Dandiya Aatamum Aada
From Kadhalar Dhinam · 1999
- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Music director
- A. R. Rahman
- Details
- Kadhalar Dhinam1999
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Dhaandiyaa aattamumaada dhasaraa koottamum kooda | As the Dandiya dance plays and the Dussehra crowd gathers, |
| Gujaraath kumarigalaada kaadhalan kaadhaliyai theda | As Gujarat maidens dance, the lover searches for his beloved. |
| Aval thenpaduvaalo endhan kan maraivaaga | Will she appear, or will she remain hidden from my eyes? |
| Indru kaadhal solvaalo nenjodu… | Will she express her love today from the heart? |
| Aval engae ena kaanaamal vaada ennaithaan yenga vaippaalo | Will she leave me yearning, wilting without seeing where she is? |
| Male | |
| Dhaandiyaa aattamumaada dhasaraa koottamum kooda | As the Dandiya dance plays and the Dussehra crowd gathers, |
| Gujaraath kumarigalaada kaadhalan kaadhaliyai theda | As Gujarat maidens dance, the lover searches for his beloved. |
| Male | |
| Unnai kandu ennam yaavum mella oomaiyaagi nindradhenna solla | Seeing you, all my thoughts fell silent, how can I express it? |
| Nooru vaarthai alla alla oru vaarthai puriyadhaa | Not a hundred words, couldn't you understand even a single word? |
| Female | |
| Endha vaarthai sollavillaiyo nee andha vaarthai endhan kangalaal naan | The word you left unspoken, I conveyed through my eyes, |
| Nooru jaadaiyil sonnenae theriyaadhaa puriyaadhaa | Expressed through a hundred gestures, don't you know, don't you understand? |
| Male | |
| Ooo..ohohoh…{ maiyai pola naanum kannil seravendum} (2) | Oh... like kohl, I want to join your eyes. |
| Poovai pola naanum undhan koondhal seravendum | Like a flower, I want to join your hair. |
| Female | |
| Ohh.. kannil vaitha maiyum karaindhu pogakoodum | Oh, the kohl placed in the eyes might smudge away. |
| Koondhal vaitha vanna poovum vaadi pogakoodum | The colorful flower placed in the hair might fade away. |
| Male | |
| Seri kaadhal nenjai naan tharalaamaa un kanavanaaga naan Varalaamaa | Alright, shall I give my loving heart? May I become your husband? |
| Female | |
| Indha vaarthai mattumae nijamaanal oru jenmam podhum | If only these words come true, one lifetime is enough. |
| Male | |
| Uyirae vaa..Female :Anbae vaa | Come my life... (Female: Come my love) |
| Male | |
| Uyirae vaa…Female :Anbae vaa | Come my life... (Female: Come my love) |
| Male | |
| Dhaandiyaa aattamumaada dhasaraa koottamum kooda | As the Dandiya dance plays and the Dussehra crowd gathers, |
| Gujaraath kumarigalaada kaadhalan kaadhaliyai theda… | As Gujarat maidens dance, the lover searches for his beloved... |
| Aval thenpaduvaalo endhan kan maraivaaga | Will she appear, or will she remain hidden from my eyes? |
| Indru kaadhal solvaalo nenjodu | Will she express her love today from the heart? |
| Aval engae ena kaanaamal vaada ennaithaan yenga vaippaalo | Will she leave me yearning, wilting without seeing where she is? |
| Female | |
| Kaadhal paarvaigal ellaamae azhagu kaadhal vaarthaigal ellaamae kavidhai | All loving glances are beautiful, all loving words are poetry. |
| Kaadhal seivadhae ennaalum deiveegam deiveegam | Loving each other is forever divine, divine. |
| Male | |
| Kaadhal enbadhai kandu pidithavan kaalam muzhuvadhum nandrikkuriyavan | The one who discovered love deserves gratitude for all eternity. |
| Kaadhal illaiyel ennaagum bhoologam bhoologam | Without love, what would become of this earth, this earth? |
| Female | |
| Ohh..hohoho.. ullam endra ondrai unnidathil thandhen | Oh... I gave you this thing called my heart. |
| Thandha ullam bathiramaa therindhu kolla vandhen | I came to find out if the heart I gave is safe. |
| Male | |
| Ohhoo… ennai pattri needhaan enniyadhu thavaru | Oh... what you thought about me is wrong. |
| Ennaivida undhan ullam ennudaiya uyiru | More than my own, your heart is my very life. |
| Female | |
| Iru uyirgal enbadhae kidaiyaadhu idhil unadhu enadhu ena pirivedhu | There are no two separate lives here, so where is the division of mine and yours? |
| Male | |
| Indha vaarthai mattumae nijamaanaal oru jenmam podhum | If only these words come true, one lifetime is enough. |
| Female | |
| Uyirae vaa..Male :Anbae vaa | Come my life... (Male: Come my love) |
| Female | |
| Uyirae vaa…Male :Anbae vaa | Come my life... (Male: Come my love) |
| Male | |
| { Vaaliba nenjangal uravu kondaada vandhadhu ingoru raathiri | A night has arrived here for youthful hearts to celebrate togetherness, |
| Dhaandiyaa endroru raathiri } (2) | A night known as Dandiya. |
| Female | |
| Ohoo…ho..ho..ho…ho..ho…oho..ho..ho..ho..oho..ho..ho..oho..ooh | Ohoo...ho..ho..ho...ho..ho... |
| Female | |
| Ohoo…ho..ho..ho…ho..ho…oho..ho..ho..ho..oho..ho..ho..oho..ooh | Ohoo...ho..ho..ho...ho..ho... |
தாண்டியா
ஆட்டமுமாட தசராக்
கூட்டமும் கூட குஜராத்
குமரிகளாட காதலன்
காதலிய தேட அவள்
தென்படுவாளோ எந்தன்
கண் மறைவாக இன்று
காதல் சொல்வாளோ நெஞ்சோடு
அவள் எங்கே என காணாமல் வாட
என்னைத்தான் ஏங்க வைப்பாளோ
As the Dandiya dance plays and the Dussehra crowd gathers,
As Gujarat maidens dance, the lover searches for his beloved.
Will she appear, or will she remain hidden from my eyes?
Will she express her love today from the heart?
Will she leave me yearning, wilting without seeing where she is?
தாண்டியா
ஆட்டமுமாட தசராக்
கூட்டமும் கூட குஜராத்
குமரிகளாட காதலன்
காதலிய தேட
As the Dandiya dance plays and the Dussehra crowd gathers,
As Gujarat maidens dance, the lover searches for his beloved.
உன்னைக்கண்டு
எண்ணம் யாவும் மெல்ல
ஊமையாகி நின்றதென்ன
சொல்ல நூறு வார்த்தை
அல்ல அல்ல ஒரு வார்த்தை
புரியாதா
Seeing you, all my thoughts fell silent, how can I express it?
Not a hundred words, couldn't you understand even a single word?
எந்த வார்த்தை
சொல்லவில்லையோ நீ
அந்த வார்த்தை எந்தன்
கண்களால் நான் நூறு
ஜாடையில் சொன்னேனே
தெரியாதா புரியாதா
The word you left unspoken, I conveyed through my eyes,
Expressed through a hundred gestures, don't you know, don't you understand?
ஓஓ… { மையைப்போல
நானும் கண்ணில் சேர வேண்டும் } (2)
பூவைப்போல நானும் உந்தன்
கூந்தல் சேர வேண்டும்
Oh... like kohl, I want to join your eyes.
Like a flower, I want to join your hair.
ஓ… கண்ணில்
வைத்த மையும் கரைந்து
போகக்கூடும் கூந்தல் வைத்த
வண்ணப் பூவும் வாடிப் போகக்கூடும்
Oh, the kohl placed in the eyes might smudge away.
The colorful flower placed in the hair might fade away.
சிறு காதல் நெஞ்சை
நான் தரலாமா உன் கணவனாக
நான் வரலாமா
Alright, shall I give my loving heart? May I become your husband?
இந்த வார்த்தை
மட்டுமே நிஜமானால்
ஒரு ஜென்மம் போதும்
If only these words come true, one lifetime is enough.
உயிரே வா…
அன்பே வா…
Come my life... (Female: Come my love)
உயிரே வா…
அன்பே வா…
Come my life... (Female: Come my love)
தாண்டியா
ஆட்டமுமாட தசராக்
கூட்டமும் கூட குஜராத்
குமரிகளாட காதலன்
காதலிய தேட அவள்
தென்படுவாளோ எந்தன்
கண் மறைவாக இன்று
காதல் சொல்வாளோ நெஞ்சோடு
அவள் எங்கே என காணாமல் வாட
என்னைத்தான் ஏங்க வைப்பாளோ
As the Dandiya dance plays and the Dussehra crowd gathers,
As Gujarat maidens dance, the lover searches for his beloved...
Will she appear, or will she remain hidden from my eyes?
Will she express her love today from the heart?
Will she leave me yearning, wilting without seeing where she is?
காதல் பார்வைகள்
எல்லாமே அழகு காதல்
வார்த்தைகள் எல்லாமே
கவிதை காதல் செய்வதே
எந்நாளும் தெய்வீகம் தெய்வீகம்
All loving glances are beautiful, all loving words are poetry.
Loving each other is forever divine, divine.
காதல் என்பதைக்
கண்டு பிடித்தவன் காலம்
முழுவதும் நன்றிக்குரியவன்
காதல் இல்லையேல் என்னாகும்
பூலோகம் பூலோகம்
The one who discovered love deserves gratitude for all eternity.
Without love, what would become of this earth, this earth?
ஓஹோ… உள்ளம்
என்ற ஒன்றை உன்னிடத்தில்
தந்தேன் தந்த உள்ளம் பத்திரமா
தெரிந்துகொள்ள வந்தேன்
Oh... I gave you this thing called my heart.
I came to find out if the heart I gave is safe.
ஓஹோ… என்னைப்
பற்றி நீதான் எண்ணியது தவறு
என்னைவிட உந்தன் உள்ளம்
என்னுடைய உயிரு
Oh... what you thought about me is wrong.
More than my own, your heart is my very life.
இரு உயிர்கள்
என்பதே கிடையாது
இதில் உனது எனது
எனப் பிரிவேது
There are no two separate lives here, so where is the division of mine and yours?
இந்த வார்த்தை
மட்டுமே நிஜமானால்
ஒரு ஜென்மம் போதும்
If only these words come true, one lifetime is enough.
உயிரே வா…
அன்பே வா…
Come my life... (Male: Come my love)
உயிரே வா…
அன்பே வா…
Come my life... (Male: Come my love)
{ வாலிப நெஞ்சங்கள்
உறவு கொண்டாட வந்தது
இங்கொரு ராத்திரி
தாண்டியா என்றொரு ராத்திரி } (2)
A night has arrived here for youthful hearts to celebrate togetherness,
A night known as Dandiya.
ஆண் & பெண் :
துணை செய்ய
நாங்கள் உண்டு தோழரே துணிந்து
நீ காதல் செய்வாய் தோழியே
{ உங்களாலே என்றும் மண்ணில்
காதல் வாழுமே } (2)
Ohoo...ho..ho..ho...ho..ho...
ஓஓஓஓஓஓ.....…
Ohoo...ho..ho..ho...ho..ho...
ஆண் & பெண் :
{ உங்களாலே
என்றும் மண்ணில் காதல் வாழுமே } (2)
ஓஹோ ஹோ ஹோ ......
ஓஹோ ஹோ ஹோ ......
ஆண் & பெண் :
{ உங்களாலே
என்றும் மண்ணில் காதல் வாழுமே } (2)
ஓஹோ ஹோ ஹோ ......
ஓஹோ ஹோ ஹோ ......
Dhaandiyaa aattamumaada dhasaraa koottamum kooda
As the Dandiya dance plays and the Dussehra crowd gathers,
Gujaraath kumarigalaada kaadhalan kaadhaliyai theda
As Gujarat maidens dance, the lover searches for his beloved.
Aval thenpaduvaalo endhan kan maraivaaga
Will she appear, or will she remain hidden from my eyes?
Indru kaadhal solvaalo nenjodu…
Will she express her love today from the heart?
Aval engae ena kaanaamal vaada ennaithaan yenga vaippaalo
Will she leave me yearning, wilting without seeing where she is?
Dhaandiyaa aattamumaada dhasaraa koottamum kooda
As the Dandiya dance plays and the Dussehra crowd gathers,
Gujaraath kumarigalaada kaadhalan kaadhaliyai theda
As Gujarat maidens dance, the lover searches for his beloved.
Unnai kandu ennam yaavum mella oomaiyaagi nindradhenna solla
Seeing you, all my thoughts fell silent, how can I express it?
Nooru vaarthai alla alla oru vaarthai puriyadhaa
Not a hundred words, couldn't you understand even a single word?
Endha vaarthai sollavillaiyo nee andha vaarthai endhan kangalaal naan
The word you left unspoken, I conveyed through my eyes,
Nooru jaadaiyil sonnenae theriyaadhaa puriyaadhaa
Expressed through a hundred gestures, don't you know, don't you understand?
Ooo..ohohoh…{ maiyai pola naanum kannil seravendum} (2)
Oh... like kohl, I want to join your eyes.
Poovai pola naanum undhan koondhal seravendum
Like a flower, I want to join your hair.
Ohh.. kannil vaitha maiyum karaindhu pogakoodum
Oh, the kohl placed in the eyes might smudge away.
Koondhal vaitha vanna poovum vaadi pogakoodum
The colorful flower placed in the hair might fade away.
Seri kaadhal nenjai naan tharalaamaa un kanavanaaga naan Varalaamaa
Alright, shall I give my loving heart? May I become your husband?
Indha vaarthai mattumae nijamaanal oru jenmam podhum
If only these words come true, one lifetime is enough.
Uyirae vaa..Female :Anbae vaa
Come my life... (Female: Come my love)
Uyirae vaa…Female :Anbae vaa
Come my life... (Female: Come my love)
Dhaandiyaa aattamumaada dhasaraa koottamum kooda
As the Dandiya dance plays and the Dussehra crowd gathers,
Gujaraath kumarigalaada kaadhalan kaadhaliyai theda…
As Gujarat maidens dance, the lover searches for his beloved...
Aval thenpaduvaalo endhan kan maraivaaga
Will she appear, or will she remain hidden from my eyes?
Indru kaadhal solvaalo nenjodu
Will she express her love today from the heart?
Aval engae ena kaanaamal vaada ennaithaan yenga vaippaalo
Will she leave me yearning, wilting without seeing where she is?
Kaadhal paarvaigal ellaamae azhagu kaadhal vaarthaigal ellaamae kavidhai
All loving glances are beautiful, all loving words are poetry.
Kaadhal seivadhae ennaalum deiveegam deiveegam
Loving each other is forever divine, divine.
Kaadhal enbadhai kandu pidithavan kaalam muzhuvadhum nandrikkuriyavan
The one who discovered love deserves gratitude for all eternity.
Kaadhal illaiyel ennaagum bhoologam bhoologam
Without love, what would become of this earth, this earth?
Ohh..hohoho.. ullam endra ondrai unnidathil thandhen
Oh... I gave you this thing called my heart.
Thandha ullam bathiramaa therindhu kolla vandhen
I came to find out if the heart I gave is safe.
Ohhoo… ennai pattri needhaan enniyadhu thavaru
Oh... what you thought about me is wrong.
Ennaivida undhan ullam ennudaiya uyiru
More than my own, your heart is my very life.
Iru uyirgal enbadhae kidaiyaadhu idhil unadhu enadhu ena pirivedhu
There are no two separate lives here, so where is the division of mine and yours?
Indha vaarthai mattumae nijamaanaal oru jenmam podhum
If only these words come true, one lifetime is enough.
Uyirae vaa..Male :Anbae vaa
Come my life... (Male: Come my love)
Uyirae vaa…Male :Anbae vaa
Come my life... (Male: Come my love)
{ Vaaliba nenjangal uravu kondaada vandhadhu ingoru raathiri
A night has arrived here for youthful hearts to celebrate togetherness,
Dhaandiyaa endroru raathiri } (2)
A night known as Dandiya.
Ohoo…ho..ho..ho…ho..ho…oho..ho..ho..ho..oho..ho..ho..oho..ooh
Ohoo...ho..ho..ho...ho..ho...
Ohoo…ho..ho..ho…ho..ho…oho..ho..ho..ho..oho..ho..ho..oho..ooh
Ohoo...ho..ho..ho...ho..ho...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Dhandiya from Kadhalar Dhinam (1999) is a vibrant festive song set against the energetic backdrop of a Garba and Dandiya Raas celebration during Dussehra. The narrative follows two lovers navigating through the festive Gujarati crowd searching for each other, exchanging playful banter and romantic confessions amidst the rhythm of the dance.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Uvamai)
“maiyai pola naanum kannil seravendum”
The speaker compares their desire to be intimately close to the beloved to kohl (mai) adorning the eyes.
Simile (Uvamai)
“Poovai pola naanum undhan koondhal seravendum”
The speaker compares joining the lover's life to a flower woven into hair.
Rhyme / Monai (Initial Alliteration)
“Kaadhal paarvaigal ellaamae azhagu kaadhal vaarthaigal ellaamae kavidhai”
Repetition of initial consonant sounds 'Ka' across consecutive phrases creating rhythmic harmony.
Repetition (Adukku Thodar)
“Kaadhal seivadhae ennaalum deiveegam deiveegam”
Emphatic repetition of 'deiveegam' and 'bhoologam' to emphasize the sacredness and global importance of love.
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Trivia
Although listed with unknown credits in the prompt, this iconic track was composed by A. R. Rahman for the 1999 romantic drama Kadhalar Dhinam directed by Kathir. Lyricist Vaali brilliantly seamlessly integrated Gujarati festive celebration tropes with classical Tamil poetic romantic tropes. The song featured vocals by Unni Menon, Kavita Krishnamurthy, and Prashanthini.
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