Poori Poori
From Maanbumigu Maanavan · 1996
- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singers
- Mano, Swarnalatha
- Music director
- Deva
- Details
- Maanbumigu Maanavan1996
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Poori poori bel poori | Poori poori, Bhel puri! |
| Paani poori singaari | Pani puri, stylish beauty! |
| Joru joru gulzaru | Full of energy, flourishing garden! |
| Lovvukkedhu sensoru | Where is the censor board for love? |
| Female | |
| Babylona maridona | Babylon, Maradona! |
| Paarys pona moris pona | Gone to Paris, gone to Mauritius! |
| Madanava viduvana | Will Cupid leave us alone? |
| Pakkam pona vekkam pona | If I get close, shyness leaves! |
| Pocketula vechipaana | Will he keep me in his pocket? |
| Cellulaar telephone ah..aa…aa… | Like a cellular telephone... ah.. aa... aa... |
| Male | |
| Poori poori bel poori | Poori poori, Bhel puri! |
| Paani poori singaari | Pani puri, stylish beauty! |
| Joru joru gulzaru | Full of energy, flourishing garden! |
| Lovvukkedhu sensoru | Where is the censor board for love? |
| Chorus | |
| Ye he ye he yei | Ye he ye he yei |
| Ye he ye he yei | Ye he ye he yei |
| He he he….. | He he he..... |
| Male | |
| Ye ye yei.. | Ye ye yei.. |
| Innum innum sugam | More and more pleasure... |
| Ingirukku nee sollsu solslu | Is here, you tell me, tell me! |
| Female :Adhu inguirukku | Female: That is right here! |
| Male :Haa | Male: Haa! |
| Female :Macham macham adhu engirukku | Female: Mole, mole, where is that mole? |
| Nee sollsu sollu | You tell me, tell me! |
| Adhu angirukku | That is over there! |
| Female :Ahaa | Female: Ahaa! |
| Male | |
| Haei paarthutten paarthuten | Hey, I saw it, I saw it! |
| Muzhukka muzhukka paathutten | Completely, completely, I saw it! |
| Asandhuten asandhuten | I am amazed, I am amazed! |
| Adi ammaadi asandhuten | Oh goodness, I am amazed! |
| Female | |
| Nee adhukkulla asaradhae | Don't get awestruck so quickly! |
| Konjam poruthiru alaiyaadhae | Wait a bit, don't wander restlessly! |
| Kai patta idam thotta idam | The place touched by hands, the place reached, |
| Thaen manakkum | Smells sweet like honey! |
| Athnaiyum sollalaamaa | Can I tell all of that? |
| Male | |
| Poori poori bel poori | Poori poori, Bhel puri! |
| Paani poori singaari | Pani puri, stylish beauty! |
| Joru joru gulzaru | Full of energy, flourishing garden! |
| Lovvukkedhu sensoru | Where is the censor board for love? |
| Chorus | |
| Hoyaah hooyaah hooyaah hey…(3) | Hoyaah hooyaah hooyaah hey…(3) |
| Male | |
| Thoppulule naan suthuradhu | What is that spinning on my navel? |
| Adhu enna enna | What is that, what is that? |
| Female :Chinna bombaramthaan | Female: Just a little spinning top! |
| Male :Hahaa | Male: Hahaa! |
| Female :Kattilil dhinam sollurathu | Female: What is recited daily on the bed? |
| Adhu enna enna | What is that, what is that? |
| Male :Kaadhal mandhiram thaan | Male: It is the mantra of love! |
| Male | |
| Hae padikkiren padikkiren | Hey, I am reading, I am reading! |
| Paaya potta padikkiren | Laying out the mat, I am reading! |
| Thudikkirenthudikkiren | I am yearning, I am yearning! |
| Thookam kettu thudikkiren | Losing sleep, I am yearning! |
| Female | |
| Nee avasara padalaama | Should you be in such a hurry? |
| Male :Ahaa | Male: Ahaa! |
| Female :Vizhi mabugalai vidalaama | Female: Can one cast heavy signals with eyes? |
| Male :yei | Male: Yei! |
| Female :Manapandhalathaan katta | Female: Asking to erect the wedding canopy, |
| Solli ketti melam | Asking the auspicious drums |
| Kotta solli | To beat loudly, |
| Ippa namma ottalaama | Shall we unite now? |
| Male | |
| Poori poori bel poori | Poori poori, Bhel puri! |
| Paani poori singaari | Pani puri, stylish beauty! |
| Female :Joru joru gulzaru | Female: Full of energy, flourishing garden! |
| Lovvukkedhu sensoru | Love has no censor board! |
| Male | |
| Babylona maridona | Babylon, Maradona! |
| Paarys pona moris pona | Gone to Paris, gone to Mauritius! |
| Madanava viduvana | Will Cupid leave us alone? |
| Female :Pakkam pona vekkam pona | Female: If I get close, shyness leaves! |
| Pocketula vechipaana | Will he keep me in his pocket? |
| Cellulaar telephone ah.. | Like a cellular telephone... |
| Male | |
| Ye haei Poori poori bel poori | Ye haei Poori poori, Bhel puri! |
| Paani poori singaari | Pani puri, stylish beauty! |
| Female :Joru joru gulzaru | Female: Full of energy, flourishing garden! |
| Male :Haa haa | Male: Haa haa |
| Female :Lovvukkedhu sensoru | Female: Where is the censor board for love? |
பூரி பூரி பேல்பூரி
பாணி பூரி சிங்காரி
ஜோரு ஜோரு குல்சாரு
லவ்வுக்கேது சென்சாரு
Poori poori, Bhel puri!
Pani puri, stylish beauty!
Full of energy, flourishing garden!
Where is the censor board for love?
பாபிலோனா மேரிடோனா
பாரிஸ் போனா மோரிஸ் போனா
மேட்டோனாவ விடுவானா
பக்கம் போனா வெக்கம் போனா
பாக்கெட்டுல வச்சிப்பானா
செல்லுலாறு டெலிபோனா....ஆஅ..
Babylon, Maradona!
Gone to Paris, gone to Mauritius!
Will Cupid leave us alone?
If I get close, shyness leaves!
Will he keep me in his pocket?
Like a cellular telephone... ah.. aa... aa...
பூரி பூரி பேல்பூரி
பாணி பூரி சிங்காரி
ஜோரு ஜோரு குல்சாரு
லவ்வுக்கேது சென்சாரு
Poori poori, Bhel puri!
Pani puri, stylish beauty!
Full of energy, flourishing garden!
Where is the censor board for love?
ஏ ஹே ஏய் ஏ ஹே ஏய்
ஏ ஹே ஏய் ஏ ஹே ஏய்
ஹே ஹே ஹே
Ye he ye he yei
Ye he ye he yei
He he he.....
ஏ ஏ ஏய்
இன்னும் இன்னும் சுகம்
இங்கிருக்கு நீ சொல்லு சொல்லு
அது இங்கிருக்கு
ஹா....
மச்சம் மச்சம் அது எங்கிருக்கு
நீ சொல்லு சொல்லு
அது அங்கிருக்கு
அ ஹா
Ye ye yei..
More and more pleasure...
Is here, you tell me, tell me!
Female: That is right here!
Male: Haa!
Female: Mole, mole, where is that mole?
You tell me, tell me!
That is over there!
Female: Ahaa!
ஹேய் பாத்துட்டேன் பாத்துட்டேன்
முழுக்க முழுக்க பாத்துட்டேன்
அசந்துட்டேன் அசந்துட்டேன்
அடி எம்மாடி அசந்துட்டேன்
Hey, I saw it, I saw it!
Completely, completely, I saw it!
I am amazed, I am amazed!
Oh goodness, I am amazed!
நீ அதுக்குள்ள அசராதே
கொஞ்சம் பொறுத்திரு அலையாதே
கை பட்ட இடம் தொட்ட இடம்
தேன் மணக்கும்
அத்தனையும் சொல்லலாமா
Don't get awestruck so quickly!
Wait a bit, don't wander restlessly!
The place touched by hands, the place reached,
Smells sweet like honey!
Can I tell all of that?
பூரி பூரி பேல்பூரி
பாணி பூரி சிங்காரி
ஜோரு ஜோரு குல்சாரு
லவ்வுக்கேது சென்சாரு
Poori poori, Bhel puri!
Pani puri, stylish beauty!
Full of energy, flourishing garden!
Where is the censor board for love?
ஹோயே ஹோயே ஹோயே ஹே
ஹோயே ஹோயே ஹோயே ஹே
ஹோயே ஹோயே ஹோயே ஹே
Hoyaah hooyaah hooyaah hey…(3)
தொப்புளுலே நான் சுத்துறது
அது என்ன என்ன
சின்ன பம்பரந்தான்
ஹஹா
கட்டிலிலே தினம் சொல்லுறது
அது என்ன என்ன
காதல் மந்திரம் தான்
What is that spinning on my navel?
What is that, what is that?
Female: Just a little spinning top!
Male: Hahaa!
Female: What is recited daily on the bed?
What is that, what is that?
Male: It is the mantra of love!
ஹே படிக்கிறேன் படிக்கிறேன்
பாய போட்டா படிக்கிறேன்
துடிக்கிறேன் துடிக்கிறேன்
தூக்கம் கெட்டு துடிக்கிறேன்
Hey, I am reading, I am reading!
Laying out the mat, I am reading!
I am yearning, I am yearning!
Losing sleep, I am yearning!
நீ அவசரப்படலாமா
ஆஹா
விழி அம்புகளை விடலாமா
ஏய்
மணப்பந்தலதான் கட்ட
சொல்லி கெட்டி மேளம்
கொட்ட சொல்லி
இப்ப நம்ம ஒட்டலாமா
Should you be in such a hurry?
Male: Ahaa!
Female: Can one cast heavy signals with eyes?
Male: Yei!
Female: Asking to erect the wedding canopy,
Asking the auspicious drums
To beat loudly,
Shall we unite now?
பூரி.....பூரி பூரி பேல்பூரி
பாணி பூரி சிங்காரி
ஜோரு ஜோரு குல்சாரு
லவ்வுக்கேது சென்சாரு
Poori poori, Bhel puri!
Pani puri, stylish beauty!
Female: Full of energy, flourishing garden!
Love has no censor board!
பாபிலோனா மேரிடோனா
பாரிஸ் போனா மோரிஸ் போனா
மேட்டோனாவ விடுவானா
பக்கம் போனா வெக்கம் போனா
பாக்கெட்டுல வச்சிப்பானா
செல்லுலாறு டெலிபோனா....
Babylon, Maradona!
Gone to Paris, gone to Mauritius!
Will Cupid leave us alone?
Female: If I get close, shyness leaves!
Will he keep me in his pocket?
Like a cellular telephone...
ஏ ஹேய் பூரி பூரி பேல்பூரி
பாணி பூரி சிங்காரி
ஜோரு ஜோரு குல்சாரு
ஹா ஹா
லவ்வுக்கேது சென்சாரு
Ye haei Poori poori, Bhel puri!
Pani puri, stylish beauty!
Female: Full of energy, flourishing garden!
Male: Haa haa
Female: Where is the censor board for love?
Poori poori bel poori
Poori poori, Bhel puri!
Paani poori singaari
Pani puri, stylish beauty!
Joru joru gulzaru
Full of energy, flourishing garden!
Lovvukkedhu sensoru
Where is the censor board for love?
Babylona maridona
Babylon, Maradona!
Paarys pona moris pona
Gone to Paris, gone to Mauritius!
Madanava viduvana
Will Cupid leave us alone?
Pakkam pona vekkam pona
If I get close, shyness leaves!
Pocketula vechipaana
Will he keep me in his pocket?
Cellulaar telephone ah..aa…aa…
Like a cellular telephone... ah.. aa... aa...
Poori poori bel poori
Poori poori, Bhel puri!
Paani poori singaari
Pani puri, stylish beauty!
Joru joru gulzaru
Full of energy, flourishing garden!
Lovvukkedhu sensoru
Where is the censor board for love?
Ye he ye he yei
Ye he ye he yei
Ye he ye he yei
Ye he ye he yei
He he he…..
He he he.....
Ye ye yei..
Ye ye yei..
Innum innum sugam
More and more pleasure...
Ingirukku nee sollsu solslu
Is here, you tell me, tell me!
Female :Adhu inguirukku
Female: That is right here!
Male :Haa
Male: Haa!
Female :Macham macham adhu engirukku
Female: Mole, mole, where is that mole?
Nee sollsu sollu
You tell me, tell me!
Adhu angirukku
That is over there!
Female :Ahaa
Female: Ahaa!
Haei paarthutten paarthuten
Hey, I saw it, I saw it!
Muzhukka muzhukka paathutten
Completely, completely, I saw it!
Asandhuten asandhuten
I am amazed, I am amazed!
Adi ammaadi asandhuten
Oh goodness, I am amazed!
Nee adhukkulla asaradhae
Don't get awestruck so quickly!
Konjam poruthiru alaiyaadhae
Wait a bit, don't wander restlessly!
Kai patta idam thotta idam
The place touched by hands, the place reached,
Thaen manakkum
Smells sweet like honey!
Athnaiyum sollalaamaa
Can I tell all of that?
Poori poori bel poori
Poori poori, Bhel puri!
Paani poori singaari
Pani puri, stylish beauty!
Joru joru gulzaru
Full of energy, flourishing garden!
Lovvukkedhu sensoru
Where is the censor board for love?
Hoyaah hooyaah hooyaah hey…(3)
Hoyaah hooyaah hooyaah hey…(3)
Thoppulule naan suthuradhu
What is that spinning on my navel?
Adhu enna enna
What is that, what is that?
Female :Chinna bombaramthaan
Female: Just a little spinning top!
Male :Hahaa
Male: Hahaa!
Female :Kattilil dhinam sollurathu
Female: What is recited daily on the bed?
Adhu enna enna
What is that, what is that?
Male :Kaadhal mandhiram thaan
Male: It is the mantra of love!
Hae padikkiren padikkiren
Hey, I am reading, I am reading!
Paaya potta padikkiren
Laying out the mat, I am reading!
Thudikkirenthudikkiren
I am yearning, I am yearning!
Thookam kettu thudikkiren
Losing sleep, I am yearning!
Nee avasara padalaama
Should you be in such a hurry?
Male :Ahaa
Male: Ahaa!
Female :Vizhi mabugalai vidalaama
Female: Can one cast heavy signals with eyes?
Male :yei
Male: Yei!
Female :Manapandhalathaan katta
Female: Asking to erect the wedding canopy,
Solli ketti melam
Asking the auspicious drums
Kotta solli
To beat loudly,
Ippa namma ottalaama
Shall we unite now?
Poori poori bel poori
Poori poori, Bhel puri!
Paani poori singaari
Pani puri, stylish beauty!
Female :Joru joru gulzaru
Female: Full of energy, flourishing garden!
Lovvukkedhu sensoru
Love has no censor board!
Babylona maridona
Babylon, Maradona!
Paarys pona moris pona
Gone to Paris, gone to Mauritius!
Madanava viduvana
Will Cupid leave us alone?
Female :Pakkam pona vekkam pona
Female: If I get close, shyness leaves!
Pocketula vechipaana
Will he keep me in his pocket?
Cellulaar telephone ah..
Like a cellular telephone...
Ye haei Poori poori bel poori
Ye haei Poori poori, Bhel puri!
Paani poori singaari
Pani puri, stylish beauty!
Female :Joru joru gulzaru
Female: Full of energy, flourishing garden!
Male :Haa haa
Male: Haa haa
Female :Lovvukkedhu sensoru
Female: Where is the censor board for love?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Poori Poori Bel Poori from Maanbumigu Maanavan (1996) is a energetic duet composed by Deva with lyrics written by Vaali. The song captures playful romantic banter between young lovers, filled with witty riddles, flirty teasing, and energetic rhythm.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Rhyme / Ethukai
“Poori poori bel poori / Paani poori singaari”
Second-letter rhyming pattern present across lines like Poori / Paani / Joru / Lovvu.
Metaphor
“Thoppulule naan suthuradhu... Chinna bombaramthaan”
Comparing bodily movements playfully to a spinning top (bombaram).
Anaphora / Repetition
“Babylona maridona / Paarys pona moris pona”
Use of repeated rhyming words for rhythmic beat matching.
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Trivia
Lyricist Vaali blended popular 90s street foods (Bhel Puri, Pani Puri), international pop culture icons (Maradona, Babylon), and then-emerging modern technology terms like 'Cellular telephone' into this upbeat Deva dance track.
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