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Lyrics & meaning

Vayasu Ponnukku

From Machakaaran · 2007

Lyricist
Pa. Vijay
Singer
Mahalakshmi Iyer
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie name
Machakaaran
Movie release year
2007
Lyrics added on
18 Nov 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Haa…aa…haa…aaa…
Aaaa….aaa….aaa….
Vayasu ponnuku ponnuku ponnuku
Ennai pol ponnuku ponnuku ponnuku
Ada ennennalaam pudikkum
Ponnuku ethu ethuda pudikkum
Othaiyila nadanthu varum
Oththai nila pudikkum
Intha iduppai thodum
Rettai jadai pudikkum
Mun kazhuthil vizhum
Moonu moodichi pudikkum
Innum ennennamo pudikkum
Ponnukku ethu edhuvo pudikkum
Vayasu ponnuku ponnuku ponnuku
Ennai pol ponnuku ponnuku ponnuku
…………………………
Niraiya niraiya thaan
Karaiya karaiya thaan
Neeril aada pudikkum
Thazhaiya thazhaiya thaan
Poovu sorugi thaan
Podavai katta pudikkum
Thanakku pudichavan
Thayangi paarkura
Kuththal paarvai pudikkum
Mutham kodukkira neram vanthutta
Kanna mooda pudikkum
Kattum thaavani
Nazhuvum pothila
Avana nenaikka pudikkum
Manasukkulla evaro irunthaal
Maunam thaanae pudikkum
Vayasu ponnuku ponnuku ponnuku
Ennai pol ponnuku ponnuku ponnuku
Ada ennennalaam pudikkum
Ponnuku ethu ethuda pudikkum
……………………………….
Poonai kuttiya
Madiyil thooki thaan
Konji paarka pudikkum
Chinna chinnatha thappu pannura
Thiruttu thanamum pudikkum
Kaathal vanthutta
Kaati koduthidum
Kavithaithanangal pudikkum
Paadhi samayala pannum nerathil
Rusiyum paarkka pudikkum
Kannazhagu thaandi rasichi
Vilagii nirka pudikkum
Vetkamittu veliyae sonnaal
Mela chatham pudikkum
Vayasu ponnuku ponnuku ponnuku
Ennai pol ponnuku ponnuku ponnuku
Ada ennennalaam pudikkum
Ponnuku ethu ethuda pudikkum
Othaiyila nadanthu varum
Oththai nila pudikkum
Intha iduppai thodum
Rettai jadai pudikkum
Mun kazhuthil vizhum
Moonu moodichi pudikkum
Innum ennennamo pudikkum
Ponnukku ethu edhuvo pudikkum
Vayasu ponnuku ponnuku ponnuku
Ennai pol ponnuku ponnuku ponnuku
Ha... aa... ha... aaaa...
Aaaa... aa... aa...
For a young girl, a girl, a girl,
For a girl like me, a girl, a girl,
Oh, what are all the things she likes?
What does a girl really like?
Walking all alone,
she likes the solitary moon.
Touching her waist,
she likes her twin braids.
Resting upon her neck,
she likes the three wedding knots.
She likes so many other things,
a girl likes all kinds of things!
For a young girl, a girl, a girl,
For a girl like me, a girl, a girl,
...
To her heart's content,
soaking until she melts away,
she likes playing in the water.
Draping it gracefully low,
with flowers tucked into her hair,
she likes wearing a saree.
The one she loves,
when he looks with hesitation,
she likes his teasing glance.
When the moment comes for a kiss,
she likes closing her eyes.
When her half-saree
slips off her shoulder,
she likes thinking of him.
When someone lives inside her heart,
she loves the sweet silence.
For a young girl, a girl, a girl,
For a girl like me, a girl, a girl,
Oh, what are all the things she likes?
What does a girl really like?
...
Holding a little kitten
up on her lap,
she likes cuddling and petting it.
Making innocent little mistakes,
she likes playful mischief.
When love arrives,
giving her heart away,
she likes poetic expressions.
Right in the middle of cooking,
she likes tasting the food.
Admiring his handsome eyes,
she likes stepping back shyly.
Setting shyness aside to confess,
she likes the sound of wedding drums.
For a young girl, a girl, a girl,
For a girl like me, a girl, a girl,
Oh, what are all the things she likes?
What does a girl really like?
Walking all alone,
she likes the solitary moon.
Touching her waist,
she likes her twin braids.
Resting upon her neck,
she likes the three wedding knots.
She likes so many other things,
a girl likes all kinds of things!
For a young girl, a girl, a girl,
For a girl like me, a girl, a girl,
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Chorus
Female
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Vayasu Ponnuku' is a bubbly and reflective song celebrating the desires, innocent preferences, and romantic dreams of a young woman coming of age. The heroine lists all the simple joys that delight her—from enjoying nature, wearing flowers and traditional sarees, playing with kittens, and cooking, to the deeper thrill of falling in love, marriage aspirations, and experiencing romantic glances.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Anaphora (Adukku Thodar)

Vayasu ponnuku ponnuku ponnuku

Repetition of words like 'ponnuku ponnuku ponnuku' and 'niraiya niraiya' to emphasize playfulness, rhythm, and emotion.

Emoni / Monai (Initial Rhyme)

Othaiyila nadanthu varum Oththai nila pudikkum

Matching initial consonant/vowel sounds across words in the line ('Othaiyila' / 'Oththai').

Edhugai (Second Letter Rhyme)

Kattum thaavani Nazhuvum pothila

Matching second letter rhyming sound ('thad' in 'Kattum' and 'Nazhuvum' context or 'Kattum' and 'Avana').

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Trivia

The song is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja for the 2007 film Machakaaran, starring Jeevan and Kamna Jethmalani. Sung by Rita, it remains a popular playful female solo track written by Pa. Vijay celebrating young womanhood.

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