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Lyrics & meaning

Eppadi Eppadi

From Indhu · 1994

Lyricist
Vaali
Singers
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki, Chorus
Music director
Deva
Movie name
Indhu
Movie release year
1994
Lyrics added on
11 Jun 2026

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Yeppadi yeppadi
Chorus :Saminjadhu yeppadi
Male :Yeppadi yeppadi
Chorus :Saminjadhu yeppadi
Sakkaraivalli kizhanghu maama
Samainjadhu ippadi
Sakkaraivalli kizhanghu maama
Samainjadhu ippadi
Munthaanaalu vaanam
Maamooi thooral podum naeram
Ootha poova pola
Poothu ukkaanthanae ooram
Adhu yeppadi yeppadi
Female :Haang
Chorus :Saminjadhu yeppadi
Female :Ahaa sakkaraivalli kizhanghu maama
Samainjadhu ippadi
Santhaiyilae suthiriyae edhukku
Female :Neeyum jollu vittu
Paarththidanum adhukkaga
Sillaraiyai ketkurayae edhukku
Female :Kadan sollivittu
Poi viduvae adhukkaga
Yennaattama ezhaikellaam
Rate-u romba jaasthithaan
Female :Ahaan
Ellaaththaiyum inge vuttaa
Soru thannee naasthi thaan
Ada vettiyaaga enna pechu
Vilaivaasi yeri pochu
Naanumthanae vaazhanum
Pakkam vandha maamaa
Idukku baeram pesalaama aaha haa..
Paakkupaaya pottu
Padippaen bioscope pattu
Yeppadi yeppadi
Saminjadhu yeppadi
Aahaahaa..appadi appadi
Samainjadhu appadi
Sapparam pol aaduriyae edhukku
Female :Nitham saami
Vandhu eridanum adhukkaaga
Male :Thoppulaththaan kaatturayae edhukkuu
Female :Maaman pamparamthaan
Vittudanum adhukkaaga
Summaanaachum paakkumbodhu
Sootta neeyum yethura
Female :Haa aaa
Male :Saaraayatha kannula vachu
Aalu mela oothura
Ada kaanja maadu kambula thaan
Paanjadhu pol thembula dhaan
Neeyum maeiyaapaarkkura
Moottath thukkum maamoi
Hoi
Azhaghu maanathookkalaamaa
Hay maaman veeram enna
Atha thaan naanum paarkkalaamaa
Male :Haang haang
Female :Sanghadhi ellaam therinjum
Yaen ya sodhappura ippadi
Male :Aiyo aiyaiyyo
Eppadi eppadi ahaa haa
Chorus :Adhu appadi appadi ..
Female :Haei eppadi eppadi
Chorus :Adhu appadi appadi ..
Male :Appadi …haei
How, oh how?
Chorus: How did she blossom?
Male: How, oh how?
Chorus: How did she blossom?
Hey sweet potato mister,
this is how I blossomed!
Hey sweet potato mister,
this is how I blossomed!
The day before yesterday,
when the sky was drizzling, mister,
just like a purple flower,
I bloomed and sat in the corner!
How was that? How?
Female: Uh-huh!
Chorus: How did she blossom?
Female: Aha, sweet potato mister,
this is how I blossomed!
Why are you roaming around the market?
Female: So that you can drool
and stare at me, that's why!
Why are you asking for money upfront?
Female: You might ask for credit
and slip away, that's why!
For a poor fellow like me,
your price is way too high!
Female: Uh-huh!
If I spend everything right here,
I won't have a bite of food or water left!
Hey, why this pointless talk?
The cost of living has gone up!
I have to make a living too!
Now that you've come near, mister,
should you really bargain like this? Aha ha...
I'll lay out a reed mat
and sing a bioscope song!
How, oh how?
How did you blossom?
Ahaha... like that, just like that!
That's how she blossomed!
Why are you swaying like a temple chariot?
Female: So the deity
can come and mount it every day, that's why!
Male: Why are you showing off your navel?
Female: So that my man
can spin a top on it, that's why!
Even when I take a casual glance,
you turn up the heat!
Female: Ha aa!
Male: Keeping liquor in your eyes,
you pour it all over me!
Hey, just like a starved cow
charging with vigor into a millet field,
you too are trying to graze!
Hey mister sack-lifter,
Hoy!
can you lift this pretty deer?
Hey, what is my man's true strength?
Shall I see it for myself?
Male: Haan haan!
Female: Knowing everything so well,
why are you fumbling like this, man?
Male: Oh no, oh dear!
How, oh how? Aha ha!
Chorus: It's like that, just like that...
Female: Hey, how, oh how?
Chorus: It's like that, just like that...
Male: Like that... Hey!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Yeppadi Yeppadi' from the movie Indhu (1994) is a energetic and playful folk-style duet composed by Deva, featuring lighthearted banter between the male and female leads. The lyrics, written by Vaali, employ playful village metaphors and double entendres describing puberty, attraction, market bargaining, and romantic teasing.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai)

Ootha poova pola

Comparing the girl blooming into womanhood to a purple flower blooming ('Ootha poova pola poothu').

Metaphor (Uruvagaim)

Saaraayatha kannula vachu

Comparing intoxicating romantic eyes to liquor ('Saaraayatha kannula vachu').

Rhyme (Edhugai)

Santhaiyilae suthiriyae edhukku

Second letter rhyming in consecutive lines ('Santhaiyilae' and 'Sillaraiyai').

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Trivia

'Indhu' marked Prabhu Deva's debut as a lead actor in Tamil cinema. The music album composed by Deva became a huge commercial success, establishing his signature 'Gana' and local folk genre tracks in the mid-1990s.

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