Kadhal Kirukkan
From Album Songs 2020 · 2020
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Yeah… | Yeah... |
| Kaadhalichi kalutharakkum oorukulla | In a town where people betray in love, |
| Kavithaiya kaadhalikkum aasai irukku enakkulla | I have a desire inside me to fall in love with poetry. |
| Kaadhalichi kalutharakkum oorukulla | In a town where people betray in love, |
| Kavithaiya kaadhalikkum aasai irukku enakkulla | I have a desire inside me to fall in love with poetry. |
| Male | |
| Kadithathil kaadhalikkum kalacharam | The culture of loving through letters |
| Tholanju pochu | has been lost. |
| Kanni thamai manadhil irukkum | True love resides in the mind, |
| Udalil illai endra podhu | when it is not merely physical, |
| Vakkiyathai indha ooru marandhu pochu | this town has forgotten that sentence. |
| Edhu thavar edhu sari ooru kuzhambi pochu | What is wrong and what is right, the town is confused. |
| Edhu vidhi edhu sadhi inga purunji pochu | What is fate and what is a trap, I have understood here. |
| Kaadhalikka indha ooru marandhu naalu aachi | It has been ages since this town forgot how to love. |
| Male | |
| Hey kanmaniyae enga irukka | Hey darling, where are you? |
| Inga irukkan kaadhal kirukkan | Here stays the love-crazy guy. |
| Ennai thedi vandha podhum | Even when you come seeking me, |
| Alli alli kaadhal kudukka | to shower love in abundance, |
| Inga irukkan kaadhal kirukkan | here stays the love-crazy guy. |
| Inga irukkan kadahal kirukkan | Here stays the love-crazy guy. |
| Kanmaniyae enga irukka | Darling, where are you? |
| Male | |
| Inga irukkan kadhal kirukkan | Here stays the love-crazy guy. |
| Vaazhkai perukka vaazha pidikkavillai | Even though I do not feel like living |
| Endra podhum | just to increase life's duties, |
| Naanum vaazhnthurukken kavithaigalodu | I have lived along with poems, |
| Kavalaigalai naan kirukka | scribbling away my worries. |
| Enga irukka kanmaniyae | Where are you, darling? |
| Inga irukkan kaadhal kirukkan | Here stays the love-crazy guy. |
| Female | |
| Dei niruthu | Hey, stop it! |
| Kaadhal pathi unakkenna theriyum | What do you even know about love? |
| Male | |
| Hahahaha | Hahahaha! |
| Oru thalai kaadhal…one | One-sided love... one. |
| Iru thalai kaadhal…two | Two-sided love... two. |
| Pala thalai kaadhal …three | Multi-sided love... three. |
| Ena pala vagai kaadhal | Thus, many types of love. |
| Male | |
| Hey kan kattu kaadhal..four | Hey, blindfolded love... four. |
| Hey kai thottu kaadhal…five | Hey, physical touch love... five. |
| Hey meesai illa podhu varum.. | Hey, love that comes before getting a mustache... |
| Nai kutty kaadhal…six | Puppy love... six. |
| Ipdi ellam vagai kaadhalaiyum | I have passed through all these types of love. |
| Kadanthurukken | I crossed them. |
| Naanum onnu onna panni paarthu | I tried every single one of them |
| Odanjirukken | and ended up broken. |
| Kaadhal endraal ennavendru | What love really means, |
| Naanum unarnthurukken | I have realized it myself. |
| Kaadhalila graduation-eh vangi irukken | I have obtained a graduation in love. |
| Male | |
| Oru ponnu thedi alaiyura | Wandering in search of a girl, |
| Kaadhal kirukkan | this love-crazy guy. |
| Ada enakkunnu poranthava | Oh, the one made for me, |
| Enga irukka | where are you? |
| Unnai thaedi thaedi ennodaiya | Searching for you repeatedly, |
| Mandai vedikka | my head is ready to burst. |
| Naanum kaathu kidakka | As I wait around, |
| Kaadhal paadu padikka | suffering the trials of love, |
| Male | |
| En nenjukulla serthu vecha | to offer the affection |
| Anba kudukka | stored inside my heart, |
| Kaiya pudikka katti anaikka | to hold hands, to embrace tight, |
| Thozhu kudukka | to lend a shoulder, |
| Kaadhalikka aasai padum kaadhal kirukkan | the love-crazy guy who desires to love. |
| Naan inga irukkan nee enga irukka | I am here, where are you? |
| Male | |
| Thanimai odaikka kavalai kudukka | To break solitude, to share worries, |
| Inimai kidaikka vazhiya maranthu | forgetting the path to sweetness, |
| Meesai murukka paasam kudukka | twirling mustache, offering affection, |
| Yengi kidakkan kaadhal kidaikka | longing to get true love. |
| Kanna moodi vendi irukkan | I pray with closed eyes. |
| Pootti kidakka nenja thorakka | To unlock the locked heart, |
| Saavi irukka pennae neeyum enga irukka | is there a key? Girl, where are you? |
| Male | |
| Engadi irukka kaadhal kirukki | Where are you, my love-crazy girl? |
| Vandhu pudi en kaiya irukki | Come and hold my hand tightly. |
| Thaniya nadanthu vizhunthen thadukki | Walking alone, I stumbled and fell. |
| Kaakka vechathu podhum arakki | Enough of keeping me waiting, you demoness! |
| Male | |
| Engadi irukka kaadhal kirukki | Where are you, my love-crazy girl? |
| Vandhu pudi en kaiya irukki | Come and hold my hand tightly. |
| Thaniya nadanthu vizhunthen thadukki | Walking alone, I stumbled and fell. |
| Kaakka vechathu podhum arakki | Enough of keeping me waiting, you demoness! |
| Mayakki mayakki menaminikki | Charming and glittering girl, |
| Pinnal potta jadaiyai pola | like a braided hair strand, |
| Irukki madakki vanthu pudi en kaiya irukki | clasping and folding, come hold my hand tight. |
| Male | |
| Engadi irukka kaadhal kirukki | Where are you, my love-crazy girl? |
| Oora suththi naanum porukki | Rambling around the town as a loafer, |
| Kidakkavillai kaadhal sirukki | I haven't found my love girl yet. |
| Sedhari pona nenjam alli | Gathering my shattered heart, |
| Adakki adakki vazhiya adakki | controlling and subduing the pain, |
| Engadi irukka kaadhal kirukki | where are you, my love-crazy girl? |
| Ennai thedi vandhu seru | Come seek me and join me, |
| Kaakka vechadhu podhum arakki | enough of keeping me waiting, you demoness! |
யெஹ்....
காதலிச்சு கழுத்தறுக்கும் ஊருக்குள்ள
கவிதைய காதலிக்கும் ஆசை இருக்கு எனக்குள்ள
காதலிச்சு கழுத்தறுக்கும் ஊருக்குள்ள
கவிதைய காதலிக்கும் ஆசை இருக்கு எனக்குள்ள
Yeah...
In a town where people betray in love,
I have a desire inside me to fall in love with poetry.
In a town where people betray in love,
I have a desire inside me to fall in love with poetry.
கடிதத்தில் காதலிக்கும் கலாச்சாரம்
தொலைஞ்சு போச்சு
கன்னி தன்மை மனதில் இருக்கும்
உடலில் இல்லை என்ற போது
வாக்கியத்தை இந்த ஊரு மறந்து போச்சு
எது தவற் எது சரி ஊரு குழம்பி போச்சு
எது விதி எது சதி இங்க புரிஞ்சு போச்சு
காதலிக்க இந்த ஊரு மறந்து நாலு ஆச்சி
The culture of loving through letters
has been lost.
True love resides in the mind,
when it is not merely physical,
this town has forgotten that sentence.
What is wrong and what is right, the town is confused.
What is fate and what is a trap, I have understood here.
It has been ages since this town forgot how to love.
ஹே கண்மணியே எங்க இருக்க
இங்க இருக்கான் காதல் கிறுக்கன்
என்னை தேடி வந்த போதும்
அள்ளி அள்ளி காதல் குடுக்க
இங்க இருக்கன் காதல் கிறுக்கன்
இங்க இருக்கன் காதல் கிறுக்கன்
கண்மணியே எங்க இருக்க
Hey darling, where are you?
Here stays the love-crazy guy.
Even when you come seeking me,
to shower love in abundance,
here stays the love-crazy guy.
Here stays the love-crazy guy.
Darling, where are you?
இங்க இருக்கான் காதல் கிறுக்கன்
வாழ்க்கை பெருக்க வாழ பிடிக்கவில்லை
என்ற போதும்
நானும் வாழ்ந்திருகேன் கவிதைகளோடு
கவலைகளை நான் கிறுக்க
எங்க இருக்க கண்மணியே
இங்க இருக்கன் காதல் கிறுக்கன்
Here stays the love-crazy guy.
Even though I do not feel like living
just to increase life's duties,
I have lived along with poems,
scribbling away my worries.
Where are you, darling?
Here stays the love-crazy guy.
டேய் நிறுத்து
காதல் பத்தி உனக்கென்ன தெரியும்
Hey, stop it!
What do you even know about love?
ஹஹஹா....
ஒரு தலை காதல்....ஒன்
இரு தலை காதல்.....டு
பல தலை காதல்....த்ரி
என பல வகை காதல்
Hahahaha!
One-sided love... one.
Two-sided love... two.
Multi-sided love... three.
Thus, many types of love.
ஹே கண் கட்டு காதல்....ஃபோர்
ஹே கை தொட்டு காதல்....பைவ்
ஹே மீசை இல்லா போது வரும்
நாய் குட்டி காதல்.....சிக்ஸ்
இப்டி எல்லாம் வகை காதலையும்
கடந்துருக்கேன்
நானும் ஒன்னு ஒன்னா பண்ணி பார்த்து
ஒடஞ்சிருக்கேன்
காதல் என்றால் என்னவென்று
நானும் உணர்ந்துருகேன்
காதலில கிராஜ்ஜூவேசன்ன வாங்கிருக்கேன்
Hey, blindfolded love... four.
Hey, physical touch love... five.
Hey, love that comes before getting a mustache...
Puppy love... six.
I have passed through all these types of love.
I crossed them.
I tried every single one of them
and ended up broken.
What love really means,
I have realized it myself.
I have obtained a graduation in love.
ஒரு பொண்ணு தேடி அலையுற
காதல் கிறுக்கன்
அட எனக்குன்னு பொறந்தவ
எங்க இருக்க
உன்னை தேடி தேடி என்னுடைய
மண்டை வெடிக்க
நானும் காத்து கிடக்க
காதல் பாட்டு படிக்க
Wandering in search of a girl,
this love-crazy guy.
Oh, the one made for me,
where are you?
Searching for you repeatedly,
my head is ready to burst.
As I wait around,
suffering the trials of love,
என் நெஞ்சுக்குள்ள சேர்த்து வெச்ச
அன்ப கொடுக்க
கைய புடிக்க கட்டி அணைக்க
தோளு குடுக்க
காதலிக்க ஆசை படும் காதல் கிறுக்கன்
நான் இங்க இருக்கன் நீ எங்க இருக்க
to offer the affection
stored inside my heart,
to hold hands, to embrace tight,
to lend a shoulder,
the love-crazy guy who desires to love.
I am here, where are you?
தனிமை ஒடைக்க கவலை குடுக்க
இனிமை கிடைக்க வழிய மறந்து
மீசை முறுக்க பாசம் குடுக்க
ஏங்கி கிடக்கன் காதல் கிடைக்க
கண்ண மூடி வேண்டி இருக்கன்
பூட்டி கிடக்க நெஞ்ச தொறக்க
சாவி இருக்க பெண்ணே நீயும் எங்க இருக்க
To break solitude, to share worries,
forgetting the path to sweetness,
twirling mustache, offering affection,
longing to get true love.
I pray with closed eyes.
To unlock the locked heart,
is there a key? Girl, where are you?
எங்கடி இருக்க காதல் கிறுக்கி
வந்து புடி என் கைய இறுக்கி
தனியா நடந்து விழுந்துட்டேன் தடுக்கி
காக்க வச்சது போதும் அரக்கி
Where are you, my love-crazy girl?
Come and hold my hand tightly.
Walking alone, I stumbled and fell.
Enough of keeping me waiting, you demoness!
எங்கடி இருக்க காதல் கிறுக்கி
வந்து புடி என் கைய இறுக்கி
தனியா நடந்து விழுந்துட்டேன் தடுக்கி
காக்க வச்சது போதும் அரக்கி
மயக்கி மயக்கி மேனமினிக்கி
பின்னல் போட்ட ஜடையை போல
இறுக்கி மடக்கி வந்து புடி என் கைய இறுக்கி
Where are you, my love-crazy girl?
Come and hold my hand tightly.
Walking alone, I stumbled and fell.
Enough of keeping me waiting, you demoness!
Charming and glittering girl,
like a braided hair strand,
clasping and folding, come hold my hand tight.
எங்கடி இருக்க காதல் கிறுக்கி
ஊற சுத்தி நானும் பொறுக்கி
கிடைக்கவில்லை காதல் சிறுக்கி
செதறி போன நெஞ்சம் அள்ளி
அடக்கி அடக்கி வழிய அடக்கி
எங்கடி இருக்க காதல் கிறுக்கி
என்னை தேடி வந்து சேறு
காக்க வெச்சது போதும் அரக்கி
Where are you, my love-crazy girl?
Rambling around the town as a loafer,
I haven't found my love girl yet.
Gathering my shattered heart,
controlling and subduing the pain,
where are you, my love-crazy girl?
Come seek me and join me,
enough of keeping me waiting, you demoness!
Yeah…
Yeah...
Kaadhalichi kalutharakkum oorukulla
In a town where people betray in love,
Kavithaiya kaadhalikkum aasai irukku enakkulla
I have a desire inside me to fall in love with poetry.
Kaadhalichi kalutharakkum oorukulla
In a town where people betray in love,
Kavithaiya kaadhalikkum aasai irukku enakkulla
I have a desire inside me to fall in love with poetry.
Kadithathil kaadhalikkum kalacharam
The culture of loving through letters
Tholanju pochu
has been lost.
Kanni thamai manadhil irukkum
True love resides in the mind,
Udalil illai endra podhu
when it is not merely physical,
Vakkiyathai indha ooru marandhu pochu
this town has forgotten that sentence.
Edhu thavar edhu sari ooru kuzhambi pochu
What is wrong and what is right, the town is confused.
Edhu vidhi edhu sadhi inga purunji pochu
What is fate and what is a trap, I have understood here.
Kaadhalikka indha ooru marandhu naalu aachi
It has been ages since this town forgot how to love.
Hey kanmaniyae enga irukka
Hey darling, where are you?
Inga irukkan kaadhal kirukkan
Here stays the love-crazy guy.
Ennai thedi vandha podhum
Even when you come seeking me,
Alli alli kaadhal kudukka
to shower love in abundance,
Inga irukkan kaadhal kirukkan
here stays the love-crazy guy.
Inga irukkan kadahal kirukkan
Here stays the love-crazy guy.
Kanmaniyae enga irukka
Darling, where are you?
Inga irukkan kadhal kirukkan
Here stays the love-crazy guy.
Vaazhkai perukka vaazha pidikkavillai
Even though I do not feel like living
Endra podhum
just to increase life's duties,
Naanum vaazhnthurukken kavithaigalodu
I have lived along with poems,
Kavalaigalai naan kirukka
scribbling away my worries.
Enga irukka kanmaniyae
Where are you, darling?
Inga irukkan kaadhal kirukkan
Here stays the love-crazy guy.
Dei niruthu
Hey, stop it!
Kaadhal pathi unakkenna theriyum
What do you even know about love?
Hahahaha
Hahahaha!
Oru thalai kaadhal…one
One-sided love... one.
Iru thalai kaadhal…two
Two-sided love... two.
Pala thalai kaadhal …three
Multi-sided love... three.
Ena pala vagai kaadhal
Thus, many types of love.
Hey kan kattu kaadhal..four
Hey, blindfolded love... four.
Hey kai thottu kaadhal…five
Hey, physical touch love... five.
Hey meesai illa podhu varum..
Hey, love that comes before getting a mustache...
Nai kutty kaadhal…six
Puppy love... six.
Ipdi ellam vagai kaadhalaiyum
I have passed through all these types of love.
Kadanthurukken
I crossed them.
Naanum onnu onna panni paarthu
I tried every single one of them
Odanjirukken
and ended up broken.
Kaadhal endraal ennavendru
What love really means,
Naanum unarnthurukken
I have realized it myself.
Kaadhalila graduation-eh vangi irukken
I have obtained a graduation in love.
Oru ponnu thedi alaiyura
Wandering in search of a girl,
Kaadhal kirukkan
this love-crazy guy.
Ada enakkunnu poranthava
Oh, the one made for me,
Enga irukka
where are you?
Unnai thaedi thaedi ennodaiya
Searching for you repeatedly,
Mandai vedikka
my head is ready to burst.
Naanum kaathu kidakka
As I wait around,
Kaadhal paadu padikka
suffering the trials of love,
En nenjukulla serthu vecha
to offer the affection
Anba kudukka
stored inside my heart,
Kaiya pudikka katti anaikka
to hold hands, to embrace tight,
Thozhu kudukka
to lend a shoulder,
Kaadhalikka aasai padum kaadhal kirukkan
the love-crazy guy who desires to love.
Naan inga irukkan nee enga irukka
I am here, where are you?
Thanimai odaikka kavalai kudukka
To break solitude, to share worries,
Inimai kidaikka vazhiya maranthu
forgetting the path to sweetness,
Meesai murukka paasam kudukka
twirling mustache, offering affection,
Yengi kidakkan kaadhal kidaikka
longing to get true love.
Kanna moodi vendi irukkan
I pray with closed eyes.
Pootti kidakka nenja thorakka
To unlock the locked heart,
Saavi irukka pennae neeyum enga irukka
is there a key? Girl, where are you?
Engadi irukka kaadhal kirukki
Where are you, my love-crazy girl?
Vandhu pudi en kaiya irukki
Come and hold my hand tightly.
Thaniya nadanthu vizhunthen thadukki
Walking alone, I stumbled and fell.
Kaakka vechathu podhum arakki
Enough of keeping me waiting, you demoness!
Engadi irukka kaadhal kirukki
Where are you, my love-crazy girl?
Vandhu pudi en kaiya irukki
Come and hold my hand tightly.
Thaniya nadanthu vizhunthen thadukki
Walking alone, I stumbled and fell.
Kaakka vechathu podhum arakki
Enough of keeping me waiting, you demoness!
Mayakki mayakki menaminikki
Charming and glittering girl,
Pinnal potta jadaiyai pola
like a braided hair strand,
Irukki madakki vanthu pudi en kaiya irukki
clasping and folding, come hold my hand tight.
Engadi irukka kaadhal kirukki
Where are you, my love-crazy girl?
Oora suththi naanum porukki
Rambling around the town as a loafer,
Kidakkavillai kaadhal sirukki
I haven't found my love girl yet.
Sedhari pona nenjam alli
Gathering my shattered heart,
Adakki adakki vazhiya adakki
controlling and subduing the pain,
Engadi irukka kaadhal kirukki
where are you, my love-crazy girl?
Ennai thedi vandhu seru
Come seek me and join me,
Kaakka vechadhu podhum arakki
enough of keeping me waiting, you demoness!
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This indie Tamil song captures the emotional roller-coaster of a young man searching for genuine love in a modern world. He laments how contemporary society has forgotten deep emotional connections, romantic letters, and true soulbound affection, replacing them with shallow relationships and betrayal. He comically lists the various phases and types of love he has experienced (from puppy love to one-sided love), claiming he holds a degree in love pain. Despite his past heartbreaks and loneliness, he yearns passionately for his soulmate—his 'Kaadhal Kirukki' (love-crazy girl). He expresses his willingness to offer unconditional affection, emotional support, and partnership, pleading with her to stop making him wait and come hold his hand tightly to heal his broken heart.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Edhugai (Second letter rhyming)
“Kaadhalichi kalutharakkum oorukulla / Kavithaiya kaadhalikkum aasai irukku enakkulla”
Matching second consonants across consecutive lines, creating rhythmic unity.
Monaai (Alliteration / Initial letter rhyming)
“Kaadhalichi kalutharakkum oorukulla”
Repetition of initial consonants like 'K' sound across words in the line.
Iyaibu (End Rhyme)
“Engadi irukka kaadhal kirukki / Vandhu pudi en kaiya irukki”
Consistent rhyming endings at the conclusion of poetic lines.
Metaphor
“Pootti kidakka nenja thorakka / Saavi irukka pennae”
Comparing heart pain and complex love emotions to physical braided patterns and locked doors.
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Trivia
The track is a popular independent Tamil hip-hop/album song released during the indie music boom of 2020. It combines conversational spoken-word Tamil, humorous hip-hop enumeration of love types ('one-sided', 'puppy love'), and traditional folk-pop melody hooks that resonated widely across youth and social media reels.
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