- Lyricist
- Muthulingam
- Singers
- Vani Jairam, Ramesh
- Music directors
- Raveendran, Gangai Amaran
- Movie name
- Thaye Neeye Thunai
- Movie release year
- 1987
- Lyrics added on
- 22 Jan 2023
Lyrics & meaning
♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Aa….aah….aa…aa….aa….aa…
Male :Koo…
Female :Koo
Male :Kukkooo
Female :Kukkooo…
Koo kuyilae kadhal kavikkuyilae
Ilamaiyil vasantham malargalai virikkum
Female :Lalalalalalalalaa……lalalalalalalalaa……
Male :Kattilarai vaasam pogaathu
Female :Nee thottu vidum kaalam pothaathu
Thodarnthidum kadhaiyum
Sugam perum kalaiyum
Female :Lalalalalalalalaa…… lalalalalalalalaa……
Male :Koo kuyilae kadhal kavikkuyilae
Neethaanae poonthendral
En nenjai thaalaattavaa…aa…
Naan thanimaiyilae
Female :Laalaalalaa
Male :Vaa sugam tharavae
Female :Laalalalaalaa
Manmathanaai kanai veesugiraai
Malar maalaiyida manam yaengukiraai
Male :Thaavanithaan sirai poottiyatho
Naan meettida poongodi kaaigiratho
Female :Kodiyidai thodathoda
Pudhu pudhu anupavamae
Ilamaiyila ezhuthu inaimaigal thodarum
Female :Lalalalalalalalaa……lalalalalalalalaa……
Koo kuyilae kadhal kavikkuyilae
Thaenaattrilae poo ondru neeraadum naalindruthaan
Nee thunaiyirunthaal
Male :Lalalalalalalalaa……
Female :Naan valam peruvaen
Male :Aa….aa….aah…..
Ennidamae unai thanthuvidu
Varum inbangalaal enai vendruvidu
Female :Anbudanae enai alliyedu
Karam pattri idhazh dhinam ottri edu
Vizhigalil ezhuthidum
Kavithaiyin varigalilae
Female :Mayanguthu manamae pudhuvitha sugamae
Male :Lalalalalalalalaa…… lalalalalalalalaa……
Koo kuyilae kadhal kavikkuyilae
Female :Ilamaiyil vasantham
Malargalai virikkum
Lalalalalalalalaa……
Female :Lalalalalalalalaa……
Male :Lalalalalalalalaa……
Female :Lalalalalalalalaa……
Aa... Aah... Aa... Aa... Aa... Aa...
Male: Coo...
Female: Coo...
Male: Cuckoo...
Female: Cuckoo...
Sing, cuckoo, poetic bird of love!
In youth, springtime spreads its blossoms!
Female: Lalalalalala...... Lalalalalala......
Male: The fragrance of the bedroom will never fade
Female: The time you spend touching me is never enough
This unfolding story...
...and the art of finding joy
Female: Lalalalalala...... Lalalalalala......
Male: Sing, cuckoo, poetic bird of love!
Aren't you the flower-scented breeze?
Come lull my heart to rest... ah...
When I am all alone...
Female: Lalalala
Male: Come and bring me sweet joy
Female: Lalalalala
Like Manmadhan (the god of love), you shoot your arrows
Your heart longs to garland me with flowers
Male: Has your half-sari locked you in prison?
Is this tender vine yearning for my touch?
Female: As you keep touching my slender waist,
it brings brand-new feelings every time
In youth, the bonds we create will go on and on
Female: Lalalalalala...... Lalalalalala......
Sing, cuckoo, poetic bird of love!
Today is the day a flower bathes in a river of honey
If you stay by my side,
Male: Lalalalalala......
Female: my life will blossom with joy
Male: Aa.... Aa.... Aah.....
Give yourself completely to me
Win me over with all the pleasures to come
Female: Gather me lovingly in your arms
Hold my hand and press your lips to mine every day
In the lines of poetry
written inside our eyes,
Female: my heart is enchanted by a whole new bliss!
Male: Lalalalalala...... Lalalalalala......
Sing, cuckoo, poetic bird of love!
Female: In youth, springtime
spreads its blossoms!
Lalalalalala......
Female: Lalalalalala......
Male: Lalalalalala......
Female: Lalalalalala......
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Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
Koo Kuyilae Kadhal Kavikkuyilae is a romantic duet from the 1987 Tamil film Thaye Neeye Thunai. The song expresses the intimate affection and playful longing between two lovers. Using vivid imagery of spring, blossoms, honeyed streams, and bird calls, the couple describes the joyful ecstasy of being together and celebrating youth.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Koo kuyilae kadhal kavikkuyilae”
Repetition of the 'K' consonant sound at the start of adjacent words adds rhythmic flow.
Uvamai (Metaphor)
“Kodiyidai thodathoda pudhu pudhu anupavamae”
Comparing the lover's waist to a delicate flowering vine (Kodiyidai).
Personification / Mythological Allusion
“Manmathanaai kanai veesugiraai”
Referencing Manmathan (the Hindu deity of love and desire) shooting arrows of affection.
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Trivia
The song features playful bird-call imitations and intricate vocal improvisations characteristic of mid-1980s Tamil film duets sung by Vani Jairam.
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