Paavai Unakku Lyrics Translation: Rani Samyuktha | P. Susheela
“Paavai Unakku” by P. Susheela is from the 1962 album Rani Samyuktha. Written by Kannadasan with music by K. V. Mahadevan, it opens with a woman asking if anyone can understand a heart “that sings like the surging sea.” The question frames an intimate conversation about new feelings.
Released: December 1, 1962
Paavai Unakku
P. Susheela • From “Rani Samyuktha”
Lyricist
Kannadasan
Composer
K. V. Mahadevan
Rani Samyuktha’s Paavai Unakku Lyrics Translation
The verses ask if a young woman’s eyes can communicate affection, or if shyness will always interfere. A recurring line questions if anyone can ever change desire, suggesting an internal force that is difficult to manage. This sets up a conflict between natural impulse and social behavior.
Pavai Unakku Sedhi TheriyumaMy dear friend, do you know this news?
Alai Kadal Pol Padum Enadhu Ullam PuriyumaDo you understand this heart of mine, that sings like the surging sea?
Pavai Unakku Sedhi TheriyumaMy dear friend, do you know this news?
Alai Kadal Pol Padum Enadhu Ullam PuriyumaDo you understand this heart of mine, that sings like the surging sea?
Sonnalthan Theriyuma Sollamale PuriyumaWill you only know if it’s spoken, or can you understand without a word?
Pavai Unakku Sedhi TheriyumaMy dear friend, do you know this news?
Alai Kadal Pol Padum Enadhu Ullam PuriyumaDo you understand this heart of mine, that sings like the surging sea?
Kanni Paruvathile Kangal PesumoIn the bloom of youth, can the eyes truly speak?
Kalaiyar Kanum Bodhu Nanam MinjumoWhen you see a young man, does shyness just take over?
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Kanni Paruvathile Kangal PesumoIn the bloom of youth, can the eyes truly speak?
Kalaiyar Kanum Bodhu Nanam MinjumoWhen you see a young man, does shyness just take over?
Anbu Vaithal Inbam ThondrumaIf you hold affection, will joy appear?
Anbu Vaithal Inbam ThondrumaIf you hold affection, will joy appear?
Asaiyai Yaralum Matra MudiyumoCan anyone ever change this desire?
YenadiWhy is that, my friend?
Sonnalthan Theriyuma Sollamale PuriyumaWill you only know if it’s spoken, or can you understand without a word?
Pavai Unakku Sedhi TheriyumaMy dear friend, do you know this news?
Alai Kadal Pol Padum Enadhu Ullam PuriyumaDo you understand this heart of mine, that sings like the surging sea?
Solladha Varthai Ellam Sollavum ThondrumeAll the words I’ve left unspoken now want to be said.
Thoniyin Attam Pole Nenjam AdumoDoes the heart begin to sway like a little boat?
Solladha Varthai Ellam Sollavum ThondrumeAll the words I’ve left unspoken now want to be said.
Thoniyin Attam Pole Nenjam AdumoDoes the heart begin to sway like a little boat?
Madhuvai Pola Mayakkam MeerumoWill this daze overcome me, just like wine?
Madhuvai Pola Mayakkam MeerumoWill this daze overcome me, just like wine?
Asaiyai Yaralum Matra MudiyumoCan anyone ever change this desire?
YenadiWhy is that, my friend?
Sonnalthan Theriyuma Sollamale PuriyumaWill you only know if it’s spoken, or can you understand without a word?
Pavai Unakku Sedhi TheriyumaMy dear friend, do you know this news?
Alai Kadal Pol Padum Enadhu Ullam PuriyumaDo you understand this heart of mine, that sings like the surging sea?
Karigai Neeyum En Pol Yevvana PennadiYou are a beautiful young woman, just like I am.
Kadhal Unakkillaiye Karanam EnnadiBut there seems to be no love for you, what is the reason, my friend?
Karigai Neeyum En Pol Yevvana PennadiYou are a beautiful young woman, just like I am.
Kadhal Unakkillaiye Karanam EnnadiBut there seems to be no love for you, what is the reason, my friend?
Penmaiyilum Bedham ThondrumaCan there be differences even within womanhood?
Penmaiyilum Bedham ThondrumaCan there be differences even within womanhood?
Asaiyai Yaralum Matra MudiyumoCan anyone ever change this desire?
YenadiWhy is that, my friend?
Sonnalthan Theriyuma Sollamale PuriyumaWill you only know if it’s spoken, or can you understand without a word?
Pavai Unakku Sedhi TheriyumaMy dear friend, do you know this news?
Alai Kadal Pol Padum Enadhu Ullam PuriyumaDo you understand this heart of mine, that sings like the surging sea?
Pavai Unakku Sedhi TheriyumaMy dear friend, do you know this news?
Alai Kadal Pol Padum Enadhu Ullam PuriyumaDo you understand this heart of mine, that sings like the surging sea?
The song moves from one person’s private confusion to a general statement about human attraction. The questions are a search for validation for feelings the woman cannot control. The meaning of the ‘Paavai Unakku’ lyrics shows a young woman trying to understand her own emotional world.
