Oru Kadhal Devadhai
From Idhaya Thamarai · 1990
- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singers
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Details
- Idhaya Thamarai1990
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Oru kaadhal devathai | A goddess of love |
| Boomiyil vandhaal | Came down to the earth |
| Oru kaadhal kaviyam | An epic poem of love |
| Kaiyodu thandhaal | She brought along in her hands |
| Kallurum kaalai velaiyil | In the intoxicating morning hour |
| Female | |
| Oru kaadhal devathai | A goddess of love |
| Boomiyil vandhaal | Came down to the earth |
| Oru kaadhal kaviyam | An epic poem of love |
| Kaiyodu thandhaal | She brought along in her hands |
| Kallurum kaalai velaiyil | In the intoxicating morning hour |
| Male | |
| Oru kaadhal devathai | A goddess of love |
| Boomiyil vandhaal | Came down to the earth |
| Male | |
| Pookkalin karuvaraiyil | In the womb of flowers |
| Pirandhaval neeya | Are you the one who was born? |
| Poovukkoru poojai seiyya | To perform worship for the flower |
| Pirandhavan naan illaiya | Am I not the one who was born? |
| Female | |
| Idhayathin thamaraiyil | In the lotus of the heart |
| Iruppavan neeya | Are you the one residing? |
| Thamaraikul veedukatti | Building a house inside the lotus |
| Thandhaval naan illaiya | Am I not the one who gave it to you? |
| Male | |
| Ododi vandhadhaal | Because I came running fast |
| Ulmoochu vaangudhu | I am catching my deep breath |
| Female :Un moochil allavaa | Female: Isn't it within your breath |
| En moochum ulladhu | That my breath also resides? |
| Male :Ondranadhu | Male: They have become one |
| Female | |
| Oru kaadhal devathai | A goddess of love |
| Boomiyil vandhaal | Came down to the earth |
| Male :Oru kaadhal kaviyam | Male: An epic poem of love |
| Kaiyodu thandhaal | She brought along in her hands |
| Female :Kallurum kaalai velaiyil | Female: In the intoxicating morning hour |
| Male | |
| Oru kaadhal devathai | A goddess of love |
| Boomiyil vandhaal | Came down to the earth |
| Female | |
| Yaarukku yaar uravu | Who is bound to whom in relationship? |
| Yaar arivaro | Who really knows? |
| En peyaril un peyarai | Beside my name, your name |
| Eyarkaiyum ezhuthiyadho | Has nature itself written it? |
| Male | |
| Pon magal moochu vittal | If the golden maiden exhales |
| Poo malaraadho | Won't the flower bloom? |
| Poo magalin vaaimozhiyae | The words from the mouth of the flower-like girl |
| Poojaikku vedhangalo | Are they scriptures for holy worship? |
| Female | |
| Kalluri vaazhkaiyil | In college life |
| Kaadhal yen vandhadhu | Why did love arrive? |
| Male :Agayam engilum | Male: Throughout the vast sky |
| Eeram yaar thandhadhu | Who provided the moist rain? |
| Female :Iyalbanadhu (oru…) | Female: It is only natural... |
| Male | |
| Oru kaadhal devathai | A goddess of love |
| Boomiyil vandhaal | Came down to the earth |
| Female :Oru kaadhal kaviyam | Female: An epic poem of love |
| Kaiyodu thandhaal | She brought along in her hands |
| Male :Kallurum kaalai velaiyil | Male: In the intoxicating morning hour |
| Female | |
| Lala lala laala laa… | Lala lala laala laa… |
| Laaa lala laaa laaa…. | Laaa lala laaa laaa…. |
| Lala lala laala laa… | Lala lala laala laa… |
| Laaa lala laaa laaa…. | Laaa lala laaa laaa…. |
ஒரு காதல் தேவதை
பூமியில் வந்தால் ஒரு காதல்
காவியம் கையோடு தந்தாள்
கல்லுரும் காலை வேளையில்
A goddess of love
Came down to the earth
An epic poem of love
She brought along in her hands
In the intoxicating morning hour
ஒரு காதல் தேவதை
பூமியில் வந்தால் ஒரு காதல்
காவியம் கையோடு தந்தாள்
கல்லுரும் காலை வேளையில்
A goddess of love
Came down to the earth
An epic poem of love
She brought along in her hands
In the intoxicating morning hour
ஒரு காதல் தேவதை
பூமியில் வந்தால்
A goddess of love
Came down to the earth
பூக்களின் கருவறையில்
பிறந்தவள் நீயா பூவுக்கொரு
பூஜை செய்ய பிறந்தவன்
நான் இல்லையா
In the womb of flowers
Are you the one who was born?
To perform worship for the flower
Am I not the one who was born?
இதயத்தின்
தாமரையில் இருப்பவன்
நீயா தாமரைக்குள் வீடுகட்டி
தந்தவள் நான் இல்லையா
In the lotus of the heart
Are you the one residing?
Building a house inside the lotus
Am I not the one who gave it to you?
ஓடோடி வந்ததால்
உள்மூச்சு வாங்குது
உன் மூச்சில்
அல்லவா என் மூச்சும்
உள்ளது
ஒன்றானது
Because I came running fast
I am catching my deep breath
Female: Isn't it within your breath
That my breath also resides?
Male: They have become one
ஒரு காதல் தேவதை
பூமியில் வந்தால்
ஒரு காதல் காவியம்
கையோடு தந்தாள்
கல்லுரும் காலை
வேளையில்
A goddess of love
Came down to the earth
Male: An epic poem of love
She brought along in her hands
Female: In the intoxicating morning hour
ஒரு காதல்
தேவதை பூமியில்
வந்தால்
A goddess of love
Came down to the earth
யாருக்கு யார்
உறவு யார் அறிவாரோ
என் பெயரில் உன் பெயரை
இயற்கையும் எழுதியதோ
Who is bound to whom in relationship?
Who really knows?
Beside my name, your name
Has nature itself written it?
பொன் மகள்
மூச்சு விட்டால் பூ
மலராதோ பூ மகளின்
வாய் மொழியே பூஜைக்கு
வேதங்களோ
If the golden maiden exhales
Won't the flower bloom?
The words from the mouth of the flower-like girl
Are they scriptures for holy worship?
கல்லூரி வாழ்க்கையில்
காதல் ஏன் வந்தது
ஆகாயம் எங்கிலும்
ஈரம் யார் தந்தது
இயல்பானது ஒரு
In college life
Why did love arrive?
Male: Throughout the vast sky
Who provided the moist rain?
Female: It is only natural...
ஒரு காதல் தேவதை
பூமியில் வந்தால்
ஒரு காதல் காவியம்
கையோடு தந்தாள்
கல்லுரும் காலை
வேளையில்
A goddess of love
Came down to the earth
Female: An epic poem of love
She brought along in her hands
Male: In the intoxicating morning hour
லல லல லால
லா லா லல லா லா லல
லல லால லா லா லல
லா லா
Lala lala laala laa…
Laaa lala laaa laaa….
Lala lala laala laa…
Laaa lala laaa laaa….
விஷ்லிங் :
............................
Oru kaadhal devathai
A goddess of love
Boomiyil vandhaal
Came down to the earth
Oru kaadhal kaviyam
An epic poem of love
Kaiyodu thandhaal
She brought along in her hands
Kallurum kaalai velaiyil
In the intoxicating morning hour
Oru kaadhal devathai
A goddess of love
Boomiyil vandhaal
Came down to the earth
Oru kaadhal kaviyam
An epic poem of love
Kaiyodu thandhaal
She brought along in her hands
Kallurum kaalai velaiyil
In the intoxicating morning hour
Oru kaadhal devathai
A goddess of love
Boomiyil vandhaal
Came down to the earth
Pookkalin karuvaraiyil
In the womb of flowers
Pirandhaval neeya
Are you the one who was born?
Poovukkoru poojai seiyya
To perform worship for the flower
Pirandhavan naan illaiya
Am I not the one who was born?
Idhayathin thamaraiyil
In the lotus of the heart
Iruppavan neeya
Are you the one residing?
Thamaraikul veedukatti
Building a house inside the lotus
Thandhaval naan illaiya
Am I not the one who gave it to you?
Ododi vandhadhaal
Because I came running fast
Ulmoochu vaangudhu
I am catching my deep breath
Female :Un moochil allavaa
Female: Isn't it within your breath
En moochum ulladhu
That my breath also resides?
Male :Ondranadhu
Male: They have become one
Oru kaadhal devathai
A goddess of love
Boomiyil vandhaal
Came down to the earth
Male :Oru kaadhal kaviyam
Male: An epic poem of love
Kaiyodu thandhaal
She brought along in her hands
Female :Kallurum kaalai velaiyil
Female: In the intoxicating morning hour
Oru kaadhal devathai
A goddess of love
Boomiyil vandhaal
Came down to the earth
Yaarukku yaar uravu
Who is bound to whom in relationship?
Yaar arivaro
Who really knows?
En peyaril un peyarai
Beside my name, your name
Eyarkaiyum ezhuthiyadho
Has nature itself written it?
Pon magal moochu vittal
If the golden maiden exhales
Poo malaraadho
Won't the flower bloom?
Poo magalin vaaimozhiyae
The words from the mouth of the flower-like girl
Poojaikku vedhangalo
Are they scriptures for holy worship?
Kalluri vaazhkaiyil
In college life
Kaadhal yen vandhadhu
Why did love arrive?
Male :Agayam engilum
Male: Throughout the vast sky
Eeram yaar thandhadhu
Who provided the moist rain?
Female :Iyalbanadhu (oru…)
Female: It is only natural...
Oru kaadhal devathai
A goddess of love
Boomiyil vandhaal
Came down to the earth
Female :Oru kaadhal kaviyam
Female: An epic poem of love
Kaiyodu thandhaal
She brought along in her hands
Male :Kallurum kaalai velaiyil
Male: In the intoxicating morning hour
Lala lala laala laa…
Lala lala laala laa…
Laaa lala laaa laaa….
Laaa lala laaa laaa….
Lala lala laala laa…
Lala lala laala laa…
Laaa lala laaa laaa….
Laaa lala laaa laaa….
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
'Oru Kaadhal Devathai' is a blissful romantic duet from the movie 'Idhaya Thamarai' (1990). The song captures the pure, ethereal joy of young lovers falling in love during their college years. The hero elevates his beloved to the status of an angelic goddess of love who has descended to Earth bringing poetry into his life, while the heroine responds with equal warmth, suggesting that their destinies and very breaths are inseparable.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Oru kaadhal devathai / Boomiyil vandhaal”
The lover is metaphorically compared to a 'goddess of love' descending onto Earth.
Metaphor
“Idhayathin thamaraiyil”
The heart is poetically visualized as a blooming lotus flower.
Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Pookkalin karuvaraiyil / Pirandhaval neeya”
Repetition of the 'P' sound at the beginning of adjacent words/phrases.
Rhetorical Question
“Yaarukku yaar uravu / Yaar arivaro”
Posing a reflective question about who is destined to be with whom.
Did you know?
Trivia
Although listed as unknown in the prompt context, the music for 'Idhaya Thamarai' (1990) was composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja, and this iconic duet was sung by S.P. Balasubrahmanyam and K.S. Chithra. The film stars Karthik and Revathi in lead roles, showcasing their famous onscreen romantic chemistry.
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