Kadhoram Kanagambaram
From Pudhu Padagan · 1990
- Lyricist
- Kalaipuli S. Thanu
- Singers
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sunantha
- Music director
- Kalaipuli S. Thanu
- Details
- Pudhu Padagan1990
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Jigu jigu jiguncha | Jigu jigu jiguncha (Rhythmic folk beat) |
| Jingidu jingiduchaa | Jingidu jingiduchaa (Rhythmic folk beat) |
| Kaathoram kanagambaram | Firecracker flower by the ear |
| Theruvoram kaadhal varum | Love comes along the street |
| Kaathoram kanagambaram | Firecracker flower by the ear |
| Theruvoram kaadhal varum | Love comes along the street |
| Male | |
| Maamanukku nee thaaram | You are the bride for your maternal uncle |
| Manasukullae reengaaram | A buzz in the heart |
| Oorkolam poguthu oonjal aadudhu | A procession goes on, a swing is swaying |
| Kaathoram kanagambaram | Firecracker flower by the ear |
| Theruvoram kaadhal varum | Love comes along the street |
| Podu kaathoram kanagambaram | Play it, firecracker flower by the ear |
| Theruvoram kaadhal varum | Love comes along the street |
| Male | |
| …………………………. | ... |
| Chorus | |
| ……………………. | ... |
| Male | |
| Aththa ponnae kitta vaadi | Cousin girl, come near me |
| Female :Hmm mm | Female: Hmmm mm |
| Male :Aasaiyodu vanthirukkum maamanthadi | Male: Your uncle has come with desire |
| Female :Hoo ooo | Female: Hoo ooo |
| Male :Aththa ponnae kitta vaadinnaa | Male: Cousin girl, I said come near |
| Aasaiyodu vanthirukkum maamanthadi | Your uncle has come with desire |
| Male | |
| Kannaana kannatiyae | My precious mirror-like girl |
| Vaadi en pondaattiyae | Come, my wife |
| Female :Yaei | Female: Hey! |
| Male :Kannaana kannatiyae | Male: My precious mirror-like girl |
| Vaadi en pondaattiyae | Come, my wife |
| Kattaaga unnai katti | Holding you tightly, |
| Kondu pogum madhura kaalai | The Madurai bull taking you away |
| Male | |
| Kaathoram kanagambaram | Firecracker flower by the ear |
| Female :Haan | Female: Yeah |
| Male :Theruvoram kaadhal varum | Male: Love comes along the street |
| Maamanukku nee thaaram | You are the bride for your maternal uncle |
| Manasukullae reengaaram | A buzz in the heart |
| Oorkolam poguthu oonjal aadudhu | A procession goes on, a swing is swaying |
| Male | |
| Kaathoram kanagambaram | Kaathoram kanagambaram |
| Female :Ahaan | Female: Aha |
| Male :Theruvoram kaadhal varum | Male: Love comes along the street |
| Male | |
| …………………….. | ... |
| Male | |
| Yepppaaa | Yopppaaa! |
| Unnai paartha pinnaalae | After seeing you |
| Female :Appuram | Female: And then? |
| Male :Ulagam suthudhu thannalae | Male: The world turns on its own |
| Female :Haan suthum | Female: Yeah, it turns |
| Male :Unnai paartha pinnaalae | Male: After seeing you |
| Ulagam suthudhu thannalae | The world turns on its own |
| Male | |
| Kallunda bodhai polae huk | Like an intoxication from toddy, huk! |
| Thalladi undhan mela | Staggering onto you |
| Kallunda bodhai polae | Like an intoxication from toddy |
| Thalladi undhan mela | Staggering onto you |
| Patt aattam undhan maeni | Your body sways like silk |
| Thottu kittaa dhosam illae | No harm in touching it |
| Male | |
| Kaathoram | By the ear |
| Female :Ahaan | Female: Aha |
| Male :Kanagambaram | Male: Firecracker flower |
| Female :Ahaan | Female: Aha |
| Male :Theruvoram | Male: Along the street |
| Female :Ahaan | Female: Aha |
| Male :Kaadhal varum | Male: Love will come |
| Female :Ahaan | Female: Aha |
| Male | |
| Maamanukku nee thaaram | You are the bride for your maternal uncle |
| Manasukullae reengaaram | A buzz in the heart |
| Oorkolam poguthu oonjal aadudhu | A procession goes on, a swing is swaying |
| Male | |
| Kaathoram | By the ear |
| Female :Hahahaha | Female: Hahaha |
| Male :Kanagambaram | Male: Firecracker flower |
| Female :Haan | Female: Yeah |
| Male :Theruvoram kaadhal varum | Male: Love comes along the street |
| Male | |
| …………………….. | ... |
| Female | |
| Haan | Yeah! |
| Male | |
| Ahaa ohoo aiyoo ammma | Ahaa ohoo aiyoo ammma |
| Chorus | |
| ……………………… | ... |
| Male | |
| ……………………. | ... |
| Male | |
| Yaetham irachu paarkaiyilae | When pulling water with a water-lift |
| Female :Hahaan | Female: Hahaan |
| Male :Nilathula thaneer paanjudumae | Male: Water flows into the field |
| Female :Aiyoo | Female: Oh my! |
| Male | |
| Yaetham irachu paarkaiyilae | When pulling water with a water-lift |
| Nilathula thaneer paanjudumae | Water flows into the field |
| Kadhirum vilanjidum pudhirum purinjidum | Crops will yield and the puzzle will be solved |
| Kadhirum vilanjidum pudhirum purinjidum | Crops will yield and the puzzle will be solved |
| Nallathoru badhilai sollu | Give me a good answer |
| Illavittaa kinathula thallu | Otherwise push me into the well |
| Female :……………………. | Female: ... |
| Male | |
| Thallitiyaedi yapappa aa a aa aa | You pushed me! Oh dear, aa a aa aa! |
| Female | |
| Kaathoram kanagaambaram | Firecracker flower by the ear |
| Kinathukkulla kaadhal varum | Love comes inside the well |
| Kaathoram kanagaambaram | Firecracker flower by the ear |
| Kinathukkulla kaadhal varum | Love comes inside the well |
| Female | |
| Maamanukku tharamilla | No status for the maternal uncle |
| Machaan kittae mogam illa | No infatuation towards the guy |
| Achchaaramaa tharavenu | Giving an advance token |
| Avathi padu aalavidu | Suffer now, leave me alone! |
| Durrrrr hoo hooi | Durrrrr hoo hooi |
| Male | |
| Indha pudi indha pudi | Catch this, catch this! |
| Mela vandhennna paaru | Look at me coming up |
| Vandhu pudichenna paaru | Look at me catching you |
| Udhai vaanga poreenga aama | You are going to get kicked, yes! |
ஜிகு ஜிகு ஜிகுஞ்சா
ஜிங்கிடு ஜிங்கிடுச்சா
Jigu jigu jiguncha (Rhythmic folk beat)
Jingidu jingiduchaa (Rhythmic folk beat)
Firecracker flower by the ear
Love comes along the street
Firecracker flower by the ear
Love comes along the street
காதோரம் கனகாம்பரம்
தெருவோரம் காதல் வரும்
காதோரம் கனகாம்பரம்
தெருவோரம் காதல் வரும்
You are the bride for your maternal uncle
A buzz in the heart
A procession goes on, a swing is swaying
Firecracker flower by the ear
Love comes along the street
Play it, firecracker flower by the ear
Love comes along the street
மாமனுக்கு நீ தாரம் மனசுக்குள்ளே ரீங்காரம்
ஊர்கோலம் போகுது ஊஞ்சலாடுது
காதோரம் கனகாம்பரம்
தெருவோரம் காதல் வரும்
போடு காதோரம் கனகாம்பரம்
தெருவோரம் காதல் வரும்
...
ஜிங்கு டிக்கிடு..ஜிங்கு டிக்கிடு
ஜிங்கு டிக்கிடு..ஜிங்கு டிக்கிடு
டிக்கிடு டிக்கிடு டிக்கிடுடிக்கிடு
...
ஐய்... ஆஹா....ஹ...
Cousin girl, come near me
Female: Hmmm mm
Male: Your uncle has come with desire
Female: Hoo ooo
Male: Cousin girl, I said come near
Your uncle has come with desire
க்ரு குக்குரு க்ரு குக்குரு
க்ரு குக்குரு க்ரு குக்குரு
க்ரு குக்குரு க்ரு குக்குரு
க்ரு குக்குரு க்ரு குக்குரு
க்ர் க்ர் குர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்
My precious mirror-like girl
Come, my wife
Female: Hey!
Male: My precious mirror-like girl
Come, my wife
Holding you tightly,
The Madurai bull taking you away
அத்தப் பொண்ணே கிட்ட வாடி..
ம்ஹும்..
ஆசையோட வந்திருக்கும் மாமந்தாடி..
ஹோஓஓ..
அத்தப் பொண்ணே கிட்ட வாடின்னா
ஆசையோட வந்திருக்கும் மாமந்தாடி
Firecracker flower by the ear
Female: Yeah
Male: Love comes along the street
You are the bride for your maternal uncle
A buzz in the heart
A procession goes on, a swing is swaying
கண்ணான கண்ணாட்டியே
வாடி பொண்டாட்டியே...
யேய்...
கண்ணான கண்ணாட்டியே
வாடி பொண்டாட்டியே...
கட்டாக உன்னை கட்டி
கொண்டு போகும் மதுர காளை
Kaathoram kanagambaram
Female: Aha
Male: Love comes along the street
காதோரம் கனகாம்பரம்
ஹான்
தெருவோரம் காதல் வரும்
மாமனுக்கு நீ தாரம் மனசுக்குள்ளே ரீங்காரம்
ஊர்கோலம் போகுது ஊஞ்சலாடுது
...
காதோரம் கனகாம்பரம்..
அஹ்ஹா
தெருவோரம் காதல் வரும்
Yopppaaa!
After seeing you
Female: And then?
Male: The world turns on its own
Female: Yeah, it turns
Male: After seeing you
The world turns on its own
தரிகரிடதோம்..தரிகரிடதோம் ..
தரிகரிடதோம்.. தரிகரிடதோம்.. ஹாஆ
இய்யயயயப்ப்ப்ப்பாஆஆ
Like an intoxication from toddy, huk!
Staggering onto you
Like an intoxication from toddy
Staggering onto you
Your body sways like silk
No harm in touching it
உன்னைப் பார்த்த பின்னாலே....
அப்புறம்
உலகம் சுத்துது தன்னாலே...
ஹ சுத்தும்
உன்னைப் பார்த்த பின்னாலே
உலகம் சுத்துது தன்னாலே
By the ear
Female: Aha
Male: Firecracker flower
Female: Aha
Male: Along the street
Female: Aha
Male: Love will come
Female: Aha
கள்ளூண்டபோதைப் போல... ஹ....
தள்ளாடி உந்தன் மேல
கள்ளூண்டபோதைப் போல
தள்ளாடி உந்தன் மேல
பட்டாடம் உந்தன் மேனி
தொட்டு கிட்டா தோசம் இல்லே
You are the bride for your maternal uncle
A buzz in the heart
A procession goes on, a swing is swaying
காதோரம்
ம்ஹஹ..
கனகாம்பரம்
ம்ஹஹ
தெருவோரம்
ம்ஹஹ..
காதல் வரும்
ம்ஹஹ
மாமனுக்கு நீதாரம் மனசுக்குள்ளே ரீங்காரம்
ஊர்கோலம் போகுது ஊஞ்சலாடுது
By the ear
Female: Hahaha
Male: Firecracker flower
Female: Yeah
Male: Love comes along the street
காதோரம் ஹஹ கனகாம்பரம்
ஆஹஹா
தெருவோரம் பெண் :
ஹ
காதல் வரும்
டிங்கு டக்கர.. டிங்கு டக்கர..
டிங்கு டக்கர.. டிங்கு டக்கர..
டிங்கு டக்கட டிங்கு டக்கட..ஹாஆ
ஆஹா ஐயோ அம்மாஆ உய்ய்ய்ய்ய்
...
ஜிஞ்சுனக்கட.. ஜிஞ்சுனக்கட..
ஜிஞ்சுனக்கட..ஜிஞ்சுனக்கட..
ஜிஞ்சுனக்கட.. ஜிஞ்சுனக்கட..
Yeah!
க்ர் க்ர் குர்ர்ர்ர க்ர் க்ர் குர்ர்ர்ர்
க்ர் க்ர் குர்ர்ர்ர் க்ர் க்ர் குர்ர்ர்ர் குர் குர்
Ahaa ohoo aiyoo ammma
ஏத்தம் இறைச்சு பார்க்கையிலே..
ம்ஹஹா
நிலத்துல தண்ணீ பாஞ்சுடுமே..
ஐயோஓஓ
ஏத்தம் இறைச்சு பார்க்கையிலே
நிலத்துல தண்ணீ பாஞ்சுடுமே
...
கதிரும் விளைஞ்சிடும் புதிரும் புரிஞ்சிடும்
கதிரும் விளைஞ்சிடும் புதிரும் புரிஞ்சிடும்
நல்லதொரு பதிலை சொல்லு
இல்லாவிட்டா கிணத்துல தள்ளூ
டுர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்
ஹே ஹே ஹேய் ஹேய்ய்ய்ய்ய்
தள்ளிட்டியேடி யப்ப்ப்ப்பாஆஆஆஆ
...
காதோரம் கனகாம்பரம்
கிணத்துக்குள்ளே காதல் வரும்
காதோரம் கனகாம்பரம்
கிணத்துகுள்ளே காதல் வரும்
When pulling water with a water-lift
Female: Hahaan
Male: Water flows into the field
Female: Oh my!
மாமனுக்கு தாரமில்ல
மச்சான்கிட்ட மோகம் இல்ல
அச்சாரமா தரவேணும் அவதிபடு ஆளவிடு
டுர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர்ர் ஹோ ஹோய்
When pulling water with a water-lift
Water flows into the field
Crops will yield and the puzzle will be solved
Crops will yield and the puzzle will be solved
Give me a good answer
Otherwise push me into the well
Female: ...
இந்த புடி இந்தபுடி
மேல வந்தேன்னா...பாரு..
வந்து புடிச்சேன்னா பாரு ..
உதை வாங்கப்போறீங்க ஆமா
You pushed me! Oh dear, aa a aa aa!
Firecracker flower by the ear
Love comes inside the well
Firecracker flower by the ear
Love comes inside the well
No status for the maternal uncle
No infatuation towards the guy
Giving an advance token
Suffer now, leave me alone!
Durrrrr hoo hooi
Catch this, catch this!
Look at me coming up
Look at me catching you
You are going to get kicked, yes!
Jigu jigu jiguncha
Jigu jigu jiguncha (Rhythmic folk beat)
Jingidu jingiduchaa
Jingidu jingiduchaa (Rhythmic folk beat)
Kaathoram kanagambaram
Firecracker flower by the ear
Theruvoram kaadhal varum
Love comes along the street
Kaathoram kanagambaram
Firecracker flower by the ear
Theruvoram kaadhal varum
Love comes along the street
Maamanukku nee thaaram
You are the bride for your maternal uncle
Manasukullae reengaaram
A buzz in the heart
Oorkolam poguthu oonjal aadudhu
A procession goes on, a swing is swaying
Kaathoram kanagambaram
Firecracker flower by the ear
Theruvoram kaadhal varum
Love comes along the street
Podu kaathoram kanagambaram
Play it, firecracker flower by the ear
Theruvoram kaadhal varum
Love comes along the street
………………………….
...
…………………….
...
Aththa ponnae kitta vaadi
Cousin girl, come near me
Female :Hmm mm
Female: Hmmm mm
Male :Aasaiyodu vanthirukkum maamanthadi
Male: Your uncle has come with desire
Female :Hoo ooo
Female: Hoo ooo
Male :Aththa ponnae kitta vaadinnaa
Male: Cousin girl, I said come near
Aasaiyodu vanthirukkum maamanthadi
Your uncle has come with desire
Kannaana kannatiyae
My precious mirror-like girl
Vaadi en pondaattiyae
Come, my wife
Female :Yaei
Female: Hey!
Male :Kannaana kannatiyae
Male: My precious mirror-like girl
Vaadi en pondaattiyae
Come, my wife
Kattaaga unnai katti
Holding you tightly,
Kondu pogum madhura kaalai
The Madurai bull taking you away
Kaathoram kanagambaram
Firecracker flower by the ear
Female :Haan
Female: Yeah
Male :Theruvoram kaadhal varum
Male: Love comes along the street
Maamanukku nee thaaram
You are the bride for your maternal uncle
Manasukullae reengaaram
A buzz in the heart
Oorkolam poguthu oonjal aadudhu
A procession goes on, a swing is swaying
Kaathoram kanagambaram
Kaathoram kanagambaram
Female :Ahaan
Female: Aha
Male :Theruvoram kaadhal varum
Male: Love comes along the street
……………………..
...
Yepppaaa
Yopppaaa!
Unnai paartha pinnaalae
After seeing you
Female :Appuram
Female: And then?
Male :Ulagam suthudhu thannalae
Male: The world turns on its own
Female :Haan suthum
Female: Yeah, it turns
Male :Unnai paartha pinnaalae
Male: After seeing you
Ulagam suthudhu thannalae
The world turns on its own
Kallunda bodhai polae huk
Like an intoxication from toddy, huk!
Thalladi undhan mela
Staggering onto you
Kallunda bodhai polae
Like an intoxication from toddy
Thalladi undhan mela
Staggering onto you
Patt aattam undhan maeni
Your body sways like silk
Thottu kittaa dhosam illae
No harm in touching it
Kaathoram
By the ear
Female :Ahaan
Female: Aha
Male :Kanagambaram
Male: Firecracker flower
Female :Ahaan
Female: Aha
Male :Theruvoram
Male: Along the street
Female :Ahaan
Female: Aha
Male :Kaadhal varum
Male: Love will come
Female :Ahaan
Female: Aha
Maamanukku nee thaaram
You are the bride for your maternal uncle
Manasukullae reengaaram
A buzz in the heart
Oorkolam poguthu oonjal aadudhu
A procession goes on, a swing is swaying
Kaathoram
By the ear
Female :Hahahaha
Female: Hahaha
Male :Kanagambaram
Male: Firecracker flower
Female :Haan
Female: Yeah
Male :Theruvoram kaadhal varum
Male: Love comes along the street
……………………..
...
Haan
Yeah!
Ahaa ohoo aiyoo ammma
Ahaa ohoo aiyoo ammma
………………………
...
…………………….
...
Yaetham irachu paarkaiyilae
When pulling water with a water-lift
Female :Hahaan
Female: Hahaan
Male :Nilathula thaneer paanjudumae
Male: Water flows into the field
Female :Aiyoo
Female: Oh my!
Yaetham irachu paarkaiyilae
When pulling water with a water-lift
Nilathula thaneer paanjudumae
Water flows into the field
Kadhirum vilanjidum pudhirum purinjidum
Crops will yield and the puzzle will be solved
Kadhirum vilanjidum pudhirum purinjidum
Crops will yield and the puzzle will be solved
Nallathoru badhilai sollu
Give me a good answer
Illavittaa kinathula thallu
Otherwise push me into the well
Female :…………………….
Female: ...
Thallitiyaedi yapappa aa a aa aa
You pushed me! Oh dear, aa a aa aa!
Kaathoram kanagaambaram
Firecracker flower by the ear
Kinathukkulla kaadhal varum
Love comes inside the well
Kaathoram kanagaambaram
Firecracker flower by the ear
Kinathukkulla kaadhal varum
Love comes inside the well
Maamanukku tharamilla
No status for the maternal uncle
Machaan kittae mogam illa
No infatuation towards the guy
Achchaaramaa tharavenu
Giving an advance token
Avathi padu aalavidu
Suffer now, leave me alone!
Durrrrr hoo hooi
Durrrrr hoo hooi
Indha pudi indha pudi
Catch this, catch this!
Mela vandhennna paaru
Look at me coming up
Vandhu pudichenna paaru
Look at me catching you
Udhai vaanga poreenga aama
You are going to get kicked, yes!
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This playful Tamil folk-pop song 'Kaathoram Kanagambaram' from the 1990 movie Pudhu Padagan features a lighthearted banter between a man and his cousin (aththa ponnu). The male singer expresses his romantic affection, comparing his beloved's beauty to bright Kanagambaram flowers and describing his playful desire to marry her. He teasingly speaks of intoxication from her beauty and draws agricultural metaphors about watering fields and harvesting crops to symbolize romantic fulfillment. As the song progresses, the female counterpart playfully rebuffs his over-enthusiastic advances, pushing him into a well in jest. The humor continues with playful threats and bantering back-and-forth as the man emerges, culminating in a lively, comedic duet characteristic of classic rural Tamil cinema sequences.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Edhugai (Second letter rhyming)
“Kaathoram kanagambaram / Theruvoram kaadhal varum”
The second consonant 'th' matches across consecutive lines creating a Tamil rhyming pattern.
Metaphor (Uvamai)
“Kallunda bodhai polae thalladi undhan mela”
Comparing the feeling of falling in love or beholding the heroine to the intoxication induced by toddy (kallunda bodhai).
Agricultural Metaphor
“Yaetham irachu paarkaiyilae nilathula thaneer paanjudumae”
Using irrigation (yaetham irachu) and crop yielding (kadhirum vilanjidum) as a metaphor for romantic harmony and fruitfulness.
Alliteration (Monaai)
“Kannaana kannatiyae / Kattaaga unnai katti”
Repetition of initial consonants 'K' sound across words in the line.
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Trivia
'Pudhu Padagan' (1990) was written, directed, and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu under his V. C. Guhanathan banner, starring Vijayakanth and Radhika. The film featured music composed by S. Thanu himself in his directorial debut.
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