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Achu Penne

From Ranam Aram Thavarel · 2024

Lyricist
Vivek
Singer
Shreya Ghoshal
Music director
Arrol Corelli
Movie name
Ranam Aram Thavarel
Movie release year
2024
Lyrics added on
17 Jan 2024

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Achu penne aasai mugame
Mannil enakkaga vaazhum uyire
Kanne kanne kaadhal mazhaiye
Ennai siridhaaga kannum kanave
Thaavum nilavaaga thoongum nijamaaga
Thoppul kodiyoram udhikkum malare
Aadum nizhalaaga aayul ninaivaaga
Endhan viraloram mulaikkum virale
Sinungum siru theni
Uruvil siridhe nee
Irundhum karuvil enai
Yendhum magal nee
Achu penne aasai mugame
Mannil enakkaga vaazhum uyire
Sindhum sirippellaam
Nooraagida vendum
Soozhum pizhaiyellam
Nuraiyaagida vendum
Undhan arugaamai
Vaazhnaal varai vendum
Undhan madi meedhe
Uyir naan vida vendum
Un kaalam kaivittu odumaa
Nee valara maruththu vaazhamma
Aanen unnaale thenamma
Un mazhalai parugum naanammaa
Indha jenmam podhumaa
Endha jenmam yerpinum
En pillaiyaagavaa
Achu penne aasai mugame
Mannil enakkaga vaazhum uyire
Kanne kanne kaadhal mazhaiye
Ennai siridhaaga kannum kanave
Thaavum nilavaaga thoongum nijamaaga
Thoppul kodiyoram udhikkum malare
Aadum nizhalaaga aayul ninaivaaga
Endhan viraloram mulaikkum virale
Sinungum siru theni
Uruvil siridhe nee
Irundhum karuvil enai
Yendhum magal nee
Achu penne aasai mugame
Mannil enakkaga vaazhum uyire
Kanne kanne kaadhal mazhaiye
Ennai siridhaaga kannum kanave
My little mirror image, my beloved face,
The soul living on this earth just for me,
My dearest darling, my shower of love,
A dream where I see myself made small again.
As a leaping shadow, as a sleeping reality,
The flower blooming from my umbilical cord,
As a dancing shadow, as a lifelong memory,
Little fingers sprouting beside my own fingers.
A tiny honeybee who fusses sweetly,
You are so small in size,
Yet in your womb,
You are the daughter who carries me.
My little mirror image, my beloved face,
The soul living on this earth just for me.
Every smile you scatter
Must multiply a hundred times,
Every mistake that surrounds us
Must fade away like foam.
Your closeness beside me
I need for all my life,
Right upon your lap
I want to breathe my last.
Will your childhood slip from my hands and run away?
Refuse to grow up and stay little, my girl.
I became sweet as honey because of you,
Drinking in your sweet baby talk.
Is this one lifetime enough?
In whatever birth I may take,
Come back as my child!
My little mirror image, my beloved face,
The soul living on this earth just for me,
My dearest darling, my shower of love,
A dream where I see myself made small again.
As a leaping shadow, as a sleeping reality,
The flower blooming from my umbilical cord,
As a dancing shadow, as a lifelong memory,
Little fingers sprouting beside my own fingers.
A tiny honeybee who fusses sweetly,
You are so small in size,
Yet in your womb,
You are the daughter who carries me.
My little mirror image, my beloved face,
The soul living on this earth just for me,
My dearest darling, my shower of love,
A dream where I see myself made small again.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

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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