Why This Kolaveri Di Fever! & Song Lyric Meaning

Posted by Javakid On 5:24 PM

6 millions video views and still counting.., #Kolaveri is the top viral word on twitter and more than 8.2 million links shared on Facebook in less than a week, all this is enough to prove the huge hit of the "Why this kolaveri di " song sung by Dhanush. The success behind this song is no other than contagious and catchy song lyric. The song is written in Tanglish, thus making it acceptable universally even appealing to those who do not understand Tamil.

The movie 3 (Three) is so much of an family affair based storyline in which the hit "Why This Koleveri Di" is featured, with Dhanush and Shruthi Hassan taking the lead roles as hero and heroin. Aishwarya Dhanush; wife of Dhanush is handling the director’s slot in directing the movie and Superstar Rajnikanth’s nephew Anirudh Ravichander as the music director.

#Kolaveri - a Tamil word which translates as “murderous rage”. The exact meaning of the Tamil word "#Kolaveri" is the deep anger and urge or desire to kill someone. But in slang terms, the word is directed towards someone who did something bad. For instance "edhukku da intha kolaveri?" or "why this Kolaveri?"" which translates as "Why this deep anger and urge/desire to kill?" and even translates as "Why are you really angry at me?".

Full translation & meaning of " Why this kolaveri " song.

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.

Yo boy, I’m singing a song,
A soup song
A flop song
Why this murderous rage, this murderous rage, this murderous rage, di
Why this murderous rage, this murderous rage, this murderous rage, di
Rhythm correct
Why this murderous rage, this murderous rage, this murderous rage, di
Maintain please [rhythm]
Why this murderous rage… di

Distance la moonu moonu moonu coloru whiteu
white background nightu nigthu
nightu coloru blacku
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di

The moon is in the distance, the moon’s colour is white
In the white background of the night
The night’s colour is black
Why this murderous rage, this murderous rage, this murderous rage, di
Why this murderous rage, this murderous rage, this murderous rage, di

White skin-u girl-u girl-u
Girl-u heart-u black-u
Eyes-u eyes-u meet-u meet-u
My future dark
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di

A girl with white skin
Her heart’s colour is black
Our glances meet
My future looks dark
Why this murderous rage, this murderous rage, this murderous rage, di
Why this murderous rage, this murderous rage, this murderous rage, di

Maama notes eduthuko
Apdiye kaila snacks eduthuko
Pa pa paan pa pa paan pa pa paa pa pa paan
Sariya vaasi
Super maama ready
Ready 1 2 3 4

Maama, take down these notes
And reach for some snacks too
(tune)
Play it right
Excellent, maama, are you ready?
Ready, 1, 2, 3, 4…

Whaa what a change-over maama
Ok maama now tune change-u
Kaila glass only english
Hand la glass
Glass la scotch
Eyes-u full-aa tear-u
Empty life-u
Girl-u come-u
Life reverse gear-u
Lovv-u lovv-u, oh my lovv-u
You showed me bouv-u
Cow-u cow-u holi cow-u
I want you hear now-u
god I’m dying now-u
she is happy how-u

Wow, Maama, what a change over!
Ok, so now we change the tune a bit
Glass in hand, wait, let’s sing this in English
Glass in hand,
Scotch in glass,
Eyes are brimming with tears
Life is empty
But when the girl walks in
Life goes into reverse gear
Love, love, oh my love
You showed me bouv-u (??)
Cow, cow, Holy-Cow!
I want you here now
God, I am dying!
How can she be happy?

This song for soup boys-u
We don’t have choice-u
Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di ( x4 )

This song is for soup boys
We don’t have a choice [about love]
So Why this murderous rage, this murderous rage, this murderous rage, di? ( x4 )

**Di- it is a casual way of referring to a woman without respect.

***Maama- another colloquial reference. A Maama is actually a maternal uncle but men call slightly older men who they are friendly with ‘maama’ when they are on informal terms. This is the meaning when used in the context of this song.