Ulagil Yentha Kathal
From Naadodigal · 2009
- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singer
- Hariharan
- Music director
- Sundar C Babu
- Details
- Naadodigal2009
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Ulagil endha kaadhal | Which love in this world |
| Udanae jeiththadhu | Has won immediately? |
| Valigal thaangum kaadhal | Love that endures pain |
| Migavum valiyadhu | Is extremely strong. |
| Kaadhal thotradhaai kadhaigal yedhu | Are there stories where love has failed? |
| Thotraal thotradhu kaadhal aagaadhu | If it failed, that which failed was never love. |
| Ellaamae sandharppam | Everything is mere circumstance |
| Karppikkum thappartham | Creating misinterpretations. |
| Male | |
| Ulagil endha kaadhal | Which love in this world |
| Udanae jeiththadhu | Has won immediately? |
| Valigal thaangum kaadhal | Love that endures pain |
| Migavum valiyadhu | Is extremely strong. |
| Male | |
| Ninaivugalaalae nichayathaartham | An engagement through memories |
| Nadandhadhu avanodu | Happened with him. |
| Avanai allaadhu aduthavan mazhai | Other than him, accepting another's rain |
| Yerppadhu perumpaadu | Is a painful ordeal. |
| Male | |
| Oruppuram thalaivan | On one side, the lover |
| Maruppuram thagappan | On the other side, the father |
| Irukkolli erumbaanaal | She became an ant caught in a fire at both ends. |
| Paasaththukkaaga kaadhalai tholaithu | Losing love for the sake of affection |
| Aalaiyil karumbaanaal | She became sugarcane crushed in a mill. |
| Male | |
| Yaar kaaranam yaar kaaranam | Who is the cause? Who is the cause? |
| Yaar paavam yaaraicherum | Whose sin will catch up with whom? |
| Yaarthaan solla | Who can truly tell? |
| Kanneer vaarthaal kanneer aanen | If tears were shed, I became tears myself. |
| Sutram seidha kutram thaanae | Isn't this the crime committed by relatives? |
| Male | |
| Uyiril pookkum kaadhal | Love that blossoms in the soul |
| Unarvin aazhnilai | Is the deep state of emotion. |
| Unarvai paarppadhedhu | What cares about emotions? |
| Uravin soozhnilai | It is the circumstance of relationships. |
| Male | |
| Manam ennum kulathil | In the pond called the mind |
| Vizhiyennum kallai | When the stone called the eyes |
| Mudhan mudhal erindhaalae | Was thrown for the very first time, |
| Alai alaiyaaga aasaigal ezhumba | As desires rose up like waves upon waves, |
| Aval vasam vizhundhaanae | He fell under her spell. |
| Male | |
| Nadhi vazhipponaal | If a river goes along its path, |
| Karaivarakkoodum | It might define its banks. |
| Vidhi vazhipponaanae | He went along the path of fate. |
| Vidhai ondru poda verondru mulaitha | Sowing one seed and having another sprout, |
| Kadhai endru aanaanae | He became a story like that. |
| Male | |
| En solvadhu en solvadhu | What can I say? What can I say? |
| Thaan konda natpukkaaga | For the friendship he held, |
| Thaanae theaindhaan | He wore himself down. |
| Karpai polae natpai paarthaan | He treated friendship like sacred chastity. |
| Kaadhal thorkum endraa paarthaan | Did he ever think love would lose? |
| Male | |
| Ulagil endha kaadhal | Which love in this world |
| Udanae jeiththadhu | Has won immediately? |
| Valigal thaangum kaadhal | Love that endures pain |
| Migavum valiyadhu | Is extremely strong. |
| Kaadhal thotradhaai kadhaigal yedhu | Are there stories where love has failed? |
| Thotraal thotradhu kaadhal aagaadhu | If it failed, that which failed was never love. |
| Ellaamae sandharppam | Everything is mere circumstance |
| Karppikkum thappartham | Creating misinterpretations. |
| Male | |
| Ulagil endha kaadhal | Which love in this world |
| Udanae jeiththadhu | Has won immediately? |
| Valigal thaangum kaadhal | Love that endures pain |
| Migavum valiyadhu | Is extremely strong. |
உலகில் எந்த காதல்
உடனே ஜெயித்தது
வலிகள் தாங்கும் காதல்
மிகவும் வலியது
காதல் தோற்றதாய் கதைகள் ஏது
தோற்றால் தோற்றது காதல் ஆகாது
எல்லாமே சந்தர்ப்பம்
கற்பிக்கும் தப்பர்த்தம்
Which love in this world
Has won immediately?
Love that endures pain
Is extremely strong.
Are there stories where love has failed?
If it failed, that which failed was never love.
Everything is mere circumstance
Creating misinterpretations.
உலகில் எந்த காதல்
உடனே ஜெயித்தது
வலிகள் தாங்கும் காதல்
மிகவும் வலியது
Which love in this world
Has won immediately?
Love that endures pain
Is extremely strong.
நினைவுகளாலே நிச்சியதார்த்தம்
நடந்தது அவனோடு
அவனை அல்லாது அடுத்தவன் மாலை
ஏற்பது பெரும்பாடு
An engagement through memories
Happened with him.
Other than him, accepting another's rain
Is a painful ordeal.
ஒரு புறம் தலைவன்
மறுபுறம் தகப்பன்
இரு கொள்ளி எரும்பானாள்
பாசத்துக்காக காதலை தொலைத்து
ஆலையில் கரும்பானாள்
On one side, the lover
On the other side, the father
She became an ant caught in a fire at both ends.
Losing love for the sake of affection
She became sugarcane crushed in a mill.
யார் காரணம் யார் காரணம்
யார் பாவம் யாரைச்சேரும்
யார் தான் சொல்ல
கண்ணீர் வார்த்தாள் கண்ணீர் ஆனேன்
சுற்றம் செய்த குற்றம் தானே
Who is the cause? Who is the cause?
Whose sin will catch up with whom?
Who can truly tell?
If tears were shed, I became tears myself.
Isn't this the crime committed by relatives?
உயிரில் பூக்கும் காதல்
உணர்வின் ஆழ் நிலை
உணர்வை பார்ப்பதேது
உறவின் சூழ்நிலை
Love that blossoms in the soul
Is the deep state of emotion.
What cares about emotions?
It is the circumstance of relationships.
மனமென்னும் குளத்தில்
விழி என்னும் கல்லை
முதல் முதல் எரிந்தாளே
அலைஅலையாக ஆசைகள் எழும்ப
அவள் வசம் விழுந்தானே
In the pond called the mind
When the stone called the eyes
Was thrown for the very first time,
As desires rose up like waves upon waves,
He fell under her spell.
நதி வழிப்போனால்
கரை வரக்கூடும்
விதி வழி போனானே
விதை ஒன்று போட
வேர் ஒன்று முளைத்த
கதை என்று ஆனானே
If a river goes along its path,
It might define its banks.
He went along the path of fate.
Sowing one seed and having another sprout,
He became a story like that.
என் சொல்வது
என் சொல்வது
தான் கொண்ட நட்புக்காக
தானே தேய்ந்தான்
கற்பை போலே நட்பை பார்த்தான்
காதல் தோற்கும் என்றா பார்த்தான்
What can I say? What can I say?
For the friendship he held,
He wore himself down.
He treated friendship like sacred chastity.
Did he ever think love would lose?
உலகில் எந்த காதல்
உடனே ஜெயித்தது
வலிகள் தாங்கும் காதல்
மிகவும் வலியது
காதல் தோற்றதாய் கதைகள் ஏது
தோற்றால் தோற்றது காதல் ஆகாது
எல்லாமே சந்தர்ப்பம்
கற்பிக்கும் தப்பர்த்தம்
Which love in this world
Has won immediately?
Love that endures pain
Is extremely strong.
Are there stories where love has failed?
If it failed, that which failed was never love.
Everything is mere circumstance
Creating misinterpretations.
உலகில் எந்த காதல்
உடனே ஜெயித்தது
வலிகள் தாங்கும் காதல்
மிகவும் வலியது
Which love in this world
Has won immediately?
Love that endures pain
Is extremely strong.
Ulagil endha kaadhal
Which love in this world
Udanae jeiththadhu
Has won immediately?
Valigal thaangum kaadhal
Love that endures pain
Migavum valiyadhu
Is extremely strong.
Kaadhal thotradhaai kadhaigal yedhu
Are there stories where love has failed?
Thotraal thotradhu kaadhal aagaadhu
If it failed, that which failed was never love.
Ellaamae sandharppam
Everything is mere circumstance
Karppikkum thappartham
Creating misinterpretations.
Ulagil endha kaadhal
Which love in this world
Udanae jeiththadhu
Has won immediately?
Valigal thaangum kaadhal
Love that endures pain
Migavum valiyadhu
Is extremely strong.
Ninaivugalaalae nichayathaartham
An engagement through memories
Nadandhadhu avanodu
Happened with him.
Avanai allaadhu aduthavan mazhai
Other than him, accepting another's rain
Yerppadhu perumpaadu
Is a painful ordeal.
Oruppuram thalaivan
On one side, the lover
Maruppuram thagappan
On the other side, the father
Irukkolli erumbaanaal
She became an ant caught in a fire at both ends.
Paasaththukkaaga kaadhalai tholaithu
Losing love for the sake of affection
Aalaiyil karumbaanaal
She became sugarcane crushed in a mill.
Yaar kaaranam yaar kaaranam
Who is the cause? Who is the cause?
Yaar paavam yaaraicherum
Whose sin will catch up with whom?
Yaarthaan solla
Who can truly tell?
Kanneer vaarthaal kanneer aanen
If tears were shed, I became tears myself.
Sutram seidha kutram thaanae
Isn't this the crime committed by relatives?
Uyiril pookkum kaadhal
Love that blossoms in the soul
Unarvin aazhnilai
Is the deep state of emotion.
Unarvai paarppadhedhu
What cares about emotions?
Uravin soozhnilai
It is the circumstance of relationships.
Manam ennum kulathil
In the pond called the mind
Vizhiyennum kallai
When the stone called the eyes
Mudhan mudhal erindhaalae
Was thrown for the very first time,
Alai alaiyaaga aasaigal ezhumba
As desires rose up like waves upon waves,
Aval vasam vizhundhaanae
He fell under her spell.
Nadhi vazhipponaal
If a river goes along its path,
Karaivarakkoodum
It might define its banks.
Vidhi vazhipponaanae
He went along the path of fate.
Vidhai ondru poda verondru mulaitha
Sowing one seed and having another sprout,
Kadhai endru aanaanae
He became a story like that.
En solvadhu en solvadhu
What can I say? What can I say?
Thaan konda natpukkaaga
For the friendship he held,
Thaanae theaindhaan
He wore himself down.
Karpai polae natpai paarthaan
He treated friendship like sacred chastity.
Kaadhal thorkum endraa paarthaan
Did he ever think love would lose?
Ulagil endha kaadhal
Which love in this world
Udanae jeiththadhu
Has won immediately?
Valigal thaangum kaadhal
Love that endures pain
Migavum valiyadhu
Is extremely strong.
Kaadhal thotradhaai kadhaigal yedhu
Are there stories where love has failed?
Thotraal thotradhu kaadhal aagaadhu
If it failed, that which failed was never love.
Ellaamae sandharppam
Everything is mere circumstance
Karppikkum thappartham
Creating misinterpretations.
Ulagil endha kaadhal
Which love in this world
Udanae jeiththadhu
Has won immediately?
Valigal thaangum kaadhal
Love that endures pain
Migavum valiyadhu
Is extremely strong.
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This song from the movie Naadodigal explores the profound and painful nature of true love and self-sacrificing friendship. It reflects on how love is rarely achieved instantly without suffering, asserting that true love is defined by its endurance through suffering and trial. The lyrics vividly describe a woman's tragic predicament, torn between her affection for her father and her love for her partner, comparing her torment to an ant caught between two fires or sugarcane crushed in a mill. At the same time, the song pays tribute to the protagonist's selfless friendship. He risks his own life and happiness to unite his friend with his lover, treating friendship with reverence equivalent to sacred virtue. Through lyricist Vaali's poignant words, the song questions fate, familial pressure, and the unseen consequences of human decisions.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Uvamai)
“Irukkolli erumbaanaal”
Compares the helpless heroine trapped between her father and lover to an ant caught in a stick burning on both ends.
Metaphor (Uruvam)
“Manam ennum kulathil / Vizhiyennum kallai”
Metaphorically compares the mind to a pond ('manam ennum kulam') and the gaze of eyes to a thrown stone ('vizhiyennum kal').
Simile (Uvamai)
“Karpai polae natpai paarthaan”
Compares sacred reverence for friendship to chastity ('karpai polae natpai paarthaan').
Assonance/Rhyme (Edhukai)
“Nadhi vazhipponaal / Vidhi vazhipponaane”
Second letter rhyming in consecutive lines (Nadhi / Vidhi).
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Trivia
Featured in the 2009 blockbuster Tamil film 'Naadodigal' directed by Samuthirakani, this emotional track was composed by Sundar C. Babu with lyrics penned by legendary poet Vaali. The song underscores the climax of emotional sacrifices made by friends for love.
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