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Lyrics & meaning

Ulaga Azhagi Naan Thaan

From Pirappu · 2007

Lyricist
Pazhani Bharathi
Singer
Janani Bharadwaj
Music director
Bharathwaj
Movie name
Pirappu
Movie release year
2007
Lyrics added on
14 Apr 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Ulaga azhagi naan thaan
Ulaga azhagi naan thaan
Boom boom boom maatu kaara
Maatta aamaam-ena cholla cholludaa
Nalla kaalam ingae
En paruva kaalam naanae
Gudu gudu gudu guduppa kaara
Idha nee oorukulla solli poda
Kulu kulu kaathu
Kuthikudhada
Thaavani paarthu
Katha kali aada varudhud
Aamaanda …idhodaaa
Ulaga azhagi naan thaan
Ulaga azhagi naan thaan
Then pothigai thendral
En vayasu
Then kaasi thooral en manasu
Thanga nellin vayalil
Velli pani thuliyil
Naan thoongum pothu
Nazhuviya kolusu
Naan vanthaa whistle
Adikkum kuyilu
Whistling :……………………
Female :Pazham parichi podum
Andha anilu
En azhagai rasichi
Yethi poga nenachi
Enna koovi koovi azhaikuthu
Rayilu
Chola kolla bommai kaara
Penn thozhi yaarum illayaada
Unnoda pazhaga pazhaga
Naan irukken thazhuva thazhuva
Irukkamaaga katti kollenda
Aamaanda…idhodaaa
En kaalai vanangudhada
Aruvi
En pola kulikudhada kuruvi
Varisayila ninnu
Thenna mara kannu
Hei veesudhada jala jala visiri
Vennilavu en vaguppu
Thozhi
Vin meengal pallanguzhi sozhi
Iravu ellam muzhichi
Aadiduvom sirichi
Hei mel irunthu boomiya rasichi
Koil veedhi valayal kaara
Andha vaana villai kondu vaada
En kaiyai pudichchi pudichchi
Medhuvaga nodichchi nodichchi
Pudhu valayal pottu vidaenda
Aamaanda….idhodaaa
Ulaga azhagi naan thaan
Ulaga azhagi naan thaan
Boom boom boom maatu kaara
Maatta aamaam-ena cholla cholludaa
Nalla kaalam ingae
En paruva kaalam naanae
Gudu gudu gudu guduppa kaara
Idha nee oorukulla solli poda
Kulu kulu kaathu
Kuthikudhada
Thaavani paarthu
Katha kali aada varudhuda
Aamaanda …idhodaaa
Ulaga azhagi naan thaan
Ulaga azhagi naan thaan
I am the most beautiful girl in the world
I am the most beautiful girl in the world
Hey Boom Boom Maattukaaran (fortune teller with a decorated ox)!
Make your bull nod yes!
Good times are right here!
I am in the full bloom of youth!
Hey Kudukuduppaikaaran (soothsayer with a rattle drum)!
Go announce this throughout the town!
The cool, refreshing breeze
is leaping with joy!
Catching sight of my half-sari,
it comes dancing Kathakali!
Yes indeed! Right here!
I am the most beautiful girl in the world
I am the most beautiful girl in the world
Like the breeze from the southern Pothigai hills,
that is my youth!
Like the drizzle of Tenkasi, that is my heart!
In the fields of golden paddy,
among the silvery drops of dew,
while I was sleeping,
my anklet slipped off.
Whenever I walk by,
the cuckoo whistles!
[Whistling]
That squirrel plucks fruits
and drops them for me!
Admiring my beauty,
wishing to take me along,
calling out to me again and again,
is the train!
Hey scarecrow in the cornfield!
Don't you have a girl friend?
To spend time with you and be close,
I am here, ready to embrace you!
Hold me tight in your arms!
Yes indeed! Right here!
Bowing at my feet,
is the waterfall!
Just like me, the sparrow takes a bath!
Standing in a line,
the young coconut trees,
hey, wave their leafy fans with a rustle!
The white moon is my classmate,
and my friend!
The stars are our cowrie shells for Pallanguzhi (traditional board game)!
Staying awake all through the night,
we will play and laugh together!
Hey, enjoying the sight of the earth from above!
Hey bangle seller on the temple street!
Bring me that rainbow!
Holding my hand gently,
softly cracking my knuckles,
slip those brand-new bangles on me!
Yes indeed! Right here!
I am the most beautiful girl in the world
I am the most beautiful girl in the world
Hey Boom Boom Maattukaaran (fortune teller with a decorated ox)!
Make your bull nod yes!
Good times are right here!
I am in the full bloom of youth!
Hey Kudukuduppaikaaran (soothsayer with a rattle drum)!
Go announce this throughout the town!
The cool, refreshing breeze
is leaping with joy!
Catching sight of my half-sari,
it comes dancing Kathakali!
Yes indeed! Right here!
I am the most beautiful girl in the world
I am the most beautiful girl in the world
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Ulaga Azhagi Naan Thaan' is a joyful, self-celebratory folk-pop track sung from the perspective of a young rural woman reveling in her beauty, youth, and deep connection with nature. She poetically compares her spirit and emotions to natural elements like the southern breeze from Pothigai, the showers of Tenkasi, waterfalls, sparrows, and paddy fields. She playfully calls upon traditional village street figures—such as the Boom Boom ox fortune teller, the Guduguduppai man, and the temple street bangle seller—to validate her joy and announce her radiance to the world.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Then pothigai thendral En vayasu / Then kaasi thooral en manasu

Compares her age to the Pothigai breeze ('Then pothigai thendral en vayasu') and her heart to the Tenkasi drizzle ('Then kaasi thooral en manasu').

Personification (Tharkurippetrasani)

En kaalai vanangudhada Aruvi

Attributes human behaviors to nature, such as the waterfall bowing at her feet and the wind dancing Kathakali upon seeing her half-saree.

Alliteration & Rhyme (Monai and Ethirai)

Thanga nellin vayalil / Velli pani thuliyil

Uses rhythmic Tamil rhyming patterns like 'Thanga nellin' and 'Velli pani', as well as 'Kulu kulu kaathu / Kuthikudhada'.

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Trivia

The song features vibrant traditional Tamil folk instruments and street-teller motifs (Boom Boom Maatukaran and Guduguduppaakaran), which are nomadic fortune tellers specific to Tamil cultural history.

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