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Lyrics & meaning

Idam Porul Paarthu

From Chithiram Pesuthadi · 2006

Lyricist
Kabilan Vairamuthu
Singers
Karthik, Sujatha Mohan
Music director
Sundar C Babu
Details
Chithiram Pesuthadi2006

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Male
Idam porul paarthu idhayathai maathuObserve time and place, and change your heart
Idhu oru kaadhal koothuThis is a play of love
Female
Vizhigalai paarthu viralgalai serthuLook into the eyes and join the fingers
Uyirinil ennai korthuThread me into your soul
Male
Ennai polae yevarum unnaiNo one like me can ever...
Kaadhalika mudiyaadhu...love you
Female
Mudiyum yendral kooda avanaiEven if someone else can,
Kaadhalika mudiyathuYou will not be able to love him
Male
Idam porul paarthu idhayathai maathuObserve time and place, and change your heart
Idhu oru kaadhal koothuThis is a play of love
Female
Vizhigalai paarthu viralgalai serthuLook into the eyes and join the fingers
Uyirinil ennai korthuThread me into your soul
Male
Ooooo hooooo oooooo oooo ooo hoooOoooo hooooo oooooo oooo ooo hooo
Ooooo hooooo oooooo oooo ooo hoooOoooo hooooo oooooo oooo ooo hooo
Male
Un nagangalai paarthu en iruvadhu mugangalLooking at your nails, my twenty faces reflect
Female
Un kannangal paarthen en idhazhin regaigalLooking at your cheeks, I see the impressions of my lips
Male
Kaadhal yendra marathin keezhae budhthan aagirenUnder the tree called love, I become a Buddha
Female
Boomi kondu unthan madiyil pookal aagirenI become flowers on your lap with the earth beneath
Male
Nee paarkum thisai yenthan nadai paathaiyaeThe direction you look becomes my walking path
Female
Nee pesum mozhi yenthan agaraathiyaeThe language you speak becomes my dictionary
Male
Idam porul paarthu idhayathai maathuObserve time and place, and change your heart
Idhu oru kaadhal koothuThis is a play of love
Female
Vizhigalai paarthu viralgalai serthuLook into the eyes and join the fingers
Uyirinil ennai korthuThread me into your soul
Male
Ooooo hooooo oooooo oooo ooo hoooOoooo hooooo oooooo oooo ooo hooo
Ooooo hooooo oooooo oooo ooo hoooOoooo hooooo oooooo oooo ooo hooo
Female
Un vizhigalin melil en vervai irukudhuUpon your eyes rests my sweat
Male
Un punnagai ninaivil en thookam tholaindhathuIn the memory of your smile, my sleep was lost
Female
Kaadhal yendra thaayin madiyil kuzhanthai aagirenIn the lap of the mother called love, I become a child
Male
Mazhalai pesum mozhiyil indru manithan aagirenIn the language of baby talk, today I become a true human
Female
Kanavodu unai kaana imai theduvenTo see you in dreams, I search for eyelids
Male
Imaiyaaga naan vanthu unai mooduvenI will come as eyelids and embrace/cover you
Male
Idam porul paarthu idhayathai maathuObserve time and place, and change your heart
Idhu oru kaadhal koothuThis is a play of love
Female
Vizhigalai paarthu viralgalai serthuLook into the eyes and join the fingers
Uyirinil ennai korthuThread me into your soul
Male
Ennai polae yevarum unnaiNo one like me can ever...
Kaadhalika mudiyaadhu...love you
Female
Mudiyum yendral kooda avanaiEven if someone else can,
Kaadhalika mudiyathuYou will not be able to love him
Male
Idam porul paarthu idhayathai maathuObserve time and place, and change your heart
Idhu oru kaadhal koothuThis is a play of love
Female
Vizhigalai paarthu viralgalai serthuLook into the eyes and join the fingers
Uyirinil ennai korthuThread me into your soul
Male
Lala lala laalaa lala lala laalaaLala lala laalaa lala lala laalaa
Lala lala laalaa laalaaLala lala laalaa laalaa
Male
Idam porul paarthu idhayathai maathuObserve time and place, and change your heart
Idhu oru kaadhal koothuThis is a play of love
Female
Vizhigalai paarthu viralgalai serthuLook into the eyes and join the fingers
Uyirinil ennai korthuThread me into your soul
Male
Lala lala laalaa lala lala laalaaLala lala laalaa lala lala laalaa
Lala lala laalaa laalaaLala lala laalaa laalaa

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

This song is a deeply romantic track from the movie 'Chithiram Pesuthadi'. The protagonist expresses the depth and intensity of his devotion, declaring that no one else could ever love his beloved as profoundly as he does. He uses imagery of spiritual transformation, comparing love to a tree under which he attains enlightenment like Buddha, and a mother in whose lap he becomes a child again.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagaimai)

Kaadhal yendra marathin keezhae budhthan aagiren

Comparing love to the Bodhi tree under which enlightenment is attained ('Kaadhal yendra marathin keezhae budhthan aagiren').

Initial Rhyme (Monai)

Nee paarkum thisai yenthan nadai paathaiyae

Repetition of the initial word 'Nee' in consecutive lines creating rhythmic harmony.

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navortchi)

Un nagangalai paarthu en iruvadhu mugangal

Exaggerating seeing twenty reflections of himself in her fingernails.

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Trivia

'Chithiram Pesuthadi' (2006) marked the directorial debut of Mysskin. The music was composed by Sundar C. Babu, and this popular romantic melody was sung by Karthik.

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