For the most of the song, the lines go, “Did X happen because of Y? Or did Y happen because of X?” with several things being X and Y…starting from the moving of the creeper and the arrival of the breeze.

I decided to google for the lyrics before posting a translation, and I got this hilarious link….

click here to see how much you can understand!

Superb job, wouldn’t you say? I’m sure, “nfhb mire;jJk” explains it all very well!

Oh well, here goes the transliteration and translation of the lyrics….

Woman:

kodi ashainthathum kAtru vanthathA? kAtru vanthathum kodi ashainthathA?

Man:

nilavu vanthathum malar malarnthathA? malar malarnthathAl nilavu vanthathA?

Woman:

pAdal vanthathum thALam vanthathA? thALam vanthathum pAdal vanthathA?

Man:

bhAvam vanthathum rAgam vanthathA? rAgam vanthathum bhAvam vanthathA?

Woman:

kaN thiranthathum kAtchi vanthathA? katchi vanthathum kaN thiranthathA?

Man:

paruvam vanthathum Asai vanthathA? Asai vanthathum paruvam vanthathA?

(kodi)

Woman:

vArthai vanthathum vAy thiranthathA? vAy thiranthum vArthai vanthathA?

Man:

peNmai enbathAl nANam vanthathA? nANam enbathAl penMai AnathA?

Woman:

Odi vanthathum, thEdi vanthathum, pAdi vanthathum, pArkka vanthathum

Man:

kAthal enbathA? pAsam enbathA? karuNai enbathA? urimai enbathA?

(kodi)

Woman:

Did the breeze arrive when the creeper moved? Or did the creeper move when the breeze arrived?

Man:

Did the flower bloom when the moon arrive? Or did the moon arrive when the flower bloomed?

Woman:

Did the rhythm arrive when the song did? Or did the song arrive when the rhythm did?

Man:

Did the melody arrive when the emotion did? Or did the emotion arrive when the melody did?

Woman:

Did the scene arrive when the eyes opened? Or did the eyes opened when the scene arrived?

Man:

Did the desire arrive when the phase of life did? Or did the phase of life start when the desire did?

(kodi)

Woman:

Did the mouth open when the words came? Or did the words come when the mouth opened?

Man:

Did the shyness come because of womanhood? Or did the womanhood happen because of the shyness?

Woman:

The running to me, the searching for me, the singing to me, and the coming to see me….

Man:

Should it be called love? or affection? or mercy? or taking a liberty?

(kodi)

The melody is delightful, but the lyrics, while sounding sweet, are like gossamer and don’t convey much.

Another “algorithm” song is “kaNNukku mai azhagu”….