Oh My Dear Doctor
From General Chakravarthi · 1978
- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singers
- T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela
- Music director
- M. S. Vishwanathan
- Details
- General Chakravarthi1978
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Oo…my dear doctor | Oo... my dear doctor |
| Female :What is the matter | Female: What is the matter? |
| Male :Oo…my dear doctor | Male: Oo... my dear doctor |
| Female :What is the matter | Female: What is the matter? |
| Male | |
| Sugamillae doctor | I am not feeling well, doctor |
| Female :Nallaa puriyuthu matter | Female: I understand the matter very well |
| Male :Haa naadiyil thudippu | Male: Haa, there is a throbbing in my pulse |
| Female :Idhu oru vagai azhaippu | Female: This is a kind of romantic call |
| Male | |
| Sugamillae doctor | I am not feeling well, doctor |
| Female :Nallaa puriyuthu matter | Female: I understand the matter very well |
| Male :Haa naadiyil thudippu | Male: Haa, there is a throbbing in my pulse |
| Female :Idhu oru vagai azhaippu | Female: This is a kind of romantic call |
| Male | |
| Thookkamum illai | I have no sleep either |
| Female :Yaedho ketkuthu pilai | Female: Something is troubling you, my dear |
| Male :Thookkamum illai | Male: I have no sleep either |
| Female :Yaedho ketkuthu pilai | Female: Something is troubling you, my dear |
| Male | |
| Yaeno pasikkavum illai | I don't even feel hungry for some reason |
| Female :Idhu paramparai thollai | Female: This is an age-old inherited trouble! |
| Male | |
| Oo…my dear doctor | Oo... my dear doctor |
| Female :What is the matter | Female: What is the matter? |
| Male | |
| Sugamillae doctor | I am not feeling well, doctor |
| Female :Nallaa puriyuthu matter | Female: I understand the matter very well |
| Male :Haa naadiyil thudippu | Male: Haa, there is a throbbing in my pulse |
| Female :Idhu oru vagai azhaippu | Female: This is a kind of romantic call |
| Male | |
| Kodhikkuthu ullae kuliruthu veliyae | It boils inside, yet chills on the outside |
| Kaaranam puriyalaiyae | I don't understand the reason |
| Kodhikkuthu ullae kuliruthu veliyae | It boils inside, yet chills on the outside |
| Kaaranam puriyalaiyae | I don't understand the reason |
| Female | |
| Nenaikkira nenaippil yaedho irukku | There is something in the thoughts I think |
| Noyaath theriyalaiyae | It doesn't seem like an illness |
| Udal noyaa theriyalaiyae | It doesn't seem like a bodily illness |
| Nenaikkira nenaippil yaedho irukku | There is something in the thoughts I think |
| Noyaath theriyalaiyae | It doesn't seem like an illness |
| Udal noyaa theriyalaiyae | It doesn't seem like a bodily illness |
| Male | |
| Irupathu vayasil purinjathu kooda | Even what I understood at twenty years of age |
| Ippothu puriyalaiyae | I don't understand it now |
| Female :Eerettu vayasil ponnu irukku | Female: You have a daughter of sixteen years |
| Idhayam adanglaiyae | Yet your heart hasn't quieted down! |
| Idhayam adanglaiyae | Yet your heart hasn't quieted down! |
| Male | |
| Oo…my dear doctor | Oo... my dear doctor |
| Female :What is the matter | Female: What is the matter? |
| Male | |
| Sugamillae doctor | I am not feeling well, doctor |
| Female :Nallaa puriyuthu matter | Female: I understand the matter very well |
| Male :Haa naadiyil thudippu | Male: Haa, there is a throbbing in my pulse |
| Female :Idhu oru vagai azhaippu | Female: This is a kind of romantic call |
| Male | |
| Udhattaiyum paarththu | Looking at your lips |
| Sirippaiyum paarththaa | And looking at your smile |
| Ulagamae marakuthammaa | I forget the whole world, my dear |
| Female | |
| Ungal anaipil | In your warm embrace |
| Irukkindrapothu | Whenever I am present |
| Unavae verukkuthaiyyaa | I even lose appetite for food, my lord |
| Unavae verukkuthaiyyaa | I even lose appetite for food, my lord |
| Male | |
| Idhamaa padhamaa pesi kondirunthaal | If we converse pleasantly and softly |
| Iravae pothumammaa | The night itself is enough, my dear |
| Female :Iravu varuvathae namakkul nadakkum | Female: The night arrives only to be favorable |
| Uravukku saathagamaa | To the intimacy that unfolds between us |
| Uravukku saathagamaa | To the intimacy that unfolds between us |
| Male | |
| Oo…my dear doctor | Oo... my dear doctor |
| Female :What is the matter | Female: What is the matter? |
| Male | |
| Sugamillae doctor | I am not feeling well, doctor |
| Female :Hmm nallaa puriyuthu matter | Female: Hmm, I understand the matter very well |
| Male :Haa naadiyil thudippu | Male: Haa, there is a throbbing in my pulse |
| Idhu oru vagai azhaippu | This is a kind of romantic call |
| Female :Haa idhu oru vagai azhaippu | Female: Haa, this is a kind of romantic call |
ஓ....மை டியர் டாக்டர்
வாட் இஸ் த மேட்டர்
ஓ....மை டியர் டாக்டர்
வாட் இஸ் த மேட்டர்
Oo... my dear doctor
Female: What is the matter?
Male: Oo... my dear doctor
Female: What is the matter?
சுகமில்லே டாக்டர்
நல்லாப் புரியுது மேட்டர்
ஹா நாடியில் துடிப்பு
இது ஒரு வகை அழைப்பு
I am not feeling well, doctor
Female: I understand the matter very well
Male: Haa, there is a throbbing in my pulse
Female: This is a kind of romantic call
சுகமில்லே டாக்டர்
நல்லாப் புரியுது மேட்டர்
ஹா நாடியில் துடிப்பு
இது ஒரு வகை அழைப்பு
I am not feeling well, doctor
Female: I understand the matter very well
Male: Haa, there is a throbbing in my pulse
Female: This is a kind of romantic call
தூக்கமும் இல்லை
ஏதோ கேட்குது பிள்ளை
தூக்கமும் இல்லை
ஏதேதோ கேட்குது பிள்ளை
I have no sleep either
Female: Something is troubling you, my dear
Male: I have no sleep either
Female: Something is troubling you, my dear
ஏனோ பசிக்கவும் இல்லை
இது பரம்பரை தொல்லை
I don't even feel hungry for some reason
Female: This is an age-old inherited trouble!
ஓ....மை டியர் டாக்டர்
வாட் இஸ் த மேட்டர்.......
Oo... my dear doctor
Female: What is the matter?
சுகமில்லே டாக்டர்
நல்லாப் புரியுது மேட்டர்
ஹா நாடியில் துடிப்பு
இது ஒரு வகை அழைப்பு
I am not feeling well, doctor
Female: I understand the matter very well
Male: Haa, there is a throbbing in my pulse
Female: This is a kind of romantic call
கொதிக்குது உள்ளே குளிருது வெளியே
காரணம் புரியலையே........
கொதிக்குது உள்ளே குளிருது வெளியே
காரணம் புரியலையே........
It boils inside, yet chills on the outside
I don't understand the reason
It boils inside, yet chills on the outside
I don't understand the reason
நெனைக்கிற நெனைப்பில் ஏதோ இருக்கு
நோயாத் தெரியலையே
உடல் நோயாத் தெரியலையே
நெனைக்கிற நெனைப்பில் ஏதோ இருக்கு
நோயாத் தெரியலையே
உடல் நோயாத் தெரியலையே
There is something in the thoughts I think
It doesn't seem like an illness
It doesn't seem like a bodily illness
There is something in the thoughts I think
It doesn't seem like an illness
It doesn't seem like a bodily illness
இருபது வயசில் புரிஞ்சது கூட
இப்போது புரியலையே
ஈரெட்டு வயசில் பொண்ணு இருக்கு
இதயம் அடங்கலையே
இதயம் அடங்கலையே
Even what I understood at twenty years of age
I don't understand it now
Female: You have a daughter of sixteen years
Yet your heart hasn't quieted down!
Yet your heart hasn't quieted down!
ஓ....மை டியர் டாக்டர்
வாட் இஸ் த மேட்டர்.......
Oo... my dear doctor
Female: What is the matter?
சுகமில்லே டாக்டர்
நல்லாப் புரியுது மேட்டர்
ஹா நாடியில் துடிப்பு
இது ஒரு வகை அழைப்பு
I am not feeling well, doctor
Female: I understand the matter very well
Male: Haa, there is a throbbing in my pulse
Female: This is a kind of romantic call
உதட்டையும் பார்த்து
சிரிப்பையும் பார்த்தா
உலகமே மறக்குதம்மா
Looking at your lips
And looking at your smile
I forget the whole world, my dear
உங்கள் அணைப்பில்
இருக்கின்றபோது
உணவே வெறுக்குதய்யா
உணவே வெறுக்குதய்யா
In your warm embrace
Whenever I am present
I even lose appetite for food, my lord
I even lose appetite for food, my lord
இதமா பதமா பேசிக் கொண்டிருந்தால்
இரவே போதுமம்மா
இரவு வருவதே நமக்குள் நடக்கும்
உறவுக்குச் சாதகமா
உறவுக்குச் சாதகமா
If we converse pleasantly and softly
The night itself is enough, my dear
Female: The night arrives only to be favorable
To the intimacy that unfolds between us
To the intimacy that unfolds between us
ஓ....மை டியர் டாக்டர்
வாட் இஸ் த மேட்டர்.......
Oo... my dear doctor
Female: What is the matter?
சுகமில்லே டாக்டர்
ஹ்ம்ம் நல்லாப் புரியுது மேட்டர்
ஹா நாடியில் துடிப்பு
இது ஒரு வகை அழைப்பு
ஹா இது ஒரு வகை அழைப்பு
I am not feeling well, doctor
Female: Hmm, I understand the matter very well
Male: Haa, there is a throbbing in my pulse
This is a kind of romantic call
Female: Haa, this is a kind of romantic call
Oo…my dear doctor
Oo... my dear doctor
Female :What is the matter
Female: What is the matter?
Male :Oo…my dear doctor
Male: Oo... my dear doctor
Female :What is the matter
Female: What is the matter?
Sugamillae doctor
I am not feeling well, doctor
Female :Nallaa puriyuthu matter
Female: I understand the matter very well
Male :Haa naadiyil thudippu
Male: Haa, there is a throbbing in my pulse
Female :Idhu oru vagai azhaippu
Female: This is a kind of romantic call
Sugamillae doctor
I am not feeling well, doctor
Female :Nallaa puriyuthu matter
Female: I understand the matter very well
Male :Haa naadiyil thudippu
Male: Haa, there is a throbbing in my pulse
Female :Idhu oru vagai azhaippu
Female: This is a kind of romantic call
Thookkamum illai
I have no sleep either
Female :Yaedho ketkuthu pilai
Female: Something is troubling you, my dear
Male :Thookkamum illai
Male: I have no sleep either
Female :Yaedho ketkuthu pilai
Female: Something is troubling you, my dear
Yaeno pasikkavum illai
I don't even feel hungry for some reason
Female :Idhu paramparai thollai
Female: This is an age-old inherited trouble!
Oo…my dear doctor
Oo... my dear doctor
Female :What is the matter
Female: What is the matter?
Sugamillae doctor
I am not feeling well, doctor
Female :Nallaa puriyuthu matter
Female: I understand the matter very well
Male :Haa naadiyil thudippu
Male: Haa, there is a throbbing in my pulse
Female :Idhu oru vagai azhaippu
Female: This is a kind of romantic call
Kodhikkuthu ullae kuliruthu veliyae
It boils inside, yet chills on the outside
Kaaranam puriyalaiyae
I don't understand the reason
Kodhikkuthu ullae kuliruthu veliyae
It boils inside, yet chills on the outside
Kaaranam puriyalaiyae
I don't understand the reason
Nenaikkira nenaippil yaedho irukku
There is something in the thoughts I think
Noyaath theriyalaiyae
It doesn't seem like an illness
Udal noyaa theriyalaiyae
It doesn't seem like a bodily illness
Nenaikkira nenaippil yaedho irukku
There is something in the thoughts I think
Noyaath theriyalaiyae
It doesn't seem like an illness
Udal noyaa theriyalaiyae
It doesn't seem like a bodily illness
Irupathu vayasil purinjathu kooda
Even what I understood at twenty years of age
Ippothu puriyalaiyae
I don't understand it now
Female :Eerettu vayasil ponnu irukku
Female: You have a daughter of sixteen years
Idhayam adanglaiyae
Yet your heart hasn't quieted down!
Idhayam adanglaiyae
Yet your heart hasn't quieted down!
Oo…my dear doctor
Oo... my dear doctor
Female :What is the matter
Female: What is the matter?
Sugamillae doctor
I am not feeling well, doctor
Female :Nallaa puriyuthu matter
Female: I understand the matter very well
Male :Haa naadiyil thudippu
Male: Haa, there is a throbbing in my pulse
Female :Idhu oru vagai azhaippu
Female: This is a kind of romantic call
Udhattaiyum paarththu
Looking at your lips
Sirippaiyum paarththaa
And looking at your smile
Ulagamae marakuthammaa
I forget the whole world, my dear
Ungal anaipil
In your warm embrace
Irukkindrapothu
Whenever I am present
Unavae verukkuthaiyyaa
I even lose appetite for food, my lord
Unavae verukkuthaiyyaa
I even lose appetite for food, my lord
Idhamaa padhamaa pesi kondirunthaal
If we converse pleasantly and softly
Iravae pothumammaa
The night itself is enough, my dear
Female :Iravu varuvathae namakkul nadakkum
Female: The night arrives only to be favorable
Uravukku saathagamaa
To the intimacy that unfolds between us
Uravukku saathagamaa
To the intimacy that unfolds between us
Oo…my dear doctor
Oo... my dear doctor
Female :What is the matter
Female: What is the matter?
Sugamillae doctor
I am not feeling well, doctor
Female :Hmm nallaa puriyuthu matter
Female: Hmm, I understand the matter very well
Male :Haa naadiyil thudippu
Male: Haa, there is a throbbing in my pulse
Idhu oru vagai azhaippu
This is a kind of romantic call
Female :Haa idhu oru vagai azhaippu
Female: Haa, this is a kind of romantic call
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Oo... My Dear Doctor is a playful romantic duet from the 1978 film General Chakravarthi, set to music by M. S. Viswanathan with lyrics by Kannadasan. Sung by T. M. Soundararajan and P. Susheela, the song features a husband playfully roleplaying as a sick patient consulting his wife as a doctor. He lists classic symptoms of romantic longing—insomnia, loss of appetite, racing pulse, and internal heat—while his wife teasingly diagnoses him and jokes about his age.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Muran (Antithesis)
“Kodhikkuthu ullae kuliruthu veliyae”
Contrasts opposing physical sensations of internal heat (kodhikkuthu) and external cold (kuliruthu) to express emotional confusion.
Iyaipu (End Rhyme)
“Noyaath theriyalaiyae / Udal noyaa theriyalaiyae”
Repeats line-ending sounds ('theriyalaiyae') to create rhythmic continuity across verses.
Metaphor / Roleplay
“Sugamillae doctor / Nallaa puriyuthu matter”
Uses a medical checkup consultation as an extended metaphor for romantic desire and marital affection.
Did you know?
Trivia
General Chakravarthi (1978) starred Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan. The song is famous for its lively blend of Tanglish phrasing ('my dear doctor', 'what is the matter') crafted seamlessly into Kannadasan's romantic poetry.
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