Thookanangoodu Adhil Tolet Board
From Bhaskar Oru Rascal · 2018
- Lyricist
- Viveka
- Singers
- Krish, Vandana Srinivasan
- Music director
- Amresh Ganesh
- Details
- Bhaskar Oru Rascal2018
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Thookanangoodu | A weaver bird's nest, |
| Adhil tolet board-u | Does it have a 'To Let' board hanging on it? Search for it! |
| Thongutha thedu | Go and live there for a day. |
| Poi one day vaazhu | Go and live there for a day. |
| Female | |
| Appachi thodu | Like a clock pendulum swinging, |
| Pol angae ingae aadu | Swing here and there like that. |
| Kaadhugal kiliya | Shattering the ears, |
| Thool ganaa paadu | Sing a energetic Gaana song! |
| Male | |
| Oh…pirinthu poguthae saalai | Oh... the road is splitting apart, |
| Female :Sera koodumo naalai | Will we come together tomorrow? |
| Female | |
| Yae kangal podum kolam | Hey, the patterns drawn by the eyes, |
| Indha kaadhalae | This love itself... |
| Yae hey kaalam podum kolam | Hey hey, the pattern drawn by time, |
| Adhai maatruthae | It alters and changes that. |
| Male | |
| Kallam illa ullam yenguthae | An innocent heart is yearning, |
| Kanna moochithan aaduthae | Playing a game of hide and seek. |
| Female | |
| Vaniliyae maaruthae | It changes in the sky, |
| Vasantha megam poguthae… | The spring cloud is drifting away... |
| Poguthae…ae | Drifting away... |
| Male :Yae vidinja vera naalu | Hey, once dawn breaks, it's a new day, |
| Neeyum naanum vera aaluda | You and I will be different people, my friend! |
| Male | |
| Thookanangoodu | A weaver bird's nest, |
| Adhil tolet board-u | Does it have a 'To Let' board hanging on it? Search for it! |
| Thongutha thedu | Go and live there for a day. |
| Poi one day vaazhu | Go and live there for a day. |
| Female | |
| Yae kandam vittu kandam thaandum | Hey, crossing continent after continent, |
| Paravaigal | The birds... |
| Yae thedi vandhu sera koodum | Hey, searching and coming back to reunite, |
| Uravugal | The relationships... |
| Male | |
| Chinna chinna pookal aaduthae | Small, tiny flowers are dancing, |
| Vanna megam adhai mooduthae | A colorful cloud covers them. |
| Female | |
| Nooru nilaa thottama | Like a garden of a hundred moons, |
| Maariduthae manam yeanamma… | Why is the mind changing, dear girl? |
| Yeanamma | Why, dear girl? |
| Male :Kaatha kathirikka | Waiting for the wind, |
| Kathirikol innum varalaa | Have the scissors not arrived yet? |
| Male | |
| Thookanangoodu | A weaver bird's nest, |
| Adhil tolet board-u | Does it have a 'To Let' board hanging on it? Search for it! |
| Thongutha thedu | Go and live there for a day. |
| Poi one day vaazhu | Go and live there for a day. |
| Female | |
| Appachi thodu | Like a clock pendulum swinging, |
| Pol angae ingae aadu | Swing here and there like that. |
| Kaadhugal kiliya | Shattering the ears, |
| Thool ganaa paadu | Sing a energetic Gaana song! |
| Male | |
| Oh…pirinthu poguthae saalai | Oh... the road is splitting apart, |
| Female :Sera koodumo naalai | Will we come together tomorrow? |
தூக்கணாங்கூடு
அதில் டுலெட் போர்டு
தொங்குதா தேடு போய்
ஒன் டே வாழு
A weaver bird's nest,
Does it have a 'To Let' board hanging on it? Search for it!
Go and live there for a day.
Go and live there for a day.
அப்பாச்சி
தோடு போல் அங்கே
இங்கே ஆடு காதுகள்
கிழிய தூள் கானா பாடு
Like a clock pendulum swinging,
Swing here and there like that.
Shattering the ears,
Sing a energetic Gaana song!
ஓ பிரிந்து
போகுதே சாலை
சேர கூடுமோ
நாளை
Oh... the road is splitting apart,
Will we come together tomorrow?
ஏ கண்கள் போடும்
கோலம் இந்த காதலே ஏ
ஹே காலம் போடும் கோலம்
அதை மாற்றுதே
Hey, the patterns drawn by the eyes,
This love itself...
Hey hey, the pattern drawn by time,
It alters and changes that.
கள்ளம் இல்லா
உள்ளம் ஏங்குதே கண்ணா
மூச்சிதான் ஆடுதே
An innocent heart is yearning,
Playing a game of hide and seek.
வானிலையே
மாறுதே வசந்த மேகம்
போகுதே போகுதே...
ஏ விடிஞ்சா வேற
நாளு நீயும் நானும் வேற
ஆளுடா
It changes in the sky,
The spring cloud is drifting away...
Drifting away...
Hey, once dawn breaks, it's a new day,
You and I will be different people, my friend!
தூக்கணாங்கூடு
அதில் டுலெட் போர்டு
தொங்குதா தேடு போய்
ஒன் டே வாழு
A weaver bird's nest,
Does it have a 'To Let' board hanging on it? Search for it!
Go and live there for a day.
Go and live there for a day.
ஏ கண்டம்
விட்டு கண்டம் தாண்டும்
பறவைகள் ஏ தேடி வந்து
சேர கூடும் உறவுகள்
Hey, crossing continent after continent,
The birds...
Hey, searching and coming back to reunite,
The relationships...
சின்ன சின்ன
பூக்கள் ஆடுதே வண்ண
மேகம் அதை மூடுதே
Small, tiny flowers are dancing,
A colorful cloud covers them.
நூறு நிலா
தோட்டமா மாறிடுதே
மனம் ஏனம்மா ஏனம்மா
காத்த கத்திரிக்க
கத்திரிக்கோல் இன்னும்
வரலா
Like a garden of a hundred moons,
Why is the mind changing, dear girl?
Why, dear girl?
Waiting for the wind,
Have the scissors not arrived yet?
தூக்கணாங்கூடு
அதில் டுலெட் போர்டு
தொங்குதா தேடு போய்
ஒன் டே வாழு
A weaver bird's nest,
Does it have a 'To Let' board hanging on it? Search for it!
Go and live there for a day.
Go and live there for a day.
அப்பாச்சி
தோடு போல் அங்கே
இங்கே ஆடு காதுகள்
கிழிய தூள் கானா பாடு
Like a clock pendulum swinging,
Swing here and there like that.
Shattering the ears,
Sing a energetic Gaana song!
ஓ பிரிந்து
போகுதே சாலை
சேர கூடுமோ
நாளை
Oh... the road is splitting apart,
Will we come together tomorrow?
Thookanangoodu
A weaver bird's nest,
Adhil tolet board-u
Does it have a 'To Let' board hanging on it? Search for it!
Thongutha thedu
Go and live there for a day.
Poi one day vaazhu
Go and live there for a day.
Appachi thodu
Like a clock pendulum swinging,
Pol angae ingae aadu
Swing here and there like that.
Kaadhugal kiliya
Shattering the ears,
Thool ganaa paadu
Sing a energetic Gaana song!
Oh…pirinthu poguthae saalai
Oh... the road is splitting apart,
Female :Sera koodumo naalai
Will we come together tomorrow?
Yae kangal podum kolam
Hey, the patterns drawn by the eyes,
Indha kaadhalae
This love itself...
Yae hey kaalam podum kolam
Hey hey, the pattern drawn by time,
Adhai maatruthae
It alters and changes that.
Kallam illa ullam yenguthae
An innocent heart is yearning,
Kanna moochithan aaduthae
Playing a game of hide and seek.
Vaniliyae maaruthae
It changes in the sky,
Vasantha megam poguthae…
The spring cloud is drifting away...
Poguthae…ae
Drifting away...
Male :Yae vidinja vera naalu
Hey, once dawn breaks, it's a new day,
Neeyum naanum vera aaluda
You and I will be different people, my friend!
Thookanangoodu
A weaver bird's nest,
Adhil tolet board-u
Does it have a 'To Let' board hanging on it? Search for it!
Thongutha thedu
Go and live there for a day.
Poi one day vaazhu
Go and live there for a day.
Yae kandam vittu kandam thaandum
Hey, crossing continent after continent,
Paravaigal
The birds...
Yae thedi vandhu sera koodum
Hey, searching and coming back to reunite,
Uravugal
The relationships...
Chinna chinna pookal aaduthae
Small, tiny flowers are dancing,
Vanna megam adhai mooduthae
A colorful cloud covers them.
Nooru nilaa thottama
Like a garden of a hundred moons,
Maariduthae manam yeanamma…
Why is the mind changing, dear girl?
Yeanamma
Why, dear girl?
Male :Kaatha kathirikka
Waiting for the wind,
Kathirikol innum varalaa
Have the scissors not arrived yet?
Thookanangoodu
A weaver bird's nest,
Adhil tolet board-u
Does it have a 'To Let' board hanging on it? Search for it!
Thongutha thedu
Go and live there for a day.
Poi one day vaazhu
Go and live there for a day.
Appachi thodu
Like a clock pendulum swinging,
Pol angae ingae aadu
Swing here and there like that.
Kaadhugal kiliya
Shattering the ears,
Thool ganaa paadu
Sing a energetic Gaana song!
Oh…pirinthu poguthae saalai
Oh... the road is splitting apart,
Female :Sera koodumo naalai
Will we come together tomorrow?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Thookanangoodu from Bhaskar Oru Rascal (2018) is a vibrant yet contemplative track that uses playful, eccentric urban metaphors to reflect on impermanence, relationships, and fate. Using vivid imagery—such as a weaver bird's nest bearing a 'To Let' board—the song portrays life and love as temporary nesting places where people meet, drift apart, and adapt to changing times. The lyrics contrast playful banter with underlying emotional uncertainty about the future. While life's path diverges like splitting roads, the narrative holds onto hope by drawing parallels with migratory birds that cross continents only to find their way back home, suggesting that despite changing dawns and shifting emotions, true bonds eventually reunite.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Thookanangoodu / Adhil tolet board-u”
Comparing the human mind or temporary emotional phase to a weaver bird's nest with a 'To Let' board.
Metaphor
“Yae kangal podum kolam... kaalam podum kolam”
Comparing visual desires and time's progression to 'Kolam' (Rangoli patterns) that get altered over time.
Ethukai (Second-letter Rhyme)
“Kallam illa ullam yenguthae / Kanna moochithan aaduthae”
Rhyming of the second letter 'lla'/'nna' in 'Kallam' and 'Kanna'.
Repetition (Anaphora)
“Chinna chinna pookal aaduthae”
Repetition of the word 'chinna' to emphasize softness and smallness.
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Trivia
Bhaskar Oru Rascal (2018) is the Tamil remake of the Malayalam hit 'Bhaskar the Rascal'. The song's soundtrack was composed by Amresh Ganesh (son of veteran actress Jayachitra) and features lyrics by Viveka.
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