- Lyricist
- Mu. Metha
- Singers
- Deepan Chakravarthy, Vanitha
- Music director
- Chandrabose
- Movie name
- Annakili Sonna Kathai
- Movie release year
- 1989
- Lyrics added on
- 10 Sept 2020
Lyrics & meaning
♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
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Aathukkullae yammaChorus :Yamma
Male :Kulikaiyilae yamma
Ayira meenu yammaChorus :Yamma
Male :Kadichiruchu yamma
Ayira meenu yammaChorus :Yamma
Female :Kadicha idam yammaChorus :Yamma
Female :Valikalaiyae yammaChorus :Yamma
Female :Kich kich kich mootuchaam
Aathukkullae yammaChorus :Yamma
Male :Kulikaiyilae yamma
Ayira meenu yammaChorus :Yamma
Male :Kadichiruchu yamma
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Kallan polae saamathula enna vandhu theenduraan
Nalla paambhu vesham kandu naan pathungi ooduren
Nalla paambhu vesham kandu naan pathungi oodunaa
Sengarumbhu vesham kondu senguruthaa thookuven
Boomi melae naanoru pullaa molaikkavaa
Male :Kaala maadu aagi naan mella kadikkava
Boomi melae naanoru pullaa molaikkavaa
Male :Kaala maadu aagi naan mella kadikkava
Aathukkullae yammaChorus :Yamma
Female :KulikaiyilaeMale :Yamma
Female :Ayira meenu yammaChorus: Yamma
Female :Kadichiruchu yamma
Ayira meenu yammaChorus :Yamma
Male :Kadicha idam yamma yamma
Male :Valikalaiyae yammaChorus :Yamma
Male :Kich kich kich mootuchaam
Aathukkullae yammaChorus :Yamma
Female :Kulikaiyilae yamma
Female :Ayira meenu yammaChorus :Yamma
Female :Kadichiruchu yamma
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Kilukiluppa thottupaathu paiya enna allunaa
Kenathu thanniyaaga maari keezha irangi thalluven
Male :Aazhamaana kenathu thanni pola neeyum maarinaa
Neelamaana kayiru pottu vaaliyaagi molluven
Aathu vellam pola naan maari oduven
Male :Anaiyaa kati unna naan madakki poduven
Female :Aathu vellam pola naan maari oduven
Male :Anaiyaa kati unna naan madakki poduven
Aathukkullae yammaChorus :Yamma
Male :Kulikaiyilae yamma
Ayira meenu yammaChorus :Yamma
Male :Kadichiruchu yamma
Ayira meenu yammaChorus :Yamma
Female :Kadicha idam yammaChorus :Yamma
Female :Valikalaiyae yammaChorus :Yamma
Female :Kich kich kich mootuchaam
Aathukkullae yammaChorus :Yamma
Male :Kulikaiyilae yamma
Ayira meenu yammaChorus :Yamma
Male :Kadichiruchu yamma
{Yamma yamma
Male :Haan
Chorus :Yamma yamma
Female :Haan} (2)
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Inside the river, oh dear Chorus: Oh dear
Male: While bathing, oh dear
The Ayira fish, oh dear Chorus: Oh dear
Male: Bit me, oh dear
The Ayira fish, oh dear Chorus: Oh dear
Female: The place where it bit, oh dear Chorus: Oh dear
Female: Didn't hurt at all, oh dear Chorus: Oh dear
Female: It tickled me softly
Inside the river, oh dear Chorus: Oh dear
Male: While bathing, oh dear
The Ayira fish, oh dear Chorus: Oh dear
Male: Bit me, oh dear
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Like a thief in the midnight, he comes and touches me
Seeing the guise of a cobra, I hide and run
If you hide and run seeing the disguise of a cobra,
I will take the form of sweet red sugarcane and lift you up like a tender shoot
Shall I sprout as grass upon the earth?
Male: Shall I become a bull and gently nibble on you?
Shall I sprout as grass upon the earth?
Male: Shall I become a bull and gently nibble on you?
Inside the river, oh dear Chorus: Oh dear
Female: While bathing Male: Oh dear
Female: The Ayira fish, oh dear Chorus: Oh dear
Female: Bit me, oh dear
The Ayira fish, oh dear Chorus: Oh dear
Male: The place where it bit, oh dear oh dear
Male: Didn't hurt at all, oh dear Chorus: Oh dear
Male: It tickled me softly
Inside the river, oh dear Chorus: Oh dear
Female: While bathing, oh dear
Female: The Ayira fish, oh dear Chorus: Oh dear
Female: Bit me, oh dear
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Touching me softly like a rattle and gently embracing me,
I will turn into well water and flow deep down
Male: If you turn into deep well water,
I will drop a long rope, become a bucket, and draw you up
I will turn into a rushing river flood and run
Male: I will build a dam, capture you, and hold you tight
Female: I will turn into a rushing river flood and run
Male: I will build a dam, capture you, and hold you tight
Inside the river, oh dear Chorus: Oh dear
Male: While bathing, oh dear
The Ayira fish, oh dear Chorus: Oh dear
Male: Bit me, oh dear
The Ayira fish, oh dear Chorus: Oh dear
Female: The place where it bit, oh dear Chorus: Oh dear
Female: Didn't hurt at all, oh dear Chorus: Oh dear
Female: It tickled me softly
Inside the river, oh dear Chorus: Oh dear
Male: While bathing, oh dear
The Ayira fish, oh dear Chorus: Oh dear
Male: Bit me, oh dear
{Oh dear oh dear
Male: Haan
Chorus: Oh dear oh dear
Female: Haan} (2)
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Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This playful folk-style duetting song portrays a mischievous banter between two lovers using rural metaphors of nature, water, and animals. The central motif of the 'Ayira meenu' (spiny eel/fish) nibbling during a river bath serves as a metaphor for affectionate teasing and romantic tickling that causes joy rather than pain.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Uvamaani (Simile)
“Kallan polae saamathula enna vandhu theenduraan”
Comparison of the lover's surprise arrival to a midnight thief ('Kallan polae saamathula').
Uruvagamy (Metaphorical Transformation / Banter)
“Boomi melae naanoru pullaa molaikkavaa / Kaala maadu aagi naan mella kadikkava”
A series of clever metaphorical transformations where if the woman becomes grass, the man becomes a bull; if she turns into well water, he becomes a bucket.
Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Kenathu thanniyaaga maari keezha irangi thalluven”
Matching initial consonant sounds across words like 'Kenathu' and 'Keezha', or 'Boomi' and 'Bullaa'.
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Trivia
The lyricist Mu. Metha uses authentic Tamil folk rhythm and rustic imagery such as 'Ayira meenu' (a small freshwater loach/eel common in Tamil Nadu rivers) to capture the teasing nature of rural romance.
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