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Idi Idikkuthu

From Veeranganai · 1964

Lyricist
Maa. Raa.
Singer
K. J. Yesudas
Music director
S. Vedhachalam
Movie name
Veeranganai
Movie release year
1964
Lyrics added on
5 May 2026

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Idi idikuthu kaatradikuthu sathathilae
Idhai paarthu paarthu
Sirikudhu ulagam mothathilae
Kodiyavargalai podugindra sathathilae
Ulagam nilai maranthu
Aaduthu paar pithathilae
Idi idikuthu kaatradikuthu sathathilae
Idhai paarthu paarthu
Sirikudhu ulagam mothathilae
Solai endru vandhu vitten
Naanum ingae
Paalai idhu paavigal thaan
Makkal ingae
Solai endru vandhu vitten
Naanum ingae
Paalai idhu paavigal thaan
Makkal ingae
Pazhathukullae valarnthazhikkum
Vandinai polae
Oru vandinai polae
Pazhagi nenjil valarnthazhithaal
Vanjagam thaanae
Idi idikuthu kaatradikuthu sathathilae
Idhai paarthu paarthu
Sirikudhu ulagam mothathilae
Odi sellum paravaigalae
Ondru solvaenஒன்று சொல்வேன்
Naadhiyattru naanum ingae
Irandhu vittaal
Odi sellum paravaigalae
Ondru solvaenஒன்று சொல்வேன்
Naadhiyattru naanum ingae
Irandhu vittaal
Naaridaamal ennudalai
Thindru vidungal
Ennai kollaamal kondravarkku
Solli vidungal
Ennai kollaamal kondravarkku
Solli vidungal
Thunder rumbles and winds howl within my mind,
Watching all this,
the whole world laughs.
Amid the uproar of the wicked,
forgetting all sense,
look, the world dances in madness!
Thunder rumbles and winds howl within my mind,
Watching all this,
the whole world laughs.
Thinking it was a garden,
I came all the way here,
But this is a desert, and sinners
are the people here.
Thinking it was a garden,
I came all the way here,
But this is a desert, and sinners
are the people here.
Like an insect that grows inside a fruit
and destroys it from within,
just like that insect,
she grew close to my heart and destroyed me—
it was pure betrayal.
Thunder rumbles and winds howl within my mind,
Watching all this,
the whole world laughs.
O birds flying away,
I will tell you something.
If I, helpless and alone,
should die here,
O birds flying away,
I will tell you something.
If I, helpless and alone,
should die here,
Before my body decays and rots,
eat it all away!
And to the one who killed me without taking my life,
go and tell her.
To the one who killed me without taking my life,
go and tell her.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This melancholy and dramatic song from Veeranganai (1964) portrays a protagonist suffering from deep emotional betrayal and isolation. Comparing the treacherous world to a stormy tempest and a deceptive desert, the singer laments how people enter one's heart like a pest growing inside a fruit, only to hollow it out and destroy it from within.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagham) / Contrast

“Solai endru vandhu vitten... Paalai idhu paavigal thaan”

Contrasting 'Solai' (oasis/garden) with 'Paalai' (desert) to illustrate the bitter deception of finding cruel people where joy was expected.

Simile (Upamai)

“Pazhathukullae valarnthazhikkum Vandinai polae”

Comparing betrayal in heart to a beetle ('Vandu') growing inside a fruit and consuming it secretly from within.

Rhyme / Ethirai (Second letter agreement)

“Idi idikuthu kaatradikuthu sathathilae / Idhai paarthu paarthu”

Tamil poetic rhyme scheme 'Edhugai' where second letters match in adjacent lines (Idi / Idhai, Solai / Paalai).

Paradox (Abaasa Alangaram)

“Ennai kollaamal kondravarkku Solli vidungal”

The line highlights emotional destruction where one is 'killed without being physically killed'.

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Trivia

Composed by S. Vedhachalam with lyrics by Maa. Raa., 'Veeranganai' (1964) featured rare early solo renditions by legendary singer K. J. Yesudas during the formative years of his career in Tamil cinema.

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