Thillaana Paattu Paadi
From Puthumai Pithan · 1957
- Lyricist
- Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
- Singers
- J. P. Chandrababu, Jikki
- Music director
- G. Ramanathan
- Details
- Puthumai Pithan1957
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| ……………. | ... |
| Male | |
| Thillaana paattu paadi kulla thaaraa | Oh short-statured girl singing a Tillana song, |
| Ingu kullaa nee podaadhae kulla thaaraa | Don't play tricks on me here, short girl. |
| Thillaana paattu paadi kulla thaaraa | Oh short-statured girl singing a Tillana song, |
| Ingu kullaa nee podaadhae kulla thaaraa | Don't play tricks on me here, short girl. |
| Female :Villaadhi villarellaam vambu kaaraa | Female: All the greatest archers and troublemakers, |
| Villaadhi villarellaam vambu kaaraa | All the greatest archers and troublemakers, |
| Endhan vizhiyaalae paliyaavaar vambukkaaraa | Will fall victim to my eyes, you troublemaker! |
| Male :Aayyayyo…. | Male: Oh dear!... |
| Female :Vizhiyaalae baliyaavaar vambukkaaraa | Female: Will fall victim to my eyes, you troublemaker! |
| Male | |
| Thillaanaa… thillaanaa… | Tillana... Tillana... |
| Thillaana paattu paadi kulla thaaraa | Oh short-statured girl singing a Tillana song, |
| Ingu kullaa nee podaadhae kulla thaaraa | Don't play tricks on me here, short girl. |
| Aaa..aa..aa..aaa…. | Aaa..aa..aa..aaa…. |
| Andha maamunivarellaam adanginaar… | All those great sages succumbed in those days... |
| Female :Enna | Female: What? |
| Male | |
| Andha kaalam… | In those ancient times... |
| Aaa..aa.aa.aa.aa..ae..ae..ae… | Aaa..aa.aa.aa.aa..ae..ae..ae… |
| Adhai arindhadhaal ungal vizhiyinaalae | Knowing that, because of your eyes, |
| Aangal asaiya maattaar indha kaalam… | Men will not be swayed so easily in modern times... |
| Indha kaalam | In modern times! |
| Thillaana paattu paadi kulla thaaraa | Oh short-statured girl singing a Tillana song, |
| Ingu kullaa nee podaadhae kulla thaaraa | Don't play tricks on me here, short girl. |
| Thillaanaa… thillaanaa… | Tillana... Tillana... |
| Thillaana paattu paadi kulla thaaraa | Oh short-statured girl singing a Tillana song, |
| Ingu kullaa nee podaadhae kulla thaaraa | Don't play tricks on me here, short girl. |
| Female | |
| Vaazhaippazham vaendaamennum kurangu polae | Like a monkey that claims it does not want a banana, |
| Vaayaalavil paesiduvaar…. piragu | They will speak only with lip service... but later, |
| Vaithiyar ariyaadha paithiyam pidithaengi | Catching an affliction that doctors cannot diagnose and pining, |
| Valiya vandhu kaalil vizhuvaar | They will voluntarily come and fall at my feet! |
| Aaa..aa.aa.aaa.aa…. | Aaa..aa.aa.aaa.aa…. |
| Villaadhi villarellaam vambu kaaraa | All the greatest archers and troublemakers, |
| Endhan vizhiyaalae baliyaavaar vambukkaaraa | Will fall victim to my eyes, you troublemaker! |
| Villaadhi villarellaam vambu kaaraa | All the greatest archers and troublemakers, |
| Endhan vizhiyaalae baliyaavaar vambukkaaraa | Will fall victim to my eyes, you troublemaker! |
| Male | |
| Appadiyaa… | Is that so?... |
| Female :Pinnae eppadiyaam… | Female: How else could it be?... |
| Female | |
| Neerillaadha nilamillae nilamillaadha maramillae | There is no land without water, no tree without land, |
| Maramillaadha vidhai illae vidhai illaadha maramillae | There is no seed without a tree, no tree without a seed, |
| Aanillaadha penn illae penn illaadha aanillae | There is no woman without a man, and no man without a woman, |
| Purinjidhaa…. | Did you understand?... |
| Male | |
| Puriyudhae… puriyudhae puriyudhae… | I understand... I understand... I understand... |
| Malaiyaana emmanasa kulla thaaraa | My heart which was like a mountain, oh short girl, |
| Arivu uliyaalae paethuttiyae kulla thaaraa | You have chipped away with the chisel of wisdom, short girl. |
| Malaiyaana emmanasa kulla thaaraa | My heart which was like a mountain, oh short girl, |
| Arivu uliyaalae paethuttiyae kulla thaaraa | You have chipped away with the chisel of wisdom, short girl. |
| Female :Kallaana aampillaiyum vambukkaaraa | Female: Even a man who is as hard as stone, you troublemaker, |
| Kallaana aampillaiyum vambukkaaraa | Even a man who is as hard as stone, you troublemaker, |
| Kovai kaniyaalae baliyaavaar vambukkaaraa | Will fall victim to a woman with lips sweet as Kovai fruit, you troublemaker! |
| Kaniyaalae baliyaavaar vambukkaaraa | Will fall victim to her fruit-like lips, you troublemaker! |
முனங்கல் : .
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Oh short-statured girl singing a Tillana song,
Don't play tricks on me here, short girl.
Oh short-statured girl singing a Tillana song,
Don't play tricks on me here, short girl.
Female: All the greatest archers and troublemakers,
All the greatest archers and troublemakers,
Will fall victim to my eyes, you troublemaker!
Male: Oh dear!...
Female: Will fall victim to my eyes, you troublemaker!
தில்லானா பாட்டு பாடி குள்ள தாரா
இங்கு குல்லா நீ போடாதே குள்ள தாரா
தில்லானா பாட்டு பாடி குள்ள தாரா
இங்கு குல்லா நீ போடாதே குள்ள தாரா
Tillana... Tillana...
Oh short-statured girl singing a Tillana song,
Don't play tricks on me here, short girl.
Aaa..aa..aa..aaa….
All those great sages succumbed in those days...
Female: What?
வில்லாதி வில்லரெல்லாம் வம்பு காரா
வில்லாதி வில்லரெல்லாம் வம்பு காரா
எந்தன் விழியாலே பலியாவார் வம்புக்காரா
அய்யய்யோ
விழியாலே பலியாவார் வம்புக்காரா
In those ancient times...
Aaa..aa.aa.aa.aa..ae..ae..ae…
Knowing that, because of your eyes,
Men will not be swayed so easily in modern times...
In modern times!
Oh short-statured girl singing a Tillana song,
Don't play tricks on me here, short girl.
Tillana... Tillana...
Oh short-statured girl singing a Tillana song,
Don't play tricks on me here, short girl.
தில்லானா ..தில்லானா
தில்லானா பாட்டு பாடி குள்ள தாரா
இங்கு குல்லா நீ போடாதே குள்ள தாரா
ஆ ..ஆஆ ...ஆஆ ....
அந்த மாமுனிவரெல்லாம் அடங்கினார்
என்ன
Like a monkey that claims it does not want a banana,
They will speak only with lip service... but later,
Catching an affliction that doctors cannot diagnose and pining,
They will voluntarily come and fall at my feet!
Aaa..aa.aa.aaa.aa….
All the greatest archers and troublemakers,
Will fall victim to my eyes, you troublemaker!
All the greatest archers and troublemakers,
Will fall victim to my eyes, you troublemaker!
அந்த காலம்
ஆ ..ஆஆ ...ஆஆ ....ஏ.. ஏ... ஏ...
அதை அறிந்ததால் உங்கள் விழியினாலே
ஆண்கள் அசைய மாட்டார் இந்த காலம்
இந்த காலம்
தில்லானா பாட்டு பாடி குள்ள தாரா
இங்கு குல்லா நீ போடாதே குள்ள தாரா
தில்லானா ..தில்லானா
தில்லானா பாட்டு பாடி குள்ள தாரா
இங்கு குல்லா நீ போடாதே குள்ள தாரா
Is that so?...
Female: How else could it be?...
வாழைப்பழம் வேண்டாமென்னும் குரங்கு போலே
வாயளவில் பேசிடுவார் .... பிறகு
வைத்தியர் அறியாத பைத்தியம் பிடித்தேங்கி
வலிய வந்து காலில் விழுவார்
ஆ ..ஆஆ ...ஆஆ ....
வில்லாதி வில்லரெல்லாம் வம்பு காரா
எந்தன் விழியாலே பலியாவார் வம்புக்காரா
வில்லாதி வில்லரெல்லாம் வம்பு காரா
எந்தன் விழியாலே பலியாவார் வம்புக்காரா
There is no land without water, no tree without land,
There is no seed without a tree, no tree without a seed,
There is no woman without a man, and no man without a woman,
Did you understand?...
அப்படியா
பின்னே எப்படியாம்
I understand... I understand... I understand...
My heart which was like a mountain, oh short girl,
You have chipped away with the chisel of wisdom, short girl.
My heart which was like a mountain, oh short girl,
You have chipped away with the chisel of wisdom, short girl.
Female: Even a man who is as hard as stone, you troublemaker,
Even a man who is as hard as stone, you troublemaker,
Will fall victim to a woman with lips sweet as Kovai fruit, you troublemaker!
Will fall victim to her fruit-like lips, you troublemaker!
நீரில்லாத நிலமில்லே நிலமில்லாத மரமில்லே
மரமில்லாத விதை இல்லே விதை இல்லாத மரமில்லே
ஆணில்லாத பெண் இல்லே பெண் இல்லாத ஆணில்லே
புரிஞ்சிதா ....
புரியுதே ...புரியுதே புரியுதே ...
மலையான எம்மனச குள்ள தாரா
அறிவு உளியாலே பேத்துட்டியே குள்ள தாரா
மலையான எம்மனச குள்ள தாரா
அறிவு உளியாலே பேத்துட்டியே குள்ள தாரா
கல்லான ஆம்பிள்ளையும் வம்புக்காரா
கல்லான ஆம்பிள்ளையும் வம்புக்காரா
கோவை கனியாலே பலியாவார் வம்புக்காரா
கனியாலே பலியாவார் வம்புக்காரா
தில்லானா ..தில்லானா
தில்லானா பாட்டு பாடி ஆடுவோமே
நாம் எல்லோரும் ஒன்றாக வாழ்வோமே
…………….
...
Thillaana paattu paadi kulla thaaraa
Oh short-statured girl singing a Tillana song,
Ingu kullaa nee podaadhae kulla thaaraa
Don't play tricks on me here, short girl.
Thillaana paattu paadi kulla thaaraa
Oh short-statured girl singing a Tillana song,
Ingu kullaa nee podaadhae kulla thaaraa
Don't play tricks on me here, short girl.
Female :Villaadhi villarellaam vambu kaaraa
Female: All the greatest archers and troublemakers,
Villaadhi villarellaam vambu kaaraa
All the greatest archers and troublemakers,
Endhan vizhiyaalae paliyaavaar vambukkaaraa
Will fall victim to my eyes, you troublemaker!
Male :Aayyayyo….
Male: Oh dear!...
Female :Vizhiyaalae baliyaavaar vambukkaaraa
Female: Will fall victim to my eyes, you troublemaker!
Thillaanaa… thillaanaa…
Tillana... Tillana...
Thillaana paattu paadi kulla thaaraa
Oh short-statured girl singing a Tillana song,
Ingu kullaa nee podaadhae kulla thaaraa
Don't play tricks on me here, short girl.
Aaa..aa..aa..aaa….
Aaa..aa..aa..aaa….
Andha maamunivarellaam adanginaar…
All those great sages succumbed in those days...
Female :Enna
Female: What?
Andha kaalam…
In those ancient times...
Aaa..aa.aa.aa.aa..ae..ae..ae…
Aaa..aa.aa.aa.aa..ae..ae..ae…
Adhai arindhadhaal ungal vizhiyinaalae
Knowing that, because of your eyes,
Aangal asaiya maattaar indha kaalam…
Men will not be swayed so easily in modern times...
Indha kaalam
In modern times!
Thillaana paattu paadi kulla thaaraa
Oh short-statured girl singing a Tillana song,
Ingu kullaa nee podaadhae kulla thaaraa
Don't play tricks on me here, short girl.
Thillaanaa… thillaanaa…
Tillana... Tillana...
Thillaana paattu paadi kulla thaaraa
Oh short-statured girl singing a Tillana song,
Ingu kullaa nee podaadhae kulla thaaraa
Don't play tricks on me here, short girl.
Vaazhaippazham vaendaamennum kurangu polae
Like a monkey that claims it does not want a banana,
Vaayaalavil paesiduvaar…. piragu
They will speak only with lip service... but later,
Vaithiyar ariyaadha paithiyam pidithaengi
Catching an affliction that doctors cannot diagnose and pining,
Valiya vandhu kaalil vizhuvaar
They will voluntarily come and fall at my feet!
Aaa..aa.aa.aaa.aa….
Aaa..aa.aa.aaa.aa….
Villaadhi villarellaam vambu kaaraa
All the greatest archers and troublemakers,
Endhan vizhiyaalae baliyaavaar vambukkaaraa
Will fall victim to my eyes, you troublemaker!
Villaadhi villarellaam vambu kaaraa
All the greatest archers and troublemakers,
Endhan vizhiyaalae baliyaavaar vambukkaaraa
Will fall victim to my eyes, you troublemaker!
Appadiyaa…
Is that so?...
Female :Pinnae eppadiyaam…
Female: How else could it be?...
Neerillaadha nilamillae nilamillaadha maramillae
There is no land without water, no tree without land,
Maramillaadha vidhai illae vidhai illaadha maramillae
There is no seed without a tree, no tree without a seed,
Aanillaadha penn illae penn illaadha aanillae
There is no woman without a man, and no man without a woman,
Purinjidhaa….
Did you understand?...
Puriyudhae… puriyudhae puriyudhae…
I understand... I understand... I understand...
Malaiyaana emmanasa kulla thaaraa
My heart which was like a mountain, oh short girl,
Arivu uliyaalae paethuttiyae kulla thaaraa
You have chipped away with the chisel of wisdom, short girl.
Malaiyaana emmanasa kulla thaaraa
My heart which was like a mountain, oh short girl,
Arivu uliyaalae paethuttiyae kulla thaaraa
You have chipped away with the chisel of wisdom, short girl.
Female :Kallaana aampillaiyum vambukkaaraa
Female: Even a man who is as hard as stone, you troublemaker,
Kallaana aampillaiyum vambukkaaraa
Even a man who is as hard as stone, you troublemaker,
Kovai kaniyaalae baliyaavaar vambukkaaraa
Will fall victim to a woman with lips sweet as Kovai fruit, you troublemaker!
Kaniyaalae baliyaavaar vambukkaaraa
Will fall victim to her fruit-like lips, you troublemaker!
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This playful duetting track from the 1957 Tamil film 'Puthumai Pithan' showcases a lighthearted romantic battle of wits between a male and female character. The male singer teasingly addresses the woman as 'kulla thaaraa' (short girl) and warns her not to pull fast ones on him, claiming men of the modern era are no longer easily fooled by women's charms as ancient sages were. The female character counters with sharp wit, comparing men's denial of attraction to a monkey pretending not to like bananas. She argues the fundamental interdependence of nature—water, land, trees, seeds, and ultimately men and women. Her sharp wisdom breaks down the man's ego, turning his mountain-hard heart soft, leading to a mutual playful acceptance of love.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Upama (Simile / Metaphor)
“Vaazhaippazham vaendaamennum kurangu polae”
Compares a man pretending not to care for women to a monkey claiming it doesn't want a banana ('Vaazhaippazham vaendaamennum kurangu polae').
Metaphor (Uruvam)
“Arivu uliyaalae paethuttiyae kulla thaaraa”
Compares wisdom to a chisel ('arivu uli') and the male's stubborn heart to a mountain ('malaiyaana emmanasa').
Anaphora / Logical Chain
“Neerillaadha nilamillae nilamillaadha maramillae”
Repetitive philosophical chaining of interdependent elements (water -> land -> tree -> seed -> man -> woman) to establish balance.
Emoni / Wordplay (Slaedai / Pun)
“Ingu kullaa nee podaadhae kulla thaaraa”
Playful use of the colloquial phrase 'kullaa podaadhae' (don't cap/trick me) with 'kulla thaaraa' (short duck/girl).
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Trivia
This track features J. P. Chandrababu, one of Tamil cinema's pioneer comedian-singers known for bringing Western vocal inflection, Yodeling, and theatrical expressions to Tamil music, alongside classic playback singer Jikki. Composed by G. Ramanathan, the song uses rhythmic Tillana motifs from classical Carnatic music subverted into a comical duet.
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