Poongodiye Poongodiye
From School Master · 1973
- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singers
- S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- Music director
- M. S. Vishwanathan
- Details
- School Master1973
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Poongodiyae poongodiyae….yae….yae….yae….ho…. | Oh flowering vine, oh flowering vine... |
| Female :……………….. | (Vocalizing / Humming) |
| Male | |
| Poongodiyae poongodiyae | Oh flowering vine, oh flowering vine |
| Poovirunthaal tharuvaayo | If you have flowers, will you give them to me? |
| Ponnai kondu maalai katti | Making a garland decorated with gold |
| Maalaiyida varuvaayo | Will you come to place the garland around my neck? |
| Female | |
| Poonthottam nalla poonthottam | A flower garden, a beautiful flower garden |
| Oru pudavaiyil olinthathu medhuvaaga | Is gently hidden inside a single saree |
| Paarkkavo parikkavo | Should I look at it, or pluck from it? |
| Ketkavo aniyavo | Should I ask for it, or wear it? |
| Pennin manathilum ennam ullathu | There are desires inside a woman's heart as well |
| Kannan sonnaal pothaatho | Is it not enough if Lord Kannan says so? |
| Pothaatho pothaatho | Is it not enough, is it not enough? |
| Female | |
| Ponnai kondu maalai katti | Making a garland decorated with gold |
| Maalaiyida varuvaayo | Will you come to place the garland around my neck? |
| Maalaiyida varuvaayo | Will you come to place the garland around my neck? |
| Male | |
| Kangalilae naanam varum | Shyness fills my eyes |
| Kaigalinaal moodi vittaen | I covered them with my hands |
| Female :Kaikalinaal moodi vittaal | If you cover your eyes with your hands |
| Kadhalumaa odividum | Will love run away and leave? |
| Kannangalil ennannanvo | On your cheeks, so many emotions |
| Minnal vilaiyaadum | Lightning plays across them |
| Male | |
| Thaangavo | Can I endure it? |
| Female :Thazhuvavo | Can I embrace you? |
| Male :Unnavo | Can I taste this moment? |
| Female :Urugavo…oo….. | Can I melt in it? |
| Male :Varusham maasam poga piga | As years and months pass by |
| Valarum aasai theeraathu theeraathu theeraathu | The growing desire will never end, never end, never end |
| Male | |
| Poongodiyae poongodiyae | Oh flowering vine, oh flowering vine |
| Poovirunthaal tharuvaayo | If you have flowers, will you give them to me? |
| Ponnai kondu maalai katti | Making a garland decorated with gold |
| Maalaiyida varuvaayo | Will you come to place the garland around my neck? |
| Male | |
| Bhoomiyilae vaanam vanthu | The sky descends onto the earth |
| Bodhai kondu saernthuvidum | Joining together with intoxication |
| Female :Saernthavudan mazhai pozhiyum | As soon as they join, rain will pour |
| Bhoomiyengum vellam varum | A flood will spread across the earth |
| Female | |
| Vellaththilae pillaigal pol | In that flood, like children |
| Mullai vilaiyaadum | Jasmine flowers will play |
| Male :Edukkavo | Should I pick them? |
| Female :Thodukkavo | Should I string them together? |
| Male :Kodukkavo | Should I offer them? |
| Female :Mudikkavo | Should I tie them in your hair? |
| Pennin manathilum ennam ullathu | There are desires inside a woman's heart as well |
| Kannan sonnaal | If Lord Kannan says so |
| Pothaatho pothaatho pothaatho | Is it not enough, is it not enough, is it not enough? |
| Male | |
| Poongodiyae poongodiyae | Oh flowering vine, oh flowering vine |
| Poovirunthaal tharuvaayo | If you have flowers, will you give them to me? |
| Ponnai kondu maalai katti | Making a garland decorated with gold |
| Maalaiyida varuvaayo | Will you come to place the garland around my neck? |
| Maalaiyida varuvaayo…. | Will you come to place the garland around my neck?... |
பூங்கொடியே பூங்கொடியே...ஏ....ஏ....ஏ.....ஹோ.....
.........................................
Oh flowering vine, oh flowering vine...
(Vocalizing / Humming)
பூங்கொடியே பூங்கொடியே...
பூவிருந்தால் தருவாயோ
பொன்னைக் கொண்டு மாலைக் கட்டி
மாலையிட வருவாயோ
Oh flowering vine, oh flowering vine
If you have flowers, will you give them to me?
Making a garland decorated with gold
Will you come to place the garland around my neck?
பூந்தோட்டம் நல்ல பூந்தோட்டம்
ஒரு புடவையில் ஒளிந்தது மெதுவாக
பார்க்கவோ பறிக்கவோ
கேட்கவோ அணியவோ
பெண்ணின் மனதிலும் எண்ணம் உள்ளது
கண்ணன் சொன்னால் போதாதோ
போதாதோ போதாதோ
A flower garden, a beautiful flower garden
Is gently hidden inside a single saree
Should I look at it, or pluck from it?
Should I ask for it, or wear it?
There are desires inside a woman's heart as well
Is it not enough if Lord Kannan says so?
Is it not enough, is it not enough?
பொன்னைக் கொண்டு மாலைக் கட்டி
மாலையிட வருவாயோ
மாலையிட வருவாயோ......
Making a garland decorated with gold
Will you come to place the garland around my neck?
Will you come to place the garland around my neck?
கண்களிலே நாணம் வரும்
கைகளினால் மூடி விட்டேன்
கைகளினால் மூடி விட்டால்
காதலுமா ஓடிவிடும்
கன்னங்களில் என்னனவோ
மின்னல் விளையாடும்
Shyness fills my eyes
I covered them with my hands
If you cover your eyes with your hands
Will love run away and leave?
On your cheeks, so many emotions
Lightning plays across them
தாங்கவோ
தழுவவோ
உண்ணவோ
உருகவோ......ஓ.....
வருஷம் மாசம் போக போக
வளரும் ஆசை தீராது தீராது தீராது
Can I endure it?
Can I embrace you?
Can I taste this moment?
Can I melt in it?
As years and months pass by
The growing desire will never end, never end, never end
பூங்கொடியே பூங்கொடியே...
பூவிருந்தால் தருவாயோ
பொன்னைக் கொண்டு மாலைக் கட்டி
மாலையிட வருவாயோ
Oh flowering vine, oh flowering vine
If you have flowers, will you give them to me?
Making a garland decorated with gold
Will you come to place the garland around my neck?
பூமியிலே வானம் வந்து
போதைக் கொண்டு சேர்ந்துவிடும்
சேர்ந்தவுடன் மழை பொழியும்
பூமியெங்கும் வெள்ளம் வரும்
The sky descends onto the earth
Joining together with intoxication
As soon as they join, rain will pour
A flood will spread across the earth
வெள்ளத்திலே பிள்ளைகள் போல்
முல்லை விளையாடும்
எடுக்கவோ
தொடுக்கவோ
கொடுக்கவோ
முடிக்கவோ
பெண்ணின் மனதிலும் எண்ணம் உள்ளது
கண்ணன் சொன்னால்
போதாதோ போதாதோ போதாதோ
In that flood, like children
Jasmine flowers will play
Should I pick them?
Should I string them together?
Should I offer them?
Should I tie them in your hair?
There are desires inside a woman's heart as well
If Lord Kannan says so
Is it not enough, is it not enough, is it not enough?
பூங்கொடியே பூங்கொடியே...
பூவிருந்தால் தருவாயோ
பொன்னைக் கொண்டு மாலைக் கட்டி
மாலையிட வருவாயோ
மாலையிட வருவாயோ....
Oh flowering vine, oh flowering vine
If you have flowers, will you give them to me?
Making a garland decorated with gold
Will you come to place the garland around my neck?
Will you come to place the garland around my neck?...
Poongodiyae poongodiyae….yae….yae….yae….ho….
Oh flowering vine, oh flowering vine...
Female :………………..
(Vocalizing / Humming)
Poongodiyae poongodiyae
Oh flowering vine, oh flowering vine
Poovirunthaal tharuvaayo
If you have flowers, will you give them to me?
Ponnai kondu maalai katti
Making a garland decorated with gold
Maalaiyida varuvaayo
Will you come to place the garland around my neck?
Poonthottam nalla poonthottam
A flower garden, a beautiful flower garden
Oru pudavaiyil olinthathu medhuvaaga
Is gently hidden inside a single saree
Paarkkavo parikkavo
Should I look at it, or pluck from it?
Ketkavo aniyavo
Should I ask for it, or wear it?
Pennin manathilum ennam ullathu
There are desires inside a woman's heart as well
Kannan sonnaal pothaatho
Is it not enough if Lord Kannan says so?
Pothaatho pothaatho
Is it not enough, is it not enough?
Ponnai kondu maalai katti
Making a garland decorated with gold
Maalaiyida varuvaayo
Will you come to place the garland around my neck?
Maalaiyida varuvaayo
Will you come to place the garland around my neck?
Kangalilae naanam varum
Shyness fills my eyes
Kaigalinaal moodi vittaen
I covered them with my hands
Female :Kaikalinaal moodi vittaal
If you cover your eyes with your hands
Kadhalumaa odividum
Will love run away and leave?
Kannangalil ennannanvo
On your cheeks, so many emotions
Minnal vilaiyaadum
Lightning plays across them
Thaangavo
Can I endure it?
Female :Thazhuvavo
Can I embrace you?
Male :Unnavo
Can I taste this moment?
Female :Urugavo…oo…..
Can I melt in it?
Male :Varusham maasam poga piga
As years and months pass by
Valarum aasai theeraathu theeraathu theeraathu
The growing desire will never end, never end, never end
Poongodiyae poongodiyae
Oh flowering vine, oh flowering vine
Poovirunthaal tharuvaayo
If you have flowers, will you give them to me?
Ponnai kondu maalai katti
Making a garland decorated with gold
Maalaiyida varuvaayo
Will you come to place the garland around my neck?
Bhoomiyilae vaanam vanthu
The sky descends onto the earth
Bodhai kondu saernthuvidum
Joining together with intoxication
Female :Saernthavudan mazhai pozhiyum
As soon as they join, rain will pour
Bhoomiyengum vellam varum
A flood will spread across the earth
Vellaththilae pillaigal pol
In that flood, like children
Mullai vilaiyaadum
Jasmine flowers will play
Male :Edukkavo
Should I pick them?
Female :Thodukkavo
Should I string them together?
Male :Kodukkavo
Should I offer them?
Female :Mudikkavo
Should I tie them in your hair?
Pennin manathilum ennam ullathu
There are desires inside a woman's heart as well
Kannan sonnaal
If Lord Kannan says so
Pothaatho pothaatho pothaatho
Is it not enough, is it not enough, is it not enough?
Poongodiyae poongodiyae
Oh flowering vine, oh flowering vine
Poovirunthaal tharuvaayo
If you have flowers, will you give them to me?
Ponnai kondu maalai katti
Making a garland decorated with gold
Maalaiyida varuvaayo
Will you come to place the garland around my neck?
Maalaiyida varuvaayo….
Will you come to place the garland around my neck?...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Poongodiyae Poongodiyae is a romantic duet from the 1973 movie School Master, composed by M. S. Viswanathan and written by Kannadasan. Expressed through the voices of S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and S. Janaki, the song depicts a loving exchange between two sweethearts. The hero endearingly addresses his lover as a delicate flowering creeper, comparing her graceful attire to a whole garden hidden within a saree, while the heroine responds with playful shyness and romantic surrender.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uvamai)
“Poonthottam nalla poonthottam / Oru pudavaiyil olinthathu medhuvaaga”
The lover compares the heroine to a flowering vine (Poongodi) and a hidden flower garden wrapped within a saree.
Initial Rhyme / Monai
“Poongodiyae poongodiyae / Poovirunthaal tharuvaayo”
Repetition of the initial consonant sounds 'Po' across consecutive words and lines.
Epizeuxis / Adukkuthodar
“Pothaatho pothaatho pothaatho”
Repetition of words for dramatic and poetic emphasis.
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Trivia
The song is celebrated for its lush orchestration by M. S. Viswanathan and the playful, expressive vocal dynamics between S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and S. Janaki, epitomizing 1970s Tamil film romance aesthetics.
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