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Lyrics & meaning

Love Attack

From Ratchagan · 1997

Lyricist
Vaali
Singers
Kavitha Paudwal, Gopal Rao
Music director
A. R. Rahman
Movie name
Ratchagan
Movie release year
1997
Lyrics added on
11 Oct 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
{Love-ukku pudhu per
Heart attack} (2)
Bombay madras delhi
Idhudhaan thalaippu seidhi
Edhilum kaadhal viyadhi
Love phobiaa
Baila paap sampaadi
Laila majnu jodi
Love me love me solli
Love phobiaa
Ohhhhh…ho..love attack
Mudhal mudhal paartha love attack
Ohhhh..hoo love attack
Century podum love attack
Ohhhh hoo love attack
Kanavukkul pugundha love attack
Ohhhhh ..ho hoo love attack
Love a ttack love attack love attack
Ohhhhh…ho..love attack
Mudhal mudhal paartha love attack
Ohhhh..hoo love attack
Century podum love attack
Ohhhh hoo love attack
Kanavukkul pugundha love attack
Ohhhhh ..ho hoo love attack
Love a ttack love attack love attack
Ahaaa….aaaa…haaa…aaaa…
Kaadhal vadivam idhayam dhaan
Aasi angae udhayam dhaan
Aaasi vazhiyae theerkkum
Needhan ketkindraai
Thanimaiyilae naan heat aanaal
Thermometer kaataadhu
Kodhikkum nenjai aathum
Nee thaan air cooler
Ennudan nee illamal ponaal
April aagidum september
Male :Unnudan naan ondragi ponaal
Winter aagidum hot summer
Ennaalum heart ai thaakkum
Kaadhal vazhgaa
Bombay madras delhi
Idhudhaan thalaippu seidhi
Edhilum kaadhal viyadhi
Love phobiaa
Baila paap sampaadi
Laila majnu jodi
Love me love me solli
Love phobiaa
Ohhhhh…ho..love attack
Mudhal mudhal paartha love attack
Ohhhh..hoo love attack
Century podum love attack
Ohhhh hoo love attack
Kanavukkul pugundha love attack
Ohhhhh ..ho hoo love attack
Love a ttack love attack love attack
Kaadhal ice cream parloril
Dolby system theatre-il
Oruvan oruthi sandhithalae
Love attack
Paruvam sixteen aanadhum
Parukkal mugatthil vandhadhum
Ilaya manadhai iravil thakkum
Love attack
Aarambamae adamum yevalum
Apovae vandhadhae love attack
Female :Mudhan mudhala undaana manidhan
Thottadhu dhaane love attack
Ennaaalum heart-ai thakkum
Kaadhal vazhga
Bombay madras delhi
Idhudhaan thalaippu seidhi
Edhilum kaadhal viyadhi
Love phobiaa
Baila paap sampaadi
Laila majnu jodi
Love me love me solli
Love phobiaa
Aaah aaa haaa …aaaa….
A new name for love is
heart attack!
Bombay, Madras, Delhi,
this is the headline news:
The illness of love is everywhere,
love-phobia!
Baila, Pop, Somebody,
the pair Laila and Majnu,
saying "Love me, love me",
love-phobia!
Oh... ho... love attack!
The love attack seen for the first time!
Oh... oo, love attack!
The love attack that scores a century!
Oh... oo, love attack!
The love attack that entered my dreams!
Oh... ho oo, love attack!
Love attack, love attack, love attack!
Oh... ho... love attack!
The love attack seen for the first time!
Oh... oo, love attack!
The love attack that scores a century!
Oh... oo, love attack!
The love attack that entered my dreams!
Oh... ho oo, love attack!
Love attack, love attack, love attack!
Aha... aa... ha... aa...
The shape of love is indeed the heart,
and desire is born right there!
To fulfill the path of desire,
you are the one I ask for!
If I get heated up in my loneliness,
a thermometer cannot show it!
To cool down my boiling heart,
you are the air cooler!
If you are not with me,
September will turn into hot April!
Male: If I become one with you,
winter will turn into hot summer!
Forever striking the heart,
long live love!
Bombay, Madras, Delhi,
this is the headline news:
The illness of love is everywhere,
love-phobia!
Baila, Pop, Somebody,
the pair Laila and Majnu,
saying "Love me, love me",
love-phobia!
Oh... ho... love attack!
The love attack seen for the first time!
Oh... oo, love attack!
The love attack that scores a century!
Oh... oo, love attack!
The love attack that entered my dreams!
Oh... ho oo, love attack!
Love attack, love attack, love attack!
At an ice cream parlour,
or inside a Dolby theatre,
whenever a boy and a girl meet,
it is a love attack!
When you turn sweet sixteen,
and pimples appear on your face,
striking the young heart at night,
it is a love attack!
Right from the start with Adam and Eve,
even then it struck, the love attack!
Female: The very first man ever created,
what he touched was love attack!
Forever striking the heart,
long live love!
Bombay, Madras, Delhi,
this is the headline news:
The illness of love is everywhere,
love-phobia!
Baila, Pop, Somebody,
the pair Laila and Majnu,
saying "Love me, love me",
love-phobia!
Aah aa ha... aa...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Love Attack from the 1997 Tamil movie Ratchagan is an energetic, youthful track that playfully compares falling in love to a sudden, irresistible condition—a love attack or love phobia. It portrays love as a nationwide phenomenon affecting youth across major cities like Bombay, Madras, and Delhi, dating back to Adam and Eve and continuing into modern ice cream parlors and Dolby-sound movie theatres. The lyricist Vaali incorporates modern pop-culture imagery, comparing emotional passion to high temperatures that thermometers cannot measure and framing the lover as an air cooler. The song lightheartedly celebrates the overwhelming thrill and sweet chaos of young love.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Love-ukku pudhu per Heart attack

Compares the feeling of falling in love to a sudden heart attack and a phobic disease.

Hyperbole

Thanimaiyilae naan heat aanaal Thermometer kaataadhu

Exaggerates emotional heat beyond medical measurement and paints the partner as an air cooler.

Rhyme (Emoni / End Rhyme)

Bombay madras delhi / Idhudhaan thalaippu seidhi / Edhilum kaadhal viyadhi

Uses matching rhyming end-syllables (delhi / seidhi / viyadhi) across consecutive lines to create a catchy rhythm.

Allusion

Aarambamae adamum yevalum

Refers to iconic historical/mythological lovers Laila and Majnu as well as Adam and Eve.

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