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Lyrics & meaning

Azhaipaya Azhaipaya

From Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi · 2012

Lyricist: Madhan Karky
Singers: Karthik, Harini
Music director: S. Thaman
Movie name: Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi
Movie release year: 2012
Lyrics added on: 1 Apr 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics

↻ English translation

Vizhunthena tholainthena

Niraiyaamal valinthena

Illatha pookalai killamal koigiren

Sollamal unnidam thanthu vittu pogiren

Kaal illa aamaipol

Kaalam oduthae

Ingae un inmai unargira pothu

Oru unmai arigiren naanae

Enakullae nigazhnthidum athu

Un nenjilum unda

Endrenni irudhayam thudikuthae

Azhaippaya azhaippaya..

Nodiyenum azhaippaya

Pidivaatham pidikindren..

Mudiyaamalae..azhaipaya

Azhaipaaya azhaipaaya..

Padikaamal kidakindren

Kadikaaram kadikindren..

Vidiyaamalae.. azhaipaaya

Naan enna pesa vendum

Endru solli paarthen

Nee enna koora vendum

Endrum solli paarthen

Naan athanaikum othigaigal

Oda vittu paarthen

Nee engu punnagaikka vendum

Endru kuda serthen

Nilamai thodarnthaal..

Enna naan aaguven

Marakum munnae azhaithaal..

Pizhaippen

Azhaippaya azhaippaya..

Alaipesi azhaipaaya

Thalaikeelai kuthikindren..

Kural kekkavae.. azhaipaaya

Azhaippaya azhaippaya..

Nadu jaamam vizhikindren

Male :Naatkaati kizhikindren..

Unai paarkavae.. azhaipaaya…

Hey paathi thindru

Moodi vaitha thini polavae

En kaadhil pattu

Odipona paadal polavae

En naasi meedhu veesi vitta

Maayamana vaasam polae

Nee pesi vaikkum pothu

Yekkam moodum nenjin melae

Surungum viriyum

Puviyaai maaruthae

Idhayam ingae ver etho neruthae

Azhaippaya azhaippaya..

Thavaraamal azhaipaaya

Female :Thavaraaga..azhaithaalum

Athu pothumae..azhaipaaya

Male :Azhaippaya azhaippaya..

Hoo oo hoo oo oo oo

Azhaippaya azhaippaya..

Mozhiyellam karainthaalum

Mounangal uraithaalae

Athu pothumae..azhaipaaya…aaaa…

Did I fall? Did I get lost?

Did I overflow before even being full?

I pluck flowers that do not exist, without pinching them

I give them to you without a word and walk away

Like a turtle with no legs,

Time creeps along

Here, as I feel your absence,

I realize a truth all by myself

Does what is happening inside me

happen in your heart too?

Thinking of that, my heart races

Will you call me? Will you call me?

Will you call me, even for a second?

I stubbornly keep holding on...

Helplessly... will you call me?

Will you call me? Will you call me?

I lie around without studying

I keep biting at the clock restlessly...

Before dawn breaks... will you call me?

What I should speak to you,

I rehearsed saying it aloud

What you ought to reply,

I rehearsed that too

I ran rehearsals

for all of it in my head

Where you ought to smile,

I even included that

If this state continues...

What will become of me?

If you call before you forget me...

I will survive

Will you call me? Will you call me?

Will you call my phone?

I am jumping head over heels with restlessness...

Just to hear your voice... will you call me?

Will you call me? Will you call me?

I wake up in the dead of night

Male: I tear pages off the calendar...

Just to see you... will you call me?

Hey, like a snack half-eaten

and left covered away

Like a song that brushed past my ears

and drifted away

Like a magical fragrance

that blew past my senses

When you speak and hang up,

Longing settles over my heart

Shrinking and expanding,

it turns into an entire world

My heart here feels something completely new

Will you call me? Will you call me?

Will you call without fail?

Female: Even if you dial by mistake...

That alone is enough... will you call me?

Male: Will you call me? Will you call me?

Hoo oo hoo oo oo oo

Will you call me? Will you call me?

Even if all words dissolve away,

If our silence alone speaks,

That is enough... will you call me?

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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Azhaippaya' from 'Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi' (2012) captures the agonizing yet sweet impatience of waiting for a loved one's phone call after a rift or moment of silence. The song expresses the inner monologues, overthinking, and imagined conversations of lovers who constantly check their phones, rehearse what to say, and long for even a brief connection to feel alive again. Madhan Karky's modern lyrics beautifully contrast grand poetic metaphors (plucking imaginary flowers, silence speaking volumes) with relatable contemporary actions (staring at clocks, tearing calendar pages, hanging up phones), capturing the essence of youth romance in the digital age.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai)

“Kaal illa aamaipol”

Compares the slow movement of time in separation to an turtle without legs ('Kaal illa aamaipol kaalam oduthae').

Imagery & Metaphor

“Hey paathi thindru moodi vaitha thini polavae”

Sensory metaphors like half-eaten snacks, fleeting tunes, and magical aromas capture the lingering incomplete feeling after ending a call abruptly.

Emonai (Initial Rhyme)

“Padikaamal kidakindren / Kadikaaram kadikindren..”

Rhyming initial sounds across consecutive lines ('Padikaamal' / 'Kadikaaram').

Contrast (Muran)

“Surungum viriyum puviyaai maaruthae”

Contrasting expansion and contraction to depict emotional chaos ('Surungum viriyum').

Did you know?

Trivia

'Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi' (2012), directed by Balaji Mohan, was a pioneering romantic comedy composed by S. Thaman. The lyricist Madhan Karky incorporated realistic modern youth behaviors like rehearsing phone conversations and obsessively checking mobile phones into traditional Tamil poetic structures.

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