Poove Enna Porattam
From Odangal · 1986
- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singers
- K. J. Jesudass, K. S. Chitra
- Music director
- Sampath Selvam
- Details
- Odangal1986
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Poovae…. | O Flower... |
| Chorus | |
| …………….. | |
| Male | |
| Poovae enna poraattam | O Flower, what is this struggle? |
| Kannil enna neerottam | What is this flow of tears in your eyes? |
| Kadhal pongum mullaiyae | O Jasmine overflowing with love, |
| Kannil jeevan illaiyae | There is no life in your eyes. |
| Male | |
| Vaanamudainthu poga koodum | The sky may break and fall, |
| Ullamudainthu pogaathae | May your heart never break. |
| Vaanamudainthu poga koodum | The sky may break and fall, |
| Ullamudainthu pogaathae | May your heart never break. |
| Female | |
| Nenjil poraattam | A struggle in the heart, |
| Kannil oru neerottam | A stream of tears in the eyes. |
| Kaval kollum ennaiyae | Me, who guards you, |
| Unnil vaazhum mullaiyae | O Jasmine, living within you. |
| Female | |
| Kannai vittu jeevan pogum | Life may leave the eyes, |
| Ennai vittu pogaathae | Do not leave me. |
| Kannai vittu jeevan pogum | Life may leave the eyes, |
| Ennai vittu pogaathae | Do not leave me. |
| Male | |
| Poovae…. | O Flower... |
| Chorus | |
| ……………… | |
| Male | |
| Intha kadhal oviyaththai kaanaamal | Without seeing this painting of love, |
| Enthan kangal thuru pidikka kandaenae | I saw my eyes getting rusted. |
| Female :Ooo unthan geetha vaarththaikalai kelaamal | Female: Oh, without hearing your sacred words, |
| Sila kaalam seviyizhanthu ponaenae | I lost my hearing for a while. |
| Male | |
| Panbaadu singaari | O stylish beauty of culture, |
| Chorus :Lalalaa | Chorus: La la la |
| Male :Idhu paattu kacheri | Male: This is a song concert, |
| Chorus :Lalaalaa….lalaalaa….lalaalaa | Chorus: La la la... la la la... la la la |
| Male :Panbaadu singaari idhu paattu kacheri | Male: O stylish beauty of culture, this is a song concert, |
| Un kattuppaattai thookkiyeri | Throw away your restrictions, |
| Gangaikkenna kattuthari….poovae | Can the River Ganges be tied to a hitching post? O flower... |
| Female | |
| Nenjil poraattam | A struggle in the heart, |
| Male :Kannil enna neerottam | Male: What is this flow of tears in your eyes? |
| Chorus | |
| ……………… | |
| Female | |
| Rendu veettu sandai thantha pollaappu | The trouble brought by the feud between two families, |
| Thanga mugaththai kaattavillai mullaippoo | The golden-faced jasmine flower did not show her face. |
| Male :Oooo unnai paarththu pesa nenjil veeraappu | Male: Oh, there is stubborn pride in my heart to speak to you, |
| Ungal veettu jannal engum maaraappu | Yet your house windows are covered everywhere. |
| Female | |
| En kadhal kanaalaa | O spark of my love, |
| Chorus :Lalalaa | Chorus: La la la |
| Female :En vaazhvil ponnaalaa | Female: O golden day of my life, |
| Chorus :Lalaalaa….lalaalaa….lalaalaa | Chorus: La la la... la la la... la la la |
| Female :En kadhal kannaalaa en vaazhvil ponnaalaa | Female: O apple of my eye in love, o golden day in my life, |
| Nee sollivittaal vaanam vittu | If you just say the word, |
| Vanthuvidum intha nilaa | This moon will leave the sky and come down. |
| Male | |
| Poovae…. | O Flower... |
| Female :Nenjil poraattam | Female: A struggle in the heart, |
| Male :Kannil | Male: In the eyes, |
| Female :Oru neerottam | Female: A stream of tears, |
| Male | |
| Kadhal pongum mullaiyae | O Jasmine overflowing with love, |
| Kannil jeevan illaiyae | There is no life in your eyes. |
| Female :Kannai vittu jeevan pogum | Female: Life may leave the eyes, |
| Ennai vittu pogaathe | Do not leave me. |
| Male :Vaanamudainthu pogakoodum | Male: The sky may break and fall, |
| Ullamudainthu pogaathae…. | May the heart never break... |
| Male | |
| Poovae… | O Flower... |
பூவே....
O Flower...
......................
பூவே என்ன போராட்டம்
கண்ணில் என்ன நீரோட்டம்
காதல் பொங்கும் முல்லையே
கண்ணில் ஜீவன் இல்லையே
O Flower, what is this struggle?
What is this flow of tears in your eyes?
O Jasmine overflowing with love,
There is no life in your eyes.
வானமுடைந்து போக கூடும்
உள்ளமுடைந்து போகாதே
வானமுடைந்து போக கூடும்
உள்ளமுடைந்து போகாதே.....பூவே
The sky may break and fall,
May your heart never break.
The sky may break and fall,
May your heart never break.
நெஞ்சில் போராட்டம்
கண்ணில் ஒரு நீரோட்டம்
காவல் கொல்லும் என்னையே
உன்னில் வாழும் முல்லையே
A struggle in the heart,
A stream of tears in the eyes.
Me, who guards you,
O Jasmine, living within you.
கண்ணை விட்டு ஜீவன் போகும்
என்னை விட்டு போகாதே
கண்ணை விட்டு ஜீவன் போகும்
என்னை விட்டு போகாதே....
Life may leave the eyes,
Do not leave me.
Life may leave the eyes,
Do not leave me.
பூவே....
O Flower...
...............................
இந்த காதல் ஓவியத்தை காணாமல்
எந்தன் கண்கள் துரு பிடிக்க கண்டேனே
ஓஒ உந்தன் கீத வார்த்தைகளை கேளாமல்
சிலகாலம் செவியிழந்து போனேனே
Without seeing this painting of love,
I saw my eyes getting rusted.
Female: Oh, without hearing your sacred words,
I lost my hearing for a while.
பண்பாடு சிங்காரி....
குழு :
லலலா.....
இது பாட்டு கச்சேரி...
குழு :
லலாலா.....லலாலா.....லலாலா.....
பண்பாடு சிங்காரி இது பாட்டு கச்சேரி
உன் கட்டுப்பாட்டை தூக்கியெறி
கங்கைக்கென்ன கட்டுத்தறி.....பூவே
O stylish beauty of culture,
Chorus: La la la
Male: This is a song concert,
Chorus: La la la... la la la... la la la
Male: O stylish beauty of culture, this is a song concert,
Throw away your restrictions,
Can the River Ganges be tied to a hitching post? O flower...
நெஞ்சில் போராட்டம்
கண்ணில் என்ன நீரோட்டம்
A struggle in the heart,
Male: What is this flow of tears in your eyes?
.............................
ரெண்டு வீட்டுச் சண்டை தந்த பொல்லாப்பு
தங்க முகத்தை காட்டவில்லை முல்லைப்பூ
ஓஓஓ உன்னை பார்த்து பேச நெஞ்சில் வீராப்பு
உங்கள் வீட்டு ஜன்னல் எங்கும் மாராப்பு
The trouble brought by the feud between two families,
The golden-faced jasmine flower did not show her face.
Male: Oh, there is stubborn pride in my heart to speak to you,
Yet your house windows are covered everywhere.
என் காதல் கண்ணாளா....
குழு :
லலலா.....
என் வாழ்வில் பொன்னாளா...
குழு :
லலலா.....லலாலா.....லலாலா.....
என் காதல் கண்ணாளா என் வாழ்வில் பொன்னாளா
நீ சொல்லிவிட்டால் வானம் விட்டு
வந்துவிடும் இந்த நிலா....
O spark of my love,
Chorus: La la la
Female: O golden day of my life,
Chorus: La la la... la la la... la la la
Female: O apple of my eye in love, o golden day in my life,
If you just say the word,
This moon will leave the sky and come down.
பூவே....
நெஞ்சில் போராட்டம்
கண்ணில்
ஒரு நீரோட்டம்
O Flower...
Female: A struggle in the heart,
Male: In the eyes,
Female: A stream of tears,
காதல் பொங்கும் முல்லையே
கண்ணில் ஜீவன் இல்லையே
கண்ணை விட்டு ஜீவன் போகும்
என்னை விட்டு போகாதே
வானமுடைந்து போக கூடும்
உள்ளமுடைந்து போகாதே....
O Jasmine overflowing with love,
There is no life in your eyes.
Female: Life may leave the eyes,
Do not leave me.
Male: The sky may break and fall,
May the heart never break...
பூவே.....
O Flower...
Poovae….
O Flower...
……………..
Poovae enna poraattam
O Flower, what is this struggle?
Kannil enna neerottam
What is this flow of tears in your eyes?
Kadhal pongum mullaiyae
O Jasmine overflowing with love,
Kannil jeevan illaiyae
There is no life in your eyes.
Vaanamudainthu poga koodum
The sky may break and fall,
Ullamudainthu pogaathae
May your heart never break.
Vaanamudainthu poga koodum
The sky may break and fall,
Ullamudainthu pogaathae
May your heart never break.
Nenjil poraattam
A struggle in the heart,
Kannil oru neerottam
A stream of tears in the eyes.
Kaval kollum ennaiyae
Me, who guards you,
Unnil vaazhum mullaiyae
O Jasmine, living within you.
Kannai vittu jeevan pogum
Life may leave the eyes,
Ennai vittu pogaathae
Do not leave me.
Kannai vittu jeevan pogum
Life may leave the eyes,
Ennai vittu pogaathae
Do not leave me.
Poovae….
O Flower...
………………
Intha kadhal oviyaththai kaanaamal
Without seeing this painting of love,
Enthan kangal thuru pidikka kandaenae
I saw my eyes getting rusted.
Female :Ooo unthan geetha vaarththaikalai kelaamal
Female: Oh, without hearing your sacred words,
Sila kaalam seviyizhanthu ponaenae
I lost my hearing for a while.
Panbaadu singaari
O stylish beauty of culture,
Chorus :Lalalaa
Chorus: La la la
Male :Idhu paattu kacheri
Male: This is a song concert,
Chorus :Lalaalaa….lalaalaa….lalaalaa
Chorus: La la la... la la la... la la la
Male :Panbaadu singaari idhu paattu kacheri
Male: O stylish beauty of culture, this is a song concert,
Un kattuppaattai thookkiyeri
Throw away your restrictions,
Gangaikkenna kattuthari….poovae
Can the River Ganges be tied to a hitching post? O flower...
Nenjil poraattam
A struggle in the heart,
Male :Kannil enna neerottam
Male: What is this flow of tears in your eyes?
………………
Rendu veettu sandai thantha pollaappu
The trouble brought by the feud between two families,
Thanga mugaththai kaattavillai mullaippoo
The golden-faced jasmine flower did not show her face.
Male :Oooo unnai paarththu pesa nenjil veeraappu
Male: Oh, there is stubborn pride in my heart to speak to you,
Ungal veettu jannal engum maaraappu
Yet your house windows are covered everywhere.
En kadhal kanaalaa
O spark of my love,
Chorus :Lalalaa
Chorus: La la la
Female :En vaazhvil ponnaalaa
Female: O golden day of my life,
Chorus :Lalaalaa….lalaalaa….lalaalaa
Chorus: La la la... la la la... la la la
Female :En kadhal kannaalaa en vaazhvil ponnaalaa
Female: O apple of my eye in love, o golden day in my life,
Nee sollivittaal vaanam vittu
If you just say the word,
Vanthuvidum intha nilaa
This moon will leave the sky and come down.
Poovae….
O Flower...
Female :Nenjil poraattam
Female: A struggle in the heart,
Male :Kannil
Male: In the eyes,
Female :Oru neerottam
Female: A stream of tears,
Kadhal pongum mullaiyae
O Jasmine overflowing with love,
Kannil jeevan illaiyae
There is no life in your eyes.
Female :Kannai vittu jeevan pogum
Female: Life may leave the eyes,
Ennai vittu pogaathe
Do not leave me.
Male :Vaanamudainthu pogakoodum
Male: The sky may break and fall,
Ullamudainthu pogaathae….
May the heart never break...
Poovae…
O Flower...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This song from the film Odangal (1986) is an emotional dialogue between two lovers torn apart by family rivalries and societal constraints. The male protagonist comforts his beloved, metaphorically calling her a flower (Poove) and jasmine (Mullai), encouraging her to remain strong even if the sky falls apart. They reflect on how painful separation is, describing how their senses feel dulled and useless when separated from one another. Despite the family feuds keeping them physically distant, their devotion remains unshakeable. The female protagonist declares her willingness to break all barriers for him—comparing herself to the moon descending to earth at his request—while he compares her uninhibited spirit to the uncontrollable flow of the River Ganges.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Intha kadhal oviyaththai kaanaamal”
Compares love to a painting ('kadhal oviyam') and the beloved to a blooming jasmine flower ('mullai').
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navortchi)
“Nee sollivittaal vaanam vittu Vanthuvidum intha nilaa”
An exaggeration where the female lover promises that the moon itself will leave the sky and come down if he asks.
Rhetorical Question & Analogy
“Gangaikkenna kattuthari….poovae”
Compares freedom of love to the River Ganges, asking rhetorically if the mighty Ganges can ever be bound to a wooden post.
Second-Letter Rhyme (Ethirai)
“Panbaadu singaari idhu paattu kacheri”
Matching second consonants across lines ('Panbaadu' / 'paattu').
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Trivia
The film 'Odangal' (1986) starred Sanjeev and Rekha in lead roles. The film's soundtrack features lyrics written by Vairamuthu and music composed by Sampath Selvaraj.
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