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Kaattu Sirukki

From Raavanan · 2010

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singers
Shankar Mahadevan, Anuradha Sriram
Music director
A. R. Rahman
Movie name
Raavanan
Movie release year
2010
Lyrics added on
23 Sept 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kaatuchirukki kaatuchirukki
Yaar kaatuchirukki iva
Maazha kodupaalo idi idipaalo
Maayamaai povalo
Oh.. kaatuchirukki kaatuchirukki
Yaar kaatuchirukki iva
Maazha kodupaalo idi idipaalo
Maayamaai povalo
{Eeki minnal adikudhadi..
Male :Yaathae
Female :Eera kola thudikudhadi..
Male :Yaathae} (2)
Nachu manam machiniyodu
Machiniyodu maruguthadi
Ava nethiyula vacha pottula
En nenjankuzhiyae ottuthae
Ava nethiyula vacha pottula
En nenjankuzhiyae ottuthae
Ava paarvayil ellumbuga
Palpodiyaachae
Kaatuchirukki kaatuchirukki
Yaar kaatuchirukki iva
Maazha kodupaalo idi idipaalo
Maayamaai povalo
Yaaro evalo yaaro evalo
Yaar kattu chirukki iva
Maazha kodupaalo idi idipaalo
Maayamaai povalo
Thandai aninjava
Kondai aarinjathum
Anda sarasaram pochu
Male :Vandu thodamugam
Kandu vanaantharam
Vaanguthae perum moochu
Kaatuchirukki kaatuchirukki
Kaatuchirukki kaatuchirukki
Yaar kaatuchirukki iva
Maazha kodupaalo idi idipaalo
Maayamaai povalo
Uchanthala vagittuvazhi
Otha manam alayudhadi
Odathtu vari pallathula
Usir vizhunthu thavikkudhadi
Paazha pona manasu
Pasi eduthu
Konda pathiyatha murikudhadi
Paaran kalla sommanthu
Vazhi maranthu
Oru naththa kutti nagaruthadi
Kondai kaalu sevappum
Mooku vanappum
Enna kirukkunu sirikudhadi..ee..
Ohh..kaatuchirukki kaatuchirukki
Yaar kaatuchirukki iva
Maazha kodupaalo idi idipaalo
Maayamaai povalo
Yaaro evalo yaaro evalo
Yaar kattu chirukki iva
Maazha kodupaalo idi idipaalo
Maayamaai povalo
Thandai aninjava
Kondai aarinjathum
Anda sarasaram pochu
Male :Vandu thodamugam
Kandu vanaantharam
Vaanguthae perum moochu
……………………………
Aehae….yaer kizhicha
Thadathu vazhi
Neer kizhuchu povathupol
Nee kizhucha kottu vazhi
Neeluthadi em pozhappu
Aah…aaa..aaah ..aaa…
Ooraan kaattu kaniyae
Unna nenachu nenju
Sappu kotti thudikuthadi..
Yaathae idhu seriya illa thavara
Nenjil kathi sandai nadakuthadi
Unna munna niruthi
Enna nadathi
Ketta vithi vanthu sirukuthadi
Oaah.. kaatuchirukki kaatuchirukki
Male :Oaah.. kaatuchirukki kaatuchirukki
Yaar kattu chirukki iva
Maazha kodupaalo idi idipaalo
Maayamaai povalo
Kaatuchirukki kaatuchirukki
Yaar kattu chirukki iva
Kaatuchirukki kaatuchirukki
Yaar kattu chirukki iva
Kaatuchirukki kaatuchirukki
Yaar kattu chirukki iva
Maazha kodupaalo idi idipaalo
Maayamaai povalo
{Kaatuchirukki kaatuchirukki
Yaar kattu chirukki iva
Kaatuchirukki kaatuchirukki
Yaar kattu chirukki iva} (2)
Aaa..haaa…aaa…haaa….aaa..
Wild girl, wild girl,
who is this wild girl?
Will she bring cooling rain or strike with thunder?
Will she vanish like a phantom?
Oh, wild girl, wild girl,
who is this wild girl?
Will she bring cooling rain or strike with thunder?
Will she vanish like a phantom?
Thin slivers of lightning strike...
Male: Oh, dear mother...
Female: The deep core of my heart trembles...
Male: Oh, dear mother...
This obsessed, aching heart,
it yearns restlessly for her.
To the bindi on her forehead,
the hollow of my chest clings tight.
To the bindi on her forehead,
the hollow of my chest clings tight.
Under her piercing gaze,
even my bones turn to dust!
Wild girl, wild girl,
who is this wild girl?
Will she bring cooling rain or strike with thunder?
Will she vanish like a phantom?
Whoever she is, whoever she may be,
who is this wild girl?
Will she bring cooling rain or strike with thunder?
Will she vanish like a phantom?
The girl wearing anklets,
when her hair came undone,
the whole universe lost its mind!
Male: Seeing her sweet face brushed by bees,
the wide wilderness
heaves a heavy sigh.
Wild girl, wild girl,
wild girl, wild girl,
who is this wild girl?
Will she bring cooling rain or strike with thunder?
Will she vanish like a phantom?
Along the parting of her hair,
my lonely mind wanders.
In the gentle hollow of her neck,
my very life falls and struggles.
This helpless, ruined heart
is so gripped by hunger
that it breaks every vow of restraint.
Carrying a heavy stone,
having lost its way,
a little snail creeps along.
The rosy glow of her feet
and the charm of her nose
mock me and drive me mad...
Oh, wild girl, wild girl,
who is this wild girl?
Will she bring cooling rain or strike with thunder?
Will she vanish like a phantom?
Whoever she is, whoever she may be,
who is this wild girl?
Will she bring cooling rain or strike with thunder?
Will she vanish like a phantom?
The girl wearing anklets,
when her hair came undone,
the whole universe lost its mind!
Male: Seeing her sweet face brushed by bees,
the wide wilderness
heaves a heavy sigh.
...
Hey... Just as water
cuts and flows
through the path a plough has torn,
along the line you have drawn,
my entire life stretches out.
Aah... aa... aah... aa...
O forbidden fruit of another man's grove,
thinking of you, my heart
relishes the taste and throbs with longing...
Oh, is this right or is it wrong?
A fierce sword fight rages inside my chest!
Keeping you right in front,
forcing me to follow,
cruel fate laughs and mocks me.
Oh, wild girl, wild girl,
Male: Oh, wild girl, wild girl,
who is this wild girl?
Will she bring cooling rain or strike with thunder?
Will she vanish like a phantom?
Wild girl, wild girl,
who is this wild girl?
Wild girl, wild girl,
who is this wild girl?
Wild girl, wild girl,
who is this wild girl?
Will she bring cooling rain or strike with thunder?
Will she vanish like a phantom?
Wild girl, wild girl,
who is this wild girl?
Wild girl, wild girl,
who is this wild girl?
Aah... haha... aah... haha... aah...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Kaatuchirukki from Mani Ratnam's 2010 film Raavanan is a rustic, emotionally raw track composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics by Vairamuthu. The song captures the overpowering infatuation and internal moral conflict felt by the protagonist towards an alluring, untamed woman of the forest. The lyrics characterize her as an elemental force of nature—unpredictable like rain, thunder, or magic. Through rural imagery involving ploughed furrows, crawling snails, and wild flora, the song expresses how her sheer presence shatters his composure and disrupts his moral boundaries. His heart undergoes a fierce conflict between right and wrong as he realizes that cruel fate has bound his life to her irresistible spell.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Uvamai)

yaer kizhicha thadathu vazhi neer kizhuchu povathupol

Compares the path of life extending behind her guidance to water flowing through a freshly plowed furrow.

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi)

Ava paarvayil ellumbuga palpodiyaachae

Exaggerates the impact of her gaze, stating that her mere look turns bones into tooth powder.

Personification

Kandu vanaantharam vaanguthae perum moochu

Attributes human traits to the wilderness, depicting the forest as heaving a deep sigh upon seeing her beauty.

Second Letter Rhyme (Etukai)

Thandai aninjava / Kondai aarinjathum

Matching second consonants in adjacent lines creating rhythmic flow (Thandai / Kondai).

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Trivia

Kaatuchirukki was composed by A. R. Rahman for Mani Ratnam's Raavanan (2010), sung by Shankar Mahadevan and Sunitha Sarathy with lyrics by Vairamuthu. The song's rustic arrangements reflect the tribal forest backdrop of the film, which presents a modern reinterpretation of the Ramayana through the antagonist's perspective.

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