Kalakodi
From Karotiyin Kadhali · 2022
- Lyricist
- Siva R
- Singer
- Thanjai Selvi
- Music director
- N. R. Raghunanthan
- Details
- Karotiyin Kadhali2022
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Aararo aararo aariraroo | Lullaby refrain: Aararo aararo aariraroo |
| Rariraro rarirararoo | Lullaby refrain: Rariraro rarirararoo |
| Female | |
| Kallakodi velanju irukku | The groundnut crop has fully matured |
| Parichu edukka aalu valla | But no workers have come to harvest it |
| Ennangadi thangam | What is this, my dear gold? |
| Idhu enga veetu sorgam | This is the heaven of our home |
| Idhu enga veetu sorgam | This is the heaven of our home |
| Female | |
| Serukki maga sollivitta | The arrogant daughter has demanded |
| Kaal kolusu venumunnu | That she needs an anklet |
| Thangathula kaal kolusu | An anklet made of gold |
| Venumunnu venumunnu | Demanding it, insisting on it |
| Venumunnu venumunnu | Demanding it, insisting on it |
| Female | |
| Velanju kadalaiellaam | If all the harvested groundnuts |
| Mannukulla makki pona | Rot away under the soil |
| Female | |
| Velanju kadalaiellaam | If all the harvested groundnuts |
| Mannukulla makki pona | Rot away under the soil |
| Enga poyi naan nippen | Where will I go and stand? |
| Enga poyi thaan nippen | Where will I go and stand? |
| Enga poyi thaan nippen | Where will I go and stand? |
| Female | |
| Sevalai pasumaadu | The reddish-brown cow |
| Kannupottu kaathirukku | Has given birth to a calf and is waiting |
| Punnakku venumunnu | Asking for oilcake feed |
| Kaathirukku kaathirukku | Waiting and waiting |
| Sevalai maadu kaathirukku | The reddish cow is waiting |
| Female | |
| Velanju kadalaiellaam | If all the harvested groundnuts |
| Mannukulla makki pona | Rot away under the soil |
| Enga poyi naan nippen | Where will I go and stand? |
| Enga poyi thaan nippen | Where will I go and stand? |
| Enga poyi thaan nippen | Where will I go and stand? |
| Female | |
| Ennangadi thangam | What is this, my dear gold? |
| Idhu enga veetu sorgam | This is the heaven of our home |
| Enga veetu sorgam | The heaven of our home |
| Enga veetu sorgam | The heaven of our home |
| Female | |
| Aararo aararo aariraroo | Lullaby refrain: Aararo aararo aariraroo |
| Rariraro rarirararoo | Lullaby refrain: Rariraro rarirararoo |
ஆராரோ ஆராரோ ஆரிராரோ
ராரிராராே ராரிராரரோ
Lullaby refrain: Aararo aararo aariraroo
Lullaby refrain: Rariraro rarirararoo
கல்லகொடி விளைஞ்சு இருக்கு
பறிச்சு எடுக்க ஆளு வல்ல
என்னங்கடி தங்கம்
இது எங்க வீட்டு சொர்க்கம்
இது எங்க வீட்டு சொர்க்கம்
The groundnut crop has fully matured
But no workers have come to harvest it
What is this, my dear gold?
This is the heaven of our home
This is the heaven of our home
செருக்கி மக சொல்லிவிட்டா
கால் கொலுசு வேணுமுனு
தங்கத்துலே கால் கொலுசு
வேணுமுனு வேணுமுனு
வேணுமுனு வேணுமுனு
The arrogant daughter has demanded
That she needs an anklet
An anklet made of gold
Demanding it, insisting on it
Demanding it, insisting on it
வெளஞ்ச கடலையெல்லம்
மண்ணுகுள்ள மக்கிபோனா
If all the harvested groundnuts
Rot away under the soil
வெளஞ்ச கடலையெல்லம்
மண்ணுகுள்ள மக்கிபோனா
எங்க போயி நான் நிப்பேன்
எங்க போயி தான் நிப்பேன்
எங்க போயி தான் நிப்பேன்
If all the harvested groundnuts
Rot away under the soil
Where will I go and stand?
Where will I go and stand?
Where will I go and stand?
செவலை பசுமாடு
கன்னுபோட்டு காத்திருக்கு
புண்ணாக்கு வேணுமுன்னு
காத்திருக்க காத்திருக்கு
செவலைமாடு காத்திருக்கு
The reddish-brown cow
Has given birth to a calf and is waiting
Asking for oilcake feed
Waiting and waiting
The reddish cow is waiting
வெளஞ்ச கடலையெல்லம்
மண்ணுகுள்ள மக்கிபோனா
எங்க போயி நான் நிப்பேன்
எங்க போயி தான் நிப்பேன்
எங்க போயி தான் நிப்பேன்
If all the harvested groundnuts
Rot away under the soil
Where will I go and stand?
Where will I go and stand?
Where will I go and stand?
என்னங்கடி தங்கம்
இது எங்க வீட்டு சொர்க்கம்
எங்க வீட்டு சொர்க்கம்
எங்க வீட்டு சொர்க்கம்
What is this, my dear gold?
This is the heaven of our home
The heaven of our home
The heaven of our home
ஆராரோ ஆராரோ ஆரிராரோ
ராரிராராே ராரிராரரோ
Lullaby refrain: Aararo aararo aariraroo
Lullaby refrain: Rariraro rarirararoo
Aararo aararo aariraroo
Lullaby refrain: Aararo aararo aariraroo
Rariraro rarirararoo
Lullaby refrain: Rariraro rarirararoo
Kallakodi velanju irukku
The groundnut crop has fully matured
Parichu edukka aalu valla
But no workers have come to harvest it
Ennangadi thangam
What is this, my dear gold?
Idhu enga veetu sorgam
This is the heaven of our home
Idhu enga veetu sorgam
This is the heaven of our home
Serukki maga sollivitta
The arrogant daughter has demanded
Kaal kolusu venumunnu
That she needs an anklet
Thangathula kaal kolusu
An anklet made of gold
Venumunnu venumunnu
Demanding it, insisting on it
Venumunnu venumunnu
Demanding it, insisting on it
Velanju kadalaiellaam
If all the harvested groundnuts
Mannukulla makki pona
Rot away under the soil
Velanju kadalaiellaam
If all the harvested groundnuts
Mannukulla makki pona
Rot away under the soil
Enga poyi naan nippen
Where will I go and stand?
Enga poyi thaan nippen
Where will I go and stand?
Enga poyi thaan nippen
Where will I go and stand?
Sevalai pasumaadu
The reddish-brown cow
Kannupottu kaathirukku
Has given birth to a calf and is waiting
Punnakku venumunnu
Asking for oilcake feed
Kaathirukku kaathirukku
Waiting and waiting
Sevalai maadu kaathirukku
The reddish cow is waiting
Velanju kadalaiellaam
If all the harvested groundnuts
Mannukulla makki pona
Rot away under the soil
Enga poyi naan nippen
Where will I go and stand?
Enga poyi thaan nippen
Where will I go and stand?
Enga poyi thaan nippen
Where will I go and stand?
Ennangadi thangam
What is this, my dear gold?
Idhu enga veetu sorgam
This is the heaven of our home
Enga veetu sorgam
The heaven of our home
Enga veetu sorgam
The heaven of our home
Aararo aararo aariraroo
Lullaby refrain: Aararo aararo aariraroo
Rariraro rarirararoo
Lullaby refrain: Rariraro rarirararoo
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This poignant folk song blends a traditional lullaby motif with the harsh economic realities faced by rural agricultural families. It contrasts the soothing framing of a mother singing to a child with deep distress over unharvested crops, financial demands from family members, and the responsibility of caring for newborn cattle.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Adukku Thodar (Repetition for Emphasis)
“Venumunnu venumunnu”
Words like 'venumunnu venumunnu' and 'kaathirukku kaathirukku' are repeated to heighten the feeling of insistence, urgency, and desperation.
Irony / Structural Contrast
“Aararo aararo aariraroo”
The song uses the comforting framework of 'Aararo' (a traditional lullaby) to express anxious distress about rotting crops and financial ruin.
Folk Imagery (Nattupura Porul)
“Kallakodi velanju irukku”
Authentic rural terminology such as 'Kallakodi' (groundnut crop), 'Sevalai' (reddish cow), and 'Punnakku' (oilcake feed) grounds the song in agrarian life.
Did you know?
Trivia
Thanjai Selvi is a well-known Tamil folk singer celebrated for bringing authentic village vocal techniques and rural emotive quality to film soundtracks.
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