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Poovarasam Poovaai

From Yaazh · 2017

Lyricist
C. Balakumaran
Singer
Yasin Nizar
Music director
S. N. Arunagiri
Movie name
Yaazh
Movie release year
2017
Lyrics added on
19 Mar 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Poovarasam poovaai
Aval punnagai poothathae
Puzhuthi kunjaaka
Adi en manam thulluthae
Paarththathum thaanae
En kadhalum kaaikkuthae
Vizhi padalai saaththi
Anbe nee pogathae
Ennaalum enai piriyaathae
……………………………
Parakkiren vaanilae
En maatrangal theriyutha
Panaimara thozhanae
En paravasam puriyutha
Nila un punnagai
Athu sammatham soodumo
Nilamarai kinaru nee
Mana aazhaththai thedava
Nee kathaikkira vaarthaigal
Athu kaadhalin thirukkural
Un kangalo kaaviyam
Athu kandharodai ul porul
Poovarasam poovaai
Aval punnagai poothathae
Puzhuthi kunjaaka
Adi en manam thulluthae
Paarththathum thaanae
En kadhalum kaaikkuthae
Vizhi padalai saaththi
Anbe nee pogathae
Ennaalum enai piriyaathae
Urumburai mannai pol
Un uthadugal sivappadi
Nee kothidum koonthalae
Sangiliyin thoppadi
Semmalayai sethukkiyae
Seithedutha silaiyadi
Adi semmani veliyilae
Puthaikkaatha anbadi
Pasukkutti sunaiyadi
Un paarvaigal tharum vali
Manam manalaai karaigiren
Ippa naanoru kulir hali
Poovarasam poovaai
Aval punnagai poothathae
Puzhuthi kunjaaka
Adi en manam thulluthae
Paarththathum thaanae
En kadhalum kaaikkuthae
Vizhi padalai saaththi
Anbe nee pogathae
Ennaalum enai piriyaathae
Like a blooming portia flower,
Her smile blossomed.
Like a little chick playing in the dust,
Oh, my heart leaps with joy!
The moment I saw her,
My love began to yield fruit.
Closing the door of your eyes,
My love, please do not go.
Never part from me on any day.
...
I am flying high in the sky,
Can you see the changes in me?
Oh friend, tall like a palmyra tree,
Do you understand my ecstasy?
Oh moon, your gentle smile,
Will it adorn itself with consent?
You are a well hidden beneath the earth,
Shall I search the depths of your heart?
The words that you speak,
They are the sacred Thirukkural of love.
Your eyes are a grand epic,
They hold the inner truth of Kandhar Odai.
Like a blooming portia flower,
Her smile blossomed.
Like a little chick playing in the dust,
Oh, my heart leaps with joy!
The moment I saw her,
My love began to yield fruit.
Closing the door of your eyes,
My love, please do not go.
Never part from me on any day.
Like the red soil of Urumpirai,
Your lips are a rich crimson, my dear.
The long hair that you comb,
Is like the historic Cankili grove, my dear.
Carved finely out of a red mountain,
You are a sculpted statue, my dear.
Oh, in the open field of Semmani,
Mine is an unburied love, my dear.
Like a calf drinking from a natural spring,
In the pain inflicted by your glances,
My heart dissolves away like sand,
And now I am transformed into a chilly breeze.
Like a blooming portia flower,
Her smile blossomed.
Like a little chick playing in the dust,
Oh, my heart leaps with joy!
The moment I saw her,
My love began to yield fruit.
Closing the door of your eyes,
My love, please do not go.
Never part from me on any day.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Poovarasam Poovaai' from the movie 'Yaazh' is a poetic expression of pure romance set amidst the native landscape and culture of Northern Sri Lanka (Eelam). The protagonist expresses his intense love by drawing parallels to nature—comparing her smile to the blossoming yellow flower of the Portia tree (Poovarasam) and his inner joy to a chick fluttering playfully in dusty soil. He marvels at her beauty, comparing her spoken words to sacred Tamil couplets (Thirukkural) and her captivating eyes to epic poetry.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Uvamai Ani (Simile)

“Poovarasam poovaai / Aval punnagai poothathae / Puzhuthi kunjaaka”

Compares the heroine's smile to the blooming Portia flower and the lover's joy to a chick playing in the dust.

Uruvagam (Metaphor)

“Nee kathaikkira vaarthaigal / Athu kaadhalin thirukkural / Un kangalo kaaviyam”

Directly metaphors the heroine's spoken words as Thirukkural and her eyes as an epic (Kaaviyam).

Cultural Allusion

“Athu kandharodai ul porul”

Refers to 'Kandharodai' (Kadurugoda), a ancient archaeological heritage site in Jaffna, symbolising deep, ancient root significance.

Visual Imagery

“Urumburai mannai pol / Un uthadugal sivappadi”

Uses red soil (Urumburai man) and sculpted red hills (Semmalai) to create rich visual descriptions of her red lips and sculpted grace.

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Trivia

'Yaazh' (2017) is a Tamil feature film directed by MS Anand, unique for being entirely centered on the Eelam Tamil background in Northern Sri Lanka. The song's lyrics by C. Balakumaran feature distinct regional imagery such as 'Kandharodai' (a famous pre-Christian archaeological site near Chunnakam, Jaffna) and palmyra landscapes specific to the Jaffna peninsula.

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