Egypt Nattu Cleopatra
From Sivan · 1999
- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singers
- Adithyan, Swarnalatha
- Music director
- Adithyan
- Details
- Sivan1999
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Egypt naattu cleopatra | Cleopatra of Egypt, |
| Azhage needhaanaa | Are you beauty personified? |
| Antha minnal idhuthaanaa | Is this that very lightning? |
| Ulagil irukkum kavingan evanum | Every poet existing in the world |
| Solla thaviththathu unathu moganam | Yearned to capture your allure in words. |
| Female | |
| Egypt naattu cleopatra | Cleopatra of Egypt, |
| Anbe naanthaanae | My love, it is indeed me! |
| Enthan antony needhaanae | And aren't you my Antony? |
| Ulagil irukkum avingan evanum | Every scholar existing in the world |
| Solla thudippathu namathu kaaviyam | Is eager to recite our grand epic. |
| Female | |
| ………………. | |
| Male | |
| Ulagam paaraattum umarkayan | Omar Khayyam, praised by the world, |
| Unnai paadamal ponaan | Missed singing about you. |
| Poovai un vannam paaramalthaan | Because he didn't witness your flower-like beauty, |
| Puththi piththaaga aanaan | His mind turned crazy! |
| Female | |
| Kallai vaarkkum kannaadi koppai | A glass cup pouring wine, |
| Kannil irukkum kannaalanae | Oh lover who has it in his eyes! |
| Paarvai ennum madhuvai arunthu | Drink the wine of my gaze, |
| Aadal pirakkum thaanae | And dance will automatically be born! |
| Male | |
| Kadhal mazhaiyil nanaivomaa | Shall we get drenched in the rain of love? |
| Kattil kavithai punaivomaa | Shall we compose poetry on the bed? |
| Edhugai needhaan monai naanthaan | You are the second-letter rhyme, I am the first-letter rhyme, |
| Mattra ilakkanam idharkku yaedhadi | Why do we need any other grammar for this, my dear? |
| Female | |
| Egypt naattu cleopatra | Cleopatra of Egypt, |
| Anbe naanthaanae | My love, it is indeed me! |
| Enthan antony needhaanae | And aren't you my Antony? |
| Ulagil irukkum avingan evanum | Every scholar existing in the world |
| Solla thudippathu namathu kaaviyam | Is eager to recite our grand epic. |
| Female | |
| Mounam kondaadum monalisa | Mona Lisa, who celebrates silence, |
| Mannan muththaada neril | For the king to kiss her in person, |
| Paris vittinu vanthaalaiyaa | Did she leave Paris and arrive here |
| Eera kaattrennum peril | In the guise of a cool moist breeze? |
| Male | |
| Pakkam varuthu pallaakku nadaiyil | She approaches with a palanquin-like stride, |
| Sekka sevantha cherry pazham | A bright red cherry fruit! |
| Vetkkam konjam oiveduththu | If shyness takes a little break |
| Vilagi ponaal pothum | And steps aside, that is enough! |
| Female | |
| Unathan nilaimai puriyaathaa | Don't I understand your state? |
| Adhan valimai theriyaathaa | Don't I know its strength? |
| Thalaivaa thalaivaa medhuvaa medhuvaa | My leader, my leader, slowly, gently... |
| Puyal pugunthathum kulungum poovanam | As the storm enters, the flower garden quivers! |
| Male | |
| Egypt naattu cleopatra | Cleopatra of Egypt, |
| Azhage needhaanaa | Are you beauty personified? |
| Antha minnal idhuthaanaa | Is this that very lightning? |
| Ulagil irukkum kavingan evanum | Every poet existing in the world |
| Solla thaviththathu unathu moganam | Yearned to capture your allure in words. |
| Female | |
| Egypt naattu cleopatra | Cleopatra of Egypt, |
| Anbe naanthaanae | My love, it is indeed me! |
| Enthan antony needhaanae | And aren't you my Antony? |
| Ulagil irukkum avingan evanum | Every scholar existing in the world |
| Solla thudippathu namathu kaaviyam | Is eager to recite our grand epic. |
| Female | |
| ………………. | |
எகிப்து நாட்டு கிளியோபாட்ரா
அழகே நீதானா
அந்த மின்னல் இதுதானா
உலகில் இருக்கும் கவிஞன் எவனும்
சொல்ல தவித்தது உனது மோகனம்
Cleopatra of Egypt,
Are you beauty personified?
Is this that very lightning?
Every poet existing in the world
Yearned to capture your allure in words.
எகிப்து நாட்டு கிளியோபாட்ரா
அன்பே நான்தானே
எந்தன் ஆன்டனி நீதானே
உலகில் இருக்கும் கவிஞன் எவனும்
சொல்ல துடிப்பது நமது காவியம்
Cleopatra of Egypt,
My love, it is indeed me!
And aren't you my Antony?
Every scholar existing in the world
Is eager to recite our grand epic.
........................
உலகம் பாராட்டும் உமர்கயான்
உன்னை பாடாமல் போனான்
பூவை உன் வண்ணம் பாராமல்தான்
புத்தி பித்தாக ஆனான்
Omar Khayyam, praised by the world,
Missed singing about you.
Because he didn't witness your flower-like beauty,
His mind turned crazy!
கள்ளை வார்க்கும் கண்ணாடி கோப்பை
கண்ணில் இருக்கு கண்ணாளனே
பார்வை என்னும் மதுவை அருந்து
ஆடல் பிறக்கும் தானே....
A glass cup pouring wine,
Oh lover who has it in his eyes!
Drink the wine of my gaze,
And dance will automatically be born!
ஆண்
: காதல் மழையில் நனைவோமா
கட்டில் கவிதை புனைவோமா
எதுகை நீதான் மோனை நான்தான்
மற்ற இலக்கணம் இதற்கு ஏதடி
Shall we get drenched in the rain of love?
Shall we compose poetry on the bed?
You are the second-letter rhyme, I am the first-letter rhyme,
Why do we need any other grammar for this, my dear?
எகிப்து நாட்டு கிளியோபாட்ரா
அன்பே நான்தானே
எந்தன் ஆன்டனி நீதானே
உலகில் இருக்கும் கவிஞன் எவனும்
சொல்ல துடிப்பது நமது காவியம்
Cleopatra of Egypt,
My love, it is indeed me!
And aren't you my Antony?
Every scholar existing in the world
Is eager to recite our grand epic.
மௌனம் கொண்டாடும் மோனாலிஸா
மன்னன் முத்தாட நேரில்
பாரீஸ் விட்டிங்கு வந்தாளய்யா
ஈரக் காற்றென்னும் பேரில்
Mona Lisa, who celebrates silence,
For the king to kiss her in person,
Did she leave Paris and arrive here
In the guise of a cool moist breeze?
பக்கம் வருது பல்லாக்கு நடையில்
செக்க செவந்த செர்ரி பழம்
வெட்கம் கொஞ்சம் ஓய்வெடுத்து
விலகி போனால் போதும்
She approaches with a palanquin-like stride,
A bright red cherry fruit!
If shyness takes a little break
And steps aside, that is enough!
உந்தன் நிலைமை புரியாதா
அதன் வலிமை தெரியாதா
தலைவா தலைவா மெதுவா மெதுவா
புயல் புகுந்ததும் குலுங்கும் பூவனம்
Don't I understand your state?
Don't I know its strength?
My leader, my leader, slowly, gently...
As the storm enters, the flower garden quivers!
எகிப்து நாட்டு கிளியோபாட்ரா
அழகே நீதானா
அந்த மின்னல் இதுதானா
உலகில் இருக்கும் கவிஞன் எவனும்
சொல்ல தவித்தது உனது மோகனம்
Cleopatra of Egypt,
Are you beauty personified?
Is this that very lightning?
Every poet existing in the world
Yearned to capture your allure in words.
எகிப்து நாட்டு கிளியோபாட்ரா
அன்பே நான்தானே
எந்தன் ஆன்டனி நீதானே
உலகில் இருக்கும் கவிஞன் எவனும்
சொல்ல துடிப்பது நமது காவியம்
Cleopatra of Egypt,
My love, it is indeed me!
And aren't you my Antony?
Every scholar existing in the world
Is eager to recite our grand epic.
........................
Egypt naattu cleopatra
Cleopatra of Egypt,
Azhage needhaanaa
Are you beauty personified?
Antha minnal idhuthaanaa
Is this that very lightning?
Ulagil irukkum kavingan evanum
Every poet existing in the world
Solla thaviththathu unathu moganam
Yearned to capture your allure in words.
Egypt naattu cleopatra
Cleopatra of Egypt,
Anbe naanthaanae
My love, it is indeed me!
Enthan antony needhaanae
And aren't you my Antony?
Ulagil irukkum avingan evanum
Every scholar existing in the world
Solla thudippathu namathu kaaviyam
Is eager to recite our grand epic.
……………….
Ulagam paaraattum umarkayan
Omar Khayyam, praised by the world,
Unnai paadamal ponaan
Missed singing about you.
Poovai un vannam paaramalthaan
Because he didn't witness your flower-like beauty,
Puththi piththaaga aanaan
His mind turned crazy!
Kallai vaarkkum kannaadi koppai
A glass cup pouring wine,
Kannil irukkum kannaalanae
Oh lover who has it in his eyes!
Paarvai ennum madhuvai arunthu
Drink the wine of my gaze,
Aadal pirakkum thaanae
And dance will automatically be born!
Kadhal mazhaiyil nanaivomaa
Shall we get drenched in the rain of love?
Kattil kavithai punaivomaa
Shall we compose poetry on the bed?
Edhugai needhaan monai naanthaan
You are the second-letter rhyme, I am the first-letter rhyme,
Mattra ilakkanam idharkku yaedhadi
Why do we need any other grammar for this, my dear?
Egypt naattu cleopatra
Cleopatra of Egypt,
Anbe naanthaanae
My love, it is indeed me!
Enthan antony needhaanae
And aren't you my Antony?
Ulagil irukkum avingan evanum
Every scholar existing in the world
Solla thudippathu namathu kaaviyam
Is eager to recite our grand epic.
Mounam kondaadum monalisa
Mona Lisa, who celebrates silence,
Mannan muththaada neril
For the king to kiss her in person,
Paris vittinu vanthaalaiyaa
Did she leave Paris and arrive here
Eera kaattrennum peril
In the guise of a cool moist breeze?
Pakkam varuthu pallaakku nadaiyil
She approaches with a palanquin-like stride,
Sekka sevantha cherry pazham
A bright red cherry fruit!
Vetkkam konjam oiveduththu
If shyness takes a little break
Vilagi ponaal pothum
And steps aside, that is enough!
Unathan nilaimai puriyaathaa
Don't I understand your state?
Adhan valimai theriyaathaa
Don't I know its strength?
Thalaivaa thalaivaa medhuvaa medhuvaa
My leader, my leader, slowly, gently...
Puyal pugunthathum kulungum poovanam
As the storm enters, the flower garden quivers!
Egypt naattu cleopatra
Cleopatra of Egypt,
Azhage needhaanaa
Are you beauty personified?
Antha minnal idhuthaanaa
Is this that very lightning?
Ulagil irukkum kavingan evanum
Every poet existing in the world
Solla thaviththathu unathu moganam
Yearned to capture your allure in words.
Egypt naattu cleopatra
Cleopatra of Egypt,
Anbe naanthaanae
My love, it is indeed me!
Enthan antony needhaanae
And aren't you my Antony?
Ulagil irukkum avingan evanum
Every scholar existing in the world
Solla thudippathu namathu kaaviyam
Is eager to recite our grand epic.
……………….
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Egypt Naattu Cleopatra is a grand romantic duet where two lovers affectionately elevate their passion and attraction to the scale of historical epics. The male lover praises his partner's breathtaking beauty, comparing her to Cleopatra and Mona Lisa while playfully claiming that famous poets like Omar Khayyam missed the chance to capture her beauty in verse.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Allusion (Aalumaai Kurippu)
“Egypt naattu cleopatra”
References iconic global figures such as Cleopatra, Mark Antony, Persian poet Omar Khayyam, and Da Vinci's Mona Lisa to elevate the grand scale of the lovers' beauty and romance.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Edhugai needhaan monai naanthaan”
The lyricist compares the lovers directly to Tamil prosody elements—'Edhugai' (second-letter rhyme) and 'Monai' (first-letter rhyme)—symbolizing how perfectly matched they are without needing any other rules.
Initial Rhyme (Monai)
“Mounam kondaadum monalisa”
Repetition of initial consonant sounds across adjacent words, such as 'Mounam' and 'Monalisa'.
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Trivia
Lyricist Vaali cleverly weaves classical Tamil poetic grammar terms ('Monai' and 'Edhugai') alongside world-famous historical icons like Cleopatra, Mark Antony, Omar Khayyam, and Mona Lisa, creating a fascinating synthesis of global art history and traditional Tamil prosody.
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