugai pondradhu
Beauty is like wax.
Anbu enbadhu vilakkai pondradhu
Affection is like a lamp.
Anbu konda ullam endrum maarathadhu
A heart filled with affection never changes.
Poo poothathai yaar parthadhu
Who has seen a flower blooming?
Kaadhal kuda poovai pondradhu
Love too is just like a flower.
Paravai pola parantha vaanil
Like birds in the expansive sky
Paranthu selgirom
We fly away.
Pasiyai kuda irandu perum
Even our hunger, the two of us
Pagirndhu kolgirom
Share together.
Urakkam nammai piripathillai
Sleep does not separate us
Koodi kolgirom
We unite together.
Oruvar kannil oruvar irangi
Descending into each other's eyes
Moodi kolgirom
We close them together.
Mazhaiyil kaaigirom veyilil nanaigirom
We dry in the rain, we get wet in the heat.
Mazhalai pesiyae madiyil saaigirom
Speaking childish talk, we lean on each other's lap.
Innum konjam ellai meera naal paarkirom
We wait for the day to cross a few more boundaries.
Poo poothathai yaar parthadhu
Who has seen a flower blooming?
Kaadhal kuda poovai pondradhu
Love too is just like a flower.
Manadhilae ulladhu mounamae nalladhu
What is in the heart is best kept in silence.
Vaanam veru neelam yaar sonnadhu
Who said the sky and its blue color are different?
Poo poothathai yaar parthadhu
Who has seen a flower blooming?
Kaadhal kuda poovai pondradhu
Love too is just like a flower.
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This poetic song compares love to the quiet blooming of a flower—a subtle phenomenon that happens gently from within rather than being explicitly observed. It explores how love evolves depending on its foundation: impulsive desire leads to sorrow, while love rooted in character, empathy, and maturity grows pure and permanent. Physical beauty melts away like wax, but true affection remains a steady, unextinguishable flame. The song further captures the intimate, shared world of two lovers who find total solace in each other's company. They navigate life's contrasts together—sharing hunger, dreams, and tender moments. Inseparably linked like the sky and its blue hue, their bond transcends outer boundaries into deep emotional unity.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Kaadhal kuda poovai pondradhu”
Compares love to a flower blooming quietly ('poovai pondradhu') and beauty to melting wax ('mezhugai pondradhu').
Metaphor / Analogy
“Anbu enbadhu vilakkai pondradhu”
Compares affection to a lamp ('vilakkai pondradhu') that gives constant light without melting away.
Paradox / Oxymoron
“Mazhaiyil kaaigirom veyilil nanaigirom”
Uses poetic inversion—drying in rain and getting drenched in heat—to highlight how love distorts ordinary sensory reality into poetic bliss.
End Rhyme (Iyaibu)
“Sabalam vandhu serndha kaadhal Saabam aanadhu”
Matching end rhymes across verses ('Saabam aanadhu', 'Aazhamaanadhu', 'Nyayamaanadhu', 'Thooimai aanadhu') creates a rhythmic cadence.
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Trivia
Katha Nayagan (1988) featured music by Chandrabose, with lyrics penned by Vairamuthu. Sung by Kovai Murali, this tender melody stands out for its philosophical lyrics comparing emotional maturity in love with nature.
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