Poovum Thendral Katrum
From Pick Pocket · 1989
- Lyricist
- Ilaiyaraja
- Singers
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Details
- Pick Pocket1989
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Poovum thendral kaatrum | Can the flower and the gentle breeze |
| Endrum oodal kollalaamo | Always engage in a lovers' quarrel? |
| Thaenum chinna poovum | Can the honey and the little flower |
| Dhisai marandhae pogalaamo | Forget their direction and lose their way? |
| Ondrai ondru koodum | Joining with one another, |
| Ullam maaralaamo | Can the heart ever change? |
| Unmai kanda yaarum | Can anyone who has realized the truth |
| Ellai meeralaamo | Ever cross their boundaries? |
| Male | |
| Poovum thendral kaatrum | Can the flower and the gentle breeze |
| Endrum oodal kollalaamo | Always engage in a lovers' quarrel? |
| Thaenum chinna poovum | Can the honey and the little flower |
| Dhisai marandhae pogalaamo | Forget their direction and lose their way? |
| Male | |
| Vidhi yaar arivaar | Who can know destiny? |
| Vinai yaar arivaar | Who can know karma? |
| Yedhu thaan mudivu | What the final outcome will be, |
| Avan thaan arivaar | Only God knows. |
| Manam endra maayaveedu | The house of illusion called the mind |
| Puriyaadha ondru | Is an incomprehensible thing. |
| Female | |
| Viral meettum | A veena plucked by fingers, |
| Veenai ondru | A single veena, |
| Sudhi maari paaduthu | Sings out of pitch. |
| Maaraadhadhu mayakkam mayakkam | What remains unchanged is this illusion and fascination. |
| Female | |
| Poovum thendral kaatrum | Can the flower and the gentle breeze |
| Endrum oodal kollalaamo | Always engage in a lovers' quarrel? |
| Male | |
| Thaenum chinna poovum | Can the honey and the little flower |
| Dhisai marandhae pogalaamo | Forget their direction and lose their way? |
| Female | |
| Ulagai purindhum | Even after understanding the world, |
| Manadhil mayakkam | There is illusion in the mind. |
| Vidindhaal kooda iravai thedum | Even when dawn breaks, it searches for the night. |
| Oru paadhai pona kaalgal | Why do feet that walked on one path |
| Dhisai maarip povadhen | Change their direction and go astray? |
| Male | |
| Kadal moozhgi pona odam | A boat that has sunk into the ocean, |
| Karai sera paarppadhenna | Why does it try to reach the shore? |
| Yaar solvadho vilakkam vilakkam | Who can offer an explanation for this? |
| Female | |
| Poovum thendral kaatrum | Can the flower and the gentle breeze |
| Endrum oodal kollalaamo | Always engage in a lovers' quarrel? |
| Thaenum chinna poovum | Can the honey and the little flower |
| Dhisai marandhae pogalaamo | Forget their direction and lose their way? |
| Ondrai ondru koodum | Joining with one another, |
| Ullam maaralaamo | Can the heart ever change? |
| Unmai kanda yaarum | Can anyone who has realized the truth |
| Ellai meeralaamo | Ever cross their boundaries? |
| Female | |
| Poovum thendral kaatrum | Can the flower and the gentle breeze |
| Endrum oodal kollalaamo | Always engage in a lovers' quarrel? |
| Thaenum chinna poovum | Can the honey and the little flower |
| Dhisai marandhae pogalaamo | Forget their direction and lose their way? |
பூவும் தென்றல் காற்றும்
என்றும் ஊடல் கொள்ளலாமோ
தேனும் சின்னப் பூவும்
திசை மறந்தே போகலாமோ
ஒன்றை ஒன்று கூடும்
உள்ளம் மாறலாமோ
உண்மை கண்ட யாரும்
எல்லை மீறலாமோ....
Can the flower and the gentle breeze
Always engage in a lovers' quarrel?
Can the honey and the little flower
Forget their direction and lose their way?
Joining with one another,
Can the heart ever change?
Can anyone who has realized the truth
Ever cross their boundaries?
பூவும் தென்றல் காற்றும்
என்றும் ஊடல் கொள்ளலாமோ
தேனும் சின்னப் பூவும்
திசை மறந்தே போகலாமோ
Can the flower and the gentle breeze
Always engage in a lovers' quarrel?
Can the honey and the little flower
Forget their direction and lose their way?
விதி யார் அறிவார்
வினை யார் அறிவார்
எதுதான் முடிவு.....
அவன்தான் அறிவார்
Who can know destiny?
Who can know karma?
What the final outcome will be,
Only God knows.
The house of illusion called the mind
Is an incomprehensible thing.
மனம் என்ற மாய
வீடு புரியாத ஒன்று
விரல் மீட்டும் வீணை ஒன்று
சுதி மாறிப் பாடுது
மாறாதது மயக்கம் மயக்கம்.....
A veena plucked by fingers,
A single veena,
Sings out of pitch.
What remains unchanged is this illusion and fascination.
பூவும் தென்றல் காற்றும்
என்றும் ஊடல் கொள்ளலாமோ
தேனும் சின்னப் பூவும்
திசை மறந்தே போகலாமோ
Can the flower and the gentle breeze
Always engage in a lovers' quarrel?
உலகைப் புரிந்தும்....ம்ம்ம்...
மனதில் மயக்கம்......ம்ம்ம்ம்....
விடிந்தால் கூட இரவைத் தேடும்
ஒரு பாதை போன கால்கள்
திசை மாறிப் போவதேன்
Can the honey and the little flower
Forget their direction and lose their way?
கடல் மூழ்கிப் போன ஓடம்
கரை சேரப் பார்ப்பதென்ன
யார் சொல்வதோ
விளக்கம் விளக்கம்
Even after understanding the world,
There is illusion in the mind.
Even when dawn breaks, it searches for the night.
Why do feet that walked on one path
Change their direction and go astray?
பூவும் தென்றல் காற்றும்
என்றும் ஊடல் கொள்ளலாமோ
தேனும் சின்னப் பூவும்
திசை மறந்தே போகலாமோ
ஒன்றை ஒன்று கூடும்
உள்ளம் மாறலாமோ
உண்மை கண்ட யாரும்
எல்லை மீறலாமோ....
A boat that has sunk into the ocean,
Why does it try to reach the shore?
Who can offer an explanation for this?
பூவும் தென்றல் காற்றும்
என்றும் ஊடல் கொள்ளலாமோ
தேனும் சின்னப் பூவும்
திசை மறந்தே போகலாமோ
Can the flower and the gentle breeze
Always engage in a lovers' quarrel?
Can the honey and the little flower
Forget their direction and lose their way?
Joining with one another,
Can the heart ever change?
Can anyone who has realized the truth
Ever cross their boundaries?
Can the flower and the gentle breeze
Always engage in a lovers' quarrel?
Can the honey and the little flower
Forget their direction and lose their way?
Poovum thendral kaatrum
Can the flower and the gentle breeze
Endrum oodal kollalaamo
Always engage in a lovers' quarrel?
Thaenum chinna poovum
Can the honey and the little flower
Dhisai marandhae pogalaamo
Forget their direction and lose their way?
Ondrai ondru koodum
Joining with one another,
Ullam maaralaamo
Can the heart ever change?
Unmai kanda yaarum
Can anyone who has realized the truth
Ellai meeralaamo
Ever cross their boundaries?
Poovum thendral kaatrum
Can the flower and the gentle breeze
Endrum oodal kollalaamo
Always engage in a lovers' quarrel?
Thaenum chinna poovum
Can the honey and the little flower
Dhisai marandhae pogalaamo
Forget their direction and lose their way?
Vidhi yaar arivaar
Who can know destiny?
Vinai yaar arivaar
Who can know karma?
Yedhu thaan mudivu
What the final outcome will be,
Avan thaan arivaar
Only God knows.
Manam endra maayaveedu
The house of illusion called the mind
Puriyaadha ondru
Is an incomprehensible thing.
Viral meettum
A veena plucked by fingers,
Veenai ondru
A single veena,
Sudhi maari paaduthu
Sings out of pitch.
Maaraadhadhu mayakkam mayakkam
What remains unchanged is this illusion and fascination.
Poovum thendral kaatrum
Can the flower and the gentle breeze
Endrum oodal kollalaamo
Always engage in a lovers' quarrel?
Thaenum chinna poovum
Can the honey and the little flower
Dhisai marandhae pogalaamo
Forget their direction and lose their way?
Ulagai purindhum
Even after understanding the world,
Manadhil mayakkam
There is illusion in the mind.
Vidindhaal kooda iravai thedum
Even when dawn breaks, it searches for the night.
Oru paadhai pona kaalgal
Why do feet that walked on one path
Dhisai maarip povadhen
Change their direction and go astray?
Kadal moozhgi pona odam
A boat that has sunk into the ocean,
Karai sera paarppadhenna
Why does it try to reach the shore?
Yaar solvadho vilakkam vilakkam
Who can offer an explanation for this?
Poovum thendral kaatrum
Can the flower and the gentle breeze
Endrum oodal kollalaamo
Always engage in a lovers' quarrel?
Thaenum chinna poovum
Can the honey and the little flower
Dhisai marandhae pogalaamo
Forget their direction and lose their way?
Ondrai ondru koodum
Joining with one another,
Ullam maaralaamo
Can the heart ever change?
Unmai kanda yaarum
Can anyone who has realized the truth
Ellai meeralaamo
Ever cross their boundaries?
Poovum thendral kaatrum
Can the flower and the gentle breeze
Endrum oodal kollalaamo
Always engage in a lovers' quarrel?
Thaenum chinna poovum
Can the honey and the little flower
Dhisai marandhae pogalaamo
Forget their direction and lose their way?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
The song 'Poovum Thendral Kaatrum' is a reflective and philosophical track exploring the complexities of human affection, destiny, and mental illusion. Through rich imagery of flowers, breezes, and honey, the lyrics ponder whether two interconnected souls can truly remain separated by misunderstandings or if they are bound to find their path back to each other. It questions the limits of human understanding when faced with fate and karma. The song highlights the paradoxical nature of human emotions, describing the mind as a house of illusion that strays out of pitch like an unrefined veena tone. Despite realizing truth and worldly wisdom, human nature continues to seek lingering darkness and unattainable desires, leaving destiny in the hands of the divine.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uruvagamm)
“Manam endra maayaveedu”
Compares the human mind directly to an illusory or mysterious house ('Manam endra maayaveedu').
Alliteration (Moonaai)
“Vidhi yaar arivaar / Vinai yaar arivaar”
Repetition of the initial sound 'Vi' in consecutive lines ('Vidhi' and 'Vinai').
Repetition (Adukku Thodar)
“Maaraadhadhu mayakkam mayakkam”
Emphatic repetition of words like 'mayakkam' and 'vilakkam' to intensify the sense of intoxication/illusion and clarity.
Rhetorical Question
“Poovum thendral kaatrum / Endrum oodal kollalaamo”
Posing rhetorical queries using elements of nature to symbolize emotional dilemmas.
Did you know?
Trivia
Pick Pocket is a 1989 Tamil film starring Sathyaraj and Radha, with music composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja, who also wrote the lyrics for this song. The track blends deep philosophical introspections about fate and human weakness within a sweet, melodic romantic composition.
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