A peppy pre-wedding song showing the affection between three cousins – Divya, Arjun and Kuttan. The boys tease Divya about marriage being an end to all the fun in life and how Divya harbors opposite dreams is what the song is all about.
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Pachakilikkoru koodu
Pacha karimbu azhi ulla koodu
[A cage for you, green bird
A cage with green bamboo bars]
Pachakilikkoru koodu
Pacha karikmbu azhi ulla koodu
[A cage for you, green bird
A cage with green bamboo bars]
Ooo…Kannalan kettunnundallo ho..ooo..
Athu ninne koottan aanallo
[Ooo…Your beloved is building ho..ooo..
To make a home with you]
Thudakkam maangalyam thanthunanena
Pinne jeevitham dhumthananena
[First comes the wedding…
Then comes life…]
Thudakkam maangalyam thanthunanena
Pinne jeevitham dhumthananena
[First comes the wedding…
Then comes life…]
Thudakkam maangalyam thanthunanena
Pinne jeevitham dhumthananena
[First comes the wedding…
Then comes life…]
Kaniyalle kanmaniyalle…Aadhyam chollum nin kanavan
Kanna nee veyil kollalle neeyum chollum
[“How beautiful you are, how precious!” your husband will say in the beginning
“Darling don’t stand in the sun”, you will tell him]
O… kadhamaarum chekavan* aakum urumi** edukkum padaveeran
Hey hey pinnothirakadakam…Hey Hey eri podi angam
[O…Then story will turn and he will take a sword
Hey hey then othirakadakam***…Hey hey and a spicy fight]
Ketto, nee ketto ee koottil pettal pinne
Neelaakasham kandorillannaro chollunne
[Have you heard, if you are locked in this cage…
You will never see the blue skies again]
Kannal en kannal njan kalla thakkol theerkkum
Velli pakshikkoppam mele vinnil paarum njaanum
[With my eyes, I’ll make a key and use it…
to fly with silver bird in the sky above]
Midukkiye merukki, thali kurukkil akki, kurumbu othokki
Thadankalil thalachu kaanan… manassilum oru kothiyundallo
[The wilful girl being tamed, being tied with the sacred knot, her naughtiness being calmed
and her getting caged… I have a wish to see that]
Ha!… Kurumbu katturumbu koottam nuzhanju kerathe adachu ketti
Enikkavan orikki nalkum oru swargam
[Ha!…You naughty band of ants will be kept out…
from the heaven he creates for me]
Thudakkam maangalyam thanthunanena
Pinne jeevitham dhumthananena
[First comes the wedding…
Then comes life…]
Pachakilikkoru koodu
Pacha karimbu azi ulla koodu
[A cage for you… green bird
A cage with green bamboo bars]
Pachakilikkoru koodu
Pacha karimbu azi ulla koodu
[A cage for you… green bird
A cage with green bamboo bars]
Ooo..Kannalan kettunnundallo ho..ooo…
Athu ninne koottanaanallo
[Ooo…Your beloved is building
To make a home with you]
Thudakkam maangalyam thanthunanena
Pinne jeevitham dhumthananena (3)
[First comes the wedding…
Then comes life…]
Maangalyam thanthunanena
Pinne jeevitham dhumthananena (3)
[Wedding…Then comes life…]
*Chekavan – Chekavanmaar are warriors who lived in Kerala long back. **Urumi – This is a special sword which has very flexible blade that can be rolled like a whip. ***Othrirakadakam – Kalarippayattu is a martial arts form practiced in Kerala by Chekavanmaar. From my understanding, othirakadakam is a martial arts move in kalarippayattu. I could be wrong though.
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