Ullathin Kathavugal
From Iravum Pagalum · 1965
- Lyricist
- Aalangudi Somu
- Singer
- T. M. Soundararajan
- Music director
- T. R. Pappa
- Details
- Iravum Pagalum1965
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Ullathin kadhavugal kangalada | Are eyes the doors to the heart? |
| Ingae uravukku kaaranam pengalada | Are women the reason for relationships here? |
| Ullathin kadhavugal kangalada | Are eyes the doors to the heart? |
| Ingae uravukku kaaranam pengalada | Are women the reason for relationships here? |
| Ullathai oruthikku koduthuvidu | Give your heart to one woman, |
| Andha oruthiyai uyiraai mathithu vidu | And respect that one woman as your very life. |
| Ullathai oruthikku koduthuvidu | Give your heart to one woman, |
| Andha oruthiyai uyiraai mathithu vidu | And respect that one woman as your very life. |
| Male | |
| Ullathin kadhavugal kangalada | Are eyes the doors to the heart? |
| Ingae uravukku kaaranam pengalada | Are women the reason for relationships here? |
| Male | |
| Kaadhal enbathu thaen koodu | Love is like a honeycomb, |
| Adhai kattuvadhendraal perumpaadu | Building it is an immense struggle. |
| Male | |
| Kaadhal enbathu thaen koodu | Love is like a honeycomb, |
| Adhai kattuvadhendraal perumpaadu | Building it is an immense struggle. |
| Kaalam ninaithaal kai koodum | If time favors, it comes together, |
| Adhu kanavaai ponaal manam vaadum | If it remains just a dream, the heart wilts in sorrow. |
| Male | |
| Ullathin kadhavugal kangalada | Are eyes the doors to the heart? |
| Ingae uravukku kaaranam pengalada | Are women the reason for relationships here? |
| Ullathai oruthikku koduthuvidu | Give your heart to one woman, |
| Andha oruthiyai uyiraai mathithu vidu | And respect that one woman as your very life. |
| Male | |
| Ullathin kadhavugal kangalada | Are eyes the doors to the heart? |
| Ingae uravukku kaaranam pengalada | Are women the reason for relationships here? |
| Male | |
| Uyirukku uruvam kidaiyaadhu | Life itself has no physical form, |
| Andha uyirindri edhuvum nadavaadhu | Yet without that life, nothing can function. |
| Male | |
| Uyirukku uruvam kidaiyaadhu | Life itself has no physical form, |
| Andha uyirindri edhuvum nadavaadhu | Yet without that life, nothing can function. |
| Uruvathil unmai theriyadhu | Truth cannot be recognized merely by external appearance, |
| Endrum ulagathil nermai azhiyaadhu | Integrity will never perish in this world. |
| Male | |
| Ullathin kadhavugal kangalada | Are eyes the doors to the heart? |
| Ingae uravukku kaaranam pengalada | Are women the reason for relationships here? |
| Ullathai oruthikku koduthuvidu | Give your heart to one woman, |
| Andha oruthiyai uyiraai mathithu vidu | And respect that one woman as your very life. |
| Male | |
| Ullathin kadhavugal kangalada | Are eyes the doors to the heart? |
| Ingae uravukku kaaranam pengalada | Are women the reason for relationships here? |
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உள்ளத்தின் கதவுகள் கண்களடா
இங்கே உறவுக்கு காரணம் பெண்களடா
உள்ளத்தின் கதவுகள் கண்களடா
இங்கே உறவுக்கு காரணம் பெண்களடா
உள்ளத்தை ஒருத்திக்கு கொடுத்துவிடு
அந்த ஒருத்தியை உயிராய் மதித்து விடு
உள்ளத்தை ஒருத்திக்கு கொடுத்துவிடு
அந்த ஒருத்தியை உயிராய் மதித்து விடு
Are eyes the doors to the heart?
Are women the reason for relationships here?
Are eyes the doors to the heart?
Are women the reason for relationships here?
Give your heart to one woman,
And respect that one woman as your very life.
Give your heart to one woman,
And respect that one woman as your very life.
உள்ளத்தின் கதவுகள் கண்களடா
இங்கே உறவுக்கு காரணம் பெண்களடா
Are eyes the doors to the heart?
Are women the reason for relationships here?
காதல் என்பது தேன் கூடு
அதை கட்டுவதென்றால் பெரும்பாடு
Love is like a honeycomb,
Building it is an immense struggle.
காதல் என்பது தேன் கூடு
அதை கட்டுவதென்றால் பெரும்பாடு
காலம் நினைத்தால் கைகூடும்
அது கனவாய் போனால் மனம் வாடும்
Love is like a honeycomb,
Building it is an immense struggle.
If time favors, it comes together,
If it remains just a dream, the heart wilts in sorrow.
உள்ளத்தின் கதவுகள் கண்களடா
இங்கே உறவுக்கு காரணம் பெண்களடா
உள்ளத்தை ஒருத்திக்கு கொடுத்துவிடு
அந்த ஒருத்தியை உயிராய் மதித்து விடு
Are eyes the doors to the heart?
Are women the reason for relationships here?
Give your heart to one woman,
And respect that one woman as your very life.
உள்ளத்தின் கதவுகள் கண்களடா
இங்கே உறவுக்கு காரணம் பெண்களடா
Are eyes the doors to the heart?
Are women the reason for relationships here?
உயிருக்கு உருவம் கிடையாது
அந்த உயிரின்றி எதுவும் நடவாது
Life itself has no physical form,
Yet without that life, nothing can function.
உயிருக்கு உருவம் கிடையாது
அந்த உயிரின்றி எதுவும் நடவாது
உருவத்தில் உண்மை தெரியாது
என்றும் உலகத்தில் நேர்மை அழியாது
Life itself has no physical form,
Yet without that life, nothing can function.
Truth cannot be recognized merely by external appearance,
Integrity will never perish in this world.
உள்ளத்தின் கதவுகள் கண்களடா
இங்கே உறவுக்கு காரணம் பெண்களடா
உள்ளத்தை ஒருத்திக்கு கொடுத்துவிடு
அந்த ஒருத்தியை உயிராய் மதித்து விடு
Are eyes the doors to the heart?
Are women the reason for relationships here?
Give your heart to one woman,
And respect that one woman as your very life.
உள்ளத்தின் கதவுகள் கண்களடா
இங்கே உறவுக்கு காரணம் பெண்களடா
ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம் ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம் ம்ம் ம்ம்
ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம் ம்ம் ம்ம் ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம் ம்ம்
Are eyes the doors to the heart?
Are women the reason for relationships here?
Hmm mm mm hmm mm mm
Hmm mm mm mm mm hmm mm mm
Ullathin kadhavugal kangalada
Are eyes the doors to the heart?
Ingae uravukku kaaranam pengalada
Are women the reason for relationships here?
Ullathin kadhavugal kangalada
Are eyes the doors to the heart?
Ingae uravukku kaaranam pengalada
Are women the reason for relationships here?
Ullathai oruthikku koduthuvidu
Give your heart to one woman,
Andha oruthiyai uyiraai mathithu vidu
And respect that one woman as your very life.
Ullathai oruthikku koduthuvidu
Give your heart to one woman,
Andha oruthiyai uyiraai mathithu vidu
And respect that one woman as your very life.
Ullathin kadhavugal kangalada
Are eyes the doors to the heart?
Ingae uravukku kaaranam pengalada
Are women the reason for relationships here?
Kaadhal enbathu thaen koodu
Love is like a honeycomb,
Adhai kattuvadhendraal perumpaadu
Building it is an immense struggle.
Kaadhal enbathu thaen koodu
Love is like a honeycomb,
Adhai kattuvadhendraal perumpaadu
Building it is an immense struggle.
Kaalam ninaithaal kai koodum
If time favors, it comes together,
Adhu kanavaai ponaal manam vaadum
If it remains just a dream, the heart wilts in sorrow.
Ullathin kadhavugal kangalada
Are eyes the doors to the heart?
Ingae uravukku kaaranam pengalada
Are women the reason for relationships here?
Ullathai oruthikku koduthuvidu
Give your heart to one woman,
Andha oruthiyai uyiraai mathithu vidu
And respect that one woman as your very life.
Ullathin kadhavugal kangalada
Are eyes the doors to the heart?
Ingae uravukku kaaranam pengalada
Are women the reason for relationships here?
Uyirukku uruvam kidaiyaadhu
Life itself has no physical form,
Andha uyirindri edhuvum nadavaadhu
Yet without that life, nothing can function.
Uyirukku uruvam kidaiyaadhu
Life itself has no physical form,
Andha uyirindri edhuvum nadavaadhu
Yet without that life, nothing can function.
Uruvathil unmai theriyadhu
Truth cannot be recognized merely by external appearance,
Endrum ulagathil nermai azhiyaadhu
Integrity will never perish in this world.
Ullathin kadhavugal kangalada
Are eyes the doors to the heart?
Ingae uravukku kaaranam pengalada
Are women the reason for relationships here?
Ullathai oruthikku koduthuvidu
Give your heart to one woman,
Andha oruthiyai uyiraai mathithu vidu
And respect that one woman as your very life.
Ullathin kadhavugal kangalada
Are eyes the doors to the heart?
Ingae uravukku kaaranam pengalada
Are women the reason for relationships here?
Hmm mm mm hmm mm mm
Hmm mm mm hmm mm mm
Hmm mm mm mm mm hmm mm mm
Hmm mm mm mm mm hmm mm mm
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This classic song from 'Iravum Pagalum' meditates on the nature of love, commitment, and the deeper spiritual truths of human existence. It opens with rhetorical questions about whether eyes act as gateways to the soul and whether women are the anchor of all meaningful bonds. The refrain advises devotion to a single partner, urging one to treat a beloved companion with the utmost reverence.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uruvagamaidhi)
“Ullathin kadhavugal kangalada”
Eyes are described as the 'doors' (kadhavugal) that open up to the heart (ullam).
Metaphor (Uruvagamaidhi)
“Kaadhal enbathu thaen koodu”
Love is directly compared to a 'honeycomb' (thaen koodu) that requires painstaking effort to build.
Emonai (Initial Rhyme/Alliteration)
“Ullathai oruthikku koduthuvidu”
Repetition of the initial sound 'U' across words in the line ('Ullathai' and 'oruthikku').
Iyaibu (End Rhyme)
“Ingae uravukku kaaranam pengalada”
Matching end sounds ('kangalada' and 'pengalada') creating a rhythmic rhyme scheme.
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Trivia
'Iravum Pagalum' (1965) marked the silver screen debut of Jaishankar, who went on to become a major star in Tamil cinema, often dubbed as South India's James Bond due to his thriller roles. The film featured music composed by T. R. Pappa.
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