Kadhal Kiliye
From Jallikattu · 1987
- Lyricist
- Gangai Amaran
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Details
- Jallikattu1987
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Chorus | |
| …………………. | ... |
| Male | |
| Kadhal kiliyae kadhal kiliyae | O love parrot! O love parrot! |
| Kadhal kiliyae kadhal kiliyae | O love parrot! O love parrot! |
| Unna naan kadhalikaliyae | Haven't I fallen in love with you? |
| Kadhalikka duet padanum katti pudikkanum | To love, one must sing a duet and hug tightly, |
| Kandapadi odi aadanum thottu anaikanum | One must run and dance wildly, touch and embrace. |
| Kadhalikka duet padanum katti pudikkanum | To love, one must sing a duet and hug tightly, |
| Kandapadi odi aadanum thottu anaikanum | One must run and dance wildly, touch and embrace. |
| Male | |
| Kadhal kiliyae kadhal kiliyae | O love parrot! O love parrot! |
| Unna naan kadhalikaliyae | Haven't I fallen in love with you? |
| Female | |
| Mudhan mudhalaaga un kooda paaduraen | For the very first time, I am singing with you, |
| Therinjatha ellaam yaedho naan aaduraen | I am dancing somehow with whatever little I know. |
| Ippaththaan sangathi ellaam | Only now have I learned a little bit |
| Konjamaa therunjikittaen | About all these musical nuances. |
| Male | |
| Naan onnum paattu padikka TMS illa | I am not T. M. Soundararajan to sing songs, |
| Ada nee kooda duet padikka jangi illa | Hey, nor am I Shivaji to sing a duet with you! |
| Female :Nenaichchaa mudiyum padichchaa padiyum | Female: If you set your mind to it, you can; if you learn, you can master it, |
| Anaichchaa odiyum | If you embrace, all hesitation will run away! |
| Male :En nenjul ullaathu | Male: What is inside my heart, |
| Vaarththaiyil vallayadi | You express so skillfully in words, my dear! |
| Female | |
| Kadhal kiliyae kadhal kiliyae | O love parrot! O love parrot! |
| Kadhal kiliyae kadhal kiliyae | O love parrot! O love parrot! |
| Unna naan kadhalikaliyae | Haven't I fallen in love with you? |
| Chorus | |
| …………… | ... |
| Female | |
| Kadhal onnuthanae kedaikkuthu oosiyaa | Is love the only thing available for free? |
| Kai pidichchu paaththaa paattu varum easy-aa | If I hold your hand, songs come easily! |
| Kannaththil kannaththa vahchu kattikkiren vaariyaa | Placing cheek against cheek, I will hug you; will you come? |
| Male | |
| Venaamaa munnam enakku pazhakkamilla | No need, I don't have prior experience with this! |
| Ada po chummaa katti pudikka theriyavilla | Oh go on! You just don't know how to hold and hug! |
| Female | |
| Kanniya nenachchu mellamaa anaichchu | Thinking of me as a maiden, gently embrace me, |
| Edunga kodunga | Take it and give it! |
| Male :Ada nichchyam Idhukku oththigai venumadi | Male: Oh, surely a rehearsal is needed for this, girl! |
| Female | |
| Kadhal kiliyae kadhal kiliyae | O love parrot! O love parrot! |
| Kadhal kiliyae kadhal kiliyae | O love parrot! O love parrot! |
| Munna pinna kadhalichathillayae | I have never loved anyone before! |
| Kadhalichchu duet paadiko katti pudichchukko | Fall in love, sing a duet, and hug tightly, |
| Kandapadi odi adikko thottu anaichchukko | Run and dance wildly, touch and embrace! |
| Kadhalichchu duet paadiko katti pudichchukko | Fall in love, sing a duet, and hug tightly, |
| Kandapadi odi adikko thottu anaichchukko | Run and dance wildly, touch and embrace! |
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காதல் கிளியே காதல் கிளியே
காதல் கிளியே காதல் கிளியே
உன்ன நான் காதலிக்கலியே
காதலிக்க டூயட் பாடணும் கட்டி புடிக்கணும்
கண்டபடி ஓடி ஆடணும் தொட்டு அணைக்கணும்
காதலிக்க டூயட் பாடணும் கட்டி புடிக்கணும்
கண்டபடி ஓடி ஆடணும் தொட்டு அணைக்கணும்
O love parrot! O love parrot!
O love parrot! O love parrot!
Haven't I fallen in love with you?
To love, one must sing a duet and hug tightly,
One must run and dance wildly, touch and embrace.
To love, one must sing a duet and hug tightly,
One must run and dance wildly, touch and embrace.
காதல் கிளியே காதல் கிளியே
உன்ன நான் காதலிக்கலியே
O love parrot! O love parrot!
Haven't I fallen in love with you?
முதன் முதலாக உன் கூட பாடுறேன்
தெரிஞ்சத எல்லாம் ஏதோ நான் ஆடுறேன்
இப்பத்தான் சங்கதி எல்லாம்
கொஞ்சமா தெரிஞ்சிக்கிட்டேன்
For the very first time, I am singing with you,
I am dancing somehow with whatever little I know.
Only now have I learned a little bit
About all these musical nuances.
நான் ஒண்ணும் பாட்டு படிக்க டிஎம்எஸ் இல்ல
அட நீ கூட டூயட் படிக்க ஜானகி இல்ல
நெனச்சா முடியும் படிச்சா படியும்
அணைச்சா ஒடியும்
என் நெஞ்சுல உள்ளது
வார்த்தையில் வல்லயடி
I am not T. M. Soundararajan to sing songs,
Hey, nor am I Shivaji to sing a duet with you!
Female: If you set your mind to it, you can; if you learn, you can master it,
If you embrace, all hesitation will run away!
Male: What is inside my heart,
You express so skillfully in words, my dear!
காதல் கிளியே காதல் கிளியே
காதல் கிளியே காதல் கிளியே
முன்னப் பின்ன காதலிச்சதில்லயே.....
O love parrot! O love parrot!
O love parrot! O love parrot!
Haven't I fallen in love with you?
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காதல் ஒன்னுதானே கெடைக்குது ஓசியா
கை பிடிச்சு பாத்தா பாட்டு வரும் ஈசியா
கன்னத்தில் கன்னத்த வச்சு கட்டிகிறேன் வாரியா
Is love the only thing available for free?
If I hold your hand, songs come easily!
Placing cheek against cheek, I will hug you; will you come?
வேணாமா முன்னம் எனக்கு பழக்கமில்ல
அட போ சும்மா கட்டிப் புடிக்க தெரியவில்ல
No need, I don't have prior experience with this!
Oh go on! You just don't know how to hold and hug!
கன்னிய நெனச்சு மெல்லமா அணைச்சு
எடுங்க கொடுங்க
அட நிச்சயம் இதுக்கு ஒத்திகை வேணுமடி
Thinking of me as a maiden, gently embrace me,
Take it and give it!
Male: Oh, surely a rehearsal is needed for this, girl!
காதல் கிளியே காதல் கிளியே
காதல் கிளியே காதல் கிளியே
முன்னப் பின்ன காதலிச்சதில்லயே.....
காதலிச்சு டூயட் பாடிக்கோ கட்டி புடிச்சுக்கோ
கண்டபடி ஓடி ஆடிக்கோ தொட்டு அணைச்சுக்கோ
காதலிச்சு டூயட் பாடிக்கோ கட்டி புடிச்சுக்கோ
கண்டபடி ஓடி ஆடிக்கோ தொட்டு அணைச்சுக்கோ
O love parrot! O love parrot!
O love parrot! O love parrot!
I have never loved anyone before!
Fall in love, sing a duet, and hug tightly,
Run and dance wildly, touch and embrace!
Fall in love, sing a duet, and hug tightly,
Run and dance wildly, touch and embrace!
………………….
...
Kadhal kiliyae kadhal kiliyae
O love parrot! O love parrot!
Kadhal kiliyae kadhal kiliyae
O love parrot! O love parrot!
Unna naan kadhalikaliyae
Haven't I fallen in love with you?
Kadhalikka duet padanum katti pudikkanum
To love, one must sing a duet and hug tightly,
Kandapadi odi aadanum thottu anaikanum
One must run and dance wildly, touch and embrace.
Kadhalikka duet padanum katti pudikkanum
To love, one must sing a duet and hug tightly,
Kandapadi odi aadanum thottu anaikanum
One must run and dance wildly, touch and embrace.
Kadhal kiliyae kadhal kiliyae
O love parrot! O love parrot!
Unna naan kadhalikaliyae
Haven't I fallen in love with you?
Mudhan mudhalaaga un kooda paaduraen
For the very first time, I am singing with you,
Therinjatha ellaam yaedho naan aaduraen
I am dancing somehow with whatever little I know.
Ippaththaan sangathi ellaam
Only now have I learned a little bit
Konjamaa therunjikittaen
About all these musical nuances.
Naan onnum paattu padikka TMS illa
I am not T. M. Soundararajan to sing songs,
Ada nee kooda duet padikka jangi illa
Hey, nor am I Shivaji to sing a duet with you!
Female :Nenaichchaa mudiyum padichchaa padiyum
Female: If you set your mind to it, you can; if you learn, you can master it,
Anaichchaa odiyum
If you embrace, all hesitation will run away!
Male :En nenjul ullaathu
Male: What is inside my heart,
Vaarththaiyil vallayadi
You express so skillfully in words, my dear!
Kadhal kiliyae kadhal kiliyae
O love parrot! O love parrot!
Kadhal kiliyae kadhal kiliyae
O love parrot! O love parrot!
Unna naan kadhalikaliyae
Haven't I fallen in love with you?
……………
...
Kadhal onnuthanae kedaikkuthu oosiyaa
Is love the only thing available for free?
Kai pidichchu paaththaa paattu varum easy-aa
If I hold your hand, songs come easily!
Kannaththil kannaththa vahchu kattikkiren vaariyaa
Placing cheek against cheek, I will hug you; will you come?
Venaamaa munnam enakku pazhakkamilla
No need, I don't have prior experience with this!
Ada po chummaa katti pudikka theriyavilla
Oh go on! You just don't know how to hold and hug!
Kanniya nenachchu mellamaa anaichchu
Thinking of me as a maiden, gently embrace me,
Edunga kodunga
Take it and give it!
Male :Ada nichchyam Idhukku oththigai venumadi
Male: Oh, surely a rehearsal is needed for this, girl!
Kadhal kiliyae kadhal kiliyae
O love parrot! O love parrot!
Kadhal kiliyae kadhal kiliyae
O love parrot! O love parrot!
Munna pinna kadhalichathillayae
I have never loved anyone before!
Kadhalichchu duet paadiko katti pudichchukko
Fall in love, sing a duet, and hug tightly,
Kandapadi odi adikko thottu anaichchukko
Run and dance wildly, touch and embrace!
Kadhalichchu duet paadiko katti pudichchukko
Fall in love, sing a duet, and hug tightly,
Kandapadi odi adikko thottu anaichchukko
Run and dance wildly, touch and embrace!
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This playful duet features a hero and heroine playfully flirting and navigating the initial awkwardness of romance. The hero humorously confesses that he is inexperienced in love, singing, and romantic gestures, comparing himself humbly to legendary singer T. M. Soundararajan and actor Sivaji Ganesan. The heroine encourages him with lighthearted teasing, assuring him that love and romance come naturally with practice and intimacy. Through energetic exchanges and rhythmic banter, they playfully debate affection, ending in agreement that love requires practice and enthusiasm.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Uvamaani / Metaphor (உவமை)
“Kadhal kiliyae kadhal kiliyae”
Addressing the beloved as 'Kadhal kiliyae' (Love parrot), a traditional romantic term endearment.
Emona / Rhyme (எதுகை)
“Kadhalikka duet padanum katti pudikkanum”
Rhyming structure and cadence using end-words like 'padanum', 'pudikkanum', 'aadanum', and 'anaikanum'.
Pop Culture Metaphor / Allusion
“Naan onnum paattu padikka TMS illa”
Humorous reference to veteran playback singer T. M. Soundararajan (TMS) and legendary actor Sivaji Ganesan ('Jangi' / Sivaji) to contrast the singer's innocence with legendary romantic icons.
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Trivia
The song comes from the 1987 Tamil movie 'Jallikattu' starring Sivaji Ganesan, Sathyaraj, and Radha. The film's music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, and the lyrics were penned by Gangai Amaran.
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