Arun Raj’s 2023 album Modern Kaadhal features his dual role as lyricist and composer in ‘Karaiyilla Kaadhaley,’ a Tamil track steeped in separation anxiety. The vocals shift between fragile whispers and urgent declarations, mirroring the lyrics’ tension.
Released: January 12, 2023
Karaiyilla Kaadhaley
Arun Raj • From “Modern Kaadhal”
Modern Kaadhal’s Karaiyilla Kaadhaley Tamil Lyrics English Translation
Arun Raj frames time without his partner as ‘living hell,’ using the waterfall metaphor to visualize emotional desolation. The repeated plea ‘Don’t close the door to your heart’ anchors the song’s fearful tone.
Thollaivinil Thooram PogatheDon’t go so far away from me,
Idhayathin Vasal MoodatheDon’t close the door to your heart.
Ennai Vittu Neengi PonaleIf you ever leave and walk away from me,
ThadumaruvenI’ll completely fall apart.
Pirivinil Kooda Nee EnnaiMy heart can’t bear the thought of you,
Marappathai Nenjam ThangatheForgetting me, even when we’re apart.
Viralgalai Korkka En KaigalMy hands are searching to hold your fingers,
Unai ThedutheThey’re just looking for you.
AnbeMy love,
Nee Illatha Neram IngeThe time without you here,
NaragamanatheHas become a living hell.
PenneOh, girl,
Unnai Thedi Nanum IngeI’m searching for you here,
Tholaithu PogirenAnd I’m completely losing myself.
KanneMy dearest,
Neer Illadha Aruvi UndaDoes a waterfall without any water exist?
Sollu KekkirenTell me, I’m asking you.
Athu PolJust like that,
Nanum Inge Verande PonenI’ve become barren and desolate here,
Unthan NinaivileLost in the memories of you.
KadhaleOh, my love,
Karaiyilla KadhaleMy pure, flawless love,
Unnai Thedi ThediyeI’ll keep searching and searching for you,
VaruveneI will come for you,
Kadal ThandiyeEven across the sea.
TholiyeMy companion,
En Ayul TholiyeThe companion for my whole life,
Unakkaga VazhgirenI’m living just for you.
Varuvaya Manam MariyeWon’t you come back with a change of heart?
Iravinil Ingu SuzhumThis loneliness that surrounds me at night,
ThanimaiyaiMy heart hates it, I don’t want it.
Manam Verukuthu VendamDon’t you know the pain in these moments,
InimaiyaiOh my love, you’re the one giving me these tears.
Nodigalin Vazhi ArivayoYour lap was my pillow at night,
En Kanneer Tharum KadhaliyeThe beauty of you cooing and smiling.
Un Madi EnnumYou snatched it all away from me,
En Iravin ThalaiyanaiIs this even fair?
Sirippudan Konji Pesum AzhaginaiIn the time it takes to blink,
Ennidam Nee Parithu SendraiAn image of you comes and goes before me.
Ithu NyayamaThat beautiful form,
Kanmoodi Thirakkum NeramIs it really you, or just the pain in my heart?
En Munne Vanthu PogumEven after reading all the poems,
Azhagana Antha UruvamMy sorrow refuses to leave.
Neeya Illai Manathin ValiyaThat smile of yours,
Kavithaigal Padi TheerthumWon’t you grant it to me as a blessing?
En Sogam Neenga MarukkumOh, my love,
Un Sirippinai Ennidam NeeyumMy pure, flawless love,
Varamaga TharuvayaI’ll keep searching and searching for you,
KadhaleI will come for you,
Karaiyilla KadhaleEven across the sea.
Unnai Thedi ThediyeMy companion,
VaruveneThe companion for my whole life,
Kadal ThandiyeI’m living just for you.
TholiyeWon’t you come back with a change of heart?
En Ayul TholiyeOh, my love,
Unakkaga VazhgirenMy pure, flawless love,
Varuvaya Manam MariyeI’ll keep searching and searching for you,
KadhaleI will come for you,
Karaiyilla KadhaleEven across the sea.
Unnai Thedi ThediyeI’ll keep searching and searching for you,
VaruveneI will come for you,
Kadal ThandiyeEven across the sea.
Karaiyilla Kaadhaley Music Video
Modern Kaadhal positions love as existential necessity, with Karaiyilla Kaadhaley lyrics in English tracing a refusal to acknowledge relationship endings. Physical and emotional distances merge in the demand for reunion.