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Thondaravu Pannatheenga

From Porantha Veeda Puguntha Veeda · 1993

Lyricist
Vaali
Singers
Mano, K. S. Chithra
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Porantha Veeda Puguntha Veeda
Movie release year
1993
Lyrics added on
20 Jan 2026

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Thondharavu pannathinga
Ippa moonu pullai naalu pullai aachu
Ungalukku sevai senju
Indha pombalaikku iduppodunji pochu
Paal oottum vennilavu
Adi soodethum munn iravu
Innaikku yethukka nalaikku pothikka
Female :Venaam aiyaa vambhu venam aiyaa
Thondharavu pannathinga
Ippa moonu pullai naalu pullai aachu
Male :Hae
Female :Ungalukku sevai senju
Male :Haan
Female :Indha pombalaikku iduppodunji pochu..che
Velai vetti pathuputtu
Veedu thirumbum aambalaikku
Vattamellaam theerthu veikka
Vera suganthaan enna irukku
Annaadanthaan indha koothu
Aagathaiyaa unnai thaethu
Male :Haan
Female :Kinnaranthaan ennai paarthu
Podaathaiyaa mooku vaerthu
Nitham than thingurom saapadu
Adha nippaatti veikkura aal yaaru..haan
Female :Saapadu polavaa sarasam enbathu
Adhu veru aiyaa ada adhu veru aiyaa..yow
Thondharavu pannathinga
Male :Hmm
Female :Ippa moonu pullai naalu pullai aachu
Ungalukku sevai senju
Male :Hukkumm
Female :Indha pombalaikku iduppodunji pochu..che
Male :Podi
Maalai katti melang kotti
Thaali mudinja maamanukku
Peru solla naalu pillai
Pethu eduthen innum edhukku
Pathinaarum than pethu vaazha
Sonnangale namma paathu
Female :Selvangala pathinaara
Sonnadhu than andha vaazhthu
Killaadi pombala needhanadi
Badhil nallavae sollura yammadi
Female :Sonnaalum yerala sogusu maarala
Nadakkadhaiyaa
Male :Haan
Female :Adhu kedaikkadhaiyaa
Thondharavu pannathinga
Ippa moonu pullai naalu pullai aachu
Ungalukku sevai senju
Male :Yei
Female :Indha pombalaikku iduppodunji pochu
Paal oottum vennilavu
Adi soodethum munn iravu
Innaikku yethukka nalaikku pothikka
Female :Venaam aiyaa vambhu venam aiyaa
Thondharavu pannathinga
Ippa moonu pullai naalu pullai aachu
Ungalukku sevai senju
Indha pombalaikku iduppodunji pochu..che
Male :Haiyaiyoo
Don't trouble me!
We've already had three or four children now!
Serving you all this while,
This woman's back is completely broken!
The white moon pours its milky light,
And the early night is warming up!
Accept me tonight, cover yourself up tomorrow!
Female: No, mister, I don't want any fuss, no!
Don't trouble me!
We've already had three or four children now!
Male: Hey!
Female: Serving you all this while,
Male: Haan!
Female: This woman's back is completely broken... chi!
After toiling at work all day,
For a man returning home,
To take away all his tiredness,
What other joy is there?
Every single day, it's this same old drama!
This won't do, mister, get a hold of yourself!
Male: Haan!
Female: Don't look at me and try to flirt,
With your nose sweating with desire!
We eat food every single day,
Who ever puts a stop to that? Haan!
Female: Is lovemaking really like eating food?
That's a different thing, mister, oh that's completely different! Hey!
Don't trouble me!
Male: Mmm!
Female: We've already had three or four children now!
Serving you all this while,
Male: Hmph!
Female: This woman's back is completely broken... chi!
Male: Go on, woman!
Tying the garland to the beat of wedding drums,
For the husband who tied the thali (sacred wedding knot),
Four children to carry your name—
I've already given birth to them, why do you need more?
"May you have all sixteen and live well,"
Didn't they bless us looking right at us?
Female: That meant the sixteen types of wealth!
That's what that wedding blessing was about!
You really are a clever woman!
You come up with such smart replies, my girl!
Female: No matter what I say, it doesn't sink in, your habit never changes!
It's not going to happen, mister!
Male: Haan!
Female: You're not going to get it!
Don't trouble me!
We've already had three or four children now!
Serving you all this while,
Male: Hey!
Female: This woman's back is completely broken!
The white moon pours its milky light,
And the early night is warming up!
Accept me tonight, cover yourself up tomorrow!
Female: No, mister, I don't want any fuss, no!
Don't trouble me!
We've already had three or four children now!
Serving you all this while,
This woman's back is completely broken... chi!
Male: Oh no!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Thondharavu Pannathinga' from 'Porantha Veeda Puguntha Veeda' (1993) is a humorous domestic duet between a husband and wife. The wife humorously refuses her husband's romantic advances, pointing out that she is exhausted from domestic chores and raising three or four children. She wittily counters his arguments, clarifying that traditional blessings like 'Pathinaarum Petru Vaazha' (May you bear sixteen) refer to sixteen forms of wealth, not sixteen children.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Edhugai (Second letter rhyming)

Maalai katti melang kotti / Thaali mudinja maamanukku

Rhyming of the second letter 'la' across lines 'Velai' and 'Vattam' or 'Maalai' and 'Thaali'.

Metaphor (Uruvagaim)

Paal oottum vennilavu

'Paal oottum vennilavu' compares the soothing moonlight to nourishing milk.

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi)

Indha pombalaikku iduppodunji pochu

Exaggeration of physical fatigue ('Iduppodunji pochu' - waist broken) to humorously express exhaustion.

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Trivia

This track composed by Ilaiyaraaja features lyricist Vaali's famous clever wordplay regarding the traditional Tamil blessing 'Pathinaarum Petru Peruvazhu Vaazhga'. Vaali uses the female character to clarify that 'Pathinaaru' refers to the 16 classical forms of wealth (Solvam) from Hindu lore rather than 16 offspring, introducing a modern family-planning motif into a traditional folk duet.

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