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Lyrics & meaning

Poove Punnagai Kaatu

From Parthen Rasithen · 2000

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singers
Sonu Nigam, Vasundhara Das
Music director
Bharathwaj
Movie name
Parthen Rasithen
Movie release year
2000
Lyrics added on
23 Feb 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Poovae punnagai kaattu
Oru photograph-ukku
Apple kannam neettu
Enn autograph-ukku
Enn vaazhkkai ennum pattam
Un koondhalil sikkiyadhenna
Adi eppadi sikkal edukka
Love you love you baby
Hoh fair and lovely baby
Love you love you baby
Hoh fair and lovely baby
Kattru sikkuvadhillai
Un photograph-ukku
Vaanam ettuvathillai
Un autograph-ukku
{Turu ruthuth thuru
Turu ruthuth thuru
Turu ruthuth thuru
Thuru ru ruuu} (2)
Sollil mozhiyil enn kaadhal
Solla mudiyumaa nill
Tumbler kullae neermoozhgi
Kappal pogumaa soll
Nenjil enpol valiyundaa
Nenjai thottu nee soll
Panjin valiyaa thalai ariyum
Enn parama nanbanae soll
Enn iravu padukkaiyai kelu
Naan puranda kanakkugal sollum
Female : Enn nighty aadaiyai kelu
Naan nanaindha kanakkugal sollum
Hae ae hae ae…
Vaazhkkai vattrum varaikkum
Love you love you baby
Hoh fair and lovely baby
Love you love you baby
Hoh fair and lovely baby
Kattru sikkuvadhillai
Un photograph-ukku
Vaanam ettuvathillai
Un autograph-ukku
…………………………..
Aanaa pennaa yaar mudhalil
Kaadhal solvadhu soll
Neeyae sonnaal bridge-in edai
Thaazhndhu pogumaa soll
Kaadhal ennum pichaidhaan
Pengal idugirom nill
Aangal mudhalil kelaamal
Pichai kittumaa soll
Adi azhagu devadhai unpol
Naan aasai vaiththadhae illai
Female :Enn meni kuththidum endraa
Nee meesai vaippadhae illai
Hae ae hae ae
Hae ae hae ae
Enn uyirthaen sottum varaikkum
Love you love you baby
Hoh fair and lovely baby
Female :Love you love you baby
I love you love you baby
Poovae punnagai kaattu
Oru photograph-ukku
Apple kannam neettu
Enn autograph-ukku
Enn vaazhkkai ennum pattam
Un koondhalil sikkiyadhenna
Adi eppadi sikkal edukka
{Love you love you baby
Hoh fair and lovely baby
Female :Love you love you baby
I love you love you baby} (2)
Love you love you baby
I love you love you baby
Love you love you baby
Hmm… mmm..mmm.. you baby
Flower, show me a smile
for a photograph.
Offer your apple cheek
for my autograph.
The kite that is my life,
how did it get caught in your hair?
Tell me, how do I untangle it?
Love you, love you, baby,
oh, fair and lovely baby.
Love you, love you, baby,
oh, fair and lovely baby.
The wind cannot be captured
by your photograph.
The sky cannot be reached
by your autograph.
{Thuru rudhuth thuru
Thuru rudhuth thuru
Thuru rudhuth thuru
Thuru ru roooo} (2)
Can my love ever be told
in simple words and speech? Wait!
Can a submarine sail
inside a glass of water? Tell me.
Do you feel pain in your heart like I do?
Touch your heart and tell me.
Does the resting head ever know the cotton pillow's pain?
Tell me, my dearest friend.
Ask my nightly bed,
it will tell you how many times I tossed and turned.
Female: Ask my nightgown,
it will tell you how many times it was soaked.
Hey ae hey ae...
Until life itself runs dry,
love you, love you, baby,
oh, fair and lovely baby.
Love you, love you, baby,
oh, fair and lovely baby.
The wind cannot be captured
by your photograph.
The sky cannot be reached
by your autograph.
...
Man or woman, who should be the first
to confess love? Tell me.
If you say it yourself, will the weight of a bridge
ever lessen? Tell me.
It is the alms called love
that we women give, wait!
Without men asking first,
can alms ever be given? Tell me.
Oh beautiful angel, as I have for you,
I have never desired anyone else.
Female: Is it so it won't prick my skin
that you never keep a moustache?
Hey ae hey ae
Hey ae hey ae
Until the sweet honey of my life drips away,
love you, love you, baby,
oh, fair and lovely baby.
Female: Love you, love you, baby,
I love you, love you, baby.
Flower, show me a smile
for a photograph.
Offer your apple cheek
for my autograph.
The kite that is my life,
how did it get caught in your hair?
Tell me, how do I untangle it?
{Love you, love you, baby,
oh, fair and lovely baby.
Female: Love you, love you, baby,
I love you, love you, baby} (2)
Love you, love you, baby,
I love you, love you, baby,
love you, love you, baby,
Mmm... mmm... mmm... you, baby.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Poovae Punnagai Kaattu from the film Parthen Rasithen (2000) is a vibrant, modern romantic duet featuring playful banter between two lovers. The male protagonist compares his life to a kite trapped in his lover's hair and playfully demands a smile for a photo and her cheek for an autograph. The female protagonist responds with witty counter-arguments about love, vulnerability, and who should take the initiative in confessing romance. Lyricist Vairamuthu blends contemporary imagery like photographs, autographs, and nightwear with traditional metaphors of deep affection, capturing the youthful essence of early 2000s Tamil cinema romance.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Uruvagamm (Metaphor)

Enn vaazhkkai ennum pattam Un koondhalil sikkiyadhenna

Compares the protagonist's life to a kite tangled in his lover's long hair.

Uyarnavu Navitchi (Hyperbole)

Kattru sikkuvadhillai Un photograph-ukku Vaanam ettuvathillai Un autograph-ukku

Exaggerates the beauty and stature of the beloved by claiming even the wind cannot be captured in her photo and the sky cannot reach her autograph.

Vinaa Ani (Rhetorical Questions)

Aanaa pennaa yaar mudhalil Kaadhal solvadhu soll

Uses a series of playful rhetorical questions to challenge gender roles in confessing love.

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Trivia

Composed by Bharadwaj for the hit romantic film Parthen Rasithen starring Prashanth and Simran, this track became widely popular for its fusion of contemporary pop-culture references (such as 'Fair and Lovely') with catchy western rhythms.

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