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Lyrics & meaning

Aamam Sami Nee Aasami

From Elan Kandru · 1985

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singers
P. Susheela, Malaysia Vasudevan
Music director
Gangai Amaran
Movie name
Elan Kandru
Movie release year
1985
Lyrics added on
17 Nov 2020

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Aahaan aahaan aahaan
Male :Aahaan aahaan aahaan
Female :Aahaan aahaan
Male :Yae hae yae hae
Female :Aa aa aa
Male :Mm mm mm
Female :Yae hae yae hae yae hae
Male :Yae hae yae hae yae hae
Aamaam saami
Male :Aamaam saami
Female :Nee aasaami
Male :Nee aasaami
Female :Sonnatha solluvaan soolakkaruppan
Male :Sonnatha solluvaan soolakkaruppan
Female :Vasiyam vechchavan manthirikka vanthirukkaan
Aamaam saami
Male :Aamaam saami
Female :Nee aasaami
Male :Nee aasaami
Sola kaattula aal ilaiyae
Male :Sola kaattula aal ilaiyae
Female :Paadiyae pogalaam jodiyaa meyalaam
Male :Paadiyae pogalaam jodiyaa meyalaam
Mayakkam theliya marunthu irukku
Eduththu kudinga idhazhil irukku
Aamaam saami
Male :Aamaam saami
Female :Nee aasaami
Male :Nee aasaami
Female :Sonnatha solluvaan soolakkaruppan
Male :Sonnatha solluvaan soolakkaruppan
Female :Vasiyam vechchavan manthirikka vanthirukkaan
Aamaam saami
Male :Aamaam saami
Female :Nee aasaami
Male :Nee aasaami
Ennai maaththura yaemaththura
Male :Ennai maaththura yaemaththura aahaan
Female :Ennamo ketkuthae aalaiyae thookkuthae
Male :Ennamo ketkuthae aalaiyae thookkuthae
Kozhunthu vittathae kodiya nerupu
Ezhunthu vittathae paruva kirukku
Aamaam saami
Male :Aamaam saami
Female :Nee aasaami
Male :Nee aasaami
Female :Sonnatha solluvaan soolakkaruppan
Male :Sonnatha solluvaan soolakkaruppan
Female :Vasiyam vechchavan manthirikka vanthirukkaan
Aamaam saami
Male :Aamaam saami
Female :Nee aasaami
Male :Nee aasaami
Female :Laal laa laal laa
Male :Laal laa laal laa
Female :Laal laa laal laa
Male :Laal laa laal laa
Aha, aha, aha!
Male: Aha, aha, aha!
Female: Aha, aha!
Male: Hey hey, hey hey!
Female: Aa aa aa...
Male: Mmm mmm mmm...
Female: Hey hey, hey hey, hey hey!
Male: Hey hey, hey hey, hey hey!
Yes indeed!
Male: Yes indeed!
Female: You are quite a clever one!
Male: You are quite a clever one!
Female: Soolakaruppan only repeats whatever he is told!
Male: Soolakaruppan only repeats whatever he is told!
Female: The one who cast the spell has come to chant the cure!
Yes indeed!
Male: Yes indeed!
Female: You are quite a clever one!
Male: You are quite a clever one!
There is no one around in the cornfield!
Male: There is no one around in the cornfield!
Female: We can sing along and wander together as a pair!
Male: We can sing along and wander together as a pair!
There is medicine to clear this dizziness,
Take and drink it, it is right on my lips!
Yes indeed!
Male: Yes indeed!
Female: You are quite a clever one!
Male: You are quite a clever one!
Female: Soolakaruppan only repeats whatever he is told!
Male: Soolakaruppan only repeats whatever he is told!
Female: The one who cast the spell has come to chant the cure!
Yes indeed!
Male: Yes indeed!
Female: You are quite a clever one!
Male: You are quite a clever one!
You change me and you tease me,
Male: You change me and you tease me, aha!
Female: Something yearns inside and sweeps me off my feet!
Male: Something yearns inside and sweeps me off my feet!
A fierce flame has flared up,
The sweet madness of youth has awakened!
Yes indeed!
Male: Yes indeed!
Female: You are quite a clever one!
Male: You are quite a clever one!
Female: Soolakaruppan only repeats whatever he is told!
Male: Soolakaruppan only repeats whatever he is told!
Female: The one who cast the spell has come to chant the cure!
Yes indeed!
Male: Yes indeed!
Female: You are quite a clever one!
Male: You are quite a clever one!
Female: Lal la, lal la...
Male: Lal la, lal la...
Female: Lal la, lal la...
Male: Lal la, lal la...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This playful rural folk duet from the film Elan Kandru features a lovers' banter wrapped in traditional mystical motifs. The female singer playfully compares her partner to a witch doctor or chant performer who charms her, while invoking the deity 'Soolakkaruppan' to echo their words. The song captures their secretive romance in secluded cornfields and describes the sweet madness of youthful passion.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)

Sonnatha solluvaan soolakkaruppan

Repetition of the initial 'S' sound in 'Sonnatha', 'solluvaan', and 'soolakkaruppan' creates a rhythmic beat characteristic of folk deity chants.

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

Ennamo ketkuthae aalaiyae thookkuthae

Matching end sounds ('thae') across consecutive lines provides a poetic lilt.

Metaphor (Uruvagaim)

Kozhunthu vittathae kodiya nerupu / Ezhunthu vittathae paruva kirukku

Youthful desire is vividly poetized as an erupting fire ('kodiya nerupu') and an awakening madness ('paruva kirukku').

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Trivia

The song uses the folk motif of god-possession and temple oracle chants ('Aamaam Saami') as a romantic metaphor, a signature style of lyricist Vairamuthu in mid-1980s rural cinema.

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