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Kathadi

From Sembian Madhevi · 2024

Lyricist
Va. Karuppan
Singers
V. V. Prasanna, Alka Ajith
Music director
Loga Pathmanaban
Movie name
Sembian Madhevi
Movie release year
2024
Lyrics added on
1 Sept 2024

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kaathadi kannukulla
Kekkaama suzhala vitta
Female :Kannadi manasu kulla
Kaadhalathan sorugi putta
Enakulla nee irunthu
Aasaiya koota
Kirukka naa kidanthu aadurene
Female :Thimira neeyum vanthu
Kaadhala solla
Anaiya naa udanju odurene
Aagasam varuda
Rendu perum povom vaa
Female :Vethalam adam piduchu
Vendiyatha eduthukitta
Pattampoochi paathu
Vetkapatu pochu
Thekku puyal kaathu
Thendral ena aachu
Vathi kuchi meesa
Patcha kuthi pesa
Aththa sodu aasa
Yetti yetti paaka
Naa paranthen
Rekka yethum illama
En usuru unna suthuthe
Female :Naan iruken
Kannu rendum moodama
Un nenapu kuthu kolluthe
Thaavura thalukkura
Satham yethum illama
Female :Neevura nirapura
Enna yethum sollama
Ulla padi naanum
Puthi kettu ponen
Un nenapu yera
Vella katti aanen
Kalli chedi mela
Malli poo pooka
Salli kalla neeyum
Seppu sela aaka
Kathirunthen
Thondakuli kaayaama
Nee enaiyum nenjil vaikira
Female :Nee kidacha intha
Jenmem theerathe
Thaai manasa vanthu nikkira
Sekura sithaikira
Setha patu pogama
Female :Nokkura nothikira
Aavi kooda nogama
Inside my eyes, like a pinwheel,
You set it spinning without even asking.
Female: Inside my fragile glass heart,
You slipped your love right in.
Living deep inside me,
Stoking all my desires,
You make me dance around like a madman!
Female: When you boldly came up to me
And confessed your love,
I broke and rushed like a burst dam!
To let the open sky caress us,
Come, let us both go!
Female: Like a stubborn spirit,
You stubbornly took what you desired.
Looking at you, even a butterfly
Felt shy and blushed.
The raging southern storm
Turned into a gentle breeze.
With your thin matchstick mustache
And words that tattoo themselves on me,
The longing for my beloved
Keeps peeking out constantly.
I flew up high
Without any wings at all;
My soul keeps circling around you.
Female: I lie awake
Without closing my eyes;
Thoughts of you pierce through me.
You leap and sway with charm,
Without making a single sound.
Female: You caress and fill me up,
Without saying a single word.
To tell you the truth,
I completely lost my senses.
As your memories flooded in,
I turned sweet like jaggery.
Upon a prickly cactus,
A soft jasmine blossom bloomed.
Even a rough gravel stone
You shaped into a bronze idol.
I waited eagerly,
Without my throat ever drying up,
While you hold me close in your heart.
Female: Now that I have found you,
One lifetime will never be enough;
You stand before me with a mother's tender heart.
You piece me together and tear me apart,
Without letting any harm come to me.
Female: You gaze at me and stir my heart,
Without hurting even my soul.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song from 'Sembian Madhevi' is an intimate, rustic love duet where two lovers describe the overwhelming impact love has had on their lives. Through vivid rural Tamil metaphors, they explain how affection transformed their raw emotions into deep devotion—comparing love's power to a jasmine blooming on a prickly cactus, a fierce southern tempest turning into a mild breeze, and an ordinary stone being carved into a sacred idol. Both characters express a sense of total surrender and joy. The male voice describes losing his senses and floating weightlessly in her love, while the female voice marvels at the maternal warmth and absolute tenderness her partner brings into her existence.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagamaip Porul)

“Kalli chedi mela / Malli poo pooka”

The lyrics compare an impossible or miraculous transformation of the heart to a delicate jasmine blooming on a harsh cactus plant ('Kalli chedi mela / Malli poo pooka').

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navortchi)

“Thekku puyal kaathu / Thendral ena aachu”

Exaggeration of love's transformative effect, stating that a violent southern storm was tamed into a soft, calming breeze.

Ethukai (Second-letter Rhyme)

“Sekura sithaikira / Nokkura nothikira”

Use of matching second consonants across adjacent line pairs, such as 'Sekura' and 'Sithaikira', or 'Nokkura' and 'Nothikira', to create rhythm.

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Trivia

'Sembian Madhevi' (2024) features music composed by Loga Pathmanaban with lyrics written by Va. Karuppan. Sung by V. V. Prasanna and Alka Ajith, the track heavily utilizes regional folk motifs and metaphors rooted in rural Tamil culture.

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