Yuvan Shankar Raja and Vairamuthu collaborate on ‘Iruthalai Kolli’ from the album Naatpadu Theral 2. This composition frames unrequited love as physical entrapment. Vairamuthu’s words match Yuvan’s tense melody.
Released: June 26, 2022
Iruthalai Kolli
Vairamuthu | Yuvan Shankar Raja • From “Naatpadu Theral 2”
Iruthalai Kolli Lyrics Translation – Naatpadu Theral 2 Soundtrack
Vairamuthu compares the lover to an ant burning on a stick. He describes love as the Amazon forest: simple to enter but impossible to escape. These images show constant struggle.
He Ye YeHe Ye Ye.
Irudhalai Kolli ErumbukkuFor an ant caught on a stick burning at both ends,
Orudhalaik Kadhal Vandhadheone-sided love has taken hold.
Irudhalai Kolli ErumbukkuFor an ant caught on a stick burning at both ends,
Orudhalaik Kadhal Vandhadheone-sided love has taken hold.
Thannai ThaneJust like the sun
Malaiyil Eriyumthat sets and burns itself out
Sooriyanai Poleon the mountainside,
Nane EnnaiI’ve burned myself up
Erindhu Kondencompletely
Nachellaik Kullewithin the reach of my ‘Nachellai’ (my beloved).
Malaiyil Vizhundha SooriyanaiThe mountains don’t push away
Malaigal Thalluvadhillaithe sun that falls upon them.
Allik KolluvayoWill you embrace me,
Thallich Selvayoor will you push me away?
Solli Chelladi NachellaiTell me and go, my ‘Nachellai’.
Theda SellumGo on, keep searching.
HeHey,
Pattamboochidhan Kadhallove is just like a butterfly.
Kitta Chella Thathi ThavumIt flutters and hops when you get close,
Thuratha Thuratha Dhooram Pogumbut it flies further away as you chase it.
HeHey,
Chalavaikkari Pol Kadhallove is like a laundrywoman.
Inbathil Ennai NanaikkiradheIt soaks me in joy,
Thunbathil Adithu Thuvaikkiradhethen beats and scrubs me in sorrow.
Thanadhu NizhalilLike a massive tree
Than Odhungadhathat can’t find shelter
Virutcham Polein its own shade,
Enadhu Kadhalilthere’s no place for me to rest
Nan Odhungave Idamillaiyewithin my own love.
Aiyo KadhalOh, love is an ‘Amazon forest’
Amazon Kadu(an inescapable jungle).
Ulle Nuzhaivadhu ElidhuIt’s easy to enter,
Veliye Varuvadhu Kadidhubut it’s hard to get out.
He He HeHe he he,
Kathiruppudhan Kadhallove is all about waiting.
Pipravari MuppadhukkagaWaiting for the thirtieth of February,
Natchathirangalin Virpanaikkagaor for the stars to go on sale.
Eekkal Ponradhu KadhalLove is just like flies.
Kaniyilum Vayai VaikkiradheIt lands on sweet fruit,
Kayathin Meedhum Moikkiradhebut it swarms over wounds too.
Katru VeliyinLike a tear in the ozone layer
Ozone Koorai Kizhisal Poleof the open sky,
Kadhal Kizhithathere’s no way to stitch up a heart
Idhayam Thaikkave Vazhiyillaiyethat love has torn apart.
Aiyo KadhalOh, love is an ‘Amazon forest’
Amazon Kadu(an inescapable jungle).
Ulle Nuzhaivadhu ElidhuIt’s easy to enter,
Veliye Varuvadhu Kadidhubut it’s hard to get out.
Irudhalai Kolli ErumbukkuFor an ant caught on a stick burning at both ends,
Orudhalaik Kadhal Vandhadheone-sided love has taken hold.
Irudhalai Kolli ErumbukkuFor an ant caught on a stick burning at both ends,
Orudhalaik Kadhal Vandhadheone-sided love has taken hold.
Thannai ThaneJust like the sun
Malaiyil Eriyumthat sets and burns itself out
Sooriyanai Poleon the mountainside,
Nane EnnaiI’ve burned myself up
Erindhu Kondencompletely
Nachellaik Kullewithin the reach of my ‘Nachellai’.
Malaiyil Vizhundha SooriyanaiThe mountains don’t push away
Malaigal Thalluvadhillaithe sun that falls upon them.
Allik KolluvayoWill you embrace me,
Thallich Selvayoor will you push me away?
Solli Chelladi NachellaiTell me and go, my ‘Nachellai’.
Theda SellumGo on, keep searching.
Iruthalai Kolli Music Video
One-sided affection leaves no exit routes in the Naatpadu Theral 2 lyrics meaning. Vairamuthu’s metaphors detail irreversible emotional damage. The track identifies love as both beautiful and destructive.