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Lyrics & meaning

Kadhal Vandhu

From Sundarapandian · 2012

Lyricist
Na. Muthu Kumar
Singer
Haricharan
Music director
N. R. Raghunanthan
Movie name
Sundarapandian
Movie release year
2012
Lyrics added on
5 Feb 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Tha nanenaa hey thane nanenaa
Tha nanenaa hey tha nanenaa
Kaadhal vandhu poiyaga unnai sutrinalae
Ullukullae pollaadha poo pookum
Pookal endru kaineeti neeum thodum pothu
Poovithazhgal sollaamal thee mootum
Un paarvaiyilae oru maatram nadakum
Un vaarthaiyilae ini mounam kuthikum
Un devathaiyai nee kaanum varaikum
Pala boogambangal un nenjil vedikum
Kaadhal vandhu poiyaga unnai sutrinalae
Ullukullae pollaadha poo pookum
Otrai vaarthai pesum bothum
Katrai koondhal modhum bothum
Netri pottil kaaichal vandhu kudiyerum
Nanbanodu irukumbodhum
Thannandhanimai nenjam thedum
Angum ingum kangal thedi thadumaarum
Kannodum kanavodum yutham ondru vanthidudhae
Kanneerai thandhaalum kaadhal inbam endridumae
Kaadhal endrum kadalai polae
Karaiyai yaarum kandadhillai
Kaadhal kaiyil maatikondaal
Aiyo pudikum paithiyamae
Kaadhal vandhu poiyaga unnai sutrinalae
Ullukullae pollaadha poo pookum
Kaatril kaiyai veesida thondrum
Megam paarthu pesida thondrum
Kaadhal vandhu seiyum maayam puriyaadhae
Neram ketta nerathil ezhupum
Nadakum bodhae parandhida thudikum
Kaadhaluku kaadhal seiya theriyaadhae
Paravaiku veraarum paraka katru tharuvadhillai
Neeyaga munneru nanban udhavi thevaiyillai
Kashta nashtam panathai paarthaal
Idhayam vaazha mudiyadhu
Thatu thatu meendum thatu
Kaadhal kadhavai thirandhidumae
Kaadhal vandhu poiyaga unnai sutrinalae
Ullukullae pollaadha poo pookum
Pookal endru kaineeti neeyum thodum podhu
Poovithazhgal sollaamal thee mootum
Thaa nanenaa hey thane nanenaa
Thaa nanenaa hey thaa nanenaa
If love playfully circles around you,
a mischievous flower will bloom inside.
When you reach out your hand to touch it like a flower,
its petals will quietly spark a fire.
A change will happen in your gaze,
and silence will start leaping into your words.
Until you see your angel,
many earthquakes will erupt in your heart.
If love playfully circles around you,
a mischievous flower will bloom inside.
Even when speaking a single word,
even when her thick hair brushes past,
a fever will come and settle on your forehead.
Even when you are with your friends,
your heart will search for solitude.
Your eyes will wander here and there, stumbling around.
A battle breaks out between your eyes and your dreams,
yet even if it brings tears, love is still pure joy.
Love is always like the ocean,
no one has ever seen its shore.
If you get caught in the hands of love,
oh, it will drive you completely mad!
If love playfully circles around you,
a mischievous flower will bloom inside.
You feel like waving your hands in the breeze,
you feel like looking at the clouds and talking to them.
You won't understand the magic that love works on you.
It wakes you up at the strangest hours,
and even while walking, you long to fly.
Love itself doesn't know how to love.
No one teaches a bird how to fly,
so step forward on your own, you don't need a friend's help.
If you worry about hardship, loss, and money,
the heart cannot truly live.
Knock, knock, and knock again,
and the door of love will surely open.
If love playfully circles around you,
a mischievous flower will bloom inside.
When you reach out your hand to touch it like a flower,
its petals will quietly spark a fire.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song from 'Sundarapandian' vividly describes the mysterious, intoxicating, and overwhelming emotional state of falling in love. The lyrics depict how love imperceptibly sneaks into a person's life, creating internal chaos, feverish passion, and behavioral changes such as seeking solitude, daydreaming, and conversing with nature.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai)

“Kaadhal endrum kadalai polae”

Compares love to a vast ocean whose shore can never be seen or reached.

Metaphor (Uruvagam) & Paradox

“Poovithazhgal sollaamal thee mootum”

Describes love as a wicked flower whose delicate petals silently ignite a fire when touched.

Hyperbole (Athyokthi)

“Pala boogambangal un nenjil vedikum”

Exaggerates emotional turmoil as multiple earthquakes shattering inside the heart.

Alliteration (Monaai) & Rhyme (Edugai)

“Ullukullae pollaadha poo pookum”

Repetition of consonant sounds 'p' ('pollaadha poo pookum') creating a euphonic musicality.

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Trivia

'Sundarapandian' (2012) marked the directorial debut of S. R. Prabhakaran and featured music composed by N. R. Raghunanthan. The lyrics were penned by celebrated Tamil poet Na. Muthukumar, whose trademark poetic metaphors captured the whimsical and irrational nature of young love.

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