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Sethey Ponendi

From Mahabalipuram · 2015

Lyricist
O. G. Dass
Singer
O. G. Dass
Music directors
Not listed
Movie name
Mahabalipuram
Movie release year
2015
Lyrics added on
6 Nov 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Haa…aaa….aaa….aaaa…
Haaa…aaaa…aaa….aaa….
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Sethae ponendi unna paakkaiyila
Bejaar aanendi unna nenakkaiyila
Sethae ponendi unna paakkaiyila
Bejaar aanendi unna nenakkaiyila
Aththai magala minji putta
Sathiyama konnutta
Unna vida endha ponnum
Eedu illa po
En scooter vandiyila
Unna yethikkanum
Illa carula poganumna
Machan car-ah koduppaan
Sethae ponendi unna paakkaiyila
Bejaar aanendi unna nenakkaiyila
Ah ah ah ah
Naan paatha ponnu peru meena
Ava iduppa kuzhukki mena minukki
Poduraalae scena
She is the azhakaana gramathu figuru
Nee avala love pannathu
Romba romba thavaru
Naan pera maathi
Maarinnu vachenae
Jeans panta thookki pottu
Vetti sattai potenae
Kaadhalicha enna vittu
Avangappan pecha ketppaalae
Bye bye-nu solliputtu mamankitta ponaalae
I am sitting under a manga maram
Patha oru figure wearing blue saree
Ava pinnala follow panni ponendi
Yei machaan ippathaan en main story
I said hi …ava sonnaal hello
Coffee kudikka polaamaannu kettengo
En kaathukitta vanthu ippo sonnaango
Enakku nichayam aayi pala naal aachunga
Adam pudikkaama
Nilumaa nee koncham
Aayiram per vantha kooda
Neethaan en chellam
Annan thambi ethana peru
Solli vittu po po
Ellaarumae machan thaanae
Sontham aaginom
Kaathula kadukkaan pottu
Unna mayakkida vanthavan naan
Kanavula kanavula paathu
Unna rasikkiren naan ippo
En rosa enga adhu
Pochi pulla
Unna thedi odi
Naan manda kaanchen
Fruit shoppil paatha oru figuru
Ava strawberry pola colouru
Figurunna figuru thuppaakki figuru
Thaakkuthu ava poweru
Ava naattu katta ippo dhimsu katta
Iva asathura azhagila maattikitta
Vellakkaara ponnu ena nenachukittu
Naanum local ponnukitta maattikitten
Kadalkara kitta paathen pachakili
Kitta poi naanum pesa ponenadi
Kathaiyila ippo vanthathae twist
Come on everybody listen to this
Ava kudumbathudan angu jolly
Ayyayo ippothaan en vaazhkkai gaali
Enakko kidaithadhu nothing but a goli
Yena ava kazhuthila pathen manja thaali
Sethae ponendi unna paakkaiyila
Bejaar aanendi unna nenakkaiyila
Sethae ponendi unna paakkaiyila
Bejaar aanendi unna nenakkaiyila
Aththai magala minji putta
Sathiyama konnutta
Unna vida endha ponnum
Eedu illa po
En scooter vandiyila
Unna yethikkanum
Illa carula poganumna
Machan car-ah koduppaan
Sethae ponendi unna paakkaiyila
Bejaar aanendi unna nenakkaiyila
Haa…aaa….aaa….aaaa…
Haaa…aaaa…aaa….aaa….
Ha... aa... aa... aaaa...
Haa... aaaa... aa... aa...
...
I dropped dead the moment I saw you, girl!
I lost my mind thinking about you, girl!
I dropped dead the moment I saw you, girl!
I lost my mind thinking about you, girl!
You outshone even my aunt's daughter,
I swear, you've killed me!
No other girl can ever
match up to you, go on!
On my scooter,
I want to take you for a ride;
or if you want to go by car,
my buddy will give me his car!
I dropped dead the moment I saw you, girl!
I lost my mind thinking about you, girl!
Ah ah ah ah
The girl I saw, her name was Meena;
swaying her hips and glowing bright,
she puts on quite a show!
She is a gorgeous village girl,
and falling in love with her
was a very, very big mistake!
I changed my name
and called myself Maari;
I tossed aside my jeans
and put on a dhoti and shirt!
Leaving me, the one who loved her,
she listened to her father's words;
saying "bye-bye", she went off with her uncle!
I was sitting under a mango tree,
and saw a girl wearing a blue sari.
I followed right behind her, girl!
Hey buddy, here comes my main story!
I said "Hi", and she said "Hello!"
I asked her if we could go grab a coffee.
She came close to my ear and said:
"Mister, I got engaged a long time ago!"
Without being stubborn,
just hold on a little, girl;
even if a thousand people show up,
you are my only darling!
How many brothers do you have?
Just tell me and go, go;
aren't they all my brothers-in-law,
now that we are family?
Wearing an earring in my ear,
I came to charm you.
Seeing you in my dreams again and again,
I am admiring you right now.
Where did my rose go,
where did it go, girl?
Searching all over for you,
my head got totally burned out!
I saw a cute girl at a fruit shop,
she was rosy fair like a strawberry!
What a stunner, sharp like a gun,
her power hits you hard!
She is a rustic beauty, a solid knockout;
I got trapped in her stunning looks!
Thinking she was a foreigner,
I ended up hooked by a local girl!
I saw a parrot of a girl near the beach,
and I went close to talk to her, girl!
And here comes the twist in the story,
come on everybody, listen to this!
She was having fun there with her family;
oh no, my life is ruined now!
All I got in the end was nothing at all,
because around her neck, I saw a yellow thali (wedding knot)!
I dropped dead the moment I saw you, girl!
I lost my mind thinking about you, girl!
I dropped dead the moment I saw you, girl!
I lost my mind thinking about you, girl!
You outshone even my aunt's daughter,
I swear, you've killed me!
No other girl can ever
match up to you, go on!
On my scooter,
I want to take you for a ride;
or if you want to go by car,
my buddy will give me his car!
I dropped dead the moment I saw you, girl!
I lost my mind thinking about you, girl!
Ha... aa... aa... aaaa...
Haa... aaaa... aa... aa...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Sethae Ponendi' from the movie Mahabalipuram (2015) is a comedic, light-hearted Tamil Gaana track describing the humorous love misadventures of a local youth. He expresses his overwhelming attraction towards women he encounters in daily life, only to face comedic rejections or unexpected twists each time. From changing his dress style to impress a village girl who leaves him for her uncle, to trying to flirt with a girl who turns out to be engaged, and finally falling for a girl at the beach who is already married, the protagonist narrates his tragicomic romantic failures.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Rhyme / Ethirai (Anaphora)

Sethae ponendi unna paakkaiyila / Bejaar aanendi unna nenakkaiyila

Repetition of initial or internal rhyming sounds across lines, standard in Tamil light music and Gaana lyrics (e.g., 'paakkaiyila' / 'nenakkaiyila').

Simile / Upamai

Ava strawberry pola colouru

Comparing the girl's complexion directly to a strawberry ('strawberry pola colouru').

Hyperbole

Sethae ponendi unna paakkaiyila / Sathiyama konnutta

Exaggerating the emotional impact of seeing the girl as 'dying' or 'getting killed'.

Code-mixing / Tanglish

Fruit shoppil paatha oru figuru / Kathaiyila ippo vanthathae twist

Seamlessly blending English casual words with Chennai local slang to create a contemporary Gaana aesthetic.

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Trivia

'Mahabalipuram' (2015) is an Indian Tamil-language drama film starring Vinith, Karunakaran, and Ramesh. The soundtrack features energetic, local Chennai Gaana-pop rhythms that capture youth culture and colloquial humor.

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