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Lyrics & meaning

Kavalayodam

From Thimiru Pudichavan · 2018

Lyricist: Arun Bharathi
Singer: Anurag Kulkarni
Music director: Vijay Antony
Movie name: Thimiru Pudichavan
Movie release year: 2018
Lyrics added on: 20 Aug 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics

↻ English translation

Kavalaiyodum kuzhappathodum

Irukkiren

En manathil nooru vazhigalodu

Nadakkiren

Anaithum naalai mudiyum endru

Ninaikkiren

Naan thadikki vizhuntha kaayathodu

Padukkiren

Yaaridam solluven

Yaara ini naan nambuven

Kadavul mattum kaiyil

Kidaithaal…kolluven…

Thavikkiren naan thavikkiren

Urakkam indri thavikkiren

Seitha thavarai ninaikkiren

Naan pasithum unavai verukkiren

Thudikkiren naan thudikkiren

Nadappathai enni thudikkiren

Enakkullae naan azhugiren

Inga veliyilae mattum nadikkiren

Kavalaiyodum kuzhappathodum

Irukkiren

En manathil nooru vazhigalodu

Nadakkiren

Neeril kanneeril

Oodum enn odam

Naalai ennaagum

Vazhvae poraattam

Adakka mudiyavillai

Adanga theriyavillai

Irandukkum naduvilae

Naan thavikkiren

Ulagam vilangavillai

Ethavum sariyumillai

Enakkullae thinamum

Naan ennai vathaikkiren

Veithu sithaikkiren

Thavikkiren naan thavikkiren

Urakkam indri thavikkiren

Seitha thavarai ninaikkiren

Naan pasithum unavai verukkiren

Thudikkiren naan thudikkiren

Nadappathai enni thudikkiren

Enakkullae naan azhugiren

Inga veliyilae mattum nadikkiren

Kavalaiyodum kuzhappathodum

Irukkiren

En manathil nooru vazhigalodu

Nadakkiren

Anaithum naalai mudiyum endru

Ninaikkiren

Naan thadikki vizhuntha kaayathodu

Padukkiren

Yaaridam solluven

Yaara ini naan nambuven

Kadavul mattum kaiyil

Kidaithal kolluven…nnnn

Filled with worry and confusion,

I live on.

With a hundred aches in my heart,

I keep walking.

That everything will end tomorrow,

I keep hoping.

With the wounds from stumbling and falling,

I lie down to sleep.

Who can I tell?

Who can I trust anymore?

If I could get my hands on God,

I would kill him...

I suffer, oh, I suffer...

Sleepless, I suffer.

Thinking of the mistakes I made,

I hate food even when I am hungry.

I writhe in pain, I suffer...

Thinking of all that is happening, I writhe in pain.

Deep inside, I weep,

while on the outside, I only put on an act.

Filled with worry and confusion,

I live on.

With a hundred aches in my heart,

I keep walking.

In water and in tears,

my little boat drifts.

What will happen tomorrow?

Life is nothing but a struggle.

I cannot suppress this,

and I do not know how to yield.

Caught between the two,

I suffer in agony.

I do not understand this world,

and nothing feels right.

Inside myself, every day,

I torment myself,

tearing myself apart.

I suffer, oh, I suffer...

Sleepless, I suffer.

Thinking of the mistakes I made,

I hate food even when I am hungry.

I writhe in pain, I suffer...

Thinking of all that is happening, I writhe in pain.

Deep inside, I weep,

while on the outside, I only put on an act.

Filled with worry and confusion,

I live on.

With a hundred aches in my heart,

I keep walking.

That everything will end tomorrow,

I keep hoping.

With the wounds from stumbling and falling,

I lie down to sleep.

Who can I tell?

Who can I trust anymore?

If I could get my hands on God,

I would kill him...

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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song expresses deep mental agony, regret, and extreme inner turmoil felt by the protagonist. Haunted by past mistakes, insomnia, and an inability to trust anyone, the character feels caught between the inability to control circumstances and the refusal to yield to them. The lyrics portray a painful contrast between internal crying and an external facade of normalcy, escalating to an intense existential anger directed even at God.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

“Irukkiren / Nadakkiren / Ninaikkiren / Padukkiren”

Consistent end rhyming structure using the verbal suffix '-kiren' across consecutive lines to emphasize ongoing suffering.

Uruvagamm (Metaphor)

“Neeril kanneeril / Oodum enn odam”

Comparing the protagonist's life journey to a boat navigating through tears.

Maranu / Contrast

“Enakkullae naan azhugiren / Inga veliyilae mattum nadikkiren”

Highlighting the stark dissonance between the character's internal weeping and outward emotional mask.

Did you know?

Trivia

Thimiru Pudichavan (2018) stars Vijay Antony, who not only played the lead role of an uncompromising police officer suffering from severe insomnia but also composed the entire soundtrack for the film.

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