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Padikka Padikka Nenjinikkum

From Rathinapuri Ilavarasi · 1960

Lyricist
Pattukkottai Kalyanasundram
Singers
S. Janaki, T. R. Mahalingam
Music director
Vishwanathan-Ramamoorthy
Movie name
Rathinapuri Ilavarasi
Movie release year
1960
Lyrics added on
24 May 2022

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
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Haaaa..aaa..aaa..aaa…
Male :Padikka padikka nenjinikkum
paruvam endra kaaviyam
Paarkka paarkka valarumae
kaadhalinba oviyam
Female :Ha ..aaa..aa..aaa…kaadhailinba oviyam
Padikka padikka nenjinikkum
paruvam endra kaaviyam
Paarkka paarkka valarumae
kaadhalinba oviyam
Adukadukkaai ennam varum
Kangal mattum pesum
Female :Haaa.aaa..aa..pesum
Male :Adukadukkaai ennam varum
Kangal mattum pesum
Anbu manam pongi vittaal
angamellaam pesum
Female :Haaa.aaa..aa..
Padikka padikka nenjinikkum
paruvam endra kaaviyam
Paarkka paarkka valarumae
kaadhalinba oviyam
Thaduthavargalai vendrathillai
Sarithiramae sollum ..aaaa..aaa..
Thaduthavargalai vendrathillai
Sarithiramae sollum
Kaadhal aduthavargal ariyaamal
ragasiyamaai sollum
Female :Kaadhal ragasiyamaai solum Haa.aaa.aaa..aa…
Padikka padikka nenjinikkum
paruvam endra kaaviyam
Paarkka paarkka valarumae
kaadhalinba oviyam
Kallamillaa kaadhalarai
vennilaaavum yerkkum
Female :Haa.aaa.aaa..aa…
Male :Kaattil vaazhum paravaigalum gaanam paadi vaazhthum
Female :Haa.aaa.aaa..aa…
gaanam paadi vaazhthum
Thollai tharum manidha kulam
Solli solli thootrum
Thooimaiyaana ullangalai
soozhndhu nindru vaattum
Padikka padikka nenjinikkum
paruvam endra kaaviyam
Paarkka paarkka valarumae
kaadhalinba oviyam
Female :Haa.aaa.aaa..aa…
kaadhalinba oviyam
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Haa... aa... aa... aa...
Male: The more you read it, the sweeter the heart feels,
this epic called youth.
The more you look at it, the more it blossoms,
this sweet portrait of love.
Female: Haa... aa... aa... aa... this sweet portrait of love.
The more you read it, the sweeter the heart feels,
this epic called youth.
The more you look at it, the more it blossoms,
this sweet portrait of love.
Wave upon wave, thoughts arise,
and only the eyes speak.
Female: Haa... aa... aa... they speak.
Male: Wave upon wave, thoughts arise,
and only the eyes speak.
When a loving heart overflows,
every part of the body begins to speak.
Female: Haa... aa... aa...
The more you read it, the sweeter the heart feels,
this epic called youth.
The more you look at it, the more it blossoms,
this sweet portrait of love.
Those who tried to stop love have never won;
history itself tells this... aa... aa...
Those who tried to stop love have never won;
history itself tells this.
Without letting anyone else know,
love speaks in secrets.
Female: Love speaks in secrets, haa... aa... aa... aa...
The more you read it, the sweeter the heart feels,
this epic called youth.
The more you look at it, the more it blossoms,
this sweet portrait of love.
Lovers who are pure and innocent,
even the bright moon welcomes.
Female: Haa... aa... aa... aa...
Male: Even the forest birds sing songs to bless them.
Female: Haa... aa... aa... aa...
They sing songs to bless them.
Yet troublesome mankind
mocks and slanders them again and again,
surrounding those pure hearts
to cause them pain.
The more you read it, the sweeter the heart feels,
this epic called youth.
The more you look at it, the more it blossoms,
this sweet portrait of love.
Female: Haa... aa... aa... aa...
This sweet portrait of love.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This classic duet celebrates youth and love by framing youth as a sweet epic poem and love as an expanding painting. The lovers describe how affection manifests quietly through expressive eyes and non-verbal gestures, evolving into an all-encompassing emotion where every part of one's being speaks.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Uruvagam (Metaphor)

“paruvam endra kaaviyam / kaadhalinba oviyam”

Youth is directly compared to an epic poem ('paruvam endra kaaviyam') and the happiness of love is compared to a fine painting ('kaadhalinba oviyam').

Adukku Thodar (Reduplication / Repetition)

“Padikka padikka nenjinikkum”

Words are repeated sequentially for emphasis and rhythmic flow, such as 'Padikka padikka', 'Paarkka paarkka', and 'Solli solli'.

Edhukai (Second Letter Rhyme)

“Thaduthavargalai vendrathillai / Sarithiramae sollum”

The second consonant sound matches between adjacent lines ('Pa-dik-ka' and 'Pa-ar-kka', or 'Tha-du-thavargalai' and 'Sa-ri-thiramae').

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Trivia

Written by the social reformist poet Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram, this song subtly contrasts nature's unconditional acceptance of true love against the harsh judgments of conventional human society, a common theme in his philosophical film lyrics.

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