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Lyrics & meaning

Kilu Kilupaiyaai

From Koditta Idangalai Nirappuga · 2017

Lyricist
Radhakrishnan Parthiban
Singer
Sreerama Chandra
Music director
C. Sathya
Movie name
Koditta Idangalai Nirappuga
Movie release year
2017
Lyrics added on
8 Mar 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kuppaiyaakki poraalae
Mokkaiyaakki poraalae
Kilu kiluppaiyaai sinungi
Perum kilukiluppai tharum pennae…..
Kudukuduppaiyaai kulungi
Ennil salasalappai tharum pennae….
Poraalae manasa
Kuppaiyaakki poraalae
Poraalae moolaiyai
Mokkaiyaakki poraalae…..
Karuppu vellai kattaigalil
En viral magalae
Color coloraai mettugalai
Aval vizhi isaikka
Vaasikkiren..
Avala vaasikkiren..
Vaasikkiraaa…
Adhil naa sikkurenn…
Adadaa naan nesikkirennn…
Kilu kiluppaiyaai sinungi
Perum kilukiluppai tharum pennae…..
Kudukuduppaiyaai kulungi
Ennil salasalappai tharum pennae…ae…
Vaasikkiren..
Avala vaasikkiren..
Vaasikkiraaa…
Adhil naa sikkurenn…
Naa sikkurennn…
She leaves me in a total mess,
She numbs my mind and walks away.
Pouting playfully like a baby rattle,
O girl, you give me such a sweet thrill...
Shaking like a little rattle-drum,
O girl, you stir up ripples of excitement inside me...
She walks away,
Leaving my heart in a total mess.
She walks away,
Making my mind go totally blank...
On the black and white keys,
While my fingers dance,
Her eyes play
Colorful melodies.
I play...
I read her like music...
She plays...
And I get caught in it...
Oh, I am falling in love...
Pouting playfully like a baby rattle,
O girl, you give me such a sweet thrill...
Shaking like a little rattle-drum,
O girl, you stir up ripples of excitement inside me...
I play...
I read her like music...
She plays...
And I get caught in it...
I get caught in it...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song playfully captures a man's complete fascination and sweet agony over a woman who mesmerizes him. Using musical metaphors, he expresses how her looks and actions disarm his brain and heart, leaving him helplessly in love.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Onomatopoeia (Irattai Kilavi)

Kilu kiluppaiyaai sinungi / Kudukuduppaiyaai kulungi

Use of rhythmic echoing sound-words to evoke tactile and auditory sensations.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

En viral magalae

Refers to the music or piano keys created through touch as the 'daughter of my fingers'.

Rhyme (Ethirai / Monai)

Kuppaiyaakki poraalae / Mokkaiyaakki poraalae

Parallel rhyming structure across consecutive lines to create a catchy, upbeat cadence.

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Trivia

The song features lyrics by director-actor Radhakrishnan Parthiban for his film 'Koditta Idangalai Nirappuga' (2017). The music was composed by C. Sathya, known for Parthiban's signature eccentric and creative wordplay.

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