Aana Aavanna
From Vaagai Sooda Vaa · 2011
- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Music director
- M. Ghibran
- Details
- Vaagai Sooda Vaa2011
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Chorus | |
| Thaanaa..nanaa..thananaa.. | Tuning vocalizations.. |
| Tha nanaa nanaa..thana..nana | Tuning vocalizations.. |
| Thaanaa..nanaa..thananaa.. | Tuning vocalizations.. |
| Tha nanaa nanaa..thana..nanaa | Tuning vocalizations.. |
| Chorus | |
| Aana aavana eena | Aa, Aana, Eena (The Tamil alphabets) |
| Athai arivikka vanthavan aandavanaa | Was the one who came to teach them God himself? |
| Kaanaa kaavanna keena | Kaa, Kaavana, Keena (The Tamil consonants) |
| Enga kanna thiranthaanaa | Did he open our eyes? |
| Chorus | |
| {Adi tham tham | Beat the rhythm, tham tham |
| Adi tham tham | Beat the rhythm, tham tham |
| Adi thamarae thamarae | Beat the lotus rhythm, lotus rhythm |
| Thamarae tham} (2) | Lotus rhythm |
| Chorus | |
| Pulli maanae pulli maanae | Spotted deer, spotted deer |
| Naan ezhudhura ezhuthukku pulli kodu | Put a dot (dot/period) on the letters I write |
| Poonguyilae poonguyilae | Flower cuckoo, flower cuckoo |
| Empaattukku badhilu kodu | Give an answer to my song |
| Chorus | |
| {Adi tham tham | Beat the rhythm, tham tham |
| Adi tham tham | Beat the rhythm, tham tham |
| Adi thamarae thamarae | Beat the lotus rhythm, lotus rhythm |
| Thamarae tham} (2) | Lotus rhythm |
| Chorus | |
| Sari thaanaa muraithaanaa | Is this right? Is this custom? |
| Ada pookalin thalaiyil paaraigalaa | Ah, are rocks placed on top of delicate flowers? |
| Kallamal vellamal naam | Without learning, without winning, are we |
| Kaneer piravigalaa | Beings born only for tears? |
| Female | |
| Kallatha oru jathi | Will an uneducated community |
| Kalviyum katru vidumaa | Learn and gain education? |
| Mannaalum siru koottam | Will a small group that rules the soil |
| Vinvelli thottu vidumaa | Touch the outer space? |
| Chorus :Vinvelli thottu vidumaa | Chorus: Touch the outer space? |
| Chorus | |
| Aana aavana eena | Aa, Aana, Eena (The Tamil alphabets) |
| Athai arivikka vanthavan aandavanaa | Was the one who came to teach them God himself? |
| Kaanaa kaavanna keena | Kaa, Kaavana, Keena (The Tamil consonants) |
| Enga kanna thiranthaanaa | Did he open our eyes? |
| Chorus | |
| Ilamayil kal endru sonnaal | When they say 'learn while young' |
| Athu sengal sumakkum velaialla | It does not mean carrying red bricks (child labor) |
| Ezuthai naam katru kondaal | If we learn the written word |
| Ada ini mel ezhaiyalla | Ah, we will no longer be poor! |
| Ini mel ezhaiyalla | No longer poor! |
| Chorus | |
| Thaanaa..nanaa..thananaa.. | Tuning vocalizations.. |
| Tha nanaa nanaa..thana..nana | Tuning vocalizations.. |
தானானா தனனா
தானனா னானா தனனனா
தானானா தனனா
தானனா னானா னா
Tuning vocalizations..
Tuning vocalizations..
Tuning vocalizations..
Tuning vocalizations..
ஆனா ஆவன்னா ஈனா
அத அறிவிக்க வந்தவன்
ஆண்டவனா
கானா கானன்னா கீனா
எங்க கண்ண திறந்தானா
Aa, Aana, Eena (The Tamil alphabets)
Was the one who came to teach them God himself?
Kaa, Kaavana, Keena (The Tamil consonants)
Did he open our eyes?
{அடிதம் தம்
அடி தம் தம்
அடி தம்பரே தம்பரே
அடி தம்பரே தம்} (2)
Beat the rhythm, tham tham
Beat the rhythm, tham tham
Beat the lotus rhythm, lotus rhythm
Lotus rhythm
புள்ளி மானே புள்ளி மானே
நான் எழுதுற எழுத்துக்கு
புள்ளி கொடு
பூங்குயிலே பூங்குயிலே
எம் பாட்டுக்கு பதில கொடு
Spotted deer, spotted deer
Put a dot (dot/period) on the letters I write
Flower cuckoo, flower cuckoo
Give an answer to my song
{அடிதம் தம்
அடி தம் தம்
அடி தம்பரே தம்பரே
அடி தம்பரே தம்} (2)
Beat the rhythm, tham tham
Beat the rhythm, tham tham
Beat the lotus rhythm, lotus rhythm
Lotus rhythm
சரிதானா முறைதானா
அடி பூக்களின் தலையில் பாறைகளா
கல்லாமல் வெல்லாமல் நாம்
கண்ணீர் பிறவிகளா
Is this right? Is this custom?
Ah, are rocks placed on top of delicate flowers?
Without learning, without winning, are we
Beings born only for tears?
கல்லாத ஒரு ஜாதி
கல்வியும் கற்று விடுமா
மண்ணாலும் சிறுகூட்டம்
வின்வெளி தொட்டுவிடுமா
குழு :
வின்வெளித் தொட்டுவிடுமா
Will an uneducated community
Learn and gain education?
Will a small group that rules the soil
Touch the outer space?
Chorus: Touch the outer space?
ஆனா ஆவன்னா ஈனா
அத அறிவிக்க வந்தவன்
ஆண்டவனா
கானா கானன்னா கீனா
எங்க கண்ண திறந்தன்னா
Aa, Aana, Eena (The Tamil alphabets)
Was the one who came to teach them God himself?
Kaa, Kaavana, Keena (The Tamil consonants)
Did he open our eyes?
இளமையில் கல்
என்று சொன்னால்
அது செங்கல் சுமக்கும் வேலையல்ல
எழுத்தை நாம் கற்று கொண்டால்
அட இனி மேல் ஏழையல்ல
இனி மேல் ஏழையல்ல
When they say 'learn while young'
It does not mean carrying red bricks (child labor)
If we learn the written word
Ah, we will no longer be poor!
No longer poor!
தானானா தனனா
தானனா னானா னா
Tuning vocalizations..
Tuning vocalizations..
Thaanaa..nanaa..thananaa..
Tuning vocalizations..
Tha nanaa nanaa..thana..nana
Tuning vocalizations..
Thaanaa..nanaa..thananaa..
Tuning vocalizations..
Tha nanaa nanaa..thana..nanaa
Tuning vocalizations..
Aana aavana eena
Aa, Aana, Eena (The Tamil alphabets)
Athai arivikka vanthavan aandavanaa
Was the one who came to teach them God himself?
Kaanaa kaavanna keena
Kaa, Kaavana, Keena (The Tamil consonants)
Enga kanna thiranthaanaa
Did he open our eyes?
{Adi tham tham
Beat the rhythm, tham tham
Adi tham tham
Beat the rhythm, tham tham
Adi thamarae thamarae
Beat the lotus rhythm, lotus rhythm
Thamarae tham} (2)
Lotus rhythm
Pulli maanae pulli maanae
Spotted deer, spotted deer
Naan ezhudhura ezhuthukku pulli kodu
Put a dot (dot/period) on the letters I write
Poonguyilae poonguyilae
Flower cuckoo, flower cuckoo
Empaattukku badhilu kodu
Give an answer to my song
{Adi tham tham
Beat the rhythm, tham tham
Adi tham tham
Beat the rhythm, tham tham
Adi thamarae thamarae
Beat the lotus rhythm, lotus rhythm
Thamarae tham} (2)
Lotus rhythm
Sari thaanaa muraithaanaa
Is this right? Is this custom?
Ada pookalin thalaiyil paaraigalaa
Ah, are rocks placed on top of delicate flowers?
Kallamal vellamal naam
Without learning, without winning, are we
Kaneer piravigalaa
Beings born only for tears?
Kallatha oru jathi
Will an uneducated community
Kalviyum katru vidumaa
Learn and gain education?
Mannaalum siru koottam
Will a small group that rules the soil
Vinvelli thottu vidumaa
Touch the outer space?
Chorus :Vinvelli thottu vidumaa
Chorus: Touch the outer space?
Aana aavana eena
Aa, Aana, Eena (The Tamil alphabets)
Athai arivikka vanthavan aandavanaa
Was the one who came to teach them God himself?
Kaanaa kaavanna keena
Kaa, Kaavana, Keena (The Tamil consonants)
Enga kanna thiranthaanaa
Did he open our eyes?
Ilamayil kal endru sonnaal
When they say 'learn while young'
Athu sengal sumakkum velaialla
It does not mean carrying red bricks (child labor)
Ezuthai naam katru kondaal
If we learn the written word
Ada ini mel ezhaiyalla
Ah, we will no longer be poor!
Ini mel ezhaiyalla
No longer poor!
Thaanaa..nanaa..thananaa..
Tuning vocalizations..
Tha nanaa nanaa..thana..nana
Tuning vocalizations..
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This song from 'Vaagai Sooda Vaa' centers on the transformative power of education in an impoverished brick-kiln village during the 1960s. It emphasizes how literacy liberates oppressed children from child labor and generational poverty, portraying the teacher as a savior figure who opens the eyes of the uneducated villagers to a bright future where even the downtrodden can reach the stars.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Monai (Alliteration)
“Kallatha oru jathi / Kalviyum katru vidumaa”
Repetition of the initial letter sound 'Ka' across 'Kallatha' and 'Kalviyum'.
Metaphor
“Ada pookalin thalaiyil paaraigalaa”
Comparing young innocent children to delicate flowers carrying heavy rocks ('pookalin thalaiyil paaraigalaa'), symbolizing child labor at brick kilns.
Rhyme (Edhukai)
“Aana aavana eena / Kaanaa kaavanna keena”
Second letter rhyming with 'Aana' and 'Kaanaa' across lines.
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Trivia
'Vaagai Sooda Vaa' won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. The music was composed by M. Ghibran in his film debut, earning widespread critical acclaim for its period-authentic acoustic score.
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