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Lyrics & meaning

Aagayam Thee Pidicha

From Madras · 2014

Lyricist
Kabilan
Singer
Pradeep
Music directors
Not listed
Movie name
Madras
Movie release year
2014
Lyrics added on
22 Dec 2016

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
{Aagayam thee pidicha nila thoonguma
Nee illa neram ellam nenjam thaanguma} (2)
Sola kaatu bommaikoru sontham yaarumilla
Kaiya vittu kaathal pona kaiyil rega illa
Kannukulla ipo kadal kasivatha paaru
Onnukulla onna vanthu seru
Kannukulla ipo kadal kasivatha paaru
Onnukulla onna vanthu seru
Vaadagaiku kaadhal vaangi vaazhavilla yaarum
Enna mattum vaazha sollaathae
Udambu kulla usira vittu poga sollu neethaan
Unna vittu poga sollaathae
Kaanugindra kaatchi ellam unthan poo mugam
Athu enthan nyabagam
Kannukulla ipo kadal kasivatha paaru
Onnukulla onna vanthu seru
Kannukulla ipo kadal kasivatha paaru
Onnukulla onna vanthu seru
Kaadhaluku kangal illai kaalgal undu thaanae
Sollaamalae oodi ponaalae
Vedanthaangal paravai kellam veru veru naadu
Unnudaya koodu naanadi
Annaanthu paarkinra kokku naanadi
Antha vinmeen neeyadi
Kannukulla ipo kadal kasivatha paaru
Onnukulla onna vanthu seru
Kannukulla ipo kadal kasivatha paaru
Onnukulla onna vanthu seru
{Aagayam thee pidicha nila thoonguma
Nee illa neram ellam nenjam thaanguma} (2)
Sola kaatu bommaikoru sontham yaarumilla
Kaiya vittu kaathal pona kaiyil rega illa
Kannukulla ipo kadal kasivatha paaru
Onnukulla onna vanthu seru
Kannukulla ipo kadal kasivatha paaru
Onnukulla onna vanthu seru
If the sky catches fire, can the moon sleep?
Can my heart endure all the moments without you?
A scarecrow in a cornfield has nobody of its own.
If love slips through my hands, no lines remain on my palm.
Look at an ocean spilling from my eyes now;
come and become one with me.
Look at an ocean spilling from my eyes now;
come and become one with me.
No one has ever lived on rented love,
so don't tell me alone to live like that.
You can tell the life inside my body to leave,
but don't tell me to leave you.
In every sight I see, there is your flower-like face;
that is my only memory.
Look at an ocean spilling from my eyes now;
come and become one with me.
Look at an ocean spilling from my eyes now;
come and become one with me.
Love may have no eyes, but it surely has feet, doesn't it?
She ran away without saying a word.
The birds of Vedanthangal (bird sanctuary) belong to different lands,
but I am your nest, my girl.
I am a crane looking up at the sky,
and you are that star.
Look at an ocean spilling from my eyes now;
come and become one with me.
Look at an ocean spilling from my eyes now;
come and become one with me.
If the sky catches fire, can the moon sleep?
Can my heart endure all the moments without you?
A scarecrow in a cornfield has nobody of its own.
If love slips through my hands, no lines remain on my palm.
Look at an ocean spilling from my eyes now;
come and become one with me.
Look at an ocean spilling from my eyes now;
come and become one with me.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Aagayam Thee Pidicha from the film Madras (2014) is a poignant reflection on the grief of separation and unfulfilled love. Lyricist Kabilan uses striking natural imagery and rural metaphors to capture the weight of heartbreak, illustrating how absence creates an unbearable emptiness in the protagonist's life. The protagonist feels abandoned, comparing his loneliness to a solitary scarecrow in a field or a crane staring wistfully at an unreachable star. Through vivid expressions of tears flowing like an ocean and a soul being asked to part from its body, the song depicts love not merely as an emotion, but as the very vital force sustaining existence.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Hyperbole & Cosmic Imagery

“Aagayam thee pidicha nila thoonguma”

Comparing grief and restlessness to the sky catching fire and preventing the moon from sleeping.

Metaphor

“Kannukulla ipo kadal kasivatha paaru”

Comparing continuous overflowing tears from grief to an ocean leaking from the eyes.

Simile & Symbolism

“Sola kaatu bommaikoru sontham yaarumilla”

Comparing the protagonist's complete isolation after losing love to a scarecrow in an empty field that owns no relationships.

Personification & Irony

“Kaadhaluku kangal illai kaalgal undu thaanae”

Personifying love as an entity that lacks eyes to see but has legs to run away quietly.

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Trivia

Composed by Santhosh Narayanan for Pa. Ranjith's critically acclaimed political drama Madras (2014), the song is rendered by Pradeep Kumar and Shakthisree Gopalan. The acoustic track received widespread praise for Kabilan's evocative local Tamil phrasing and its seamless integration into the film's emotional narrative.

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