Thala Thalakkira
From Vallal · 1997
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Thalathalakure sridevi | Glistening and radiant Sridevi, |
| Thudikuthu en aavvi | My soul is throbbing with longing! |
| Padamedukuthu sun tv | Sun TV is broadcasting, |
| Paatedukuthu M tv | MTV is playing songs! |
| Male | |
| Amadi na chinna poo vedicha | Oh girl, when the little flower bloomed, |
| Daavvadippen | I will start flirting and courting! |
| Ippo ooruthadi jollu | Now drool is overflowing, |
| Jollu jollu | Drool, drool! |
| Male | |
| Thalathalakure sridevi | Glistening and radiant Sridevi, |
| Thudikuthu en aavvi | My soul is throbbing with longing! |
| Padamedukuthu sun tv | Sun TV is broadcasting, |
| Paatedukuthu M tv | MTV is playing songs! |
| Hoi hoi……. | Hoi hoi... |
| Male | |
| Suttuvecha uppu kandam | Like roasted salted dried meat, |
| Kittathile nikkayile | When you stand so close to me, |
| Sappu kotti thinna vantha | If I come to smack my lips and relish it, |
| Thappu enna poonkuiley | What is wrong in that, oh sweet flower-bird? |
| Male | |
| Hoi patcha thanni naan kudichu | Hey, it has been ten long months since, |
| Patthu maasam aayiduchu | I drank plain simple water! |
| Mochakotta meen kozhamba | If you cook lima bean fish curry for me, |
| Vecha ennna maankuyile | What harm is there, my deer-like cuckoo? |
| Male | |
| Patiniya vaikaathey | Don't keep me starving, |
| Paavi manam thaangaathu | My poor sinner's heart cannot bear it! |
| Vatta nila kaayurappo | When the round full moon shines bright, |
| Vaaadukiren thoongaathu | I wither away without any sleep! |
| Female | |
| Paai virikaathey | Don't spread out the mat for sleep, |
| Ennapathi paatedukaathey | Don't compose songs about me! |
| Ho raapagala enna sutthi | Hey, night and day all around me, |
| Roundu adikaathey | Don't keep making rounds! |
| Female | |
| Ada pitham unakku muthi kidakku | Oh, your madness has reached its peak, |
| Ratha kodhippu utcham irukku | Your blood pressure is sky-high, |
| Kaathu karuppu baathichu irukku | You are possessed by evil spirits! |
| Male : Adadaaaaa | Male: Oh my goodness! |
| Male | |
| Humming : ……….. | (Humming...) |
| Chorus : Va va va Chella kili | Chorus: Come, come, come, pet bird! |
| Vaayaadum chinna kili hoi | Talkative little bird, hoi! |
| Chorus | |
| ……………. | (Music bridge) |
| Male | |
| Hoi vallal pettha | Hey, to the daughter fathered by a generous philanthropist, |
| Ponnukku thaan | Why this stinginess, my lady? |
| Yemma inthe kanja thanam | If you gather and give away all you have, |
| Ullathellaam alli alli | What wrong could possibly happen? |
| kudutha enna ketta vidum | (Music bridge) |
| Chorus | |
| …………………… | Hey, golden jewel portrait, |
| Male | |
| Hoi thanga mani sithirame | Precious pearl of Thoothukudi! |
| Thoothukudi muthiname | Like an oil press, around you, |
| Sekku pola unnavanthu | My heart keeps endlessly spinning! |
| Suthurrathu en maname | Matured into womanhood in the Tamil month of Aavani, |
| Male | |
| Aavaniyil aalaana | You are sweet molded jaggery! |
| Achu vellam nee thaane | To sway over your flower-like body, |
| Poo udambil melae aada | I gave you my half-saree! |
| Thavaniya thanthene | Will I touch you, |
| Female | |
| Naan thoduvena | Just because you gave me a half-saree? |
| Thavaniya ne koduthaaley | Hey look, it flies over, |
| Hey parakkkuthu paaru solakkolla | Like a scarecrow in the cornfield! |
| Bommayin maele | Oh girl! |
| Male | |
| Adiye | Just standing in the empty wind, |
| Female | |
| Chumma kaathu kedanthu | Sweating without reason, |
| Vaethu vandinja | God will laugh, the Earth will laugh, |
| Saami sirikkum boomi sirikkum | The village will laugh, the waters will laugh! |
| Ooru sirikkum neeru sirikkum | Hey hey hey hey hey! |
| Hey hey hey hey hey | Glistening and radiant Sridevi, |
| Male | |
| Thalathalakure sridevi | My soul is throbbing with longing! |
| Thudikuthu en aavvi | Sun TV is broadcasting, |
| Padamedukuthu sun tv | MTV is playing songs! |
| Paatedukuthu M tv | Oh girl, when the little flower bloomed, |
| Male | |
| Amadi na chinna poo vedicha | I will start flirting and courting! |
| Daavvadippen | Now drool is overflowing, |
| Ippo ooruthadi jollu | Drool, drool! |
| Jollu jollu | |
முனங்கல் :
.....................
Glistening and radiant Sridevi,
My soul is throbbing with longing!
Sun TV is broadcasting,
MTV is playing songs!
தளதளக்குற ஸ்ரீதேவி
துடிதுடிக்குது என் ஆவி
படமெடுக்குது சன் டிவி
பாட்டெடுக்குது எம் டிவி
Oh girl, when the little flower bloomed,
I will start flirting and courting!
Now drool is overflowing,
Drool, drool!
அம்மாடி நா சின்னப் பூ வெடிச்சா
டாவ் அடிப்பேன்
இப்ப ஊறுதடி ஜொள்ளு
ஜொள்ளு ஜொள்ளு
Glistening and radiant Sridevi,
My soul is throbbing with longing!
Sun TV is broadcasting,
MTV is playing songs!
Hoi hoi...
தளதளக்குற ஸ்ரீதேவி
துடிதுடிக்குது என் ஆவி
படமெடுக்குது சன் டிவி
பாட்டெடுக்குது எம் டிவி
ஹோய் ஹோய் .......
Like roasted salted dried meat,
When you stand so close to me,
If I come to smack my lips and relish it,
What is wrong in that, oh sweet flower-bird?
முனங்கல் :
.........................
Hey, it has been ten long months since,
I drank plain simple water!
If you cook lima bean fish curry for me,
What harm is there, my deer-like cuckoo?
சுட்டு வெச்ச உப்புக்கண்டம்
கிட்டத்திலே நிக்கையிலே
சப்புக் கொட்டி தின்ன வந்தா
தப்பு என்ன பூங்குயிலே
Don't keep me starving,
My poor sinner's heart cannot bear it!
When the round full moon shines bright,
I wither away without any sleep!
முனங்கல் :
....................
Don't spread out the mat for sleep,
Don't compose songs about me!
Hey, night and day all around me,
Don't keep making rounds!
ஹோய் பச்சத்தண்ணி நான் குடிச்சு
பத்து மாசம் ஆயிடுச்சு
மொச்சக் கொட்ட மீன் கொழம்ப
வெச்சா என்ன மாங்குயிலே
Oh, your madness has reached its peak,
Your blood pressure is sky-high,
You are possessed by evil spirits!
Male: Oh my goodness!
பட்டினியா வைக்காதே
பாவி மனம் தாங்காது
வட்ட நிலா காயுறப்போ
வாடுகிறேன் தூங்காது
(Humming...)
Chorus: Come, come, come, pet bird!
Talkative little bird, hoi!
பாய் விரிக்காதே
என்னப் பத்தி பாட்டெடுக்காதே
ஹே ராப்பகலாக என்னச் சுத்தி
ரவுண்டு அடிக்காதே
(Music bridge)
அட பித்தம் உனக்கு முத்திக் கெடக்கு
ரத்தக் கொதிப்பு உச்சம் இருக்கு
காத்து கருப்பு பாதிச்சிருக்கு
அடடடடடடடா
Hey, to the daughter fathered by a generous philanthropist,
Why this stinginess, my lady?
If you gather and give away all you have,
What wrong could possibly happen?
(Music bridge)
ஆண் முனங்கல் :
...........
குழு :
வா வா வா செல்லக்கிளி
வாயாடும் சின்னக்கிளி ஹோய்
Hey, golden jewel portrait,
முனங்கல் :
................
Precious pearl of Thoothukudi!
Like an oil press, around you,
My heart keeps endlessly spinning!
Matured into womanhood in the Tamil month of Aavani,
ஹேய் வள்ளல் பெத்த
பொண்ணுக்குத்தான்
ஏம்மா இந்தக் கஞ்சத்தனம்
உள்ளதெல்லாம் அள்ளி அள்ளி
குடுத்தா என்ன கெட்டா விடும்
You are sweet molded jaggery!
To sway over your flower-like body,
I gave you my half-saree!
Will I touch you,
முனங்கல் :
........................
Just because you gave me a half-saree?
Hey look, it flies over,
Like a scarecrow in the cornfield!
Oh girl!
ஹோய் தங்கமணி சித்திரமே
தூத்துக்குடி முத்தினமே
செக்குப் போல உன்ன வந்து
சுத்துறது என் மனமே
Just standing in the empty wind,
ஆவணியில் ஆளான
அச்சு வெல்லம் நீதானே
பூ உடம்பில் மேல ஆட
தாவணியத் தந்தேனே
Sweating without reason,
God will laugh, the Earth will laugh,
The village will laugh, the waters will laugh!
Hey hey hey hey hey!
Glistening and radiant Sridevi,
நான் தொடுவேனா
தாவணிய நீ கொடுத்தாலே
ஹே பறக்குது பாரு சோலக்கொல்ல
பொம்மையின் மேலே
My soul is throbbing with longing!
Sun TV is broadcasting,
MTV is playing songs!
Oh girl, when the little flower bloomed,
அடியே
I will start flirting and courting!
Now drool is overflowing,
Drool, drool!
சும்மா காத்துக் கெடந்து
வேத்து வடிஞ்சா
சாமி சிரிக்கும் பூமி சிரிக்கும்
ஊரு சிரிக்கும் நீரு சிரிக்கும்
ஹே ஹே ஹே ஹே ஹே
தளதளக்குற ஸ்ரீதேவி
துடிதுடிக்குது என் ஆவி
படமெடுக்குது சன் டிவி
பாட்டெடுக்குது எம் டிவி
அம்மாடி நா சின்னப் பூ வெடிச்சா
டாவ் அடிப்பேன்
இப்ப ஊறுதடி ஜொள்ளு
ஜொள்ளு ஜொள்ளு
ஆண் முனங்கல் :
.................
குழு :
ஆத்தாடி பப்பாளி
தள்ளாடும் தக்காளி....
Thalathalakure sridevi
Glistening and radiant Sridevi,
Thudikuthu en aavvi
My soul is throbbing with longing!
Padamedukuthu sun tv
Sun TV is broadcasting,
Paatedukuthu M tv
MTV is playing songs!
Amadi na chinna poo vedicha
Oh girl, when the little flower bloomed,
Daavvadippen
I will start flirting and courting!
Ippo ooruthadi jollu
Now drool is overflowing,
Jollu jollu
Drool, drool!
Thalathalakure sridevi
Glistening and radiant Sridevi,
Thudikuthu en aavvi
My soul is throbbing with longing!
Padamedukuthu sun tv
Sun TV is broadcasting,
Paatedukuthu M tv
MTV is playing songs!
Hoi hoi…….
Hoi hoi...
Suttuvecha uppu kandam
Like roasted salted dried meat,
Kittathile nikkayile
When you stand so close to me,
Sappu kotti thinna vantha
If I come to smack my lips and relish it,
Thappu enna poonkuiley
What is wrong in that, oh sweet flower-bird?
Hoi patcha thanni naan kudichu
Hey, it has been ten long months since,
Patthu maasam aayiduchu
I drank plain simple water!
Mochakotta meen kozhamba
If you cook lima bean fish curry for me,
Vecha ennna maankuyile
What harm is there, my deer-like cuckoo?
Patiniya vaikaathey
Don't keep me starving,
Paavi manam thaangaathu
My poor sinner's heart cannot bear it!
Vatta nila kaayurappo
When the round full moon shines bright,
Vaaadukiren thoongaathu
I wither away without any sleep!
Paai virikaathey
Don't spread out the mat for sleep,
Ennapathi paatedukaathey
Don't compose songs about me!
Ho raapagala enna sutthi
Hey, night and day all around me,
Roundu adikaathey
Don't keep making rounds!
Ada pitham unakku muthi kidakku
Oh, your madness has reached its peak,
Ratha kodhippu utcham irukku
Your blood pressure is sky-high,
Kaathu karuppu baathichu irukku
You are possessed by evil spirits!
Male : Adadaaaaa
Male: Oh my goodness!
Humming : ………..
(Humming...)
Chorus : Va va va Chella kili
Chorus: Come, come, come, pet bird!
Vaayaadum chinna kili hoi
Talkative little bird, hoi!
…………….
(Music bridge)
Hoi vallal pettha
Hey, to the daughter fathered by a generous philanthropist,
Ponnukku thaan
Why this stinginess, my lady?
Yemma inthe kanja thanam
If you gather and give away all you have,
Ullathellaam alli alli
What wrong could possibly happen?
kudutha enna ketta vidum
(Music bridge)
……………………
Hey, golden jewel portrait,
Hoi thanga mani sithirame
Precious pearl of Thoothukudi!
Thoothukudi muthiname
Like an oil press, around you,
Sekku pola unnavanthu
My heart keeps endlessly spinning!
Suthurrathu en maname
Matured into womanhood in the Tamil month of Aavani,
Aavaniyil aalaana
You are sweet molded jaggery!
Achu vellam nee thaane
To sway over your flower-like body,
Poo udambil melae aada
I gave you my half-saree!
Thavaniya thanthene
Will I touch you,
Naan thoduvena
Just because you gave me a half-saree?
Thavaniya ne koduthaaley
Hey look, it flies over,
Hey parakkkuthu paaru solakkolla
Like a scarecrow in the cornfield!
Bommayin maele
Oh girl!
Adiye
Just standing in the empty wind,
Chumma kaathu kedanthu
Sweating without reason,
Vaethu vandinja
God will laugh, the Earth will laugh,
Saami sirikkum boomi sirikkum
The village will laugh, the waters will laugh!
Ooru sirikkum neeru sirikkum
Hey hey hey hey hey!
Hey hey hey hey hey
Glistening and radiant Sridevi,
Thalathalakure sridevi
My soul is throbbing with longing!
Thudikuthu en aavvi
Sun TV is broadcasting,
Padamedukuthu sun tv
MTV is playing songs!
Paatedukuthu M tv
Oh girl, when the little flower bloomed,
Amadi na chinna poo vedicha
I will start flirting and courting!
Daavvadippen
Now drool is overflowing,
Ippo ooruthadi jollu
Drool, drool!
Jollu jollu
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This lively, folk-pop duet from the movie 'Vallal' (1997) features a playful romantic banter between a smitten young man and a witty, resistant young woman. The male protagonist extravagantly compliments the heroine, comparing her beauty to famous actress Sridevi, sweet molded jaggery, and pearls, while expressing his intense romantic hunger using colorful culinary metaphors like fish curry and roasted meat. He humorously references pop-culture elements of the late 90s, such as Sun TV and MTV, to express how dynamic his feelings are. In response, the female protagonist teasingly rebuffs his advances, accusing him of suffering from high blood pressure, madness, and evil spirits. She warns him that his dramatic obsession will make him a laughingstock in front of God, nature, and the entire village. Written by Vaali with music composed by Deva, the song combines rural folk sensibilities with urban pop culture slang, delivering a high-energy romantic comedy track.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Achu vellam nee thaane”
The hero compares the heroine to 'Achu vellam' (molded jaggery) and 'Thoothukudi muthinam' (pearl of Thoothukudi) to emphasize her sweetness and beauty.
Metaphor & Pop Culture Allusion
“Padamedukuthu sun tv / Paatedukuthu M tv”
The lyricist uses Sun TV and MTV as metaphors for modern, vibrant entertainment and emotion broadcasting.
Anaphora & Rhyme (Edugai/Monai)
“Saami sirikkum boomi sirikkum / Ooru sirikkum neeru sirikkum”
Repetition of 'sirikkum' across lines creates a rhythmic, musical climax emphasizing widespread laughter.
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Trivia
'Vallal' (1997) starred Sathyaraj and Meena in lead roles with music by Deva. Lyricist Vaali cleverly incorporated trendy late-90s references like 'Sun TV' and 'MTV'—channels that had recently revolutionized Tamil pop culture during that decade—into a traditional rural folk beat.
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