Thottathil Poove
From Hello Mister Zamindar · 1965
- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singer
- P. Susheela
- Music director
- Vishwanathan-Ramamoorthy
- Details
- Hello Mister Zamindar1965
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Ahaaa…haaa…aaaa….. | Ahaaa…haaa…aaaa….. |
| Ahaaa…haaa…aaaa….. | Ahaaa…haaa…aaaa….. |
| Ahaaa…haaa…aaaa….. | Ahaaa…haaa…aaaa….. |
| Ahaaa…haaa…haaa….. | Ahaaa…haaa…haaa….. |
| Female | |
| Ooo…ooo..oo.. | Ooo…ooo..oo.. |
| Thottathu poovae…. | O garden flower… |
| Thottathu poovae unnai | O flower of the garden, has anyone... |
| Thottavar undoo undoo | Has anyone ever touched you? |
| Thottavudan nenjil yedhum | The moment you were touched, did anything... |
| Pattadhum undoo…. | Did anything touch your heart? |
| Female | |
| Thottathu poovae unnai | O flower of the garden, has anyone... |
| Thottavar undoo undoo | Has anyone ever touched you? |
| Thottavudan nenjil yedhum | The moment you were touched, did anything... |
| Pattadhum undoo….ooo ooo | Did anything touch your heart? Ooo ooo |
| Thottathu poovae unnai | O flower of the garden, has anyone... |
| Thottavar undoo | Has anyone ever touched you? |
| Female | |
| Thendralukkum unakkum | Without any relation... |
| Sondhamillaamal | Between you and the gentle breeze, |
| Andhiyil thendral unnai | Does the evening breeze still... |
| Anaippadhum undoo | Embrace you tenderly? |
| Female | |
| Thendralukkum unakkum | Without any relation... |
| Sondhamillaamal | Between you and the gentle breeze, |
| Andhiyil thendral unnai | Does the evening breeze still... |
| Anaippadhum undoo | Embrace you tenderly? |
| Female | |
| Aasai illaamal aadavar kaiyil | Without desire, in the hands of a man, |
| Malarae neeyum mayanguvadhundooo | O flower, do you also swoon and faint? |
| Aasai illaamal aadavar kaiyil | Without desire, in the hands of a man, |
| Malarae neeyum mayanguvadhundooo | O flower, do you also swoon and faint? |
| Female | |
| Aaaa…..aaa…..aaa….aaa…aaa…aaa…. | Aaaa…..aaa…..aaa….aaa…aaa…aaa…. |
| Female | |
| Thottathu poovae unnai | O flower of the garden, has anyone... |
| Thottavar undoo undoo | Has anyone ever touched you? |
| Thottavudan nenjil yedhum | The moment you were touched, did anything... |
| Pattadhum undoo….ooo ooo | Did anything touch your heart? Ooo ooo |
| Thottathu poovae unnai | O flower of the garden, has anyone... |
| Thottavar undoo | Has anyone ever touched you? |
| Female | |
| Venmanal veedu katti aadidum bothu | While playing and building houses of white sand, |
| Vilayaadha inbam endru vilaindhadhundoo | Has a joy beyond play ever blossomed? |
| Ennangal yaavum ooridam thaedi | Seeking a single destination, why do all thoughts... |
| Vellathai polae paaivathum yaeno | Rush like a surging flood? |
| Female | |
| Aaaa…..aaa…..aaa….aaa…aaa…aaa…. | Aaaa…..aaa…..aaa….aaa…aaa…aaa…. |
| Female | |
| Thottathu poovae unnai | O flower of the garden, has anyone... |
| Thottavar undoo undoo | Has anyone ever touched you? |
| Thottavudan nenjil yedhum | The moment you were touched, did anything... |
| Pattadhum undoo….ooo ooo | Did anything touch your heart? Ooo ooo |
| Thottathu poovae unnai | O flower of the garden, has anyone... |
| Thottavar undoo | Has anyone ever touched you? |
அஹா....ஹா.....ஆஅ....
அஹா....ஹா.....ஆஅ....
அஹா....ஹா.....ஆஅ....
அஹா....ஹா.....ஆஅ....
Ahaaa…haaa…aaaa…..
Ahaaa…haaa…aaaa…..
Ahaaa…haaa…aaaa…..
Ahaaa…haaa…haaa…..
ஓஒ.....ஓஒ....ஓ...
தோட்டத்து பூவே....
தோட்டத்து பூவே உன்னை
தொட்டவர் உண்டோ உண்டோ
தொட்டவுடன் நெஞ்சில் ஏதும்
பட்டதும் உண்டோ.....
Ooo…ooo..oo..
O garden flower…
O flower of the garden, has anyone...
Has anyone ever touched you?
The moment you were touched, did anything...
Did anything touch your heart?
தோட்டத்து பூவே உன்னை
தொட்டவர் உண்டோ உண்டோ
தொட்டவுடன் நெஞ்சில் ஏதும்
பட்டதும் உண்டோ.....ஓஒ.....ஓஒ....
தோட்டத்து பூவே உன்னை
தொட்டவர் உண்டோ
O flower of the garden, has anyone...
Has anyone ever touched you?
The moment you were touched, did anything...
Did anything touch your heart? Ooo ooo
O flower of the garden, has anyone...
Has anyone ever touched you?
தென்றலுக்கும் உனக்கும்
சொந்தமில்லாமல்
அந்தியில் தென்றல் உன்னை
அணைப்பதுண்டோ
Without any relation...
Between you and the gentle breeze,
Does the evening breeze still...
Embrace you tenderly?
தென்றலுக்கும் உனக்கும்
சொந்தமில்லாமல்
அந்தியில் தென்றல் உன்னை
அணைப்பதுண்டோ
Without any relation...
Between you and the gentle breeze,
Does the evening breeze still...
Embrace you tenderly?
ஆசையில்லாமல் ஆடவர் கையில்
மலரே நீயும் மயங்குவதுண்டோ
ஆசை இல்லாமல் ஆடவர் கையில்
மலரே நீயும் மயங்குவதுண்டோ
Without desire, in the hands of a man,
O flower, do you also swoon and faint?
Without desire, in the hands of a man,
O flower, do you also swoon and faint?
ஆஅ.....ஆஅ.....ஆஅ.....ஆஅ.....ஆ.....ஆ
Aaaa…..aaa…..aaa….aaa…aaa…aaa….
தோட்டத்து பூவே உன்னை
தொட்டவர் உண்டோ உண்டோ
தொட்டவுடன் நெஞ்சில் ஏதும்
பட்டதும் உண்டோ.....ஓஒ.....ஓஒ....
தோட்டத்து பூவே உன்னை
தொட்டவர் உண்டோ
O flower of the garden, has anyone...
Has anyone ever touched you?
The moment you were touched, did anything...
Did anything touch your heart? Ooo ooo
O flower of the garden, has anyone...
Has anyone ever touched you?
வெண்மணல்
வீடு கட்டி ஆடிடும்போது
விளையாத இன்பம் என்று
விளைந்ததுண்டோ
எண்ணங்கள் யாவும் ஓரிடம் தேடி
வெள்ளத்தை போலே
பாய்வதும் உண்டோ
While playing and building houses of white sand,
Has a joy beyond play ever blossomed?
Seeking a single destination, why do all thoughts...
Rush like a surging flood?
ஆஅ.....ஆஅ.....ஆஅ.....ஆஅ.....ஆ.....ஆ
Aaaa…..aaa…..aaa….aaa…aaa…aaa….
தோட்டத்து பூவே உன்னை
தொட்டவர் உண்டோ உண்டோ
தொட்டவுடன் நெஞ்சில் ஏதும்
பட்டதும் உண்டோ.....ஓஒ.....ஓஒ....
தோட்டத்து பூவே உன்னை
தொட்டவர் உண்டோ
O flower of the garden, has anyone...
Has anyone ever touched you?
The moment you were touched, did anything...
Did anything touch your heart? Ooo ooo
O flower of the garden, has anyone...
Has anyone ever touched you?
Ahaaa…haaa…aaaa…..
Ahaaa…haaa…aaaa…..
Ahaaa…haaa…aaaa…..
Ahaaa…haaa…aaaa…..
Ahaaa…haaa…aaaa…..
Ahaaa…haaa…aaaa…..
Ahaaa…haaa…haaa…..
Ahaaa…haaa…haaa…..
Ooo…ooo..oo..
Ooo…ooo..oo..
Thottathu poovae….
O garden flower…
Thottathu poovae unnai
O flower of the garden, has anyone...
Thottavar undoo undoo
Has anyone ever touched you?
Thottavudan nenjil yedhum
The moment you were touched, did anything...
Pattadhum undoo….
Did anything touch your heart?
Thottathu poovae unnai
O flower of the garden, has anyone...
Thottavar undoo undoo
Has anyone ever touched you?
Thottavudan nenjil yedhum
The moment you were touched, did anything...
Pattadhum undoo….ooo ooo
Did anything touch your heart? Ooo ooo
Thottathu poovae unnai
O flower of the garden, has anyone...
Thottavar undoo
Has anyone ever touched you?
Thendralukkum unakkum
Without any relation...
Sondhamillaamal
Between you and the gentle breeze,
Andhiyil thendral unnai
Does the evening breeze still...
Anaippadhum undoo
Embrace you tenderly?
Thendralukkum unakkum
Without any relation...
Sondhamillaamal
Between you and the gentle breeze,
Andhiyil thendral unnai
Does the evening breeze still...
Anaippadhum undoo
Embrace you tenderly?
Aasai illaamal aadavar kaiyil
Without desire, in the hands of a man,
Malarae neeyum mayanguvadhundooo
O flower, do you also swoon and faint?
Aasai illaamal aadavar kaiyil
Without desire, in the hands of a man,
Malarae neeyum mayanguvadhundooo
O flower, do you also swoon and faint?
Aaaa…..aaa…..aaa….aaa…aaa…aaa….
Aaaa…..aaa…..aaa….aaa…aaa…aaa….
Thottathu poovae unnai
O flower of the garden, has anyone...
Thottavar undoo undoo
Has anyone ever touched you?
Thottavudan nenjil yedhum
The moment you were touched, did anything...
Pattadhum undoo….ooo ooo
Did anything touch your heart? Ooo ooo
Thottathu poovae unnai
O flower of the garden, has anyone...
Thottavar undoo
Has anyone ever touched you?
Venmanal veedu katti aadidum bothu
While playing and building houses of white sand,
Vilayaadha inbam endru vilaindhadhundoo
Has a joy beyond play ever blossomed?
Ennangal yaavum ooridam thaedi
Seeking a single destination, why do all thoughts...
Vellathai polae paaivathum yaeno
Rush like a surging flood?
Aaaa…..aaa…..aaa….aaa…aaa…aaa….
Aaaa…..aaa…..aaa….aaa…aaa…aaa….
Thottathu poovae unnai
O flower of the garden, has anyone...
Thottavar undoo undoo
Has anyone ever touched you?
Thottavudan nenjil yedhum
The moment you were touched, did anything...
Pattadhum undoo….ooo ooo
Did anything touch your heart? Ooo ooo
Thottathu poovae unnai
O flower of the garden, has anyone...
Thottavar undoo
Has anyone ever touched you?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
In this classic romantic composition written by Kannadasan for 'Hello Mister Zamindar' (1965), the protagonist poeticizes his beloved as a pristine garden flower ('Thottathu Poovae'). He playfully inquires whether anyone has ever touched her before or if her heart has experienced the awakening of love. Through metaphors involving the evening breeze and sandcastles, he questions how pure emotion and desire spontaneously flow like a flood once love takes root in the soul.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Uvamai (Simile)
“Vellathai polae paaivathum yaeno”
Comparing the rush of thoughts towards love to a surging flood ('Vellathai polae paaivathum yaeno').
Uruvagam (Metaphor / Personification)
“Thottathu poovae unnai”
Addressing the heroine as a garden flower ('Thottathu poovae') and personifying the evening breeze ('Thendral') as a lover who embraces her.
Monnai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Thottathu poovae unnai / Thottavar undoo undoo”
Repetition of initial consonant sounds across adjacent lines or words ('Thottathu' / 'Thottavar' / 'Thottavudan').
Did you know?
Trivia
'Hello Mister Zamindar' (1965) starred Gemini Ganesan and Savitri in lead roles. The film's music was composed by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy, and this song features iconic vocal rendition by P. Susheela, written by poet laureate Kannadasan.
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