- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singers
- Shankar Mahadevan, Vasundhara Das
- Music director
- Deva
- Movie name
- Citizen
- Movie release year
- 2001
- Lyrics added on
- 20 Sept 2017
Lyrics & meaning
♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Chikkuchan chan
Chikkuchan chikkuchan (Overlaying)
Pennukkoru perinbam
Ingingae kannaalaa
Vazhnthidu angangae
Vazhnthidu angangae
{Vekkangal valainthathu paar ingae
Vekkathaal thodaithidu vaa ingae} (2)
Chikkuchan chan
Chikkuchan chikkuchan
{Glulsey gulsey gulsey..
Glulsey gulsey gulsey..
Poo poo poo
Glulsey gulsey gulsey..
Glulsey gulsey gulsey..
Poo poo poo} (2)
Pookaara...Chorus :Hu hu hu
Hey pookara…Chorus :Hu hu hu
En pookal motham
Ethanai solli vidu…uuuuhuu
EnnikaiChorus :Hu hu hu
KuraiyaamalChorus :Hu hu hu
Nee ellaam poovai
Oru murai killi vidu..ooo…
Poonkodikku kattu pattu
Pattu kattum mottu koottam
Poopathenna oru murai thaan
Thaan thaan thaan
Poo padainthu pinnum kooda
Meendum meendum pookum pookkal
Pengal pengal pengal mattumthaan
PookaariChorus :Hu hu hu
Hey pookariChorus :Hu hu hu
Unn pookal motham
Ethanai theriyavillai
Poo koodaiChorus :Hu hu hu
PaaramalChorus :Hu hu hu
Unn pookal enni solvathu
Sulabam illai
{Sa sa re
Ra sa sa re
Sa sa ri ma ga ri sa
Sa ni dha ni saa} (2)
Hu hu hu…
Sa sa re
Ra sa sa re
Sa sa ri ma ga ri sa
Sa ni dha ni saa
Minnal paambai kaiyil suttrum
Ullam kondaval naan
Kili konjam puli konjam
Kalavai naan
Kaadhalukkaethu
Sunday… Monday
Kanakku pannunga
Indrae indrae
Made for each other
Endrae endrae
Melam kottungal
Indrae indrae
Ohh ettu dhisayai maatri podum
Kettikaaran naan
Suriyanil koodu kattum
Paravai naan
Nee ottrai mudiyaal
Thaerai iluppaai
Kattaiviral asaivil
Kaariyam mudippaai
Ilamaiyinaalaae
Imayathai udaippaai
Valaivugalaalae
Vaanathai valaippaai
Pathinetthu varudam
Kaainthulla nilathil
Paruvamae mazhai poliga
Ohooo..pannirendu maatham
Iravugal seidhu
Palliyarai sugam peruga
Oooooo…ooooo…
Pookaara…Chorus :Hu hu hu
Hey pookara…Chorus :Hu hu hu
En pookal motham
Ethanai solli vidu…uuuuhuu
EnnikaiChorus :Hu hu hu
KuraiyaamalChorus :Hu hu hu
Nee ellaam poovai
Oru murai killi vidu..ooo…
Hu hu hu..huhuhuhu hu hu hu
Hu hu hu..hu hu hu hu huuu hu hu hu
Sa sa re
Ra sa sa re
Sa sa ri ma ga ri sa
Sa ni dha ni saa
Venba kettaal pennba sollum
Mukkaal kavignan naan
Sanyaasi samsaaari
Rendum naan
Nee ottrai mudiyaal
Thaerai iluppaai
Kattaiviral asaivil
Kaariyam mudippaai
Ilamaiyinaalaae
Imayathai udaippaai
Valaivugalaalae
Vaanathai valaippaai
Ohh vayasu payal mel
Maiyam kollum
Vanga puyalum naan
Munivargalum thuruvaatha
Mutham naan
Kaadhalukkaethu
Sunday… Monday
Kanakku pannunga
Indrae indrae
Made for each other
Endrae endrae
Melam kottungal
Indrae indrae
Kaattukkul viluntha
Malai thuli pola
Unakkullae tholainthu vitten
Paattinil kalantha
Raagangal pola
Unakkullae karainthu vitten
PookaariChorus :Hu hu hu
Hey pookariChorus :Hu hu hu
Unn pookal motham
Ethanai theriyavillai
Poo koodaiChorus :Hu hu hu
PaaramalChorus :Hu hu hu
Unn pookal enni solvathu
Sulabam illai
Poovai maari dhegathukkul
Poovillaatha baagam yethu
Sonnavargal kandathillaiyae
Yae yae yae yae
Kaalai nera pookkal veru,
Maalai nera pookkal veru
Kandavargal sonnathillaiyae……
{Sa sa re
Ra sa sa re
Sa sa ri ma ga ri sa
Sa ni dha ni saa} (2)
Chikchaan chaan
Chikchaan chikchaan
A great bliss for a woman,
right here, my love!
Live life here and there,
live life everywhere!
Look, shyness is giving way right here;
come wipe it away with your passion, right here!
Chikchaan chaan
Chikchaan chikchaan
Kuluse kulse kulse...
Kuluse kulse kulse...
Flower, flower, flower
Kuluse kulse kulse...
Kuluse kulse kulse...
Flower, flower, flower
Flower-seller... (Chorus: Hoo hoo hoo)
Hey flower-seller... (Chorus: Hoo hoo hoo)
All the flowers on me,
tell me how many there are! Ooh-hoo
Without missing (Chorus: Hoo hoo hoo)
a single count, (Chorus: Hoo hoo hoo)
pluck every single flower
just once! Oh...
Bound to the vine,
a cluster of silken buds
blossoms only once in life,
only once!
Even after blossoming,
the flowers that bloom again and again
are women, women, only women!
Flower-girl! (Chorus: Hoo hoo hoo)
Hey flower-girl! (Chorus: Hoo hoo hoo)
How many flowers you have in all,
I do not know.
Without looking at (Chorus: Hoo hoo hoo)
your flower basket, (Chorus: Hoo hoo hoo)
counting and telling your flowers
is not easy!
Sa Sa Ra
Ra Sa Sa Ra
Sa Sa Ri Ma Ga Ri Sa
Sa Ni Dha Ni Sa
Hoo hoo hoo...
Sa Sa Ra
Ra Sa Sa Ra
Sa Sa Ri Ma Ga Ri Sa
Sa Ni Dha Ni Sa
I am one with the boldness
to coil a lightning serpent around my hand!
A little bit parrot, a little bit tigress—
I am that wild blend!
Why does love need
a Sunday or a Monday?
Settle the score
today, right today!
Saying we are made for each other,
saying just that,
beat the wedding drums
today, right today!
Oh, I am a clever man who can
turn all eight directions upside down!
I am a bird
that builds its nest in the sun!
With a single strand of hair,
you can pull a chariot!
With a flick of your toe,
you make things happen!
With your youth,
you could break the Himalayas!
With your curves,
you could bend the sky!
On land that has stayed parched
for eighteen long years,
let youthful passion pour down like rain!
Oho... turning all twelve months
into endless nights,
let bedroom pleasures overflow!
Oh-oh-oh... oh-oh-oh...
Flower-seller... (Chorus: Hoo hoo hoo)
Hey flower-seller... (Chorus: Hoo hoo hoo)
All the flowers on me,
tell me how many there are! Ooh-hoo
Without missing (Chorus: Hoo hoo hoo)
a single count, (Chorus: Hoo hoo hoo)
pluck every single flower
just once! Oh...
Hoo hoo hoo... hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo
Hoo hoo hoo... hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo
Sa Sa Ra
Ra Sa Sa Ra
Sa Sa Ri Ma Ga Ri Sa
Sa Ni Dha Ni Sa
If asked for a Venba (classical poem), I compose a poem on women—
I am three-fourths a poet!
An ascetic and a family man,
I am both!
With a single strand of hair,
you can pull a chariot!
With a flick of your toe,
you make things happen!
With your youth,
you could break the Himalayas!
With your curves,
you could bend the sky!
Oh, swirling around young men,
gathering all its force,
I am a Bengal cyclone!
Even sages could never decipher
a kiss like mine!
Why does love need
a Sunday or a Monday?
Settle the score
today, right today!
Saying we are made for each other,
saying just that,
beat the wedding drums
today, right today!
Like a raindrop
falling into a vast forest,
I have lost myself in you.
Like musical notes blending
into a sweet song,
I have dissolved into you.
Flower-girl! (Chorus: Hoo hoo hoo)
Hey flower-girl! (Chorus: Hoo hoo hoo)
How many flowers you have in all,
I do not know.
Without looking at (Chorus: Hoo hoo hoo)
your flower basket, (Chorus: Hoo hoo hoo)
counting and telling your flowers
is not easy!
In a woman's blossoming body,
is there any part without a flower?
Those who claim so have never seen it!
Yay yay yay yay
Morning flowers are one kind,
evening flowers are another;
those who have seen them never tell!...
Sa Sa Ra
Ra Sa Sa Ra
Sa Sa Ri Ma Ga Ri Sa
Sa Ni Dha Ni Sa
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Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
Pookaara is a playful and romantic duet from the film Citizen (2001), composed by Deva with lyrics by Vairamuthu. The song centers around extended floral metaphors where the heroine challenges the hero—metaphorically addressed as a flower seller—to count the endless 'flowers' of her beauty and charm. The hero responds in admiration, expressing how impossible it is to quantify her radiance, comparing her alluring body and presence to blooming blossoms that renew continuously.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Uvamai (Metaphor / Simile)
“Kaattukkul viluntha malai thuli pola”
Comparing feminine beauty and curves to blooming flowers, and passion to a Bay of Bengal storm ('Vanga puyal') or raindrops lost in a forest ('Kaattukkul viluntha malai thuli pola').
Edhugai (Second-letter rhyme)
“Poonkodikku kattu pattu / Pattu kattum mottu koottam”
Rhyming second consonants across lines to create rhythmic flow ('Poonkodikku' / 'Pattu kattum').
Anaphora / Repetition
“Indrae indrae”
Rhythmic repetition of phrases such as 'Indrae indrae' and 'Glulsey gulsey' for energetic musicality.
Did you know?
Trivia
Featured in the 2001 Tamil blockbuster Citizen starring Ajith Kumar and Vasundhara Das, the soundtrack was composed by Deva. Vasundhara Das provided her own vocals for this track alongside Shankar Mahadevan, making it one of the hit dance duets of the early 2000s.
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