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Lyrics & meaning

Kaathaga

From Idhu Namma Aalu (2016) · 2015

Lyricist
T. Rajendar
Singers
T. R. Silambarasan, S. T. Rajendar
Music director
T. R. Kuralarasan
Movie name
Idhu Namma Aalu (2016)
Movie release year
2015
Lyrics added on
5 Apr 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
:Aiyoo Kaathaga vantha ponnu
Moochukulla senthalae
Moochaga ulla vanthu
Manasukulla poonthalae
Kaathaga vantha ponnu
Moochukulla senthalae
Moochaga ulla vandhu
Manasukulla poonthalae
Solla solla ketkama
Ulla ulla poralae
Kaadhal ennum perala
Tholla panna poralae
Mudiyalayae
Aiyoo mudiyalayae
Mudiyalayae mudiyalayae
Unmai solla mudiyalayae
Theriyalayae theriyalayae
Poiyum solla theriyalayae
Suthura bhoomi
Sattunu ninnu
Enkitta iva yarunu kekuthu
Adikira kaathu
Iva azgha pathu
Yedakudamathan veesuthu
Nadurathiri
Iva veliya vanthaaka
Suriyan etti paakuthu
Kavithaina theriyatha enakku
Kavithai kootuthae
Aiyo aiyoo
Mudiyalayae
Aiyoo mudiyalayae
Mudiyalayae mudiyalayae
Unmai solla mudiyalayae
Theriyalayae theriyalayae
Poiyum solla theriyalayae
Kaathaga vantha ponnu
Moochukulla senthalae
Moochaga ulla vandhu
Manasukulla poonthalae
Oh, the girl who came like a breeze
became one with my breath.
Entering inside as my breath,
she slipped right into my heart.
The girl who came like a breeze
became one with my breath.
Entering inside as my breath,
she slipped right into my heart.
Without listening no matter what I say,
she keeps going deeper inside.
In the name of love,
she is going to torment me.
I can't take it!
Oh, I can't take it!
I can't take it, I can't take it!
I can't bring myself to tell the truth.
I don't know how, I don't know how,
I don't even know how to tell a lie.
The spinning earth
suddenly came to a stop
and asks me who she is!
The blowing wind,
seeing her beauty,
blows all wildly.
In the middle of the night,
if she steps outside,
the sun peeks out to look at her!
For someone like me who knows nothing of poetry,
it makes poetry flow!
Oh no, oh no!
I can't take it!
Oh, I can't take it!
I can't take it, I can't take it!
I can't bring myself to tell the truth.
I don't know how, I don't know how,
I don't even know how to tell a lie.
The girl who came like a breeze
became one with my breath.
Entering inside as my breath,
she slipped right into my heart.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This energetic song captures the overwhelming rush and playful confusion experienced by a young man falling hopelessly in love. He describes his beloved as a breeze that entered his lungs and took root in his heart, completely disrupting his mental state to the point where he cannot even think clearly or tell a lie.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Uvamai)

Kaathaga vantha ponnu

Compares the girl's sudden and refreshing arrival to a passing breeze.

Personification (Uruvagamaakkal)

Suthura bhoomi Sattunu ninnu Enkitta iva yarunu kekuthu

Attribues human speech and curiosity to the rotating earth.

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi)

Nadurathiri Iva veliya vanthaaka Suriyan etti paakuthu

Exaggerates her beauty by stating that the sun peeps out even at midnight to get a glimpse of her.

Repetition / Anaphora (Adukku Thodar)

Mudiyalayae mudiyalayae

Repeats rhythmic words like 'Mudiyalayae' and 'Theriyalayae' to emphasize helplessness.

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Trivia

This track is from the 2016 romantic comedy 'Idhu Namma Aalu', starring Silambarasan (Simbu) and Nayanthara. The film's soundtrack marked the debut of Kuralarasan (TR's younger son and Simbu's brother) as a music director, with lyrics written by his father, the veteran multitalented filmmaker T. Rajendar.

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