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Lyrics & meaning

Ada Veettukku Veettukku

From Kizhakku Vasal · 1990

Lyricist
Vaali
Singer
Ilayaraja
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Kizhakku Vasal
Movie release year
1990
Lyrics added on
11 Nov 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
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Ada veetukku veetukku
Vaasapadi venum
Theru kooththukkum paattukum
Thalagadhi venum
Thala vaasalillaa veedum
Oru thaalamillaa kooththum
Thaththi tharigida tharigida
Thathigina thom
Ada veetukku veetukku
Vaasapadi venum
Theru kooththukkum paattukum
Thalagadhi venum
Alai aadidum aalkadal mattam
Adhil muththai edupppavan kastam
Indha oorukku theriyadhu
Ul manasula aayiram baaram
Adhu paattula odidum dhooram
Idhu yaarukkum puriyadhu
Onnillaama rendum illae
Aanillaama pennum illae
Pennillaama yaarum illae
Thunbam illaa perum illae
Vaasalillaa veedum
Oru thaalamillaa kooththum
Thaththi tharigida tharigida
Thathigina thom
Ada veetukku veetukku
Vaasapadi venum
Theru kooththukkum paattukum
Thalagadhi venum
Ada veetukku veetukku
Vaasapadi venum…haa…haa..
Theru kooththukkum paattukum
Thalagadhi venum
Pudhu maapula ponnayum paaru
Rendum maadugal poottiya yeru
Endrum vazhanum pallaandu
Oru malligai meththaiya pottu
Andha manmadha viththaiya kaattu
Naan kettkanum thaalaattu
Aadaiyillaa udalum illae
Alaiyilladha kadalum illae
Osaiyilla maniyum illae
Aaayillaa manasum illae
Vaasalillaa veedum
Oru thaalamillaa kooththum
Thaththi tharigida tharigida
Thathigina thom
Ada veetukku veetukku
Vaasapadi venum
Theru kooththukkum paattukum
Thalagadhi venum…ha ha…
Thala vaasalillaa veedum
Oru thaalamillaa kooththum
Thaththi tharigida tharigida
Thathigina thom
Ada veetukku veetukku
Vaasapadi venum…ha…haa
Theru kooththukkum paattukum
Thalagadhi venum …mmm….
...
Hey, every home
needs a doorstep.
For a street play and a song,
there must be a steady rhythm.
A house without a front door,
and a folk play without rhythm,
Thathi tharikida tharikida
Thathiginathom!
Hey, every home
needs a doorstep.
For a street play and a song,
there must be a steady rhythm.
Out on the deep ocean where waves dance,
the hardship of the pearl diver
is unknown to this town.
A thousand burdens in the heart
vanish far away in a song,
yet no one understands this.
It is not just one or two truths:
without a man, there is no woman,
without a woman, no one is born,
and no one is free of sorrow.
A house without a doorway,
and a play without rhythm,
Thathi tharikida tharikida
Thathiginathom!
Hey, every home
needs a doorstep.
For a street play and a song,
there must be a steady rhythm.
Hey, every home
needs a doorstep... ha ha!
For a street play and a song,
there must be a steady rhythm.
Look at the bride and groom,
like a pair of bulls yoked to a plow,
may they live together for many long years.
Spread a bed of jasmine flowers,
and display the arts of Manmatha (the god of love),
so that I may soon hear a lullaby.
There is no body without clothes,
there is no ocean without waves,
there is no bell without sound,
and there is no heart without desire.
A house without a doorway,
and a play without rhythm,
Thathi tharikida tharikida
Thathiginathom!
Hey, every home
needs a doorstep.
For a street play and a song,
there must be a steady rhythm... ha ha...
A house without a front door,
and a folk play without rhythm,
Thathi tharikida tharikida
Thathiginathom!
Hey, every home
needs a doorstep.
For a street play and a song,
there must be a steady rhythm... mmm...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This upbeat and reflective song from Kizhakku Vasal draws parallels between fundamental life necessities and fundamental artistic principles. Just as a home requires a front door and a dance performance demands rhythm (thalagadhi), life requires balance, mutual interdependence, and harmony. The lyrics explore philosophical truths about human suffering, emphasizing how song and art alleviate internal sorrow that the external world often fails to notice.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Edhugai (Second letter rhyming)

Ada veetukku veetukku / Theru kooththukkum paattukum

Matching second consonants across consecutive lines, such as 'veetukku' and 'kooththukkum'.

Analogy / Simile (Uwamai)

Pudhu maapula ponnayum paaru / Rendum maadugal poottiya yeru

Comparing a newly wedded couple to two oxen yoked together to pull a plow in harmony.

Solliyai Repetition (Anaphora)

Aadaiyillaa udalum illae / Alaiyilladha kadalum illae

Repeated structural negation ('...illae') to emphasize universal cosmic rules.

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