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Lyrics & meaning

Achu Penne

From Ranam Aram Thavarel · 2024

Lyricist
Vivek
Singer
Shreya Ghoshal
Music director
Arrol Corelli
Details
Ranam Aram Thavarel2024

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Female
Achu penne aasai mugameCute little girl, beloved face
Mannil enakkaga vaazhum uyireThe life living on earth just for me
Kanne kanne kaadhal mazhaiyeOh my eyes, oh rain of love
Ennai siridhaaga kannum kanaveThe dream that beholds a smaller version of me
Female
Thaavum nilavaaga thoongum nijamaagaLike a leaping moon, like a sleeping reality
Thoppul kodiyoram udhikkum malareOh flower blooming beside the umbilical cord
Aadum nizhalaaga aayul ninaivaagaLike a dancing shadow, like a lifelong memory
Endhan viraloram mulaikkum viraleOh finger sprouting along the edge of my finger
Female
Sinungum siru theniWhining little honeybee
Uruvil siridhe neeYou are small in form
Irundhum karuvil enaiYet in your heart you carry me
Yendhum magal neeYou are the daughter who holds me
Female
Achu penne aasai mugameCute little girl, beloved face
Mannil enakkaga vaazhum uyireThe life living on earth just for me
Female
Sindhum sirippellaamMay all the laughter you shed
Nooraagida vendumMultiply a hundredfold
Soozhum pizhaiyellamMay all the surrounding mistakes
Nuraiyaagida vendumTurn into fleeting foam
Female
Undhan arugaamaiYour closeness
Vaazhnaal varai vendumI need until the end of my life
Undhan madi meedheRight upon your lap
Uyir naan vida vendumI wish to breathe my last
Female
Un kaalam kaivittu odumaaWill your childhood run out of time?
Nee valara maruththu vaazhammaRefuse to grow up and live, my child
Aanen unnaale thenammaI became sweet like honey because of you, my dear
Un mazhalai parugum naanammaaI am the one drinking your baby talk, my dear
Female
Indha jenmam podhumaaIs this single birth enough?
Endha jenmam yerpinumWhichever birth I take
En pillaiyaagavaaWill you become my child again?
Female
Achu penne aasai mugameCute little girl, beloved face
Mannil enakkaga vaazhum uyireThe life living on earth just for me
Kanne kanne kaadhal mazhaiyeOh my eyes, oh rain of love
Ennai siridhaaga kannum kanaveThe dream that beholds a smaller version of me
Female
Thaavum nilavaaga thoongum nijamaagaLike a leaping moon, like a sleeping reality
Thoppul kodiyoram udhikkum malareOh flower blooming beside the umbilical cord
Aadum nizhalaaga aayul ninaivaagaLike a dancing shadow, like a lifelong memory
Endhan viraloram mulaikkum viraleOh finger sprouting along the edge of my finger
Female
Sinungum siru theniWhining little honeybee
Uruvil siridhe neeYou are small in form
Irundhum karuvil enaiYet in your heart you carry me
Yendhum magal neeYou are the daughter who holds me
Female
Achu penne aasai mugameCute little girl, beloved face
Mannil enakkaga vaazhum uyireThe life living on earth just for me
Kanne kanne kaadhal mazhaiyeOh my eyes, oh rain of love
Ennai siridhaaga kannum kanaveThe dream that beholds a smaller version of me

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

The song 'Achu Penne' from the movie Ranam Aram Thavarel (2024) is a deeply emotional lullaby and affection-filled tender expression from a mother to her newborn daughter. Composed by Arrol Corelli and sung gracefully by Shreya Ghoshal with lyrics penned by Vivek, the song portrays a mother marveling at her child's pure existence. She compares her child to a leaping moon, a flower connected by the umbilical cord, and a little honeybee, acknowledging that although the child is tiny in physical form, she holds the mother's entire soul inside her heart. The mother prays for her daughter's laughter to multiply and for all life's faults to dissolve away like foam. She expresses a whimsical wish for her child never to grow up and run out of childhood innocence, wishing to remain close to her child throughout this lifetime and across future births as well.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagandhal)

Kanne kanne kaadhal mazhaiye

The lyricist directly compares the child to a shower of love ('kaadhal mazhaiye') rather than using a comparative conjunction.

Simile (Uvamai)

Thaavum nilavaaga thoongum nijamaaga

The suffix '-aaga' is used to draw a direct poetic comparison between the child and a leaping moon ('Thaavum nilavaaga').

Monai (Alliteration)

Sinungum siru theni

Repetition of the initial 'Si' sound in 'Sinungum' and 'siru' creates a melodic internal rhythm.

Paradox

Irundhum karuvil enai Yendhum magal nee

The line presents a paradox where a small child who was inside the mother's womb is described as holding the mother within herself.

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Trivia

The song 'Achu Penne' features music composed by Arrol Corelli and is sung by Shreya Ghoshal. The track highlights lyricist Vivek's signature style of using delicate, emotive imagery to depict maternal bonding.

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