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Lyrics & meaning

Verichu Verichu

From Thilagar · 2023

Lyricist
Sarathy
Singers
Haricharan, Swetha Mohan
Music director
Kannan
Movie name
Thilagar
Movie release year
2023
Lyrics added on
27 Oct 2022

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Idhayam indru idappuram illa
Adhu nagarndhu kondu valappuram sella
Enakkul enna nadandhadhu mella
Adhu unakku mattumae theriyumae pulla
Verichu verichu nee paakkura podhu
Sirichu sirichu nee pookkura podhu
Karandha paalu pola
Noraichen kaadhalaala
Sozhandu sozhandu nee odura podhu
Ozhandu ozhandu nee thedura podhu
Paruthhi panju pola
Ada parakkum nenju mela
Gundivillu kallana maathi
Sundivittu sellura aathi
Arisi paana erumba pola
Thinnudi enna
Verichu verichu nee paakkura podhu
Sirichu sirichu nee pookkura podhu
Karandha paalu pola
Noraichen kaadhalaala
……………….
Sunnaambil pal thechi
Naakku sevandhenae
Male :Mambettiaala naan
Meesai sarachenae
Goppuraane ippathaane
Sakkarai pandhalil
Poondudan injiyum serthenae
Veettin ullae pattam vittene
Sattai mela baniyanai pottenae
Kalagam moottiya kallanae unnaal
Thilagam neettiya thilaganae unnaal
Kirangi pogurenae
Huh kirukki aagurenae
…………………….
Unnoda pandhakkaal
Naanaai iruppenae
Unnoda sondhathil enna karaippenae
Kondakkulla pinnal pola
Anbula unnaiyum
Nenjula pinniyum veippenae
Nam pol jodi ingae yaarundu
Ondril ondraai vaazhvom nooraandu
Verichu verichu nee paakkura podhu
Sirichu sirichu nee pookkura podhu
Karandha paalu pola
Noraichen kaadhalaala
Saivamunnu sonniyae munna
Mella mella thinniyae enna
Orachana karichana hey ..inichana
Hahaha….
My heart isn't on the left side today,
as it shifts over to the right.
What has quietly happened inside me,
only you would know, my dear.
When you stare and stare at me,
when you blossom with laughter and smiles,
just like freshly milked milk,
I bubbled up with love.
When you spin and run around,
when you restlessly search around,
just like a wisp of cotton,
ah, my heart floats high in the air.
Turning me into a catapult's stone,
you flick me away and walk off, girl.
Like an ant in a pot of rice,
eat me all up, girl!
When you stare and stare at me,
when you blossom with laughter and smiles,
just like freshly milked milk,
I bubbled up with love.
...
I brushed my teeth with limestone paste,
and turned my tongue bright red!
With a garden spade, I
shaved off my moustache!
Oh my darling, just now,
under a sweet canopy,
I mixed garlic and ginger together!
I flew a kite inside the house,
and put on a vest over my shirt!
Because of you, the rogue who stirred up chaos,
because of you, my Thilagan who placed the forehead mark on me,
I am completely swooning,
haha, I am going crazy!
...
The ceremonial pole for your wedding canopy,
I will become that for you,
and dissolve myself into your family.
Like a braid tucked neatly into a hair bun,
with all my love,
I will weave you into my heart.
Who else is a couple like us here?
We will live joined as one for a hundred years.
When you stare and stare at me,
when you blossom with laughter and smiles,
just like freshly milked milk,
I bubbled up with love.
You told me earlier that you were vegetarian,
yet you slowly ate me all up!
Was I spicy? Was I salty? Hey, was I sweet?
Hahaha...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This playful and romantic folk-pop duet from the film Thilagar depicts the humorous madness and delight of falling in love. The lovers describe how love has turned their logic upside down, causing them to do silly things like flying kites inside the house, wearing undershirts over shirts, or feeling like their heart has shifted from the left side to the right.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Adukkuthodar (Reduplication / Repetition)

“Verichu verichu nee paakkura podhu”

Phrases like 'Verichu verichu', 'Sirichu sirichu', and 'Sozhandu sozhandu' repeat words to emphasize the intensity and continuous nature of actions like staring, smiling, and spinning.

Upamai (Simile)

“Karandha paalu pola”

Comparing love welling up in the heart to freshly milked warm milk frothing up in a pail ('Karandha paalu pola / Noraichen kaadhalaala').

Edhugai (Second-letter Rhyme)

“Gundivillu kallana maathi / Sundivittu sellura aathi”

The second letters 'nd' match in 'Gundivillu' and 'Sundivittu', creating a rhythmic cadence popular in Tamil folk lyrics.

Metaphor / Irony

“Saivamunnu sonniyae munna / Mella mella thinniyae enna”

A humorous folk metaphor where the singer teases that the lover claimed to be vegetarian ('Saivam') yet devoured him completely out of love.

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Trivia

The song is composed by Kannan (well-known for Tamizh Padam) and features quirky rural lyricism by Sarathy. Sung by Haricharan and Swetha Mohan, it uses folk humor and deliberate nonsense imagery (like shaving a mustache with a hoe or brushing teeth with lime) to portray love-induced intoxication.

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