Kai Kotti Siripaargal
From Apoorva Raagangal · 1975
- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singer
- Siyak Mohammed
- Music director
- M. S. Vishwanathan
- Details
- Apoorva Raagangal1975
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Kai kotti sirippaargal | They will clap their hands and laugh |
| Ooraar sirippargal | The townspeople will laugh |
| Vilaiyaattu kalyaanamae | A playful marriage |
| Tharum vibareedha uravaagumae | Will yield disastrous relationships |
| Male | |
| Kai kotti sirippaargal | They will clap their hands and laugh |
| Ooraar sirippargal | The townspeople will laugh |
| Vilaiyaattu kalyaanamae | A playful marriage |
| Tharum vibareedha uravaagumae | Will yield disastrous relationships |
| Thalai maari kaal maarumae | Head and feet will get reversed |
| Angu sondhangal thadumaarumae | There, relationships will falter |
| Male | |
| Veenai than narambai | When a finger plucks |
| Viral meettum podhu | The string of a veena |
| Mirudhanga oli thondrumaa | Will the sound of a mridangam emerge? |
| Vilakkaettri eduthu | If a lamp is lit |
| Pagal neram vaithaal | And kept during daytime |
| Izhaigindra oli thondurmaa | Will it emit useful light? |
| Male | |
| Karakkindra paalai | The milk that is milked |
| Surakkindra madikkul | Back into the secreting udder |
| Anuppudhal nadakkaadhammaa | Cannot be sent back, my dear |
| Karakkindra paalai | The milk that is milked |
| Surakkindra madikkul | Back into the secreting udder |
| Anuppudhal nadakkaadhammaa | Cannot be sent back, my dear |
| Pirakkindra aasai | If a desire that is born |
| Thavaraaga irundhaal | Is wrong |
| Nadakkavum koodaadhammaa | It must not happen, my dear |
| Male | |
| Vilaiyaattu kalyaanamae | A playful marriage |
| Tharum vibareedha uravaagumae | Will yield disastrous relationships |
| Thalai maari kaal maarumae | Head and feet will get reversed |
| Angu sondhangal thadumaarumae | There, relationships will falter |
| Kai kotti sirippaargal | They will clap their hands and laugh |
| Oooraar sirippargal | The townspeople will laugh |
கைக்கொட்டி சிரிப்பார்கள்
ஊரார் சிரிப்பார்கள்
விளையாட்டு கல்யாணமே
தரும் விபரீத உறவாகுமே
They will clap their hands and laugh
The townspeople will laugh
A playful marriage
Will yield disastrous relationships
கைக்கொட்டி சிரிப்பார்கள்
ஊரார் சிரிப்பார்கள்
விளையாட்டு கல்யாணமே தரும்
விபரீத உறவாகுமே
தலைமாறி கால் மாறுமே
அங்கு சொந்தங்கள் தடுமாறுமே
They will clap their hands and laugh
The townspeople will laugh
A playful marriage
Will yield disastrous relationships
Head and feet will get reversed
There, relationships will falter
வீணை தன் நரம்பை
விரல் மீட்டும்போது
மிருதங்க ஒலி தோன்றுமா
விளக்கேற்றி எடுத்து
பகல் நேரம் வைத்தால்
இழைக்கின்ற ஒளி தோன்றுமா
When a finger plucks
The string of a veena
Will the sound of a mridangam emerge?
If a lamp is lit
And kept during daytime
Will it emit useful light?
கறக்கின்ற பாலை
சுரக்கின்ற மடிக்குள்
அனுப்புதல் நடக்காதம்மா
கறக்கின்ற பாலை
சுரக்கின்ற மடிக்குள்
அனுப்புதல் நடக்காதம்மா
பிறக்கின்ற ஆசை
தவறாக இருந்தால்
நடக்கவும் கூடாதம்மா
The milk that is milked
Back into the secreting udder
Cannot be sent back, my dear
The milk that is milked
Back into the secreting udder
Cannot be sent back, my dear
If a desire that is born
Is wrong
It must not happen, my dear
விளையாட்டு கல்யாணமே
தரும் விபரீத உறவாகுமே
தலைமாறி கால் மாறுமே
அங்கு சொந்தங்கள் தடுமாறுமே
A playful marriage
Will yield disastrous relationships
Head and feet will get reversed
There, relationships will falter
They will clap their hands and laugh
The townspeople will laugh
கைக்கொட்டி சிரிப்பார்கள்
ஊரார் சிரிப்பார்கள்
Kai kotti sirippaargal
They will clap their hands and laugh
Ooraar sirippargal
The townspeople will laugh
Vilaiyaattu kalyaanamae
A playful marriage
Tharum vibareedha uravaagumae
Will yield disastrous relationships
Kai kotti sirippaargal
They will clap their hands and laugh
Ooraar sirippargal
The townspeople will laugh
Vilaiyaattu kalyaanamae
A playful marriage
Tharum vibareedha uravaagumae
Will yield disastrous relationships
Thalai maari kaal maarumae
Head and feet will get reversed
Angu sondhangal thadumaarumae
There, relationships will falter
Veenai than narambai
When a finger plucks
Viral meettum podhu
The string of a veena
Mirudhanga oli thondrumaa
Will the sound of a mridangam emerge?
Vilakkaettri eduthu
If a lamp is lit
Pagal neram vaithaal
And kept during daytime
Izhaigindra oli thondurmaa
Will it emit useful light?
Karakkindra paalai
The milk that is milked
Surakkindra madikkul
Back into the secreting udder
Anuppudhal nadakkaadhammaa
Cannot be sent back, my dear
Karakkindra paalai
The milk that is milked
Surakkindra madikkul
Back into the secreting udder
Anuppudhal nadakkaadhammaa
Cannot be sent back, my dear
Pirakkindra aasai
If a desire that is born
Thavaraaga irundhaal
Is wrong
Nadakkavum koodaadhammaa
It must not happen, my dear
Vilaiyaattu kalyaanamae
A playful marriage
Tharum vibareedha uravaagumae
Will yield disastrous relationships
Thalai maari kaal maarumae
Head and feet will get reversed
Angu sondhangal thadumaarumae
There, relationships will falter
Kai kotti sirippaargal
They will clap their hands and laugh
Oooraar sirippargal
The townspeople will laugh
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This song from K. Balachander's 'Apoorva Raagangal' serves as a philosophical warning against entering into unnatural, socially destructive, or improper relationships. It highlights that treating marriage lightly or defying fundamental social logic invites public mockery and creates confusion where core familial roles become chaotic and inverted. Through poetic metaphors—such as expecting a veena to produce the drumbeats of a mridangam, lighting a lamp under the daylight sun, or attempting to push milk back into a cow's udder—Kannadasan stresses that certain actions and unnatural desires defy the laws of nature and should never be pursued.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor / Rhetorical Question (Uvamai & Vinaa)
“Veenai than narambai Viral meettum podhu Mirudhanga oli thondrumaa”
Comparing incompatible social matches to plucking a veena string and expecting a mridangam sound, emphasizing the absurdity of defying nature.
Analogy of Irreversibility
“Karakkindra paalai Surakkindra madikkul Anuppudhal nadakkaadhammaa”
Using the impossible act of putting milk back into an udder as an analogy for actions and desires that cannot be reversed once committed.
Iyaibu (End Rhyme)
“Tharum vibareedha uravaagumae / Thalai maari kaal maarumae”
The rhythmic repetition of the suffix '-umae' across multiple lines ('uravaagumae', 'maarumae', 'thadumaarumae') creates melodic coherence.
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Trivia
Apoorva Raagangal (1975), directed by K. Balachander, featured music by M. S. Viswanathan with lyrics by Kannadasan. The film's revolutionary plot revolves around complex inter-generational relationships (a young man loving an older woman, while his father loves her daughter), which directly aligns with the song's theme of 'vibareedha uravu' (contrary relationships).
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