The Meaning of 'Kolaveri di' Song in English

It does not happen every day that a Tamil song becomes a rage and the whole people sways to the general music beat. Why This Kolaveri Di is a superhit song with over 8 million views on youtube in just ten days. Some give credit to the easy and immensely catchy tune beat by music composer Anirudh Ravichander. And others have credited Dhanush for his tipsy rendering. But almost everyone is schemed by the song's lyrics. Here we decode them for you.



Tamil actor Dhanush who has given words to the song never expected that it'll be appreciated so much by the peoples. He sings it's a 'flop' song, however, ironically, it isn't. We tried to rewrite what's the meaning behind the words of the song, like 'holy cow', 'soup'.

As the song is in Tanglish(Tamil+English), those who couldn't understand the Tamil words simply followed the English lines, but one of the most asked question after the song track became a hit was, "What is the meaning of Kolaveri Di"?

What is much funny was when we came crossways few people, with no knowledge of Tamil, who thought that it is about sister as in Hindi 'di' stands for elder sister. Well, Kolaveri di as Dhanush mentioned it is for the killer anger (the murderous anger. "Why do you've this murderous anger against me?" is the actual thought of the main chorus of the song beat, and 'di' is a way to call a woman.

This is original songs lyrics..................

Yo boys I am sing song...
Soup song..
Flop song...
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di

Rhythm correct
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di
Maintain Please
Why this kolaveri ..................... aaa di
Distance-la moonu moonu, moonu colour white,
White-u background night-u night-u, night-u colour-u black-u...
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di
White skin-u girl-u girl-u, Girl-u Heart-u Black-u,
Eyes-u eyes meet-u meet-u, My Future-u dark-u,
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di
Mama notes edthuthuko, appadiye kaiyla snacks edhuthuko,
Pa pa pa ppaan- Pa pa pa ppaan- Pa pa pa ppaan- Pa pa pa ppaan
Sariyaa vaasi...

Super mama ready... oneee twoo three four,
Whaa wat-a change over mama,
Ok mama now tune changeu
Kalia glassu...

Only English..

Handula glass-u, glass-la scoctch-u eyes-u full-aa tear-u
Empty life-u girl-u come-u life-u reverse gear-u
Lovvu lovvu oh my lovvu, you showed me bouv-u
Cow-u cow-u holy-cow-u, i want you hear now-u
God-u i’am dying now-u she is happy how-u
This-u song-u for soup boys-u,
We don’t have choice-u

Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di

Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di

Meaning Of this song


Yo boys I am sing song... (Hi boys I’m sing song)
Soup song... (‘Soup’ mean boys who are losers in love)
Flop song...
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di (‘Kolaveri’ means killer rage - Why do you have this murderous rage against me?)
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di
Rhythm correct
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di
Maintain Please
Why this kolaveri ..................... aaa di
Distance-la moonu moonu, moonu colour white, (moon is in long distance, moon colour is white)
White-u background night-u night-u, night-u colour-u black-u... (Night colour is black)
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di
White skin-u girl-u girl-u, Girl-u Heart-u Black-u,(White skin girl, that girl heart is a black(means no love))
Eyes-u eyes meet-u meet-u, My Future-u dark-u, (meet eyes to eyes, my future will go dark)
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di
Mama notes edthuthuko, appadiye kaiyla snacks edhuthuko,
(‘mama’ means he call his male friend)
(So ask to him to take notes and the snacks in hand also)
Pa pa pa ppaan- Pa pa pa ppaan- Pa pa pa ppaan- Pa pa pa ppaan
Sariyaa vaasi...
(Play the music properly)
Super mama ready... oneee twoo three four,
Whaa wat-a change over mama,
(Wow What a Change over mama)
Ok mama now tune changeu
(Ok now tune will change)
Kalia glassu...
(Glass in Hand)
Only English...
Handula glass-u, glass-la scotch-u eyes-u full-aa tear-u
(Glass in hand, Scotch in glass, Tears in full inside of eyes)
Empty life-u girl-u come-u life-u reverse gear-u
(Life is empty, Girl is come in to my life, than life is reverse gear)
Lovvu lovvu oh my lovvu, you showed me bouv-u
(‘Bouv’ means rejection)
(Love love oh my love, when a girl rejects a boy and shows the door)
Cow-u cow-u holy-cow-u, i want you hear now-u
(Holy cow means colloquial connotation)
God-u I’m dying now-u she is happy how-u
(Oh my god, she is happy? But I’m dying now)
This-u song-u for soup boys-u,
(This song for love failure boys)
We don’t have choice-u
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di

Now youtube also has a video viewing Japanese womans dancing to the music tune of "Why This Kolaveri Di". Don't miss it.

"Why this kolaveri Di"