Putham Pudhu Rojaave
From Roja Kootam · 2002
- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singer
- Unnikrishnan
- Music director
- Bharathwaj
- Details
- Roja Kootam2002
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Putham pudhu rojaavae | Brand new rose |
| Chorus :Rojaavae rojaavae | Chorus: Oh rose, oh rose |
| Male :Poopadaintha rojaavae | Male: Oh rose that has blossomed into youth |
| Chorus :Rojaavae rojaavae | Chorus: Oh rose, oh rose |
| Male | |
| Putham pudhu rojaavae | Brand new rose |
| Poopadaintha rojaavae | Oh rose that has blossomed into youth |
| En seiguvaai ennai | What will you do to me? |
| Nee ennai kondraalum | Even if you kill me |
| Neruppennai thindraalum | Even if fire consumes me |
| Nitham sutruven unnai | I will circle around you every single day |
| Male | |
| En kaadhaliyae | Oh my beloved lover |
| Un kann asaivaal | By the glance of your eyes |
| Thuli punnagaiyaal | By a tiny drop of your smile |
| Adi nenjil poothathae | Oh, it blossomed deep within my heart |
| Male | |
| Rojaakootam | A garden of roses |
| Rojaa rojaakootam | Rose, a garden of roses |
| Nee oru rojaakootam | You are a garden of roses |
| Manasukkul rojaakootam | A garden of roses inside the heart |
| Male | |
| Rojaakootam… | Garden of roses... |
| Rojaakootam…. | Garden of roses... |
| Male | |
| Kaadhalai ulagil kalithuvittaal | If love is subtracted from the world |
| Kallarai boomiyadi | The entire earth becomes a graveyard, my dear |
| Kaadhali oruthi thoonguvathaalae | Yet, because a beloved lady sleeps in it |
| Kallarai koyiladi | Even a graveyard becomes a sacred temple, my dear |
| Male | |
| Thaai thanthai aasaan | Mother, father, teacher |
| Thavithathai kooda | Even the anguish they experience |
| Sollitharum kaadhaladi | It is love that teaches us to understand, my dear |
| Male | |
| En kaadhaliyae | Oh my beloved lover |
| Un valaivugalaal | By your graceful curves |
| Andha alavugalaal | By those perfect proportions |
| Adi nenjil poothathae | Oh, it blossomed deep within my heart |
| Male | |
| Rojaakootam | A garden of roses |
| Rojaa rojaakootam | Rose, a garden of roses |
| Nee oru rojaakootam..mm | You are a garden of roses..mm |
| Manasukkul rojaakootam | A garden of roses inside the heart |
| Male | |
| Thirigalai erikkum | To the fire that burns the wicks |
| Theeyae vaazhga | Long live the fire! |
| Unnaal oli adainthom | Through you, we attained light |
| Dhaegathai erikkum | To the love that burns the physical body |
| Kaadhalae vaazhga | Long live love! |
| Unnaal uyir valarthom | Through you, we nurtured our soul's life |
| Chorus | |
| Yehi yehi yeahhh… | Yehi yehi yeahhh... |
| Male | |
| Arupathu vayathu | A lifespan of sixty years |
| Aayiram varudam | Feels like a thousand years |
| Allitharum kaadhaladi | Love generously bestows this upon us, my dear |
| Male | |
| Andha kaadhalinaal | Because of that divine love |
| Nalla kalavi undu | There exists true physical union |
| Andha sugangalinaal | Because of those delights |
| Adi nenjil pookumae | Oh, it will bloom inside the heart |
| Male | |
| {Rojaakootam | {A garden of roses |
| Rojaa rojaakootam | Rose, a garden of roses |
| Nee oru rojaakootam | You are a garden of roses |
| Manasukkul rojaakootam} (2) | A garden of roses inside the heart} (2) |
| Male | |
| Rojaakootam… | Garden of roses... |
| Rojaakootam…. | Garden of roses... |
புத்தம் புது ரோஜாவே
குழு :
ரோஜாவே ரோஜாவே
பூப்படைந்த ரோஜாவே
குழு :
ரோஜாவே ரோஜாவே
Brand new rose
Chorus: Oh rose, oh rose
Male: Oh rose that has blossomed into youth
Chorus: Oh rose, oh rose
புத்தம் புது ரோஜாவே
பூப்படைந்த ரோஜாவே
என் செய்குவாய் என்னை
நீ என்னை கொன்றாலும்
நெருப்பென்னை தின்றாலும்
நித்தம் சுற்றுவேன் உன்னை,
Brand new rose
Oh rose that has blossomed into youth
What will you do to me?
Even if you kill me
Even if fire consumes me
I will circle around you every single day
என் காதலியே
உன் கண்ணசைவால்
துளி புன்னகையால்
அடி நெஞ்சில் பூத்ததே
Oh my beloved lover
By the glance of your eyes
By a tiny drop of your smile
Oh, it blossomed deep within my heart
ரோஜா கூட்டம்
ரோஜா ரோஜா கூட்டம்
நீ ஒரு ரோஜா கூட்டம்
மனசுக்குள் ரோஜா கூட்டம்
A garden of roses
Rose, a garden of roses
You are a garden of roses
A garden of roses inside the heart
ரோஜா கூட்டம்…
ரோஜா கூட்டம்…
Garden of roses...
Garden of roses...
காதலை உலகில்
கழித்துவிட்டாலே
கல்லரை பூமியடி
காதலி ஒருத்தி தூங்குவதாலே
கல்லரை கோயிலடி
If love is subtracted from the world
The entire earth becomes a graveyard, my dear
Yet, because a beloved lady sleeps in it
Even a graveyard becomes a sacred temple, my dear
தாய் தந்தை ஆசான்
தவித்ததை கூட
சொல்லிதரும் காதலடி
Mother, father, teacher
Even the anguish they experience
It is love that teaches us to understand, my dear
என் காதலியே
உன் வளைவுகளால்,
அந்த அளவுகளால்
அடி நெஞ்சில் பூத்ததே
Oh my beloved lover
By your graceful curves
By those perfect proportions
Oh, it blossomed deep within my heart
ரோஜா கூட்டம்
ரோஜா ரோஜா கூட்டம்
நீ ஒரு ரோஜா கூட்டம்
மனசுக்குள் ரோஜா கூட்டம்
A garden of roses
Rose, a garden of roses
You are a garden of roses..mm
A garden of roses inside the heart
திரிகளை எரிக்கும்
தீயே வாழ்க
உன்னால் ஒளி அடைந்தோம்
தேகத்தை எரிக்கும்
காதலே வாழ்க
உன்னால் உயிர் வளர்தோம்
To the fire that burns the wicks
Long live the fire!
Through you, we attained light
To the love that burns the physical body
Long live love!
Through you, we nurtured our soul's life
.............................
Yehi yehi yeahhh...
அறுவது வயது
ஆயிரம் வருடம்
அள்ளி தரும் காதலடி
A lifespan of sixty years
Feels like a thousand years
Love generously bestows this upon us, my dear
அந்த காதலினால்
நல்ல கலவி உண்டு
அந்த சுகங்களினால்
அடி நெஞ்சில் பூக்குமே
Because of that divine love
There exists true physical union
Because of those delights
Oh, it will bloom inside the heart
{ரோஜா கூட்டம்
ரோஜா ரோஜா கூட்டம்
நீ ஒரு ரோஜா கூட்டம்
மனசுக்குள் ரோஜா கூட்டம்} (2)
{A garden of roses
Rose, a garden of roses
You are a garden of roses
A garden of roses inside the heart} (2)
ரோஜா கூட்டம்…
ரோஜா கூட்டம்…
Garden of roses...
Garden of roses...
Putham pudhu rojaavae
Brand new rose
Chorus :Rojaavae rojaavae
Chorus: Oh rose, oh rose
Male :Poopadaintha rojaavae
Male: Oh rose that has blossomed into youth
Chorus :Rojaavae rojaavae
Chorus: Oh rose, oh rose
Putham pudhu rojaavae
Brand new rose
Poopadaintha rojaavae
Oh rose that has blossomed into youth
En seiguvaai ennai
What will you do to me?
Nee ennai kondraalum
Even if you kill me
Neruppennai thindraalum
Even if fire consumes me
Nitham sutruven unnai
I will circle around you every single day
En kaadhaliyae
Oh my beloved lover
Un kann asaivaal
By the glance of your eyes
Thuli punnagaiyaal
By a tiny drop of your smile
Adi nenjil poothathae
Oh, it blossomed deep within my heart
Rojaakootam
A garden of roses
Rojaa rojaakootam
Rose, a garden of roses
Nee oru rojaakootam
You are a garden of roses
Manasukkul rojaakootam
A garden of roses inside the heart
Rojaakootam…
Garden of roses...
Rojaakootam….
Garden of roses...
Kaadhalai ulagil kalithuvittaal
If love is subtracted from the world
Kallarai boomiyadi
The entire earth becomes a graveyard, my dear
Kaadhali oruthi thoonguvathaalae
Yet, because a beloved lady sleeps in it
Kallarai koyiladi
Even a graveyard becomes a sacred temple, my dear
Thaai thanthai aasaan
Mother, father, teacher
Thavithathai kooda
Even the anguish they experience
Sollitharum kaadhaladi
It is love that teaches us to understand, my dear
En kaadhaliyae
Oh my beloved lover
Un valaivugalaal
By your graceful curves
Andha alavugalaal
By those perfect proportions
Adi nenjil poothathae
Oh, it blossomed deep within my heart
Rojaakootam
A garden of roses
Rojaa rojaakootam
Rose, a garden of roses
Nee oru rojaakootam..mm
You are a garden of roses..mm
Manasukkul rojaakootam
A garden of roses inside the heart
Thirigalai erikkum
To the fire that burns the wicks
Theeyae vaazhga
Long live the fire!
Unnaal oli adainthom
Through you, we attained light
Dhaegathai erikkum
To the love that burns the physical body
Kaadhalae vaazhga
Long live love!
Unnaal uyir valarthom
Through you, we nurtured our soul's life
Yehi yehi yeahhh…
Yehi yehi yeahhh...
Arupathu vayathu
A lifespan of sixty years
Aayiram varudam
Feels like a thousand years
Allitharum kaadhaladi
Love generously bestows this upon us, my dear
Andha kaadhalinaal
Because of that divine love
Nalla kalavi undu
There exists true physical union
Andha sugangalinaal
Because of those delights
Adi nenjil pookumae
Oh, it will bloom inside the heart
{Rojaakootam
{A garden of roses
Rojaa rojaakootam
Rose, a garden of roses
Nee oru rojaakootam
You are a garden of roses
Manasukkul rojaakootam} (2)
A garden of roses inside the heart} (2)
Rojaakootam…
Garden of roses...
Rojaakootam….
Garden of roses...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
The song 'Putham Pudhu Rojaavae' from the movie Roja Kootam is a passionate celebration of youthful love and romantic adoration. The protagonist compares his beloved to a vibrant, freshly blossomed rose garden that fills his heart with joy and obsession. He expresses an unwavering commitment to her, stating that even death or destruction could not stop him from loving her. In the verses, lyricist Vairamuthu explores philosophical aspects of love, stating that a world without love is merely a graveyard, whereas even a graveyard turns into a holy temple if the beloved rests there. Love is portrayed as an enlightening force that teaches deep empathy and extends a fleeting mortal life into a feeling of eternity.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uvamaani / Uvameyam)
“Nee oru rojaakootam / Manasukkul rojaakootam”
Comparing the lover and her presence inside the protagonist's heart to a 'Rojaakootam' (a cluster or garden of roses).
Contrast / Paradox
“Kaadhali oruthi thoonguvathaalae / Kallarai koyiladi”
Contrasting a 'Kallarai' (graveyard) with a 'Koyil' (temple) to show how love elevates the ordinary and dark into something sacred.
Anaphora / Alliteration (Emonae / Monai)
“Thirigalai erikkum / Theeyae vaazhga”
Repetition of initial consonant sounds ('K' in Kaadhalai/Kallarai/Kaadhali, and 'Th' in Thirigalai/Theeyae).
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navortchi)
“Arupathu vayathu / Aayiram varudam / Allitharum kaadhaladi”
Exaggerating sixty years of human life feeling like a thousand years when filled with love.
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Trivia
Roja Kootam (2002) marked the directorial debut of Sasi and featured Srikanth in his debut lead role alongside Bhoomika Chawla. The film's soundtrack was composed by Bharathwaj, and the title track/album became a massive musical blockbuster across Tamil Nadu, playing a vital role in establishing Srikanth as a romantic hero in the early 2000s.
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