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Aanantha Dhaagam

From Vaa Indha Pakkam · 1981

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singers
S. Janaki, Deepan Chakravarthy
Music director
Shyam
Movie name
Vaa Indha Pakkam
Movie release year
1981
Lyrics added on
24 Jan 2021

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Aanantha thaagam….mm…
Un koonthal pookkal theerkkumae
Naanam thorkkumae
Adikkadi malarkkodi neram paarkkumae…
Aanantha thaagam….mm…
En koonthal pookkal theerkkumae
Naanam thorkkumae
Adikkadi malarkkodi neram paarkkumae…
Unmaiyil en mayil aadumun…
Female :Aadumun
Male :Pon mazhaikkaalam poevidum…
Female :Pogattum
Male :Aasai aari vida naernthidum…
Female :Nerumo
Raaththiri alaigal ooyattum
Male :Ooyumo
Female :Mooththavar thalaigal saayattum…
Male :Saayumo
Female :Dheepaththin vizhigal moodattum
Male :Moodumo
Aadai kodu
Female :Aalai vidu
Male :Thegam thodu…
Female :Pothum vidu
Male :Thaagam ooruthe….ae….
Female :Valaikkaram olikkaiyil
Maanam poguthae….
Anantha thaagam…mm..
Kanniyin maeni verkkuthey…
Male :Yaenamma
Female :Jannalin kambi paarkkuthey
Male :Ada raamaa
Female :Pesum oosaiyondru ketkuthae…
Male :Ketkumo
Thirikalai viralgal thoonduthe
Female :Thoondaathae
Male :Anaigalai vellam thaanduthae
Female :Thaandaathae
Male :Aasai naagam vanthu theenduthae…
Female :Theendaathae….ae….
Naanam vanthu oorgindrathu
Male :Theeyil visham saergindrathu
Female :Kangal mooduthae
Male :Anaikkaiyil kavikkuyil oomaiyaanathae
Aanantha thaagam….
Female :Laalaala laalaa
Male :Un koonthal pookkal theerkkumae
Female :Laalaala laalaa laalala
Male :Naanam thorkkumae
Female :Laalaa laalala….
Male :Naanam thorkkumae
Adikkadi malarkkodi neram paarkkumae…
Female :Laalaa laalalaa
Male :Neram paarkkumae…
Female :Laalaalaa…aaa….
Male :Neram paarkkumae…
Female :Laalaa laalalaa….
Male :Neram paarkkumae…
Female :Laalaa laalalaa….
A blissful thirst... mm...
The flowers in your hair will quench it
Shyness will lose
The flowering vine often checks the time...
A blissful thirst... mm...
The flowers in my hair will quench it
Shyness will lose
The flowering vine often checks the time...
Before my peacock truly dances...
Female: Before it dances...
Male: The golden rainy season will pass...
Female: Let it pass...
Male: Our desire might cool down...
Female: Will it really?
Let the night's waves settle down...
Male: Will they settle?
Female: Let the elders fall asleep...
Male: Will they sleep?
Female: Let the eyes of the lamp close...
Male: Will they close?
Give me your dress...
Female: Leave me alone!
Male: Touch my body...
Female: That's enough, let go!
Male: The thirst keeps surging...
Female: As my bangles jingle,
I lose all modesty...
A blissful thirst... mm...
My young body is sweating...
Male: Why, my dear?
Female: The window bars are watching...
Male: Oh, good grief!
Female: I hear the sound of voices...
Male: Would you really?
Fingers are raising the flame's wick...
Female: Don't raise it!
Male: The flood is crossing the dams...
Female: Don't cross them!
Male: The snake of desire comes to strike...
Female: Don't let it strike...
Shyness comes crawling over me...
Male: Poison blends into the fire...
Female: My eyes are closing...
Male: In this embrace, the singing bird falls silent...
A blissful thirst...
Female: La la la la la
Male: The flowers in your hair will quench it
Female: La la la la la la la la
Male: Shyness will lose
Female: La la la la la...
Male: Shyness will lose
The flowering vine often checks the time...
Female: La la la la la
Male: Checks the time...
Female: La la la... aa...
Male: Checks the time...
Female: La la la la la...
Male: Checks the time...
Female: La la la la la...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Aanantha Thaagam from the 1981 film Vaa Indha Pakkam is an intimate romantic duet capturing a night of passion and sensual dialogue between two lovers. The lyrics written by Vairamuthu contrast the male lover's urgent passion against the female lover's playful hesitation and modesty.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uvamai)

Aasai naagam vanthu theenduthae…

Comparing the female lover to a 'malarkkodi' (flowering creeper) and passion to an 'aasai naagam' (serpent of desire).

Personification

Dheepaththin vizhigal moodattum / Jannalin kambi paarkkuthey

Attributing human traits of sight to inanimate objects like lamp flames and window bars.

Rhyme / Monai & Ethirai

Mooththavar thalaigal saayattum... / Saayumo

Rhythmic rhyming end words enhanced through fast dialogue exchanges between male and female vocals.

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Trivia

Vaa Indha Pakkam (1981) was directed by K. Krishnamurthy, featuring music composed by Shyam and iconic vocal performances by K. J. Yesudas and S. Janaki.

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