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Lyrics & meaning

Poovinai

From Anandha Thandavam · 2009

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singers
Srinivas, Shreya Ghoshal
Music director
G. V. Prakash Kumar
Movie name
Anandha Thandavam
Movie release year
2009
Lyrics added on
2 Oct 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Poovinai thiranthu kondu
Poi ozhindha vaasamae
Poovudan marubadiyum
Unakkenna snehamae
Kaatralai suzharchiyilae
Meendum intha vaasamae
Vaasanai thirumbiyathil
Unakkenna kobamae
Vidhi endra aatrilae
Midhakkindra ilaigal naam
Nadhi vazhi pogindrom
Endha karai sergindrom
Kaatralai suzharchiyilae
Meendum intha vaasamae
Vaasanai thirumbiyathil
Unakkenna kobamae
…………………………….
Thandavaalam pakkam pakkam
Thottu kolla nyaayam illai
Neeyum naanum pakkam pakkam
Katti kolla sondham illai
Vaasanai theendida ninaikkiraai
Adhu vasappada povathillai
Vaanukkum boomikkum endrumae
Mazhai uravugal theervathillai…ee….
Kaatralai suzharchiyilae
Meendum intha vaasamae
Vaasanai thirumbiyathil
Unakkenna kobamae
Idhaya koottai pootti konden
Kadhavai thatti kalagam seidhaai
Kadhavai pootti ullae sendren
Kangal vazhiyae meendum vandhaai
Varushangal maariya podhilum
Pudhu vasanthangal varuvadhundu
Vaazhkaiyil kalaigindra uravugal
Pudhu vadivaththil malarvathundu….
Poovinai thiranthu kondu
Poi ozhindha vaasamae
Poovudan marubadiyum
Unakkenna snehamae
Vidhi endra aatrilae
Midhakkindra ilaigal naam
O fragrance that opened the flower
and vanished away,
with the flower once again,
what kind of friendship do you have?
In the swirling wind,
this fragrance has returned.
Now that the fragrance has come back,
why are you angry?
In the river called destiny,
we are floating leaves.
We drift wherever the river goes,
which shore will we reach?
In the swirling wind,
this fragrance has returned.
Now that the fragrance has come back,
why are you angry?
...
The railway tracks run side by side,
yet they can never touch.
You and I are side by side,
yet we have no right to hold each other.
You wish to touch the fragrance,
but it cannot be captured.
Between the sky and the earth,
the bond of rain never ends...
In the swirling wind,
this fragrance has returned.
Now that the fragrance has come back,
why are you angry?
I locked up the cage of my heart,
yet you knocked on the door and stirred up chaos.
I locked the door and retreated inside,
yet you entered again through my eyes.
Even as the years change,
new springs always arrive.
Relationships that break apart in life
can blossom again in a new form...
O fragrance that opened the flower
and vanished away,
with the flower once again,
what kind of friendship do you have?
In the river called destiny,
we are floating leaves.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song from Anandha Thandavam meditates on the theme of lost love, destiny, and the inevitability of unexpected reunions. Using evocative nature metaphors—such as fragrance carried back by a sudden breeze, floating leaves on a river, and rain bridging the sky and earth—the lyrics express how deep feelings resurface even after long separations and emotional walls.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

“Vidhi endra aatrilae / Midhakkindra ilaigal naam”

Compares human beings floating through destiny to leaves floating down a river stream.

Analogy

“Thandavaalam pakkam pakkam ... Neeyum naanum pakkam pakkam”

Compares two estranged lovers living close yet unable to unite to parallel railway tracks that run side by side without ever intersecting.

Personification

“Poovudan marubadiyum / Unakkenna snehamae”

Attributes human emotions like friendship and anger to 'vaasanam' (fragrance).

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Trivia

The song is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar with lyrics by Vairamuthu for the film Anandha Thandavam (2009), which was adapted from celebrated Tamil author Sujatha Rangarajan's popular novel 'Pirivom Santhippom'.

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