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Lyrics & meaning

Kudiya Vidu

From Mahabalipuram · 2015

Lyricist
Yugabharathi
Singer
Velmurugan
Music directors
Not listed
Details
Mahabalipuram2015

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Chorus
…………………………Hey, pour the drink and blow the smoke!
Male
Hey kudiya vidu dumma viduPeople will offer advice, just ignore it and let it be!
Advisu pannuvaanga freeya viduHey, pour the drink and blow the smoke!
Male
Hey kudiya vidu dumma viduPeople will offer advice, just ignore it and let it be!
Advisu pannuvaanga freeya viduHey buddy, college girls
Male
Mama collegu girlsuAnd a glass in hand
Kaiyoda glassuWhat is the point of a life without these?
Illaatha vaazhkkathaan ennathukkuDuty in the morning, party in the evening
Morning duty eveningu partyWhy suffer from terrible grief?
Pollaatha sogamthaan ennathukkuLike whistling birds
Male
Visiladichaan kuruvigalaaLet us live life, my friend
Irunthidalaam maapuSmiling until the very end
Kadaisi varai sirichirunthuCome, let us put a trap/checkmate on worry!
Kavalaikku vachidalaam vaa vaa aappuHey, pour the drink and blow the smoke!
Male
Hey kudiya vidu dumma viduPeople will offer advice, just ignore it and let it be!
Advisu pannuvaanga freeya viduIf you live life satisfying all your desires
Male
Aasai theera vaazhnthaalaeYou too are a king
Neeyum raasaaIf you strictly analyze righteousness and honesty
Needhi nermai paarthaalaeWill you become crazy?
Aava loosaaChange this life that eventually goes to the funeral pyre
Male
Kattaiyila pora lifeyae maathuIf you live a restricted life
Kattuppattu vaazhnthaaYou will end up losing
Pova nee thorthuYou will end up losing
Pova nee thorthuHey, pour the drink and blow the smoke!
Male
Hey kudiya vidu dumma viduPeople will offer advice, just ignore it and let it be!
Advisu pannuvaanga freeya viduHit it.. haa.. haan
Male
Podu..haa..haanHaa.. haan
Haa..haanHaan, without railway tracks
Male
Haan thandavaalam illaamaWhich train can run?
Yedhu trainuIf you drink alcohol, automatically
Thanni pottaa thaanaavaeThe pain will vanish
Pogum painuConstantly judging right and wrong
Male
Thappu sari paarthuDon't live your life like that
Neeyum vaazhaathaDon't act like a good person
Nallavana pola vesam podaathaDon't put on a fake act
Vesam podaathaHey, pour the drink and blow the smoke!
Male
Hey kudiya vidu dumma viduPeople will offer advice, just ignore it and let it be!
Advisu pannuvaanga freeya viduHey, pour the drink and blow the smoke!
Male
Hey kudiya vidu dumma viduPeople will offer advice, just ignore it and let it be!
Advisu pannuvaanga freeya vidu

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

The song 'Kudiya Vidu Dumma Vidu' from the movie Mahabalipuram is a carefree, youthful anthem advocating a hedonistic, live-in-the-moment philosophy. The lyrics encourage listeners to cast aside societal rules, moral preaching, and anxieties, urging them to indulge in worldly pleasures like partying, drinking, and enjoying youth with friends.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Rhyme / Ethukai

Mama collegu girlsu / Kaiyoda glassu

Repetition of second consonant sounds or rhyming end-words like 'girlsu' and 'glassu' or 'trainu' and 'painu'.

Monaai (Alliteration)

Kattaiyila pora lifeyae maathu / Kattuppattu vaazhnthaa

Repetition of initial consonant sounds in 'Kattaiyila' and 'Kattuppattu'.

Metaphor

Kavalaikku vachidalaam vaa vaa aappu

Comparing grief/worry to something that can be trapped or checked ('aappu').

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Trivia

The song from the 2015 Tamil film 'Mahabalipuram' features music composed by K. K. Senthil Prasath and lyrics penned by Yugabharathi, capturing local street-style 'gaana' dialect popular among Chennai youth.

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