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Yaar Thoorigai Thandha Oviyam

From Paaru Paaru Pattanam Paaru · 1986

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singers
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Uma Ramanan
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Paaru Paaru Pattanam Paaru
Movie release year
1986
Lyrics added on
17 Mar 2020

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Mhum… mhum mhum…
Nananana naanaa…
Nanana nanana nanana naa
Nanana nanana naa
Yaar thoorigai thandha oviyam
Yaar sindhanai seidha kaaviyam
Pudhu maalai tharum sugam sugam
Kolam idum megangalae haa haa
Yaar thoorigai thandha oviyam
Yaar sindhanai seidha kaaviyam
Pudhu maalai tharum sugam sugam
Kolam idum megangalae haa haa haa
Kadal alaingalin thaalam
Pala jathigalum thondrum
Ninaivinil oru raagam
Nidham pala vidha baavam
Aadum kadal kaatrum
Angu varum paattum
Or aayiram baavam yaetrudhae
Nidhamum thaedudhae
Raagam paadudhae
Manadhinilae kanavugalae
Varugiradhae dhinam dhinam
Yaar thoorigai thandha oviyam
Yaar sindhanai seidha kaaviyam
Siru malargalin vaasam
Pala kavidhaigal pesum
Sila manangalin baavam
Pala ninaivinil vaazhum
Alai yena odum
Aasai vandhu koodum
Un vaanamo poovai choodudhae
Pala nooraasaigal ullilae oorudhae
Ila manadhil pudhu uravu
Therigiradhae dhinam dhinam
Yaar thoorigai thandha oviyam
Yaar sindhanai seidha kaaviyam
Pudhu maalai tharum sugam sugam
Kolam idum megangalae haa haa
Yaar thoorigai thandha oviyam
Yaar sindhanai seidha kaaviyam
Mmm... mmm mmm...
Nanana naanaa...
Nanana nanana nanana naa
Nanana nanana naa
Whose paintbrush created this painting?
Whose thoughts crafted this epic poem?
A fresh evening brings such sweet joy!
Oh clouds drawing patterns, ha ha!
Whose paintbrush created this painting?
Whose thoughts crafted this epic poem?
A fresh evening brings such sweet joy!
Oh clouds drawing patterns, ha ha ha!
To the rhythm of ocean waves,
many dance beats arise.
A melody in memory
evokes different emotions every day.
The swaying ocean breeze
and the song that drifts in
take on a thousand expressions!
Constantly searching,
singing a melody,
inside the heart, dreams
keep arriving day after day.
Whose paintbrush created this painting?
Whose thoughts crafted this epic poem?
The fragrance of little flowers
speaks of many poems.
The feelings of some hearts
live on in many memories.
Rushing like the waves,
desires gather together.
Your sky adorns itself with flowers,
and hundreds of desires well up within!
In young hearts, a new bond
reveals itself day after day.
Whose paintbrush created this painting?
Whose thoughts crafted this epic poem?
A fresh evening brings such sweet joy!
Oh clouds drawing patterns, ha ha!
Whose paintbrush created this painting?
Whose thoughts crafted this epic poem?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Yaar Thoorigai Thandha Oviyam is a poetic song of wonder and romance, marveling at the beauty of nature and human emotion. The speaker compares nature's scenic twilight and evening sky to a masterpiece created by an unknown artist's brush and an epic composed by a profound mind. The clouds, ocean waves, and gentle sea breeze evoke musical rhythms, melodies, and a rich tapestry of feelings. As the song progresses, it connects natural grandeur with youthful love and blossoming relationships. The scent of flowers, wave-like desires, and endless dreams symbolize the arrival of a new emotional bond in a young heart, seamlessly weaving nature's aesthetics with tender romance.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Rhetorical Question

“Yaar thoorigai thandha oviyam / Yaar sindhanai seidha kaaviyam”

The lyrics begin with rhetorical questions asking whose divine brush painted the sky and whose mind conceptualized the epic scene.

Personification / Metaphor

“Kolam idum megangalae”

Clouds are personified as artists drawing traditional rangoli (kolam) patterns across the canvas of the sky.

Simile

“Alai yena odum”

Desires surging in the mind are explicitly compared to ocean waves rushing forward ('Alai yena').

Iyaipu (End Rhyming)

“Yaar thoorigai thandha oviyam / Yaar sindhanai seidha kaaviyam”

The lines end with rhyming Tamil words 'oviyam' (painting) and 'kaaviyam' (epic poem).

Did you know?

Trivia

The film 'Paaru Paaru Pattanam Paaru' (1986) stars Mohan and Ranjini. The song highlights lyricist Vairamuthu's signature imagery of using elements of nature—like evening clouds, ocean waves, and breeze—as metaphors for love, music, and artistic creation.

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