Unga Ponnaana Kaigal
From Kadhalikka Neramillai · 1964
- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singer
- P. B. Sreenivas
- Music director
- Vishwanathan-Ramamoorthy
- Details
- Kadhalikka Neramillai1964
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Unga ponnaana kaigal punnagalaamaa | Should your golden hands get wounded? |
| Uthavikku varalaamaa… | May I come to help you? |
| Male | |
| Unga ponnaana kaigal punnagalaamaa | Should your golden hands get wounded? |
| Uthavikku varalaamaa… | May I come to help you? |
| Sammadham varumaa hoooii.. | Will you give your consent? |
| Santhegam thaana.. | Is there any doubt about it? |
| Male | |
| Unga ponnaana kaigal punnagalaamaa | Should your golden hands get wounded? |
| Uthavikku varalaamaa… | May I come to help you? |
| Sammadham varumaa hoooii.. | Will you give your consent? |
| Santhegam thaana.. | Is there any doubt about it? |
| Male | |
| {Selaattam kannum noolattam idaiyum | With eyes like fish and a waist slender as thread, |
| Thindaatta padalama hoi.. | Should you be put through such struggle? |
| Thaalattum pennin poovaatam kaigal | Should a woman's flower-like hands, meant for cradling, |
| Car otta varalama…..} (2) | Come to drive a car? |
| Male | |
| Kattana meni kalangida kulungida | Should your sculpted body tremble and shake |
| Velai seiyalaama | Doing such strenuous work? |
| Idhu naagareegama pora vegama | Is this modern culture or sheer rushing speed? |
| Naanum varalama hoi.. | May I come along too? |
| Male | |
| Ohooo..ooo… | Oh-ho-oo... |
| Unga ponnaana kaigal punnagalaamaa | Should your golden hands get wounded? |
| Uthavikku varalaamaa… | May I come to help you? |
| Sammadham varumaa hoooii.. | Will you give your consent? |
| Santhegam thaana.. | Is there any doubt about it? |
| Male | |
| {Aanana padippu nee padithaalum | Even if you acquire high educational degrees, |
| Athukkathu thunai venum | You still need a companion for that. |
| Kodana kodi panamirunthalum | Even if you possess crores and crores of wealth, |
| Kumbittu vizhavenum} (2) | You must bow down to love. |
| Male | |
| Konjatha kiliyum koovatha kuyilum | A parrot that does not affectionate-talk and a cuckoo that does not sing, |
| Ulaginil kidaiyathu | Do not exist in this world. |
| Indha kobam aagumo poga mudiyumaa | Is this anger justified? Can you really leave? |
| Naanthaan viduvenaa hoi.. | Would I ever let you go? |
| Male | |
| Ohooo..ooo… | Oh-ho-oo... |
| Unga ponnaana kaigal punnagalaamaa | Should your golden hands get wounded? |
| Uthavikku varalaamaa… | May I come to help you? |
| Sammadham varumaa hoooii.. | Will you give your consent? |
| Santhegam thaana.. | Is there any doubt about it? |
| Male | |
| {Kannalae vaarthai sonnaalum pothum | Even if you speak a word through your eyes, |
| Munnalae varuvenae hoi.. | I will appear right before you! |
| Kalyaana thaeril ullaasa ooril | On a wedding chariot, in a joyful town, |
| Oorvalam varuvenae} (2) | I will join you in a procession. |
| Male | |
| {Intha aththaanai paarthu maamaa | Looking at this handsome man as uncle, |
| Endraalum thudipenae} (2) | My heart would still beat with love. |
| Antha velai ponathil intha sevayil | Instead of spending time in that work, in this loving service, |
| Kaalathai kazhipenae hoi… | I will spend my days! |
| Male | |
| Ohooo..ooo… | Oh-ho-oo... |
| Unga ponnaana kaigal punnagalaamaa | Should your golden hands get wounded? |
| Uthavikku varalaamaa… | May I come to help you? |
| Sammadham varumaa hoooii.. | Will you give your consent? |
| Santhegam thaana.. | Is there any doubt about it? |
உங்க பொன்னான
கைகள் புண்ணாகலாமா
உதவிக்கு வரலாமா
Should your golden hands get wounded?
May I come to help you?
உங்க பொன்னான
கைகள் புண்ணாகலாமா
உதவிக்கு வரலாமா சம்மதம்
வருமா ஹோய் சந்தேகம்
தானா
Should your golden hands get wounded?
May I come to help you?
Will you give your consent?
Is there any doubt about it?
உங்க பொன்னான
கைகள் புண்ணாகலாமா
உதவிக்கு வரலாமா சம்மதம்
வருமா ஹோய் சந்தேகம்
தானா
Should your golden hands get wounded?
May I come to help you?
Will you give your consent?
Is there any doubt about it?
{ சேலாட்டம் கண்ணும்
நூலாட்டம் இடையும் திண்டாட்ட
படலாமா ஹோய் தாலாட்டும்
பெண்ணின் பூவாட்டம் கைகள்
கார் ஓட்ட வரலாமா } (2)
With eyes like fish and a waist slender as thread,
Should you be put through such struggle?
Should a woman's flower-like hands, meant for cradling,
Come to drive a car?
கட்டான மேனி
கலங்கிட குலுங்கிட வேலை
செய்யலாமா இது நாகரீகமா
போற வேகமா நானும்
வரலாமா ஹோய்
Should your sculpted body tremble and shake
Doing such strenuous work?
Is this modern culture or sheer rushing speed?
May I come along too?
ஓஹோ ஓஓ உங்க
பொன்னான கைகள் புண்ணாகலாமா
உதவிக்கு வரலாமா சம்மதம்
வருமா ஹோய் சந்தேகம் தானா
Oh-ho-oo...
Should your golden hands get wounded?
May I come to help you?
Will you give your consent?
Is there any doubt about it?
{ ஆணான படிப்பு நீ
படித்தாலும் அதுகது துணை
வேணும் கோடான கோடி
பணமிருந்தாலும் கும்பிட்டு
விழவேணும் } (2)
Even if you acquire high educational degrees,
You still need a companion for that.
Even if you possess crores and crores of wealth,
You must bow down to love.
கொஞ்சாத கிளியும்
கூவாத குயிலும் உலகினில்
கிடையாது இந்த கோபம்
ஆகுமோ போக முடியுமா
நான்தான் விடுவேனா ஹோய்
A parrot that does not affectionate-talk and a cuckoo that does not sing,
Do not exist in this world.
Is this anger justified? Can you really leave?
Would I ever let you go?
ஓஹோ ஓஓ உங்க
பொன்னான கைகள் புண்ணாகலாமா
உதவிக்கு வரலாமா சம்மதம்
வருமா ஹோய் சந்தேகம்
தானா
Oh-ho-oo...
Should your golden hands get wounded?
May I come to help you?
Will you give your consent?
Is there any doubt about it?
{ கண்ணாலே வார்த்தை
சொன்னாலும் போதும்
முன்னாலே வருவேனே
ஹோய் கல்யாண தேரில்
உல்லாச ஊரில் ஊர்வலம்
வருவேனே } (2)
Even if you speak a word through your eyes,
I will appear right before you!
On a wedding chariot, in a joyful town,
I will join you in a procession.
{ இந்த அத்தானை
பார்த்து மாமா என்றாலும்
துடிப்பேனே } (2)
அந்த வேலை போனதில்
இந்த சேவையில் காலத்தை
கழிப்பேனே ஹோய்
Looking at this handsome man as uncle,
My heart would still beat with love.
Instead of spending time in that work, in this loving service,
I will spend my days!
ஓஹோ ஓஓ உங்க
பொன்னான கைகள் புண்ணாகலாமா
உதவிக்கு வரலாமா சம்மதம்
வருமா ஹோய் சந்தேகம்
தானா
Oh-ho-oo...
Should your golden hands get wounded?
May I come to help you?
Will you give your consent?
Is there any doubt about it?
Unga ponnaana kaigal punnagalaamaa
Should your golden hands get wounded?
Uthavikku varalaamaa…
May I come to help you?
Unga ponnaana kaigal punnagalaamaa
Should your golden hands get wounded?
Uthavikku varalaamaa…
May I come to help you?
Sammadham varumaa hoooii..
Will you give your consent?
Santhegam thaana..
Is there any doubt about it?
Unga ponnaana kaigal punnagalaamaa
Should your golden hands get wounded?
Uthavikku varalaamaa…
May I come to help you?
Sammadham varumaa hoooii..
Will you give your consent?
Santhegam thaana..
Is there any doubt about it?
{Selaattam kannum noolattam idaiyum
With eyes like fish and a waist slender as thread,
Thindaatta padalama hoi..
Should you be put through such struggle?
Thaalattum pennin poovaatam kaigal
Should a woman's flower-like hands, meant for cradling,
Car otta varalama…..} (2)
Come to drive a car?
Kattana meni kalangida kulungida
Should your sculpted body tremble and shake
Velai seiyalaama
Doing such strenuous work?
Idhu naagareegama pora vegama
Is this modern culture or sheer rushing speed?
Naanum varalama hoi..
May I come along too?
Ohooo..ooo…
Oh-ho-oo...
Unga ponnaana kaigal punnagalaamaa
Should your golden hands get wounded?
Uthavikku varalaamaa…
May I come to help you?
Sammadham varumaa hoooii..
Will you give your consent?
Santhegam thaana..
Is there any doubt about it?
{Aanana padippu nee padithaalum
Even if you acquire high educational degrees,
Athukkathu thunai venum
You still need a companion for that.
Kodana kodi panamirunthalum
Even if you possess crores and crores of wealth,
Kumbittu vizhavenum} (2)
You must bow down to love.
Konjatha kiliyum koovatha kuyilum
A parrot that does not affectionate-talk and a cuckoo that does not sing,
Ulaginil kidaiyathu
Do not exist in this world.
Indha kobam aagumo poga mudiyumaa
Is this anger justified? Can you really leave?
Naanthaan viduvenaa hoi..
Would I ever let you go?
Ohooo..ooo…
Oh-ho-oo...
Unga ponnaana kaigal punnagalaamaa
Should your golden hands get wounded?
Uthavikku varalaamaa…
May I come to help you?
Sammadham varumaa hoooii..
Will you give your consent?
Santhegam thaana..
Is there any doubt about it?
{Kannalae vaarthai sonnaalum pothum
Even if you speak a word through your eyes,
Munnalae varuvenae hoi..
I will appear right before you!
Kalyaana thaeril ullaasa ooril
On a wedding chariot, in a joyful town,
Oorvalam varuvenae} (2)
I will join you in a procession.
{Intha aththaanai paarthu maamaa
Looking at this handsome man as uncle,
Endraalum thudipenae} (2)
My heart would still beat with love.
Antha velai ponathil intha sevayil
Instead of spending time in that work, in this loving service,
Kaalathai kazhipenae hoi…
I will spend my days!
Ohooo..ooo…
Oh-ho-oo...
Unga ponnaana kaigal punnagalaamaa
Should your golden hands get wounded?
Uthavikku varalaamaa…
May I come to help you?
Sammadham varumaa hoooii..
Will you give your consent?
Santhegam thaana..
Is there any doubt about it?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
'Unga Ponnaana Kaigal' is a playful romantic duet from the iconic 1964 Tamil romantic comedy 'Kadhalikka Neramillai'. In the song, the hero humorously offers to assist his beloved, arguing that her delicate flower-like hands and slender form are meant for affection rather than hard labor like driving a car. He lightly critiques modern fast-paced living while reminding her that wealth and education mean little without love and companionship. The heroine responds playfully, resulting in a sweet exchange about courtship, marriage, and spending their lives together.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Upamai (Simile)
“Selaattam kannum noolattam idaiyum”
Compares her eyes to fish (Selaattam) and her waist to a thin thread (noolattam).
Uruvagam (Metaphor)
“Unga ponnaana kaigal punnagalaamaa”
Refers to her hands as golden (ponnaana kaigal) and flower-like (poovaatam kaigal).
Ethirayi / Monai (Alliteration & Rhyme)
“Konjatha kiliyum koovatha kuyilum”
Use of matching initial and secondary consonant sounds in 'Konjatha kiliyum koovatha kuyilum' for musical rhythm.
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Trivia
Composed by the legendary duo Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy with lyrics by Kannadasan, 'Kadhalikka Neramillai' (1964) is considered a landmark romantic comedy in Tamil cinema. The song features vocals by P. B. Sreenivas and P. Susheela, picturized on Ravichandran/Muthuraman and Kanchana.
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