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Isaimozhi
Lyrics & meaning

Maizhayoo Puyaloo

From Kalatpadai · 2003

Lyricist
Snehan
Singers
Srinivas, Pop Shalini, Gopika Poornima
Music director
Bharathwaj
Details
Kalatpadai2003

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Female
Hey yeah…Hey yeah…
I deeply love youI deeply love you
I deeply love youI deeply love you
Aah…Aah…
I deeply love youI deeply love you
Female
Aaa…aaa…aaa…aa…aaa…aa….aa…Aaa…aaa…aaa…aa…aaa…aa….aa…
Male
Mazhiyo puyalo malaro mulloRain or storm, flower or thorn
Sugamaai theenduthaeIt touches pleasantly
Female :Iravo pagalo inippo kasappoNight or day, sweet or bitter
Samamaai seenduthaeIt teases equally
Male
Enna ithu kaathalaWhat is this, is it love?
Enna ithu kaathalaWhat is this, is it love?
Female :Idhayangalin modhalaIs it a clash of hearts?
Ilamayin saaralaOr a gentle drizzle of youth?
Male
Mazhiyo puyalo malaro mulloRain or storm, flower or thorn
Sugamaai theenduthaeIt touches pleasantly
Female :Iravo pagalo inippo kasappoNight or day, sweet or bitter
Samamaai seenduthaeIt teases equally
Male
Bhoomiyil kooda vaanavil thondrumThat a rainbow can appear even on the ground
Enbathai ariviyal sollavillaiScience has not told us
Natpukkul kaathal iruppathai ariyaTo know that love exists within friendship
Ithuvarai karuvigal kidaikkavillaiNo instruments have been found until now
Female
Karuvaraiyil kaathalaiLocking up love inside a womb
Pootuvathum thollaiyaeIs also a burden
Kaathal oru naaththigamLove is like atheism
Anjuvathum illaiyaeIt fears nothing
Male
Roja pookal thulasi chediyilThat rose flowers bloomed on a holy basil plant
Pooththathu kaathalin maayamennaWhat magic of love is this?
Viratham irunthu velliyin nilavuWhy does the silver moon, after fasting
Asaivam ketpathennaAsk for non-vegetarian food?
Female
Enna ithu kaathalaWhat is this, is it love?
Enna ithu kaathalaWhat is this, is it love?
Idhayangalin modhalaIs it a clash of hearts?
Ilamayin saaralaOr a gentle drizzle of youth?
Male
Mazhiyo puyalo malaro mulloRain or storm, flower or thorn
Sugamaai theenduthaeIt touches pleasantly
Female :Iravo pagalo inippo kasappoNight or day, sweet or bitter
Samamaai seenduthaeIt teases equally
Male
Kaathali mugathai vidiyalil paarthaalIf you look at the lover's face at dawn
Kanavugal nadantha suvadirukkumThere will be footprints left by dreams
Kadigaaraththin mutkalai polaLike the hands of a clock
Oru vazhi paathaiyil manam nadakkumThe mind walks on a one-way path
Female
Ellaigalai meeriyaeTransgressing all boundaries
Inippu mazhai thoovuthaeA sweet rain sprinkles down
Chinna chinna vanmuraiCommitting small acts of violence
Seivadhaai thondurthaeIt feels like it is doing so
Male
Kaathalil thaanae vaalgalai yenthiHolding swords in love by themselves
Pookalum porida varugirathaeEven flowers come to wage war
Kannae unnaal enthan swasamOh dear, because of you, my breath
Mugavari perugirathaeFinds an address
Female
Enna ithu kaathalaWhat is this, is it love?
Enna ithu kaathalaWhat is this, is it love?
Idhayangalin modhalaIs it a clash of hearts?
Ilamayin saaralaOr a gentle drizzle of youth?
Male
Adada adada azhagiya kaathalOh my, oh my, beautiful love
Kaikkul vanthathaeHas come into my hands
Female :Methuva methuva pazhagiya enakkumEven for me, who grew familiar slowly
Thairiyam thanthathaeIt gave courage
Male
Kangal parimaaruthaeEyes exchange messages
Kaathal suvai kooduthaeThe taste of love increases
Female :Kanavum sugam theduthaeEven dreams seek pleasure
Idhayam idam maaruthaeThe heart changes its place
Male
Enna ithu kaathalaWhat is this, is it love?
Enna ithu kaathalaWhat is this, is it love?
Female :Enna ithu kaathalaWhat is this, is it love?
Enna ithu kaathalaWhat is this, is it love?

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

Enna Ithu Kaathala from Kalatpadai (2003) is a romantic duet capturing the bewildering, paradoxical, and transformative sensation of falling in love. The lyrics explore how love blurs boundaries between opposing sensations—turning storms and thorns into pleasant touches, and sweet or bitter experiences into equal joys. It reflects on the mysterious birth of romance from friendship, observing that scientific logic or instruments fail to explain or measure the profound emotions of the human heart. As the song continues, love is described as an unstoppable, fearless force that grants confidence to the timid, shifts the heart's rhythm, and gives a true identity to one's existence.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Muran (Oxymoron / Antithesis)

Mazhiyo puyalo malaro mullo

Pairs opposing concepts like rain/storm (mazhi/puyal), flower/thorn (malar/mul), night/day (iravu/pagal), and sweet/bitter (inippu/kasappu) to highlight love's ability to equalize all feelings.

Upamai (Simile)

Kadigaaraththin mutkalai pola

Compares the singular, unyielding direction of a mind in love to the unidirectional clockwise motion of clock hands.

Uruvagam (Metaphor)

Kaathal oru naaththigam

Metaphorically describes love as atheism ('naaththigam') because it fears no conventional rules or sacred traditions.

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi)

Roja pookal thulasi chediyil

Uses dramatic exaggeration—a moon asking for non-veg after fasting or rose blossoms growing on a holy basil plant—to emphasize love's unnatural magic.

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Trivia

Written by lyricist Snehan, the lyrics stand out for using surreal scientific and philosophical imagery—such as love being like atheism or science lacking instruments to measure romance within friendship—to capture youth and passion.

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