Poovanathil Maramundu
From Thambi · 2005
- Lyricist
- Na. Muthu Kumar
- Singers
- P. Jayachandran, Swarnalatha
- Music director
- Vidyasagar
- Details
- Thambi2005
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Poovanathil maramundu | There is a tree in the flower garden, |
| Maram niraiya poovundu | The tree is full of flowers, |
| Poo niraiya thaenundu | The flowers are full of honey, |
| Poo parikka povoma | Shall we go to pick the flowers? |
| Poo maganae kannae vaa | Come, my dear son, precious like a flower! |
| Female | |
| Poovanathil maramundu | There is a tree in the flower garden, |
| Maram niraiya poovundu | The tree is full of flowers, |
| Poo niraiya thaenundu | The flowers are full of honey, |
| Poo parikka povoma | Shall we go to pick the flowers? |
| Poo magalae pennae vaa | Come, my dear daughter, precious like a flower! |
| Male | |
| Annai madi thaalaatilae | In mother's lap while listening to a lullaby, |
| Thinnai kadhai naam kettathum | When we heard stories sitting on the porch, |
| Thandhai melae yerikondu | Climbing onto father's shoulders, |
| Ambaarigal naam ponathum | When we rode like royalty on an elephant howdah, |
| Male | |
| Vendakkayin kaambai killi | Plucking the stem of an okra, |
| Thanga kammal endru solli | Calling it a golden earring, |
| Thangai kaadhil maati vittu rasithathuvum | Hooking it on sister's ear and admiring it, |
| Mottai maadi vennilavil | Under the silver moonlight on the open rooftop, |
| Vattamaaga naam amarnthu | Sitting together in a circle, |
| Kootaanchoru kaiyil vaangi rusithathuvum | Savoring the shared pot-meal fed directly to our hands, |
| Engal veedu pola | Is there any heaven on this earth, |
| Indha mannil sorgam yethamma | That compares to our home, dear mother? |
| Male | |
| Kaatril maram aada kandu | Seeing the tree sway in the wind, |
| Veetil sendru olindhom andru | We ran and hid inside the house back then, |
| Peigal ellaam poigal endru | That ghosts are all just silly myths, |
| Thandhai solla bayam yedhu indru | Now that father explained, where is fear today? |
| Male | |
| Palli vittu pasi udan | Returning home from school hungry, |
| Thulli thulli veedu vandhu | Hopping and skipping all the way back, |
| Ondrum illai endra udan sandai pottathum | And picking a fight if told there was nothing to eat, |
| Kaichchal vandhu padukkaiyil | Lying in bed down with a fever, |
| Sondham ellaam thudikkaiyil | When all the relatives trembled with deep concern, |
| Adikkadi kaichchal vara vendikondathum | Praying to fall sick often just to receive that love, |
| Engal veedu pola | Is there any heaven on this earth, |
| Indha mannil sorgam yethamma | That compares to our home, dear mother? |
| Male | |
| Poovanathil maramundu | There is a tree in the flower garden, |
| Maram niraiya poovundu | The tree is full of flowers, |
| Poo niraiya thaenundu | The flowers are full of honey, |
| Poo parikka povoma | Shall we go to pick the flowers? |
| Poo magalae kannae vaa | Come, my dear daughter, precious like a flower! |
பூவனத்தில் மரமுண்டு
மரம் நிறைய பூவுண்டு
பூ நிறைய தேனுண்டு
பூப்பறிக்கப் போவோமா
பூ மகனே கண்ணே வா
There is a tree in the flower garden,
The tree is full of flowers,
The flowers are full of honey,
Shall we go to pick the flowers?
Come, my dear son, precious like a flower!
பூவனத்தில் மரமுண்டு
மரம் நிறைய பூவுண்டு
பூ நிறைய தேனுண்டு
பூப்பறிக்கப் போவோமா
பூ மகளே பெண்ணே வா
There is a tree in the flower garden,
The tree is full of flowers,
The flowers are full of honey,
Shall we go to pick the flowers?
Come, my dear daughter, precious like a flower!
அன்னை மடித்தாலாட்டிலே
திண்ணைக்கதை நாம் கேட்டதும்
தந்தை மேலே ஏறிக்கொண்டு
அம்பாரிகள் நாம் போனதும்
In mother's lap while listening to a lullaby,
When we heard stories sitting on the porch,
Climbing onto father's shoulders,
When we rode like royalty on an elephant howdah,
வெண்டைக்காயின்
காம்பைக் கிள்ளி
தங்கக்கம்மல் என்று சொல்லி
தங்கைக் காதில் மாட்டிவிட்டு
ரசித்ததுவும்
Plucking the stem of an okra,
Calling it a golden earring,
Hooking it on sister's ear and admiring it,
Under the silver moonlight on the open rooftop,
Sitting together in a circle,
Savoring the shared pot-meal fed directly to our hands,
Is there any heaven on this earth,
That compares to our home, dear mother?
மொட்டைமாடி வெண்ணிலவில்
வட்டமாக நாம் அமர்ந்து
கூட்டாஞ்சோறு கையில் வாங்கி
ருசித்ததுவும்
எங்கள் வீடுபோல
இந்த மண்ணில் சொர்க்கம் ஏதம்மா ..
Seeing the tree sway in the wind,
We ran and hid inside the house back then,
That ghosts are all just silly myths,
Now that father explained, where is fear today?
காற்றில் மரம் ஆடக்கண்டு
வீட்டில் சென்று ஒளிந்தோமன்று
பேய்கள் எல்லாம் பொய்கள் என்று
தந்தை சொல்ல பயமேதின்று
Returning home from school hungry,
Hopping and skipping all the way back,
And picking a fight if told there was nothing to eat,
Lying in bed down with a fever,
When all the relatives trembled with deep concern,
Praying to fall sick often just to receive that love,
Is there any heaven on this earth,
That compares to our home, dear mother?
பள்ளிவிட்டுப் பசியுடன்
துள்ளித்துள்ளி வீடுவந்து
ஒன்றுமில்லை என்றவுடன்
சண்டை போட்டதும்
காய்ச்சல் வந்து படுக்கையில்
சொந்தம் எல்லாம் துடிக்கையில்
அடிக்கடி காய்ச்சல் வரவேண்டிக்கொண்டதும்
எங்கள் வீடு போல
இந்த மண்ணில் சொர்க்கம் ஏதம்மா ..
There is a tree in the flower garden,
The tree is full of flowers,
The flowers are full of honey,
Shall we go to pick the flowers?
Come, my dear daughter, precious like a flower!
பூவனத்தில் மரமுண்டு
மரம் நிறைய பூவுண்டு
பூ நிறைய தேனுண்டு
பூப்பறிக்கப் போவோமா
பூ மகளே கண்ணே வா
Poovanathil maramundu
There is a tree in the flower garden,
Maram niraiya poovundu
The tree is full of flowers,
Poo niraiya thaenundu
The flowers are full of honey,
Poo parikka povoma
Shall we go to pick the flowers?
Poo maganae kannae vaa
Come, my dear son, precious like a flower!
Poovanathil maramundu
There is a tree in the flower garden,
Maram niraiya poovundu
The tree is full of flowers,
Poo niraiya thaenundu
The flowers are full of honey,
Poo parikka povoma
Shall we go to pick the flowers?
Poo magalae pennae vaa
Come, my dear daughter, precious like a flower!
Annai madi thaalaatilae
In mother's lap while listening to a lullaby,
Thinnai kadhai naam kettathum
When we heard stories sitting on the porch,
Thandhai melae yerikondu
Climbing onto father's shoulders,
Ambaarigal naam ponathum
When we rode like royalty on an elephant howdah,
Vendakkayin kaambai killi
Plucking the stem of an okra,
Thanga kammal endru solli
Calling it a golden earring,
Thangai kaadhil maati vittu rasithathuvum
Hooking it on sister's ear and admiring it,
Mottai maadi vennilavil
Under the silver moonlight on the open rooftop,
Vattamaaga naam amarnthu
Sitting together in a circle,
Kootaanchoru kaiyil vaangi rusithathuvum
Savoring the shared pot-meal fed directly to our hands,
Engal veedu pola
Is there any heaven on this earth,
Indha mannil sorgam yethamma
That compares to our home, dear mother?
Kaatril maram aada kandu
Seeing the tree sway in the wind,
Veetil sendru olindhom andru
We ran and hid inside the house back then,
Peigal ellaam poigal endru
That ghosts are all just silly myths,
Thandhai solla bayam yedhu indru
Now that father explained, where is fear today?
Palli vittu pasi udan
Returning home from school hungry,
Thulli thulli veedu vandhu
Hopping and skipping all the way back,
Ondrum illai endra udan sandai pottathum
And picking a fight if told there was nothing to eat,
Kaichchal vandhu padukkaiyil
Lying in bed down with a fever,
Sondham ellaam thudikkaiyil
When all the relatives trembled with deep concern,
Adikkadi kaichchal vara vendikondathum
Praying to fall sick often just to receive that love,
Engal veedu pola
Is there any heaven on this earth,
Indha mannil sorgam yethamma
That compares to our home, dear mother?
Poovanathil maramundu
There is a tree in the flower garden,
Maram niraiya poovundu
The tree is full of flowers,
Poo niraiya thaenundu
The flowers are full of honey,
Poo parikka povoma
Shall we go to pick the flowers?
Poo magalae kannae vaa
Come, my dear daughter, precious like a flower!
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This nostalgic song from the movie 'Thambi' (2005) celebrates the warmth, innocence, and sacred joy of a loving family home. Starting as a nursery rhyme and lullaby, the lyrics walk through heartwarming childhood memories—listening to porch stories in mother's lap, riding on father's shoulders like royalty, making toy earrings out of lady's finger stems for a sister, and sharing moonlight meals on the rooftop terrace.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Andhaadhi (Chain-linking structure)
“Poovanathil maramundu / Maram niraiya poovundu / Poo niraiya thaenundu”
The last word or concept of one line forms the beginning of the next line (Poovanthil maramundu -> Maram niraiya poovundu -> Poo niraiya thaenundu).
Edhugai (Second-letter Rhyme)
“Vendakkayin kaambai killi / Thanga kammal endru solli”
The second consonant sound matches across lines (e.g., 'Vendakkayin' and 'Thanga', 'Mottai' and 'Vattamaaga').
Visual Imagery
“Vendakkayin kaambai killi / Thanga kammal endru solli / Thangai kaadhil maati vittu rasithathuvum”
Paints a vivid, relatable picture of rural childhood innocence through simple objects like vegetable stems turned into golden earrings.
Irony / Emotional Paradox
“Adikkadi kaichchal vara vendikondathum”
Expresses childhood innocence by showing how a child prays to fall sick repeatedly just to experience the overflowing care and attention of family members.
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Trivia
The music for 'Thambi' (2005) was composed by Vidyasagar, with soulful lyrics written by Na. Muthukumar. The film stars R. Madhavan and Pooja Umashankar, and this song serves as an emotional cornerstone depicting familial warmth.
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