- Lyricist
- Pazhani Bharathi
- Singers
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
- Music director
- A. R. Rahman
- Movie name
- Udhaya
- Movie release year
- 2004
- Lyrics added on
- 3 Sept 2018
Lyrics & meaning
♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Inikkum tamizh sundariyae…
Malayaalathil konjariyae
Kaththakali pol en nenjai
Kulukka vechchu kalakkariyae
Inikkum tamizh sundariyae…
Malayaalathil konjariyae
Un azhagaal mozhiyai
Oomai seyidhayae…ae….
Un azhagaal mozhiyai
Oomai seyidhayae
Anjanam vechcha kannalloo
Manja kulicha nenjalloo
Rendilum neeyalloo
Hey anjanam vechcha kannalloo
Manja kulicha nenjalloo
Rendilum neeyalloo…oo..oo..oo..oo
Kannu thudikkidhu nyaanalloo
Rendu thuzhumbugal nyaanalloo
Kaaranam neeyalloo..ooo…ooo..oo
Inikkum tamizh sundariyae…
Malayaalathil konjariyae
Kaththakali pol en nenjai
Kulukka vechchu kalakkariyae
Inikkum tamizh sundariyae…
Malayaalathil konjariyae
Kaththakali pol en nenjai
Kulukka vechchu kalakkariyae
Un azhagaal mozhiyai
Oomai seyidhayae…ae….
Un azhagaal mozhiyai
Oomai seyidhayae
Anjanam vechcha kannalloo
Manja kulicha nenjalloo
Rendilum neeyalloo
Hey anjanam vechcha kannalloo
Manja kulicha nenjalloo
Rendilum neeyalloo…oo..oo..oo..oo
Hey pilladhadu…
Hey pilladhadu
Rangu poosi poyavae
Kallalu niththura karuvayindhae
Kallalu niththura karuvayindhae
Naan puthagatha pola
Unna padichen
Sila pakkangalil
Thikkimukki muzhichen
Ippo paritchai ezhudha vandhen
Un munnadi…un munnadi
Naan neththiyila
Pottu veikka ponnen
Adhu madhiyila un mogatha parthen
Ennai keli seiyudhaiya en kannadi
En nenjam ippo
Balloon pola parakkiradhae
En nenjam ippo
Balloon pola parakkiradhae
Male :Un vetkkam panju mittai
Pola inikkiradhae..ae ae
Hey hey hey hey
Anjanam vechcha kannalloo
Manja kulicha nenjalloo
Male :Rendilum naanalloo
Female :Anjanam vechcha kannalloo
Manja kulicha nenjalloo
Male :Rendilum naanalloo..oo..oo..oo..oo
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Pennae pennae
Unnoda valayal thunda
Nee thandhuvittu poyendi…
Nee illa neram
Unna keladoscoppil paarppendi
Un kattazhagu
Koottura meesai
En pakkam vanthu
Kannathula orasa
Uyir koosudhu koosudhu
Koosudhu ada onnaala…
Ada onnaala
Un rettajadai pottu vacha
Koondhal
Ennai kothudhadi kothudhadi Paamba
Visham yerudhu yerudhu yerudhu
En thalaimela… en thalaimelaa….
{Ye ambulimama
Kadhaigal ellaam solladhaiya} (2)
Male :Nee Kannitheevil
Ennai thalli kolladhae dee…..
Anjanam vechcha kannalloo
Manja kulicha nenjalloo
Rendilum neeyalloo
Hey anjanam vechcha kannalloo
Manja kulicha nenjalloo
Rendilum neeyalloo…oo..oo..oo..oo
Inikkum tamizh sundariyae…
Malayaalathil konjariyae
Kaththakali pol en nenjai
Kulukka vechchu kalakkariyae
Female :En thaai mozhi marandhen
Unnaaloo…
En thaai mozhi marandhen
Unnaaloo…
{Hmmm mmm mmm
En thaai mozhi marandhen
Unnaaloo…} (2)
Male :Hmmm mmm mmm
Hmmm mmm mmm
O sweet Tamil beauty...
You coo and tease in Malayalam!
Like a Kathakali dance, my heart...
You make it shake and stir it up!
O sweet Tamil beauty...
You coo and tease in Malayalam!
With your beauty, language itself...
You have struck completely dumb...
With your beauty, language itself...
You have struck completely dumb.
Aren't these kohl-lined eyes?
Isn't this a turmeric-bathed bosom?
Aren't you dwelling in both?
Hey, aren't these kohl-lined eyes?
Isn't this a turmeric-bathed bosom?
Aren't you dwelling in both? Ooh...
My eye is twitching, isn't it me?
Two sweet tremors, isn't it me?
Aren't you the whole reason? Ooh...
O sweet Tamil beauty...
You coo and tease in Malayalam!
Like a Kathakali dance, my heart...
You make it shake and stir it up!
O sweet Tamil beauty...
You coo and tease in Malayalam!
Like a Kathakali dance, my heart...
You make it shake and stir it up!
With your beauty, language itself...
You have struck completely dumb...
With your beauty, language itself...
You have struck completely dumb.
Aren't these kohl-lined eyes?
Isn't this a turmeric-bathed bosom?
Aren't you dwelling in both?
Hey, aren't these kohl-lined eyes?
Isn't this a turmeric-bathed bosom?
Aren't you dwelling in both? Ooh...
Hey young lad...
Hey young lad...
You splashed colors on me and walked away...
Sleep has vanished from my eyes...
Sleep has vanished from my eyes...
Just like a book,
I studied you carefully,
And on a few pages,
I fumbled and got all flustered!
Now I have come to take the test,
Right before you... right before you!
As I went to put a bindi
Right on my forehead,
I saw your face right in the center!
Even my mirror is teasing me!
My heart right now
Is floating up like a balloon!
My heart right now
Is floating up like a balloon!
Male: Your shyness
Tastes sweet like cotton candy!
Hey hey hey hey
Aren't these kohl-lined eyes?
Isn't this a turmeric-bathed bosom?
Male: Aren't I dwelling in both?
Female: Aren't these kohl-lined eyes?
Isn't this a turmeric-bathed bosom?
Male: Aren't I dwelling in both? Ooh...
...
...
Girl, oh girl,
Leave a piece of your bangle behind
For me before you go...
Whenever you are not around,
I will look at you through a kaleidoscope!
Your handsome build,
And the moustache that adds to your charm,
When you come near me
And brush against my cheek,
My body gives a sweet shiver,
A sweet shiver, oh because of you...
Oh, because of you!
Your hair tied up in twin braids
Flowing behind,
Strikes at me just like a snake!
Its poison climbs higher and higher,
All the way to my head... to my head!
Hey, don't tell me
All those Chandamama (children's magazine) tales!
Male: Don't push me into Kanni Theevu (unending comic tale),
And torture me to death, girl!
Aren't these kohl-lined eyes?
Isn't this a turmeric-bathed bosom?
Aren't you dwelling in both?
Hey, aren't these kohl-lined eyes?
Isn't this a turmeric-bathed bosom?
Aren't you dwelling in both? Ooh...
O sweet Tamil beauty...
You coo and tease in Malayalam!
Like a Kathakali dance, my heart...
You make it shake and stir it up!
Female: I forgot my own mother tongue
Because of you...
I forgot my own mother tongue
Because of you...
Hmm mmm mmm
I forgot my own mother tongue
Because of you...
Male: Hmm mmm mmm
Hmm mmm mmm
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Chorus
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Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
Inikkum Tamizh Sundariyae is a playful romantic duet expressing intense infatuation through vibrant cross-cultural and multilingual endearments. The lovers tease each other using expressions in Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu, comparing their heartbeats and emotional high to energetic dance forms like Kathakali and floating objects like balloons.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Uwamai)
“Kaththakali pol en nenjai Kulukka vechchu kalakkariyae”
Compares the turbulent motion of the excited heart to the expressive dance movements of Kathakali.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Un vetkkam panju mittai Pola inikkiradhae”
Compares the sweetness of shyness to cotton candy.
Hyperbole (Ushuyokthi)
“En thaai mozhi marandhen Unnaaloo”
Exaggerates romantic absorption to the extent of forgetting one's own mother tongue.
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