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Lyrics & meaning

Mottu Ondru Malarnthida

From Kushi · 2000

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singers
Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam
Music director
Deva
Movie name
Kushi
Movie release year
2000
Lyrics added on
19 Apr 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Yaar solvathoo… yaar solvathoo
Yaar solvathoo… yaar solvathoo
Dum dum dumding dum dum dumding
Dum dum dum
Dum dum dumding dum dum dumding
Dum dum dum
Dum dum dumding dum dum dumding
Dum dum dum…kum kum kum
Dum dum dumding dum dum dumding
Dum dum dum…kum kum kum
Mottu ondru
Malarnthida marukkum…
Chorus :Kum kum kum
Muttum thendral
Thottu thottu thirakkum
Athu malarin tholviyaa
Illai kaatrin vetriyaa..
Chorus :Hmm ya ya ..
Athu malarin tholviyaa
Illai kaatrin vetriyaa
Chorus :Hmm ya ya ..
Kallukullae sirpam
Thoongi kidakkum
Chinna uzhi
Thatti thatti eluppum
Athu kallin tholviyaa
Illai uzhiyin vetriyaa
Yaar solvathoo… yaar solvathoo
Bathil yaar solvathoo… yaar solvathoo
Kum kum kum kum
Thikkichakka
Kum kum kum kum
Thikkichakka
Dum da dum da
Dum ding dum ding
Dum da dum da dum
Ding dum ding da
Megam enbathu ada
Malai mudichi
Kaatru muttinaal
Avilnthu kollum
Chorus :Kum kum kum
Kaadhal enbathu
Iu mana mudichi
Kangal muttinaal
Avilnthu kollum
Chorus :Kum kum kum
Megangal
Muttikollvathalae
Sandai endru porul illai
Dhegangal
Muttikolvathaalae
Oodal endru porul illai
Idhalgal poi sollum
Imaigal mei sollum
Theriyaathaa
Unmai theriyathaa
Kaadhal vithaipola
Mounam mann pola
Mulaikaatha
Mannai thulaikaathaa
{Dum dum dumding dum dum dumding
Dum dum dum…kum kum kum
Dum dum dumding dum dum dumding
Dum dum dum…kum kum kum} (2)
Panikudangal mella
Udainthuvittal
Uyir jannikkum..
Uyir jannikum..
Ohoo..mouna kudangal mella
Udainthuvittal
Kaadhal pirakkum..
kaadhal pirakkum…
Chorus :Kum kum kum
Ullathai moodi moodi
Thaithaal
Kalai illai..
kaadhal illai..
Ullangai polae
Ullam vaithaal
Bayam illai
Baaram illai..
Naanal kaanamal
Oodal kondaalum
Nanaikaathaa
Nadhi nanaikaathaa
Kamalam neerodu
kavilnthae nindraalum
Thirakkaathaa
kathir thirakaathaa
Mottu ondru
Malarnthida marukkum…
Chorus :Kum kum kum
Muttum thendral
Thottu thottu thirakkum
Athu malarin tholviyaa
Illai kaatrin vetriyaa..
Chorus :Hmm ya ya ..
Kallukullae sirpam
Thoongi kidakkum
Chinna uzhi
Thatti thatti eluppum
Athu kallin tholviyaa
Illai uzhiyin vetriyaa
Who can say... who can tell?
Who can say... who can tell?
Dum dum dumthing dum dum dumthing
Dum dum dum
Dum dum dumthing dum dum dumthing
Dum dum dum
Dum dum dumthing dum dum dumthing
Dum dum dum... gum gum gum
Dum dum dumthing dum dum dumthing
Dum dum dum... gum gum gum
A flower bud
refuses to bloom...
Chorus: Gum gum gum
The nudging gentle breeze
opens it with touch after touch.
Is that the flower's defeat,
or is it the breeze's victory?
Chorus: Mmm yeah yeah...
Is that the flower's defeat,
or is it the breeze's victory?
Chorus: Mmm yeah yeah...
Inside a stone, a sculpture
lies fast asleep.
A little chisel
taps and wakes it up.
Is that the stone's defeat,
or is it the chisel's victory?
Who can say... who can tell?
Who will answer... who can say?
Gum gum gum gum
Dikkichakka
Gum gum gum gum
Dikkichakka
Dum da dum da
Dum ding dum ding
Dum da dum da dum
Ding dum ding da
A cloud, you see, is just
a knot around the mountain.
When the wind pushes it,
it comes undone.
Chorus: Gum gum gum
Love is just
a knot around the heart.
When eyes meet and clash,
it comes undone.
Chorus: Gum gum gum
Just because clouds
bump into each other,
it does not mean they are fighting.
Just because bodies
brush against each other,
it does not mean they are sulking.
Lips may tell lies,
eyelids will tell the truth.
Don't you know?
Don't you know the truth?
Love is like a seed,
silence is like the soil.
Won't it sprout?
Won't it break through the earth?
{Dum dum dumthing dum dum dumthing
Dum dum dum... gum gum gum
Dum dum dumthing dum dum dumthing
Dum dum dum... gum gum gum} (2)
When the waters of birth
gently break,
a life is born...
a life is born...
Oho... when the jars of silence
gently break,
love is born...
love is born...
Chorus: Gum gum gum
If you close up your heart
and stitch it tight,
there is no art...
there is no love...
Like an open palm,
if you keep your heart open,
there is no fear,
there is no burden...
Even if the reed turns away
and sulks playfully,
won't the river
drench it still?
Even if the lotus bends down
to face the water,
won't the sunbeam
make it bloom?
A flower bud
refuses to bloom...
Chorus: Gum gum gum
The nudging gentle breeze
opens it with touch after touch.
Is that the flower's defeat,
or is it the breeze's victory?
Chorus: Mmm yeah yeah...
Inside a stone, a sculpture
lies fast asleep.
A little chisel
taps and wakes it up.
Is that the stone's defeat,
or is it the chisel's victory?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Yaar Solvatho' from the movie Kushi (2000) explores the philosophical core of romantic ego and surrender. Lyricist Vairamuthu uses striking allegories from nature—a flower bud opening to the breeze, a chisel carving a sculpture out of stone, clouds unraveling into rain upon meeting the wind, and seeds sprouting out of soil—to question whether yielding to one's lover is a defeat or a victory.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Rhetorical Question

Athu malarin tholviyaa Illai kaatrin vetriyaa..

Poses philosophical questions about whether surrendering in love constitutes defeat or victory.

Metaphor

Megam enbathu ada Malai mudichi

Compares clouds to a knot of rain and love to a knot binding two hearts together.

Antithesis / Contrast

Idhalgal poi sollum Imaigal mei sollum

Contrasts deceiving spoken words (lips) with honest non-verbal expressions (eyelashes/eyes).

Simile

Kaadhal vithaipola Mounam mann pola

Compares love to a seed and silence to the soil from which life sprouts.

Did you know?

Trivia

Composed by Deva for the blockbuster movie Kushi (2000), this song visually and thematic mirrors the core plot of the film: two proud lead characters (Vijay and Jyothika) who refuse to drop their ego to confess their love, even as nature and destiny continually push them together.

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