Seerkazhi Govindarajan and Tiruchi Loganathan perform ‘Pazhakkamillatha Kazhuthai’ from the album ‘Aaravalli’, with Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram’s lyrics set to G. Ramanathan’s rustic folk composition. Their theatrical vocals deliver a direct caution about unpredictable individuals.
Pazhakkamillatha Kazhuthai
Seerkazhi Govindarajan | Tiruchi Loganathan • From “Aaravalli”
Pazhakkamillatha Kazhuthai Lyrics Translation (from “Aaravalli”)
Kalyanasundaram contrasts a donkey’s grand appearance with its uselessness through lines like ‘Paarkka kazhuthai pagattaa theriyuthu, Paalu mattum irukkaathu’. The song lists physical injuries caused by sudden kicks, emphasizing unpredictable danger.
Pazhakkamillaatha KazhuthaikittaeWith a donkey you haven’t tamed
Konjam Paaththu Karakkanum PaalaeWatch your step when you milk it.
Pazhakkamillaatha KazhuthaikittaeWith a donkey you haven’t tamed
Konjam Paaththu Karakkanum PaalaeWatch your step when you milk it.
Adhu Pattunnu Thookki Podum KaalaeIt’ll snap its leg up in a flash.
Adhu Pattunnu Thookki Podum KaalaeIt’ll snap its leg up in a flash.
Appo Palli PoguthoWill your teeth get knocked out?
Ille Mookku PoguthoOr will your nose get smashed?
Appo Pallu PoguthoWill your teeth go?
Mookku PoguthoWill your nose go?
Solla Mudiyaathu AdhanaalaeThere’s no telling with that beast.
Pallu PoguthoWill your teeth go?
Mookku PoguthoWill your nose go?
Solla Mudiyaathu AdhanaalaeThere’s no telling with that beast.
Pazhakkamillaatha KazhuthaikittaeWith a donkey you haven’t tamed
Konjam Paaththu Karakkanum PaalaeWatch your step when you milk it.
Paarkka Kazhuthai Pagattaa TheriyuthuTo the eye, the donkey looks grand.
Paalu Mattum IrukkaathuBut there won’t be a drop of milk.
Annae Paalu Mattum IrukkaathuBrother, there won’t be a drop of milk.
Paarkka Kazhuthai Pagattaa TheriyuthuTo the eye, the donkey looks grand.
Paalu Mattum IrukkaathuBut there won’t be a drop of milk.
Nalla Paathaiyilum NadakkaathuAnd it won’t walk a straight path.
Rompa Patti Kazhuthaiyithu Kuttiyum PodaathuIt’s a barren donkey, won’t bear a foal.
Pakkaththilae NerungapadaathuDon’t you dare get close.
Idhukku Thekkum Vadakkum TheriyaathuIt doesn’t know North from South.
Rompa Patti Kazhuthaiyithu Kuttiyum PodaathuIt’s a barren donkey, won’t bear a foal.
Pakkaththilae NerungapadaathuDon’t you dare get close.
Idhukku Thekkum Vadakkum TheriyaathuIt doesn’t know North from South.
Pazhakkamillaatha KazhuthaikittaeWith a donkey you haven’t tamed
Konjam Paaththu Karakkanum PaalaeWatch your step when you milk it.
Yaezhettu Kuttigalai Potta PirakumEven after birthing seven or eight
Oru Ellaiyilae Nikkaathu Intha KazhuthaiThis donkey won’t stay in its limits.
Edhu Entha Pakkam Iruntho Vantha KazhuthaiWho knows where this donkey came from?
Chumma Alattikkum Odambae Aruththukkum ThumbaiIt just struts around, breaking its tether.
Adakkamilaath ThadikkazhuthaiAn unruly, stubborn mule.
Idhu Aan Kazhuthaiyai Mirattum Veen KazhuthaiA useless thing that scares the jacks.
Pazhakkamillaatha KazhuthaikittaeWith a donkey you haven’t tamed
Konjam Paaththu Karakkanum PaalaeWatch your step when you milk it.
Antha Thiruttu Kazhuthaikku Kaththa TheriyumThat thieving donkey knows how to bray.
Intha Kuruttu Kazhuthaikku Kaththa TheriyumThis blind donkey knows how to scream.
Thiruttu Kazhuthaikku Kaththa TheriyumThat thieving donkey knows how to bray.
Intha Kuruttu Kazhuthaikku Kaththa TheriyumThis blind donkey knows how to scream.
Antha Kezhattu Kazhuthaikku Rendum TheriyumThat old hag knows both tricks well.
Antha Kezhattu Kazhuthaikku Rendum TheriyumThat old hag knows both tricks well.
Adhu Morattu ThanaththaalaeWith its brutish, rough ways
Mookkaruththu KaadharuththuNose sliced off, ears cut short
Muzhiyaa Muzhikkira KazhuthaiIt stares with a wild, blank gaze.
Idhu Mooli Kazhuthai Perum Neeli KazhuthaiA mutilated beast, a great deceiver.
Adhu Morattu ThanaththaalaeWith its brutish, rough ways
Mookkaruththu KaadharuththuNose sliced off, ears cut short
Muzhiyaa Muzhikkira KazhuthaiIt stares with a wild, blank gaze.
Idhu Mooli Kazhuthai Perum Neeli KazhuthaiA mutilated beast, a great deceiver.
Pazhakkamillaatha KazhuthaikittaeWith a donkey you haven’t tamed
Konjam Paaththu Karakkanum PaalaeWatch your step when you milk it.
Adhu Pattunnu Thookki Podum KaalaeIt’ll snap its leg up in a flash.
Appo Pallu PoguthoThen, will your teeth go?
Illae Mookku PoguthoOr will your nose go?
Solla Mudiyaathu AdhanaalaeThere’s no telling with that beast.
Pazhakkamillaatha KazhuthaikittaeWith a donkey you haven’t tamed
Konjam Paaththu Karakkanum PaalaeWatch your step when you milk it.
Pazhakkamillatha Kazhuthai Music Video
Kalyanasundaram’s Pazhakkamillatha Kazhuthai lyrics translation advises careful assessment in risk-filled interactions. The folk analogy remains relevant for judging substance over surface impressions.