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Lyrics & meaning

Paddikirom

From Sadhu · 1994

Lyricist
Vaali
Singers
K. S. Chithra, Arun Mozhi, Mano
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Sadhu
Movie release year
1994
Lyrics added on
3 Jul 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Pallavan bus koova
Pozhudhu pularndhadhu
Pugaiyudan auto scooter
Oda thudangiyadhu
Konjiyae ezhundhu
Puthagam virithu
Oru vari thavaraamal anaivarum…
Padikkirom padikkirom
Chorus :Maanju maanju padikkirom
Male :Thudikkirom thudikkirom
Chorus :Mark vaanga thudikkirom
Ada round adikka pogala
Chorus :Rajini padam paakkala
Male :Daavadikka pogala
Chorus :Dum adikka pogala
Padikkirom padikkirom
Chorus :Maanju maanju padikkirom
Male :Thudikkirom thudikkirom
Chorus :Mark vaanga thudikkirom
Pathu manikku sooriyana
Paakkum ezhumala
Ezhu manikku ezhundhiruchu
Pallu velakkuraan
Ada pullaiyaara kindal senju
Pesum aasa thambi
Bakthi pazhamaa pattai adichu
Thaengaa odaikkiraan
Ovvoru naalum cut adichu
Oora suthum maayaandi
Romba uthaman pola collegekku
Regular aaga vaaraandi
Cricket aadum kichaamiyum
Niruthipputtaan games
Dhenam paiyodu thaan sex book
Kondu varum james
Ippa kaiyodu thaan vechirukkaan
Konaar potta notes
Padikkirom padikkirom
Chorus :Maanju maanju padikkirom
Male :Thudikkirom thudikkirom
Chorus :Mark vaanga thudikkirom
Noothukku keezhae mark konjam
Koranju pochunaa
Onnara kannu meenaa unakku
Kissu thandhiduvaa
Ezhubathanju arubathanju
Mark aachunaa
Pazhutha pazham baamaa unakku
Kissu thandhiduvaa
Erichal mugam yegaambaram
Mark korachu pottuttaa
Karutha moonji kanagavalli
Kiss adippaa vaangikko
Pareetchaiyilae kottadichaa
Paadatha paathu kiss adi
Septemberil thaeri vandhaa
Romba late therinjukko
Aasaiya mootta kattikko
Adutha rayila pudichukko
Thavikkaadhae
Chorus :Iva kissukkaaga
Female :Thavichaanae
Chorus :Iva kissukkaaga
Thavikkaadhae
Chorus :Iva kissukkaaga
Female :Thavichaanae
Chorus :Iva kissukkaaga
Padikkirom padikkirom
Chorus :Maanju maanju padikkirom
Male :Thudikkirom thudikkirom
Chorus :Mark vaanga thudikkirom
Ada round adikka pogala
Chorus :Rajini padam paakkala
Male :Daavadikka pogala
Chorus :Dum adikka pogala
Padikkirom padikkirom
Chorus :Maanju maanju padikkirom
Male :Thudikkirom thudikkirom
Chorus :Mark vaanga thudikkirom
As the Pallavan bus honks,
the day has dawned.
With plumes of smoke, autos and scooters
have begun to run.
Stretching lazily and waking up,
opening our books,
without missing a single line, everyone...
We are studying, we are studying!
Chorus: We are studying our hearts out!
Male: We are dying, we are dying,
Chorus: dying to score top marks!
We didn't go out roaming around,
Chorus: we didn't go watch a Rajini film,
Male: we didn't go flirting with girls,
Chorus: we didn't go off to smoke!
We are studying, we are studying!
Chorus: We are studying our hearts out!
Male: We are dying, we are dying,
Chorus: dying to score top marks!
Ezhumalai, who used to see the sun
only at ten o'clock,
now wakes up at seven in the morning
and brushes his teeth!
That Aasaithambi, who used to mock
Lord Ganesha,
now wears sacred ash like a pious devotee
and breaks coconuts at the shrine!
Mayandi, who bunked every single day
and roamed around town,
now acts like an innocent saint
and comes to college regularly!
Even Kitchami, who always plays cricket,
has stopped all his games.
James, who always carried adult magazines
in his bag every day,
now holds right in his hands
the Konar study guides!
We are studying, we are studying!
Chorus: We are studying our hearts out!
Male: We are dying, we are dying,
Chorus: dying to score top marks!
If your marks drop even a little
below a hundred,
cross-eyed Meena
will give you a kiss!
If your marks fall to
seventy-five or sixty-five,
wrinkled old Bhama
will give you a kiss!
If grumpy-faced Ekambaram
cuts your marks down,
dark-faced Kanagavalli
will kiss you, so take it!
If you flunk in your exams,
just kiss your textbooks goodbye!
If you only pass in September,
know that it's way too late!
Pack up all your desires
and catch the next train out!
Don't pine away,
Chorus: for her kiss!
Female: He pined away,
Chorus: for her kiss!
Don't pine away,
Chorus: for her kiss!
Female: He pined away,
Chorus: for her kiss!
We are studying, we are studying!
Chorus: We are studying our hearts out!
Male: We are dying, we are dying,
Chorus: dying to score top marks!
We didn't go out roaming around,
Chorus: we didn't go watch a Rajini film,
Male: we didn't go flirting with girls,
Chorus: we didn't go off to smoke!
We are studying, we are studying!
Chorus: We are studying our hearts out!
Male: We are dying, we are dying,
Chorus: dying to score top marks!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This humorous track captures the frantic exam preparation fever among college students in Tamil Nadu. It humorously contrasts the usual carefree antics of college boys—bunking classes, watching Rajinikanth movies, flirting, smoking, and playing cricket—with their sudden transformation into studious, pious, and disciplined students during exam time.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Edhugai (Second-letter Rhyme)

Padikkirom padikkirom / Male :Thudikkirom thudikkirom

Matching second consonants across consecutive lines, such as 'Padikkirom' and 'Thudikkirom'.

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

Ada round adikka pogala / Chorus :Rajini padam paakkala

Use of rhyming end-words popular in Tamil folk/slang lyrics, like 'poogaala' / 'paakkala'.

Imagery & Satire

Pallavan bus koova / Pozhudhu pularndhadhu

Vaali uses vivid everyday imagery of Chennai life (Pallavan bus, Konar notes) mixed with satirical character portrayals.

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Trivia

The lyricist Vaali cleverly references iconic local elements of 90s Tamil Nadu college culture, such as 'Pallavan' buses (the public transport system of Chennai at the time) and 'Konaar Notes' (extremely popular study guide materials among Tamil Nadu school and college students).

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