- Lyricist
- Yugabharathi
- Singer
- Shreya Ghoshal
- Music director
- D. Imman
- Movie name
- Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam
- Movie release year
- 2013
- Lyrics added on
- 2 Dec 2016
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This playful and expressive song portrays a young village woman experiencing the overwhelming onset of first love. Directed at a mischievous local boy, she playfully laments how he has turned her life upside down without even uttering a word. Once an unstoppable chatterbox and a lazy sleeper, she now finds herself quietly longing for him, losing sleep, and acting completely out of character. The lyrics capture her internal confusion and romantic awakening through vivid rural imagery and metaphors. She describes her feelings as an uncontrollable fire and her personality breaking down like a toy under the weight of her affection. Despite the playful annoyance she expresses, the song celebrates the sweetness and total surrender that comes with falling in love.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Ethugai (Second-letter Rhyme)
“Yennada yennada.. unnaalae thollaiya pochu”
The second consonant sound 'nn' (ன) rhymes between 'Yennada' and 'unnaalae'.
Simile (Upamai Ani)
“Vilayatu bommaya pola udanjenae naanum kuda”
The singer compares her emotional breakdown/surrender to love directly to a toy doll breaking apart ('bommaya pola').
Metaphor (Uruvagam Ani)
“Pottu chedi naannn.. muttu vedichen”
The singer metaphorically describes herself as a quiet potted plant whose emotional awakening is like a flower bud bursting open.
Iyaipu (End Rhyme)
“Olungaana maathiri naanu vilangaama pogurenae / Vidinjaalum thoongura aalu orangaama yengurenae”
The consecutive lines end with matching rhyming suffixes ('pogurenae' / 'yengurenae').
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