Adi Aathi Adi Kanne
From Enga Ooru Kannagi · 1981
- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singers
- L. R. Eswari, Vani Jairam
- Music director
- M. S. Vishwanathan
- Details
- Enga Ooru Kannagi1981
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Adi aathi….adi kannae sokki…..! | Oh my goodness... oh my dear Sokki...! |
| Adi aathi….adi kannae sokki…..! | Oh my goodness... oh my dear Sokki...! |
| Oru manipuraa thanneerilae neendhudhadi | A spotted dove is swimming in the water! |
| Idhu kalikaalama enna kalyaanamoo kalyaanam | Is this the Dark Age of Kali, or what kind of marriage is this? |
| Idhu kalikaalama kalyaanamoo kalyaanam | Is this the Dark Age of Kali, or what kind of marriage is this? |
| Female | |
| Poongodi pol irundhadhadi azhagaana udambhu | That beautiful body was once like a delicate flowering vine, |
| Ippa poomaram pol aanadhenna aathangarai karumbhu | Why has that riverside sugarcane now turned into a blossoming tree? |
| Idhu yaarukkaana virundhu…… | Whose grand feast is this going to be...? |
| Poongodi pol irundhadhadi azhagaana udambhu | That beautiful body was once like a delicate flowering vine, |
| Ippa poomaram pol aanadhenna aathangarai karumbhu | Why has that riverside sugarcane now turned into a blossoming tree? |
| Idhu yaarukkaana virundhu…… | Whose grand feast is this going to be...? |
| Female | |
| Adutha jenmam naan porandhaa | If I am born in my next birth, |
| Aambalaiyaa porappen | I will be born as a man! |
| Nee ippadiyae porandhu vandhaa | If you are born again just as you are now, |
| Onnaidhaandi manapaen | I will definitely marry only you! |
| Naan un koodavae iruppaen | I will stay right by your side always. |
| Female | |
| Jaathagathil edam irundhaaa | If there is favorable alignment in the horoscope, |
| Un nenappu nadanthu vidum | Your desire will come to pass, |
| Naanum vaazhndhiruppen kannae sokkaayii | And I too will live happily, my dear Sokkaayi! |
| Jaadhagatha maattri vaippom | We will change what is written in the horoscope, |
| Sadhagamaa mudithu vaippom | We will make it happen in our favor! |
| Kaalam thunai irukkum kannae raakkaayi…… | Time will stand as our ally, my dear Raakkaayi... |
| Female | |
| Kaakkai kooda jaadhi sollum | Even a crow talks about caste differences |
| Manushanoda saerndhaa | Once it gets associated with human beings! |
| Adiyae kaathu kooda baedham paarkkum | Hey girl, even the wind starts showing discrimination |
| Manushan mela vizhundha | Once it blows across human beings! |
| Yaaru nyaayam paarthu nadantha…..! | Who has ever truly walked the path of justice...? |
| Female | |
| Eppa avan ezhudhi vechaan | When did the Creator ever write down |
| Inna inna jaathiyinnu | That a person belongs to this or that caste? |
| Kaalam maarudhadi kannae raakkaayii | Times are changing, my dear Raakkaayi! |
| Vandiyilae ponadhellaam | Things that once traveled only in bullock carts |
| Vaanathilae parakkuthadi | Are now flying high across the sky! |
| Naamum parandhu paarppom kannae sokkaayii | Let us also fly high and see, my dear Sokkaayi! |
முனங்கல் :
.................
Oh my goodness... oh my dear Sokki...!
Oh my goodness... oh my dear Sokki...!
A spotted dove is swimming in the water!
Is this the Dark Age of Kali, or what kind of marriage is this?
Is this the Dark Age of Kali, or what kind of marriage is this?
அடி ஆத்தி.......! அடி கண்ணே சொக்கி.....!
அடி ஆத்தி.......! அடி கண்ணே சொக்கி.....!
ஒரு மணிப்புறா தண்ணீரிலே நீந்துதடி
இது கலிகாலமா என்ன கல்யாணமோ கல்யாணம்
இது கலிகாலமா கல்யாணமாம் கல்யாணம்
That beautiful body was once like a delicate flowering vine,
Why has that riverside sugarcane now turned into a blossoming tree?
Whose grand feast is this going to be...?
That beautiful body was once like a delicate flowering vine,
Why has that riverside sugarcane now turned into a blossoming tree?
Whose grand feast is this going to be...?
பூங்கொடி போல் இருந்ததடி அழகான உடம்பு
இப்ப பூமரம் போல் ஆனதென்ன ஆத்தங்கரை கரும்பு
இது யாருக்கான விருந்து......
பூங்கொடி போல் இருந்ததடி அழகான உடம்பு
இப்ப பூமரம் போல் ஆனதென்ன ஆத்தங்கரை கரும்பு
இது யாருக்கான விருந்து......
If I am born in my next birth,
I will be born as a man!
If you are born again just as you are now,
I will definitely marry only you!
I will stay right by your side always.
ஆசை கொஞ்சம் அதிகம் வந்தா
தேகம் கொஞ்சம் பெருத்து விடும்
ஏதோ நெனைப்பிருக்கு உள்ளே ராக்காயி
கண்ணிருந்து பார்ப்பதற்கு காளை வரும் நேரம் வந்தா
இன்னும் பெருத்து விடும் கண்ணே ராக்காயி
If there is favorable alignment in the horoscope,
Your desire will come to pass,
And I too will live happily, my dear Sokkaayi!
We will change what is written in the horoscope,
We will make it happen in our favor!
Time will stand as our ally, my dear Raakkaayi...
அடி ஆத்தி.......! அடி கண்ணே சொக்கி.....!
ஒரு மணிப்புறா தண்ணீரிலே நீந்துதடி
பெண்கள் :
தண்ணீரிலே நீந்துதடி
Even a crow talks about caste differences
Once it gets associated with human beings!
Hey girl, even the wind starts showing discrimination
Once it blows across human beings!
Who has ever truly walked the path of justice...?
அடுத்த ஜென்மம் நான் பொறந்தா
ஆம்பளையாப் பொறப்பேன்
நீ இப்படியே பொறந்து வந்தா
ஒன்னைத்தாண்டி மணப்பேன்
நான் உன் கூடவே இருப்பேன்........
When did the Creator ever write down
That a person belongs to this or that caste?
Times are changing, my dear Raakkaayi!
Things that once traveled only in bullock carts
Are now flying high across the sky!
Let us also fly high and see, my dear Sokkaayi!
அடுத்த ஜென்மம் நான் பொறந்தா
ஆம்பளையாப் பொறப்பேன்
நீ இப்படியே பொறந்து வந்தா
ஒன்னைத்தாண்டி மணப்பேன்
நான் உன் கூடவே இருப்பேன்...
ஜாதகெத்தில் எடமிருந்தா
உன் நெனப்பு நடந்து விடும்
நானும் வாழ்ந்திருப்பேன் கண்ணே சொக்காயி
ஜாதகத்த மாற்றி வைப்போம்
சாதகமா முடித்து வைப்போம்
காலம் துணை இருக்கும் கண்ணே ராக்காயி......
அடி ஆத்தி.......! அடி கண்ணே சொக்கி.....!
ஒரு மணிப்புறா தண்ணீரிலே நீந்துதடி
பெண்கள் :
தண்ணீரிலே நீந்துதடி
காக்கை கூட ஜாதி சொல்லும்
மனுஷனோட சேர்ந்தா
அடியே காத்துக்கூட பேதம் பார்க்கும்
மனுஷன் மேலே விழுந்தா
யாரு நியாயம் பார்த்து நடந்தா.....!
எப்ப அவன் எழுதி வச்சான்
இன்ன இன்ன ஜாதியின்னு
காலம் மாறுதடி கண்ணே ராக்காயி
வண்டியிலே போனதெல்லாம்
வானத்திலே பறக்குதடி
நாமும் பறந்து பாப்போம் கண்ணே சொக்காயி
அடி ஆத்தி.......! அடி கண்ணே சொக்கி.....!
ஒரு மணிப்புறா தண்ணீரிலே நீந்துதடி
இது கலிகாலமா என்ன கல்யாணமோ கல்யாணம்
பெண்கள் :
இது கலிகாலமா கல்யாணமோ கல்யாணம்
இது கலிகாலமா கல்யாணமாம் கல்யாணம்
Adi aathi….adi kannae sokki…..!
Oh my goodness... oh my dear Sokki...!
Adi aathi….adi kannae sokki…..!
Oh my goodness... oh my dear Sokki...!
Oru manipuraa thanneerilae neendhudhadi
A spotted dove is swimming in the water!
Idhu kalikaalama enna kalyaanamoo kalyaanam
Is this the Dark Age of Kali, or what kind of marriage is this?
Idhu kalikaalama kalyaanamoo kalyaanam
Is this the Dark Age of Kali, or what kind of marriage is this?
Poongodi pol irundhadhadi azhagaana udambhu
That beautiful body was once like a delicate flowering vine,
Ippa poomaram pol aanadhenna aathangarai karumbhu
Why has that riverside sugarcane now turned into a blossoming tree?
Idhu yaarukkaana virundhu……
Whose grand feast is this going to be...?
Poongodi pol irundhadhadi azhagaana udambhu
That beautiful body was once like a delicate flowering vine,
Ippa poomaram pol aanadhenna aathangarai karumbhu
Why has that riverside sugarcane now turned into a blossoming tree?
Idhu yaarukkaana virundhu……
Whose grand feast is this going to be...?
Adutha jenmam naan porandhaa
If I am born in my next birth,
Aambalaiyaa porappen
I will be born as a man!
Nee ippadiyae porandhu vandhaa
If you are born again just as you are now,
Onnaidhaandi manapaen
I will definitely marry only you!
Naan un koodavae iruppaen
I will stay right by your side always.
Jaathagathil edam irundhaaa
If there is favorable alignment in the horoscope,
Un nenappu nadanthu vidum
Your desire will come to pass,
Naanum vaazhndhiruppen kannae sokkaayii
And I too will live happily, my dear Sokkaayi!
Jaadhagatha maattri vaippom
We will change what is written in the horoscope,
Sadhagamaa mudithu vaippom
We will make it happen in our favor!
Kaalam thunai irukkum kannae raakkaayi……
Time will stand as our ally, my dear Raakkaayi...
Kaakkai kooda jaadhi sollum
Even a crow talks about caste differences
Manushanoda saerndhaa
Once it gets associated with human beings!
Adiyae kaathu kooda baedham paarkkum
Hey girl, even the wind starts showing discrimination
Manushan mela vizhundha
Once it blows across human beings!
Yaaru nyaayam paarthu nadantha…..!
Who has ever truly walked the path of justice...?
Eppa avan ezhudhi vechaan
When did the Creator ever write down
Inna inna jaathiyinnu
That a person belongs to this or that caste?
Kaalam maarudhadi kannae raakkaayii
Times are changing, my dear Raakkaayi!
Vandiyilae ponadhellaam
Things that once traveled only in bullock carts
Vaanathilae parakkuthadi
Are now flying high across the sky!
Naamum parandhu paarppom kannae sokkaayii
Let us also fly high and see, my dear Sokkaayi!
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This song from 'Enga Ooru Kannagi' (1981) is a playful yet thought-provoking folk duet between two rural women, Sokki and Raakkaayi. Through affectionate teasing and witty banter, they reflect on youth, womanhood, and deep friendship, playfully promising to marry each other if reborn as man and woman in the next life. As the song progresses, the dialogue shifts toward sharp social critique. Kannadasan's lyrics highlight the foolishness of human caste discrimination and artificial social barriers, contrasting human bias with the non-discriminatory nature of animals and elements of nature. The song concludes on an optimistic note, celebrating social progress and modern changes, encouraging women to break free from old rigid traditions and aim high.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Poongodi pol irundhadhadi azhagaana udambhu”
Compares a woman's slender frame to a flowering vine ('poongodi pol') and a riverside sugarcane ('aathangarai karumbhu').
Personification (Uruvagarn / Personification)
“Adiyae kaathu kooda baedham paarkkum”
Attributes human prejudice to wind ('kaathu kooda baedham paarkkum'), poetically emphasizing how bias infects everything humans touch.
Contrast / Metaphor
“Vandiyilae ponadhellaam / Vaanathilae parakkuthadi”
Contrasts slow ground transport ('vandiyilae ponadhellaam') with modern aviation ('vaanathilae parakkuthadi') to symbolize social progress and changing times.
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Trivia
The track stands out as a rare, highly energetic folk duet bringing together two legendary playback singers of Tamil cinema, L. R. Eswari and Vani Jayaram, set to the tune of M. S. Vishwanathan and insightful social lyrics by Kannadasan.
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