Kalvare Kalvare
From Raavanan · 2010
- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singer
- Shreya Ghoshal
- Music director
- A. R. Rahman
- Details
- Raavanan2010
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Kalvarae kalvarae | O thief, O thief! |
| Kalvarae kalvarae | O thief, O thief! |
| Kanpugum kalvarae | O thief who steals in through my eyes! |
| Kaikondu paareerooo.. | Won't you hold my hand and look at me? |
| Kankondu sereerooo.. | Won't you embrace me with your eyes? |
| Kalai solli thaareeroo.. | Won't you teach me the art of love? |
| Female | |
| Ummai enni ummai enni | Thinking of you, thinking of you, |
| Oomai kangal thoongaathu | My silent eyes do not sleep. |
| Thalaiva en thalaiva agam ariveero.. | O my leader, will you understand my heart? |
| Arulpuriveero.. | Will you bestow your grace upon me? |
| Vaaram thorum azhagin baaram | Week after week, the heavy burden of beauty, |
| Koodum koodum kuraiyaathu | Keeps growing and growing, never fading. |
| Uravae en uravae udai kalaiveero.. | O my beloved, will you strip away my attire? |
| Udal aniveero.. | Will you wear my body as your own? |
| Chorus | |
| aaahhh..aahhhhah…. | Ah... ah... |
| Female | |
| En aasai en aasai… | My desire, my desire... |
| Naanaa solven | Shall I express it myself? |
| En aasai naanaa solven | Shall I speak of my desire myself? |
| En aasai neeyae sonnaal.. | If you yourself voice my desire... |
| Kannaalae aamaam enbenae | I will nod 'yes' with my eyes. |
| Female | |
| Engengae udhadu pogum | Wherever your lips wander, |
| Angangae uyirum pogum | There my very life energy goes. |
| Anbaalae aala solvenae | With love, I shall ask you to rule over me. |
| Valimigum idangal | The places where hard sounds double (where pain increases), |
| Vali migaa idangal | The places where hard sounds do not double (where pain does not exist), |
| Thamizhukku therigindrathae..aee.. | Tamil grammar knows them well... |
| Valimigum idangal | The places where pain increases, |
| Vali migaa idangal | The places where pain does not exist, |
| Thangalukku therigindrathaa.. | Do you know them too? |
| Female | |
| {Kalvarae kalvarae | O thief, O thief! |
| Kalvarae kalvarae | O thief, O thief! |
| Kanpugum kalvarae | O thief who steals in through my eyes! |
| Kaikondu paareerooo.. | Won't you hold my hand and look at me? |
| Kankondu sereerooo.. | Won't you embrace me with your eyes? |
| Kalai solli thaareeroo..} (2) | Won't you teach me the art of love? |
| Kalai solli thaareeroo.. | Won't you teach me the art of love? |
கள்வரே கள்வரே
கள்வரே கள்வரே கண்புகும்
கள்வரே கை கொண்டு
பாரீரோ கண் கொண்டு
சேரீரோ கலை சொல்லி
தாரீரோ
O thief, O thief!
O thief, O thief!
O thief who steals in through my eyes!
Won't you hold my hand and look at me?
Won't you embrace me with your eyes?
Won't you teach me the art of love?
உம்மை எண்ணி
உம்மை எண்ணி ஊமைக்
கண்கள் தூங்காது தலைவா
என் தலைவா அகம் அறிவீரோ
அருள் புரிவீரோ வாரந்தோறும்
அழகின் பாரம் கூடும் கூடும்
குறையாது உறவே என் உறவே
உடை களைவீரோ உடல் அணிவீரோ
Thinking of you, thinking of you,
My silent eyes do not sleep.
O my leader, will you understand my heart?
Will you bestow your grace upon me?
Week after week, the heavy burden of beauty,
Keeps growing and growing, never fading.
O my beloved, will you strip away my attire?
Will you wear my body as your own?
..................................................
Ah... ah...
என் ஆசை
என் ஆசை நானா
சொல்வேன் என்
ஆசை நானா சொல்வேன்
என் ஆசை நீயே சொன்னால்
கண்ணாலே ஆமாம் என்பேனே
My desire, my desire...
Shall I express it myself?
Shall I speak of my desire myself?
If you yourself voice my desire...
I will nod 'yes' with my eyes.
எங்கெங்கே
உதடு போகும் அங்கெங்கே
உயிரும் போகும் அன்பாலே
ஆளச் சொல்வேனே வலிமிகும்
இடங்கள் வலிமிகா இடங்கள்
தமிழுக்குத் தெரிகின்றதே
வலிமிகும் இடங்கள் வலிமிகா
இடங்கள் தங்களுக்குத் தெரிகின்றதா
Wherever your lips wander,
There my very life energy goes.
With love, I shall ask you to rule over me.
The places where hard sounds double (where pain increases),
The places where hard sounds do not double (where pain does not exist),
Tamil grammar knows them well...
The places where pain increases,
The places where pain does not exist,
Do you know them too?
{ கள்வரே கள்வரே
கள்வரே கள்வரே கண்புகும்
கள்வரே கை கொண்டு
பாரீரோ கண் கொண்டு
சேரீரோ கலை சொல்லி
தாரீரோ } (2)
கலை சொல்லி தாரீரோ
O thief, O thief!
O thief, O thief!
O thief who steals in through my eyes!
Won't you hold my hand and look at me?
Won't you embrace me with your eyes?
Won't you teach me the art of love?
Won't you teach me the art of love?
Kalvarae kalvarae
O thief, O thief!
Kalvarae kalvarae
O thief, O thief!
Kanpugum kalvarae
O thief who steals in through my eyes!
Kaikondu paareerooo..
Won't you hold my hand and look at me?
Kankondu sereerooo..
Won't you embrace me with your eyes?
Kalai solli thaareeroo..
Won't you teach me the art of love?
Ummai enni ummai enni
Thinking of you, thinking of you,
Oomai kangal thoongaathu
My silent eyes do not sleep.
Thalaiva en thalaiva agam ariveero..
O my leader, will you understand my heart?
Arulpuriveero..
Will you bestow your grace upon me?
Vaaram thorum azhagin baaram
Week after week, the heavy burden of beauty,
Koodum koodum kuraiyaathu
Keeps growing and growing, never fading.
Uravae en uravae udai kalaiveero..
O my beloved, will you strip away my attire?
Udal aniveero..
Will you wear my body as your own?
aaahhh..aahhhhah….
Ah... ah...
En aasai en aasai…
My desire, my desire...
Naanaa solven
Shall I express it myself?
En aasai naanaa solven
Shall I speak of my desire myself?
En aasai neeyae sonnaal..
If you yourself voice my desire...
Kannaalae aamaam enbenae
I will nod 'yes' with my eyes.
Engengae udhadu pogum
Wherever your lips wander,
Angangae uyirum pogum
There my very life energy goes.
Anbaalae aala solvenae
With love, I shall ask you to rule over me.
Valimigum idangal
The places where hard sounds double (where pain increases),
Vali migaa idangal
The places where hard sounds do not double (where pain does not exist),
Thamizhukku therigindrathae..aee..
Tamil grammar knows them well...
Valimigum idangal
The places where pain increases,
Vali migaa idangal
The places where pain does not exist,
Thangalukku therigindrathaa..
Do you know them too?
{Kalvarae kalvarae
O thief, O thief!
Kalvarae kalvarae
O thief, O thief!
Kanpugum kalvarae
O thief who steals in through my eyes!
Kaikondu paareerooo..
Won't you hold my hand and look at me?
Kankondu sereerooo..
Won't you embrace me with your eyes?
Kalai solli thaareeroo..} (2)
Won't you teach me the art of love?
Kalai solli thaareeroo..
Won't you teach me the art of love?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
In 'Kalvare Kalvare' from Raavanan (2010), the heroine addresses her captor/beloved as a 'thief' who has infiltrated her soul through her eyes. Filled with intense longing, she yearns for physical intimacy and emotional understanding, asking him to decipher her unspoken desires without requiring her to state them aloud. Vairamuthu brilliantly uses a famous Tamil grammatical rule—'Valimigum idangal' and 'Vali migaa idangal' (rules dictating where hard consonants double)—as a poetic double-entendre. Here, 'vali' puns on both phonetic hardness and bodily/emotional pain, asking if he understands where her pain and pleasure reside just as Tamil grammar knows its rules.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Double Entendre / Pun (Slesai)
“Valimigum idangal / Vali migaa idangal / Thamizhukku therigindrathae..”
The phrase 'Valimigum idangal / Vali migaa idangal' refers grammatically to hard-consonant doubling in Tamil syntax, but 'vali' also translates to 'pain'. Vairamuthu uses it as a metaphor for touch, pleasure, and sensitivity.
Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Kalvarae kalvarae / Kanpugum kalvarae / Kaikondu paareerooo..”
Repetition of the 'Ka' syllable across consecutive lines creates rhythmic melody.
Personification / Oxymoron
“Oomai kangal thoongaathu”
Describing eyes as 'Oomai' (mute or silent) that refuse to sleep creates a poetic paradox of silent longing.
Did you know?
Trivia
Composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics by Vairamuthu and sung by Shreya Ghoshal, this song highlights Mani Ratnam's aesthetic portrayal of love and captivity in Raavanan. The Hindi version of the song is titled 'Khili Re' (sung by Reena Bhardwaj), and the Telugu version is 'Usure Poothe'.
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