Kai Veesum Thamarai
From Kairasikkaran · 1984
- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singers
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Details
- Kairasikkaran1984
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Kai veesum thaamarai kalyaana devathai | The waving lotus, a goddess of marriage. |
| Pon vaazhvu kandaal kanmoodi nindraal | She found a golden life and stood with closed eyes. |
| Kadhal kondaal | She fell in love. |
| Female | |
| Kai veesum thaamarai kalyaana devathai | The waving lotus, a goddess of marriage. |
| Pon vaazhvu kandaal kanmoodi nindraal | She found a golden life and stood with closed eyes. |
| Kadhal kondaal | She fell in love. |
| Female | |
| Kai veesum thaamarai kalyaana devathai | The waving lotus, a goddess of marriage. |
| Female | |
| Poo ondru ippothu sendaanathu | A flower has now reached its destination. |
| Nee theenda perinbam undaanathu | When you touch it, supreme bliss was created. |
| Male :Ponvandu thaen kettu mandraaduthu | Male: A golden beetle begs for honey. |
| Naan unnum thaen innum sinthaathathu | The honey I consume has not yet spilled. |
| Female | |
| En selaiyil vaan minnalthaan | In my saree, the sky's lightning... |
| Vanthu noolaagumae | Will come and turn into thread. |
| Male :En solaiyil vel kooda poo pookkum | Male: In my garden, even a spear blossoms into a flower... |
| Oor kaalamae | It is such a time. |
| Female :Santhosam thaalaattumae….ae… | Female: Happiness will sing a lullaby... |
| Male | |
| Kai veesum thaamarai kalyaana devathai | The waving lotus, a goddess of marriage. |
| Female :Pon vaazhvu kandaal kanmoodi nindraal | Female: She found a golden life and stood with closed eyes. |
| Kadhal kondaal | She fell in love. |
| Female | |
| Kai veesum thaamarai | The waving lotus, |
| Male :Kalyaana devathai | Male: Goddess of marriage. |
| Male | |
| En saalai vazhiyaaga ther vanthathu | A chariot came along my path. |
| Penn endru ippothu per kondathu | It has now taken the name of a woman. |
| Female :Peranbu ithan munbu yaar kandathu | Female: Who has seen such immense love before this? |
| En kangal ippothu neer kondathu | My eyes are now filled with tears of joy. |
| Male | |
| Un vaarththaiyae peyar innum vaikkaath | Your words are an unnamed... |
| Pudhu raagamaa | New melody. |
| Female :Un kangalae En vaazhvil oli kaattum | Female: Your eyes show light in my life... |
| Pon dheepamaa | Like a golden lamp. |
| Male :Yaen innum sandhegamaa….aa….. | Male: Why is there still doubt? |
| Female | |
| Kai veesum thaamarai kalyaana devathai | The waving lotus, a goddess of marriage. |
| Male :Pon vaazhvu kandaal kanmoodi nindraal | Male: She found a golden life and stood with closed eyes. |
| Kadhal kondaal | She fell in love. |
| Male | |
| Kai veesum thaamarai | The waving lotus, |
| Female :Aahaa….. | Female: Aahaa... |
| Male :Kalyaana devathai | Male: Goddess of marriage. |
| Female :Aha haa….. | Female: Aha haa... |
கை வீசும் தாமரை கல்யாண தேவதை
பொன்வாழ்வு கண்டாள் கண்மூடி நின்றாள்
காதல் கொண்டாள்
The waving lotus, a goddess of marriage.
She found a golden life and stood with closed eyes.
She fell in love.
கை வீசும் தாமரை கல்யாண தேவதை
பொன்வாழ்வு கண்டாள் கண்மூடி நின்றாள்
காதல் கொண்டாள்
The waving lotus, a goddess of marriage.
She found a golden life and stood with closed eyes.
She fell in love.
கை வீசும் தாமரை கல்யாண தேவதை
The waving lotus, a goddess of marriage.
பூ ஒன்று இப்போது செண்டானது
நீ தீண்ட பேரின்பம் உண்டானது
பொன்வண்டு தேன் கேட்டு மன்றாடுது
நான் உண்ணும் தேன் இன்னும் சிந்தாதது
A flower has now reached its destination.
When you touch it, supreme bliss was created.
Male: A golden beetle begs for honey.
The honey I consume has not yet spilled.
என் சேலையில் வான் மின்னல்தான்
வந்து நூலாகுமே
என் சோலையில் வேர் கூட பூ பூக்கும்
ஓர் காலமே
சந்தோஷம் தாலாட்டுமே......ஏ.....
In my saree, the sky's lightning...
Will come and turn into thread.
Male: In my garden, even a spear blossoms into a flower...
It is such a time.
Female: Happiness will sing a lullaby...
கை வீசும் தாமரை கல்யாண தேவதை
பொன்வாழ்வு கண்டாள் கண்மூடி நின்றாள்
காதல் கொண்டாள்
The waving lotus, a goddess of marriage.
Female: She found a golden life and stood with closed eyes.
She fell in love.
கை வீசும் தாமரை
கல்யாண தேவதை
The waving lotus,
Male: Goddess of marriage.
என் சாலை வழியாக தேர் வந்தது
பெண் என்று இப்போது பேர் கொண்டது
பேரன்பு இதன் முன்பு யார் கண்டது
என் கண்கள் இப்போது நீர் கொண்டது
A chariot came along my path.
It has now taken the name of a woman.
Female: Who has seen such immense love before this?
My eyes are now filled with tears of joy.
உன் வார்த்தையே பெயர் இன்னும் வைக்காத
புது ராகமா
உன் கண்களே என் வாழ்வில் ஒளி காட்டும்
பொன் தீபமா
ஏன் இன்னும் சந்தேகமா......ஆ....
Your words are an unnamed...
New melody.
Female: Your eyes show light in my life...
Like a golden lamp.
Male: Why is there still doubt?
கை வீசும் தாமரை கல்யாண தேவதை
பொன்வாழ்வு கண்டாள் கண்மூடி நின்றாள்
காதல் கொண்டாள்
The waving lotus, a goddess of marriage.
Male: She found a golden life and stood with closed eyes.
She fell in love.
கை வீசும் தாமரை
ஆஹா....
கல்யாண தேவதை
அஹ ஹா.....
The waving lotus,
Female: Aahaa...
Male: Goddess of marriage.
Female: Aha haa...
Kai veesum thaamarai kalyaana devathai
The waving lotus, a goddess of marriage.
Pon vaazhvu kandaal kanmoodi nindraal
She found a golden life and stood with closed eyes.
Kadhal kondaal
She fell in love.
Kai veesum thaamarai kalyaana devathai
The waving lotus, a goddess of marriage.
Pon vaazhvu kandaal kanmoodi nindraal
She found a golden life and stood with closed eyes.
Kadhal kondaal
She fell in love.
Kai veesum thaamarai kalyaana devathai
The waving lotus, a goddess of marriage.
Poo ondru ippothu sendaanathu
A flower has now reached its destination.
Nee theenda perinbam undaanathu
When you touch it, supreme bliss was created.
Male :Ponvandu thaen kettu mandraaduthu
Male: A golden beetle begs for honey.
Naan unnum thaen innum sinthaathathu
The honey I consume has not yet spilled.
En selaiyil vaan minnalthaan
In my saree, the sky's lightning...
Vanthu noolaagumae
Will come and turn into thread.
Male :En solaiyil vel kooda poo pookkum
Male: In my garden, even a spear blossoms into a flower...
Oor kaalamae
It is such a time.
Female :Santhosam thaalaattumae….ae…
Female: Happiness will sing a lullaby...
Kai veesum thaamarai kalyaana devathai
The waving lotus, a goddess of marriage.
Female :Pon vaazhvu kandaal kanmoodi nindraal
Female: She found a golden life and stood with closed eyes.
Kadhal kondaal
She fell in love.
Kai veesum thaamarai
The waving lotus,
Male :Kalyaana devathai
Male: Goddess of marriage.
En saalai vazhiyaaga ther vanthathu
A chariot came along my path.
Penn endru ippothu per kondathu
It has now taken the name of a woman.
Female :Peranbu ithan munbu yaar kandathu
Female: Who has seen such immense love before this?
En kangal ippothu neer kondathu
My eyes are now filled with tears of joy.
Un vaarththaiyae peyar innum vaikkaath
Your words are an unnamed...
Pudhu raagamaa
New melody.
Female :Un kangalae En vaazhvil oli kaattum
Female: Your eyes show light in my life...
Pon dheepamaa
Like a golden lamp.
Male :Yaen innum sandhegamaa….aa…..
Male: Why is there still doubt?
Kai veesum thaamarai kalyaana devathai
The waving lotus, a goddess of marriage.
Male :Pon vaazhvu kandaal kanmoodi nindraal
Male: She found a golden life and stood with closed eyes.
Kadhal kondaal
She fell in love.
Kai veesum thaamarai
The waving lotus,
Female :Aahaa…..
Female: Aahaa...
Male :Kalyaana devathai
Male: Goddess of marriage.
Female :Aha haa…..
Female: Aha haa...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This song expresses the deep joy and romantic adoration between two lovers. The heroine is personified as a graceful blooming lotus and an auspicious divine bride who finds profound fulfillment and bliss in the embrace of love. The song portrays love as a transformative force capable of turning weapons into flowers and sky lightning into fine thread. In the second stanza, the hero describes the heroine's arrival as a majestic chariot coming down his path, while the heroine expresses her overwhelming emotional gratitude and happiness, viewing her lover's words as an unnamed tune and his eyes as a guiding golden lamp for her life.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uvamaai)
“Kai veesum thaamarai kalyaana devathai”
Compares the woman to a waving lotus ('Kai veesum thaamarai') and an auspicious divine bride ('kalyaana devathai').
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi)
“En selaiyil vaan minnalthaan vanthu noolaagumae”
An exaggerated imagery where cosmic lightning turns into thread woven inside her saree.
Paradox / Imagery
“Male :En solaiyil vel kooda poo pookkum”
Presents a striking contrast where even a sharp weapon like a spear blossoms into a soft flower in his garden of love.
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Trivia
The film 'Kairasikkaran' (1984) features music composed by Ilaiyaraaja, starring Prabhu and Radha. Lyricist Vairamuthu uses rich classical Tamil metaphors, drawing parallels between nature, cosmic phenomena, and intimate human emotions.
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