Oruvar Oruvaraai Lyrics English Meaning – Panathottam | L. R. Eswari | T. M. Soundararajan
T. M. Soundararajan and L. R. Eswari perform ‘Oruvar Oruvaraai’ from the album Panathottam. Kannadasan wrote the lyrics with music by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. The song opens by stating we are born as individuals and come together as two.
Released: December 31, 1963
Oruvar Oruvaraai
L. R. Eswari | T. M. Soundararajan • From “Panathottam”
Lyricist
Kannadasan
Composer
Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy
Panathottam’s Oruvar Oruvaraai Lyrics Translation
The verses describe this union as an overflowing flood that wrings the soul to find its essence. This intensity is later grounded by the line that there is no tomorrow. The meaning of the ‘Oruvar Oruvaraai’ lyrics is focused on the life happening now as the only true boundary.
Oruvar Oruvarai PirandhomWe were born as individuals.
Iruvar Iruvarai InaindhomWe came together, two by two.
Oruvar Oruvarai PirandhomWe were born as individuals.
Iruvar Iruvarai InaindhomWe came together, two by two.
Uravu Mazhaiyile NanaindhomIn the rain of our bond, we were soaked.
Ulaga Sugathile MidhandhomIn the pleasures of the world, we floated.
Uravu Mazhaiyile NanaindhomIn the rain of our bond, we were soaked.
Ulaga Sugathile MidhandhomIn the pleasures of the world, we floated.
Oruvar Oruvarai PirandhomWe were born as individuals.
Iruvar Iruvarai InaindhomWe came together, two by two.
Oruvar Oruvarai PirandhomWe were born as individuals.
Iruvar Iruvarai InaindhomWe came together, two by two.
Perugi Perugi Vellam OdumThe floodwaters surge and overflow.
Uyir Pizhindhu Pizhindhu Suvai ThedumIt wrings the very soul, searching for its essence.
Perugi Perugi Vellam OdumThe floodwaters surge and overflow.
Uyir Pizhindhu Pizhindhu Suvai ThedumIt wrings the very soul, searching for its essence.
Urugi Urugi Ullam KoodumOur hearts melt and come together as one.
Ulagath Thotrame MarumAnd the vision of the world will change.
Urugi Urugi Ullam KoodumOur hearts melt and come together as one.
Ulagath Thotrame MarumAnd the vision of the world will change.
Adhil Ulagath Thotrame MarumIn that, the vision of the world will change.
Urugi Urugi Ullam KoodumOur hearts melt and come together as one.
Ulagath Thotrame MarumAnd the vision of the world will change.
Oruvar Oruvarai PirandhomWe were born as individuals.
Iruvar Iruvarai InaindhomWe came together, two by two.
Uravu Mazhaiyile NanaindhomIn the rain of our bond, we were soaked.
Ulaga Sugathile MidhandhomIn the pleasures of the world, we floated.
Oruvar Oruvarai PirandhomWe were born as individuals.
Iruvar Iruvarai InaindhomWe came together, two by two.
Iraivan Pottadhindha ThottamThis garden was planted by the divine.
Adhil Inimai Ondru Dhan NatamWhere sweetness is the only gain.
Iraivan Pottadhindha ThottamThis garden was planted by the divine.
Adhil Inimai Ondru Dhan NatamWhere sweetness is the only gain.
Nalai Endredhuvum IllaiThere is no such thing as ‘tomorrow’.
Nadakum Vazhakai Dhan EllaiThe life that is lived now is the only limit.
Nalai Endredhuvum IllaiThere is no such thing as ‘tomorrow’.
Nadakum Vazhakai Dhan EllaiThe life that is lived now is the only limit.
Indru Nadakum Vazhakai Dhan EllaiThe life happening today is the only limit.
Nalai Endredhuvum IllaiThere is no such thing as ‘tomorrow’.
Indru Nadakum Vazhakai Dhan EllaiThe life happening today is the only limit.
Oruvar Oruvarai PirandhomWe were born as individuals.
Iruvar Iruvarai InaindhomWe came together, two by two.
Uravu Mazhaiyile NanaindhomIn the rain of our bond, we were soaked.
Ulaga Sugathile MidhandhomIn the pleasures of the world, we floated.
Oruvar Oruvarai PirandhomWe were born as individuals.
Iruvar Iruvarai InaindhomWe came together, two by two.
Oruvar Oruvarai PirandhomWe were born as individuals.
Iruvar Iruvarai InaindhomWe came together, two by two.
The song maps a journey from individual existence to a shared, intense reality. It moves from a mathematical progression of one to two into a philosophical statement. The song’s purpose is to define love as a force that makes the present moment the only reality.
