Rayilu Rayilu
From Bharathi Kannamma · 1997
- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singer
- Vadivelu
- Music director
- Deva
- Details
- Bharathi Kannamma1997
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Rayilu rayilu | Train, train |
| Jappaanin pullet rayilu adhu pola | Just like Japan's bullet train |
| Puyalu puyalu naanthaandi vaigai puyalu | Storm, storm, I am the storm of the Vaigai river |
| Entha ponnuthaan yaengamaattaa | Which girl wouldn't yearn for me? |
| Enna paaththathum thoongamaattaa | She won't sleep after seeing me |
| Maadhuri theetchith kooda maanthaa naalu | Even Madhuri Dixit, four months ago |
| Letter potaa | Wrote me a letter |
| Male | |
| Rayilu rayilu | Train, train |
| Jappaanin pullet rayilu adhu pola | Just like Japan's bullet train |
| Puyalu puyalu naanthaandi vaigai puyalu | Storm, storm, I am the storm of the Vaigai river |
| Male | |
| Thaanaaga thookkum en sattai collar | My shirt collar lifts up on its own |
| Kaaranam paiyil american doller | Because there are American dollars in my pocket |
| En pinnaal yaarum adikkaathae jalra | Nobody needs to flatter me from behind |
| Male | |
| Kaiya thatti azhaichchaa | If I clap my hands and call |
| Vaanam vittu erangi rambaiyumthaan varuvaalae | Even Rambha will descend from the sky and come |
| Kaasa vittu erinjaa | If I throw money around |
| Veththalaiya madichchi oorvasiyum tharuvaalae | Even Urvashi will fold betel leaves and give them to me |
| Male | |
| Julie julie…. | Julie, Julie... |
| Unakkum enakkum dhinamum jolly | Every day is fun for you and me |
| Idaiyil yaedhu thadukkum vaeli | What fence is there in between to block us? |
| Kaala vittu thazhuvikkittu paadidalaam kavvaali | Let us embrace enthusiastically and sing qawwali |
| Male | |
| Rayilu rayilu | Train, train |
| Pullet rayilu adhu pola | Just like the bullet train |
| Puyalu puyalu naanthaandi vaigai puyalu | Storm, storm, I am the storm of the Vaigai river |
| Male | |
| Bombay-il neththu karishmaa kaboor-ru | Yesterday in Bombay, Karisma Kapoor |
| Ennaththaan aaththu kan vachchaa paaru | Look at how deeply she cast her gaze on me |
| En maele crazy vada naattu star-ru | The North Indian star is crazy about me |
| Male | |
| Ennidaththila yaedho | Inside me, there is some |
| Current onnu irukku | Kind of electric current |
| Izhukkuthu pala pera | It pulls many people towards me |
| Ennudaiya nenaipil chinna chinna | Thinking about me, young |
| Ponnunga marakkuthu than pera | Girls forget their own names |
| Male | |
| Amsaa amsaa….aa.. | Amsaa, Amsaa... aa.. |
| Needhaan enakku chicken samosaa | You are like a chicken samosa to me |
| Inimael enna jalsaa jalsaa | From now on, it is pure celebration and joy |
| Flight-il yaeri honey moon kku | Boarding a flight for a honeymoon |
| Poyidalaam mun paasaa | Let's go to Mombasa |
| Male | |
| Rayilu rayilu | Train, train |
| Pullet rayilu adhu pola | Just like the bullet train |
| Puyalu puyalu naanthaandi vaigai puyalu | Storm, storm, I am the storm of the Vaigai river |
| Entha ponnuthaan yaengamaattaa | Which girl wouldn't yearn for me? |
| Enna paaththathum thoongamaattaa | She won't sleep after seeing me |
| Maadhuri theetchith kooda maanthaa naalu | Even Madhuri Dixit, four months ago |
| Letter potaa | Wrote me a letter |
| Male | |
| Rayilu rayilu | Train, train |
| Jappaanin pullet rayilu adhu pola | Just like Japan's bullet train |
| Puyalu puyalu naanthaandi vaigai puyalu | Storm, storm, I am the storm of the Vaigai river |
ரயிலு ரயிலு
ஜப்பானின் புல்லெட் ரயிலு அது போல
புயலு புயலு நான்தாண்டி வைகை புயலு
எந்த பொண்ணுதான் ஏங்க மாட்டா
என்ன பாத்ததும் தூங்க மாட்டா
மாதுரி தீட்சித் கூட முந்தாநாளு
லெட்டர் போட்டா
Train, train
Just like Japan's bullet train
Storm, storm, I am the storm of the Vaigai river
Which girl wouldn't yearn for me?
She won't sleep after seeing me
Even Madhuri Dixit, four months ago
Wrote me a letter
ரயிலு ரயிலு
ஜப்பானின் புல்லெட் ரயிலு அது போல
புயலு புயலு நான்தாண்டி வைகை புயலு
Train, train
Just like Japan's bullet train
Storm, storm, I am the storm of the Vaigai river
தானாக தூக்கும் என் சட்ட காலர்
காரணம் பையில் அமெரிக்கன் டாலர்
என் பின்னால் யாரும் அடிக்காதே ஜால்ரா
My shirt collar lifts up on its own
Because there are American dollars in my pocket
Nobody needs to flatter me from behind
கைய தட்டி அழைச்சா
வானம் விட்டு எறங்கி ரம்பையும் தான் வருவாளே
காச விட்டு எறிஞ்சா
வெத்தலைய மடிச்சி ஊர்வசியும் தருவாளே
If I clap my hands and call
Even Rambha will descend from the sky and come
If I throw money around
Even Urvashi will fold betel leaves and give them to me
ஜூலி ஜூலி........ஈ.........
உனக்கும் எனக்கும் தினமும் ஜாலி
இடையில் ஏது தடுக்கும் வேலி
கால விட்டு தழுவிக்கிட்டு பாடிடலாம் கவ்வாலி
Julie, Julie...
Every day is fun for you and me
What fence is there in between to block us?
Let us embrace enthusiastically and sing qawwali
ரயிலு ரயிலு புல்லெட் ரயிலு
புயலு புயலு நான்தாண்டி வைகை புயலு.....
Train, train
Just like the bullet train
Storm, storm, I am the storm of the Vaigai river
பம்பாயில் நேத்து கரிஷ்மா கபூரு
என்னத்தான் பாத்து கண் வெச்சா பாரு
என் மேலே கிரேசி வடநாட்டு ஸ்டாரு
Yesterday in Bombay, Karisma Kapoor
Look at how deeply she cast her gaze on me
The North Indian star is crazy about me
என்னிடத்தில் ஏதோ
கரண்ட் ஒண்ணு இருக்கு
இழுக்குது பல பேர
என்னுடைய நெனப்பில் சின்ன சின்ன
பொண்ணுங்க மறக்குது தன் பேர
Inside me, there is some
Kind of electric current
It pulls many people towards me
Thinking about me, young
Girls forget their own names
அம்சா அம்சா......ஆ......
நீதான் எனக்கு சிக்கன் சம்சா
இனிமேல் என்ன ஜல்சா ஜல்சா
பிளைட்டில் ஏறி ஹனிமூனுக்கு
போயிடலாம் முன் பாசா
Amsaa, Amsaa... aa..
You are like a chicken samosa to me
From now on, it is pure celebration and joy
Boarding a flight for a honeymoon
Let's go to Mombasa
ரயிலு ரயிலு புல்லெட் ரயிலு
புயலு புயலு நான்தாண்டி வைகை புயலு.....
எந்த பொண்ணுதான் ஏங்க மாட்டா
என்ன பாத்ததும் தூங்க மாட்டா
மாதுரி தீட்சித் கூட முந்தாநாளு
லெட்டர் போட்டா
Train, train
Just like the bullet train
Storm, storm, I am the storm of the Vaigai river
Which girl wouldn't yearn for me?
She won't sleep after seeing me
Even Madhuri Dixit, four months ago
Wrote me a letter
ரயிலு ரயிலு
ஜப்பானின் புல்லெட் ரயிலு அது போல
புயலு புயலு நான்தாண்டி வைகை புயலு
Train, train
Just like Japan's bullet train
Storm, storm, I am the storm of the Vaigai river
Rayilu rayilu
Train, train
Jappaanin pullet rayilu adhu pola
Just like Japan's bullet train
Puyalu puyalu naanthaandi vaigai puyalu
Storm, storm, I am the storm of the Vaigai river
Entha ponnuthaan yaengamaattaa
Which girl wouldn't yearn for me?
Enna paaththathum thoongamaattaa
She won't sleep after seeing me
Maadhuri theetchith kooda maanthaa naalu
Even Madhuri Dixit, four months ago
Letter potaa
Wrote me a letter
Rayilu rayilu
Train, train
Jappaanin pullet rayilu adhu pola
Just like Japan's bullet train
Puyalu puyalu naanthaandi vaigai puyalu
Storm, storm, I am the storm of the Vaigai river
Thaanaaga thookkum en sattai collar
My shirt collar lifts up on its own
Kaaranam paiyil american doller
Because there are American dollars in my pocket
En pinnaal yaarum adikkaathae jalra
Nobody needs to flatter me from behind
Kaiya thatti azhaichchaa
If I clap my hands and call
Vaanam vittu erangi rambaiyumthaan varuvaalae
Even Rambha will descend from the sky and come
Kaasa vittu erinjaa
If I throw money around
Veththalaiya madichchi oorvasiyum tharuvaalae
Even Urvashi will fold betel leaves and give them to me
Julie julie….
Julie, Julie...
Unakkum enakkum dhinamum jolly
Every day is fun for you and me
Idaiyil yaedhu thadukkum vaeli
What fence is there in between to block us?
Kaala vittu thazhuvikkittu paadidalaam kavvaali
Let us embrace enthusiastically and sing qawwali
Rayilu rayilu
Train, train
Pullet rayilu adhu pola
Just like the bullet train
Puyalu puyalu naanthaandi vaigai puyalu
Storm, storm, I am the storm of the Vaigai river
Bombay-il neththu karishmaa kaboor-ru
Yesterday in Bombay, Karisma Kapoor
Ennaththaan aaththu kan vachchaa paaru
Look at how deeply she cast her gaze on me
En maele crazy vada naattu star-ru
The North Indian star is crazy about me
Ennidaththila yaedho
Inside me, there is some
Current onnu irukku
Kind of electric current
Izhukkuthu pala pera
It pulls many people towards me
Ennudaiya nenaipil chinna chinna
Thinking about me, young
Ponnunga marakkuthu than pera
Girls forget their own names
Amsaa amsaa….aa..
Amsaa, Amsaa... aa..
Needhaan enakku chicken samosaa
You are like a chicken samosa to me
Inimael enna jalsaa jalsaa
From now on, it is pure celebration and joy
Flight-il yaeri honey moon kku
Boarding a flight for a honeymoon
Poyidalaam mun paasaa
Let's go to Mombasa
Rayilu rayilu
Train, train
Pullet rayilu adhu pola
Just like the bullet train
Puyalu puyalu naanthaandi vaigai puyalu
Storm, storm, I am the storm of the Vaigai river
Entha ponnuthaan yaengamaattaa
Which girl wouldn't yearn for me?
Enna paaththathum thoongamaattaa
She won't sleep after seeing me
Maadhuri theetchith kooda maanthaa naalu
Even Madhuri Dixit, four months ago
Letter potaa
Wrote me a letter
Rayilu rayilu
Train, train
Jappaanin pullet rayilu adhu pola
Just like Japan's bullet train
Puyalu puyalu naanthaandi vaigai puyalu
Storm, storm, I am the storm of the Vaigai river
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Rayilu Rayilu is an energetic, humorous dance track from the 1997 Tamil film Bharathi Kannamma, composed by Deva with lyrics written by Vairamuthu. The song features a protagonist hyperbolically boasting about his charm, irresistible style, and wealth, comparing his dynamic energy to Japan's bullet train and a raging storm over the Vaigai river. Throughout the song, he playfully asserts that top Bollywood celebrities like Madhuri Dixit and Karisma Kapoor, as well as celestial damsels Rambha and Urvashi, are captivated by him. Laden with 90s pop culture tropes, humorous food metaphors like 'chicken samosa', and references to international trips like Mombasa, the track offers a fun, larger-than-life portrayal of self-love and romantic banter.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navortchi)
“Maadhuri theetchith kooda maanthaa naalu Letter potaa”
Extravagant exaggeration used for comedic effect, claiming that Bollywood superstar Madhuri Dixit wrote him a letter.
Simile (Uvamai)
“Jappaanin pullet rayilu adhu pola”
Compares speed, power, and high-energy personality directly to Japan's bullet train.
Rhyme / Alliteration (Monai & Edhugai)
“Rayilu rayilu ... Puyalu puyalu”
Phonetic rhyming and matching syllables between 'Rayilu' (train) and 'Puyalu' (storm) across refrain lines.
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Trivia
Bharathi Kannamma (1997) features music composed by Deva. The song includes iconic 90s pop culture references to prominent Bollywood actresses like Madhuri Dixit and Karisma Kapoor, highlighting how North Indian cinema stardom was frequently incorporated into lighthearted Tamil film songs during that era.
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