Soora Thenga
From Ghilli · 2004
- Lyricist
- Na. Muthu Kumar
- Singer
- Tippu
- Music director
- Vidyasagar
- Details
- Ghilli2004
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| {Sura thengaa adra adra | Smash the sacred coconut, smash it! |
| Suriyana thodra thodra | Touch the sun, touch it! |
| Soorakaatha pudra pudra | Catch the whirlwind, catch it! |
| Suthi suthi udra udra} (20) | Spin it around and let it go! |
| Male | |
| Nenja thooki nadra nadra | Puff out your chest and walk, walk! |
| Neruppai polae irda irda | Be like fire, be like fire! |
| Nenachethellaam senji mudida | Accomplish whatever you have envisioned! |
| Aye maamae | Hey friend! |
| Male | |
| Seeri adicha ah gilli parakkum | When hit with fury, the tip-cat will fly! |
| Naan seeri adicha vinnae polakkum | If I strike furiously, the sky will split open! |
| Gilli ah gille ah gille | Gilli ah gille ah gille |
| Gilli ah gille ah gille | Gilli ah gille ah gille |
| Gilli ah gille ah gille | Gilli ah gille ah gille |
| Gilli ah gille ah gille | Gilli ah gille ah gille |
| Male | |
| Sura thengaa adra adra | Smash the sacred coconut, smash it! |
| Suriyana thodra thodra | Touch the sun, touch it! |
| Soorakaatha pudra pudra | Catch the whirlwind, catch it! |
| Suthi suthi udra udra | Spin it around and let it go! |
| Chorus | |
| Udra udra udra udra | Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go! |
| udra udra udra udra | Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go! |
| udra udra udra udra | Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go! |
| udra udra udra udra | Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go! |
| Chorus | |
| Wow wow what a girl.. | Wow wow what a girl.. |
| Wow wow what a girl… | Wow wow what a girl… |
| Hey jeans-u raani jeans-u raani | Hey queen in jeans, queen in jeans! |
| Chance-u udalaama | Can I miss this opportunity? |
| Ingi marappa kaaram neethaan | You are spicy like ginger candy! |
| Kadichu thingalaamaa | Can I bite and eat you? |
| Male | |
| Miss-u world-um venaam venaam | Don't want Miss World, don't want her! |
| Muniammavum venaam venaam | Don't want Muniamma either, don't want her! |
| Machi machi mayangaathada | Buddy, buddy, don't swoon over her! |
| Kuchi ice-a urugaathada | Don't melt away like an ice pop! |
| Male | |
| Polappa paarthu munneruda | Focus on your livelihood and move forward! |
| Pozhuthu pona kidaikaathuda | Once time is gone, you won't get it back! |
| Manasa paarthu ponnunga varumda | Girls will come looking at your good heart! |
| Aye maamae | Hey friend! |
| Male | |
| Seeri adicha ah gilli parakkum | When hit with fury, the tip-cat will fly! |
| Naan seeri adicha vinnae polakkum | If I strike furiously, the sky will split open! |
| Gilli ah gille ah gille | Gilli ah gille ah gille |
| Gilli ah gille ah gille | Gilli ah gille ah gille |
| Gilli ah gille ah gille | Gilli ah gille ah gille |
| Gilli ah gille ah gille | Gilli ah gille ah gille |
| Gille gille gille…… | Gille gille gille…… |
| Male | |
| Ganesan-na karnam podu | If it's Lord Ganesha, do prostrations! |
| Iyyapan na saranam podu | If it's Lord Ayyappan, chant refuge songs! |
| Ganesan-na karnam podu | If it's Lord Ganesha, do prostrations! |
| Iyyapan na saranam podu | If it's Lord Ayyappan, chant refuge songs! |
| Male | |
| Kandhanukku kavasam paadu | Sing the Kavasam hymn for Lord Murugan! |
| Ammanukku veradham edu | Observe a fast for Goddess Amman! |
| Sivanukku nee aatam podu | Dance passionately for Lord Shiva! |
| Sreerangamaa paata podu | Play the Sreerangam song! |
| Santhosama whistle-a podu da | Blow a whistle with joy, my friend! |
| Aye maamae | Hey friend! |
| Male | |
| Seeri adicha ah gilli parakkum | When hit with fury, the tip-cat will fly! |
| Naan seeri adicha vinnae polakkum | If I strike furiously, the sky will split open! |
| Gilli ah gille ah gille | Gilli ah gille ah gille |
| Gilli ah gille ah gille | Gilli ah gille ah gille |
| Gilli ah gille ah gille | Gilli ah gille ah gille |
| Gilli ah gille ah gille | Gilli ah gille ah gille |
| Gille gille gille……. | Gille gille gille…… |
{ சூரத்தேங்கா அட்ரா
அட்ரா சூரியன தொட்ரா
தொட்ரா சூரகாத்த புட்ரா
புட்ரா சுத்தி சுத்தி உட்ரா
உட்ரா } (20)
Smash the sacred coconut, smash it!
Touch the sun, touch it!
Catch the whirlwind, catch it!
Spin it around and let it go!
நெஞ்ச தூக்கி
நட்ரா நட்ரா நெருப்பை
போல இர்டா இர்டா
நெனச்சதெல்லாம் செஞ்சி
முடிடா ஏ மாமே
Puff out your chest and walk, walk!
Be like fire, be like fire!
Accomplish whatever you have envisioned!
Hey friend!
சீறி அடிச்சா கில்லி
பறக்கும் நான் சீறி அடிச்சா
விண்ணே பொளக்கும்
கில்லி ஆ கில்லி ஆ கில்லி
கில்லி ஆ கில்லி ஆ கில்லி
கில்லி ஆ கில்லி ஆ கில்லி
கில்லி ஆ கில்லி ஆ கில்லி
When hit with fury, the tip-cat will fly!
If I strike furiously, the sky will split open!
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
சூரத்தேங்கா அட்ரா
அட்ரா சூரியன தொட்ரா
தொட்ரா சூரகாத்த புட்ரா
புட்ரா சுத்தி சுத்தி உட்ரா
உட்ரா
Smash the sacred coconut, smash it!
Touch the sun, touch it!
Catch the whirlwind, catch it!
Spin it around and let it go!
உட்றா உட்றா
உட்றா உட்றா உட்றா
உட்றா உட்றா உட்றா
உட்றா உட்றா உட்றா
உட்றா உட்றா உட்றா
உட்றா உட்றா
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go!
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go!
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go!
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go!
வாவ் வாவ் வாட்
எ கேர்ள் வாவ் வாவ்
வாட் எ கேர்ள் ஹே
ஜீன்ஸு ராணி ஜீன்ஸு
ராணி சான்சு உடலாமா
இஞ்சிமறப்பா காரம் நீதான்
கடிச்சு திங்கலாமா
Wow wow what a girl..
Wow wow what a girl…
Hey queen in jeans, queen in jeans!
Can I miss this opportunity?
You are spicy like ginger candy!
Can I bite and eat you?
மிஸ்யூ வேர்ல்டும்
வேணாம் வேணாம்
முனியம்மாவும் வேணாம்
வேணாம் மச்சி மச்சி
மயங்காதடா குச்சி ஐஸா
உருகாதடா
Don't want Miss World, don't want her!
Don't want Muniamma either, don't want her!
Buddy, buddy, don't swoon over her!
Don't melt away like an ice pop!
பொழப்ப பார்த்து
முன்னேறுடா பொழுது
போனா கிடைக்காதுடா
மனச பார்த்து பொண்ணுங்க
வரும்டா ஏ மாமே
Focus on your livelihood and move forward!
Once time is gone, you won't get it back!
Girls will come looking at your good heart!
Hey friend!
சீறி அடிச்சா கில்லி
பறக்கும் நான் சீறி அடிச்சா
விண்ணே பொளக்கும்
கில்லி ஆ கில்லி ஆ கில்லி
கில்லி ஆ கில்லி ஆ கில்லி
கில்லி ஆ கில்லி ஆ கில்லி
கில்லி ஆ கில்லி ஆ கில்லி
கில்லி கில்லி கில்லி
When hit with fury, the tip-cat will fly!
If I strike furiously, the sky will split open!
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gille gille gille……
கணேசன்னா கர்ணம்
போடு ஐயப்பன்னா சரணம்
போடு கணேசன்னா கர்ணம்
போடு ஐயப்பன்னா சரணம்
போடு
If it's Lord Ganesha, do prostrations!
If it's Lord Ayyappan, chant refuge songs!
If it's Lord Ganesha, do prostrations!
If it's Lord Ayyappan, chant refuge songs!
கந்தனுக்கு கவசம்
பாடு அம்மனுக்கு விரதம்
எடு சிவனுக்கு நீ ஆட்டம்
போடு ஸ்ரீரங்கமா பாட்ட
போடு சந்தோஷமா விசில
போடு டா ஏ மாமே
Sing the Kavasam hymn for Lord Murugan!
Observe a fast for Goddess Amman!
Dance passionately for Lord Shiva!
Play the Sreerangam song!
Blow a whistle with joy, my friend!
Hey friend!
சீறி அடிச்சா கில்லி
பறக்கும் நான் சீறி அடிச்சா
விண்ணே பொளக்கும்
கில்லி ஆ கில்லி ஆ கில்லி
கில்லி ஆ கில்லி ஆ கில்லி
கில்லி ஆ கில்லி ஆ கில்லி
கில்லி ஆ கில்லி ஆ கில்லி
கில்லி கில்லி கில்லி
When hit with fury, the tip-cat will fly!
If I strike furiously, the sky will split open!
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gille gille gille……
{Sura thengaa adra adra
Smash the sacred coconut, smash it!
Suriyana thodra thodra
Touch the sun, touch it!
Soorakaatha pudra pudra
Catch the whirlwind, catch it!
Suthi suthi udra udra} (20)
Spin it around and let it go!
Nenja thooki nadra nadra
Puff out your chest and walk, walk!
Neruppai polae irda irda
Be like fire, be like fire!
Nenachethellaam senji mudida
Accomplish whatever you have envisioned!
Aye maamae
Hey friend!
Seeri adicha ah gilli parakkum
When hit with fury, the tip-cat will fly!
Naan seeri adicha vinnae polakkum
If I strike furiously, the sky will split open!
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Sura thengaa adra adra
Smash the sacred coconut, smash it!
Suriyana thodra thodra
Touch the sun, touch it!
Soorakaatha pudra pudra
Catch the whirlwind, catch it!
Suthi suthi udra udra
Spin it around and let it go!
Udra udra udra udra
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go!
udra udra udra udra
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go!
udra udra udra udra
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go!
udra udra udra udra
Let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go!
Wow wow what a girl..
Wow wow what a girl..
Wow wow what a girl…
Wow wow what a girl…
Hey jeans-u raani jeans-u raani
Hey queen in jeans, queen in jeans!
Chance-u udalaama
Can I miss this opportunity?
Ingi marappa kaaram neethaan
You are spicy like ginger candy!
Kadichu thingalaamaa
Can I bite and eat you?
Miss-u world-um venaam venaam
Don't want Miss World, don't want her!
Muniammavum venaam venaam
Don't want Muniamma either, don't want her!
Machi machi mayangaathada
Buddy, buddy, don't swoon over her!
Kuchi ice-a urugaathada
Don't melt away like an ice pop!
Polappa paarthu munneruda
Focus on your livelihood and move forward!
Pozhuthu pona kidaikaathuda
Once time is gone, you won't get it back!
Manasa paarthu ponnunga varumda
Girls will come looking at your good heart!
Aye maamae
Hey friend!
Seeri adicha ah gilli parakkum
When hit with fury, the tip-cat will fly!
Naan seeri adicha vinnae polakkum
If I strike furiously, the sky will split open!
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gille gille gille……
Gille gille gille……
Ganesan-na karnam podu
If it's Lord Ganesha, do prostrations!
Iyyapan na saranam podu
If it's Lord Ayyappan, chant refuge songs!
Ganesan-na karnam podu
If it's Lord Ganesha, do prostrations!
Iyyapan na saranam podu
If it's Lord Ayyappan, chant refuge songs!
Kandhanukku kavasam paadu
Sing the Kavasam hymn for Lord Murugan!
Ammanukku veradham edu
Observe a fast for Goddess Amman!
Sivanukku nee aatam podu
Dance passionately for Lord Shiva!
Sreerangamaa paata podu
Play the Sreerangam song!
Santhosama whistle-a podu da
Blow a whistle with joy, my friend!
Aye maamae
Hey friend!
Seeri adicha ah gilli parakkum
When hit with fury, the tip-cat will fly!
Naan seeri adicha vinnae polakkum
If I strike furiously, the sky will split open!
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gilli ah gille ah gille
Gille gille gille…….
Gille gille gille……
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This high-energy track from the movie Ghilli serves as an energetic anthem celebrating youth, confidence, and unstoppable determination. The lyrics mix intense motivational call-to-actions—such as touching the sun and being as relentless as fire—with lighthearted advice about staying focused on one's career and personal growth rather than getting distracted by romance or lost in temporary pleasures.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Monaipathukkal / End Rhyme (Iyaibu)
“Sura thengaa adra adra / Suriyana thodra thodra”
The lines end with a uniform rhyming cadence ('adra', 'thodra', 'pudra', 'udra') which creates a fast-paced, energetic rhythm suitable for a youth anthem.
Simile (Upamai)
“Neruppai polae irda irda”
Comparing the need for passion and intensity to fire ('Neruppai polae') and comparing emotional vulnerability to a melting ice pop ('Kuchi ice-a urugaathada').
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi)
“Naan seeri adicha vinnae polakkum”
An exaggerated claim stating that striking with power can split the sky open, emphasizing immense energy and power.
Epizeuxis (Repetition for Emphasis)
“Udra udra udra udra”
Immediate repetition of words like 'adra adra' and 'udra udra' to build intense auditory drive and momentum.
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Trivia
Composed by Vidyasagar for the 2004 blockbuster 'Ghilli', this track forms a core part of the film's iconic energetic atmosphere surrounding the protagonist Velu (played by Vijay), a national-level Kabaddi player.
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