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Lyrics & meaning

Appankitta

From Maanga · 2015

Lyricist
Snehan
Singer
Premgi Amaren
Music director
Premgi Amaren
Details
Maanga2015

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Male
Appankitta kettukittaDid she ask her father
Ava enna kaathalichaaBefore falling in love with me?
Kettu solludaaAsk her and tell me, man.
Aathaakitta sollittuthaanOnly after telling her mother
Ennoda suthunaalaaDid she roam around with me?
Kettu solludaaAsk her and tell me, man.
Male
Adangaatha sirukkiAn untamed girl,
Ava en nenja norukkiShe crushed my heart,
Ena kuppaiyila pottuputtaadaAnd dumped me in the trash, man.
Aambala porukkiCalling me a male scoundrel,
En kaathala norukkiCrushing my love,
Ava nallava pol nadichi puttadaShe acted like a good person, man.
Male
Appankitta kettukittaDid she ask her father
Ava enna kaathalichaaBefore falling in love with me?
Kettu solludaaAsk her and tell me, man.
Aathaakitta sollittuthaanOnly after telling her mother
Ennoda suthunaalaaDid she roam around with me?
Kettu solludaaAsk her and tell me, man.
Male
Thookku pottu naamaEven if we put a noose
Sethaalum saaga….And die...
Male
Thookku pottu naamaEven if we put a noose
Sethaalum saagalaamAnd die, we can die,
Ponnunga venaamdaaBut we don't want women, man.
Seettu kattu polaLike a deck of cards
Jodimaarum ponnukkuTo a woman who changes partners,
Peruthaan verudaaOnly the name is different, man.
Male
Ponamthinnum kazhukaattamLike a flock of vultures eating corpses,
Panam thinnum penn koottamA group of women devouring money.
Appaavi aankoottamLet the group of innocent men
Iniyenum vaazhattumAt least live from now on.
Kavalannu yemaathuraDeceiving under the guise of care,
Ponnungala pottu thalludaKnock those women down, man.
Male
Appankitta kettukittaDid she ask her father
Ava enna kaathalichaaBefore falling in love with me?
Kettu solludaaAsk her and tell me, man.
Aathaakitta sollittuthaanOnly after telling her mother
Ennoda suthunaalaaDid she roam around with me?
Kettu solludaaAsk her and tell me, man.
Male
Adangaatha sirukkiAn untamed girl,
Ava en nenja norukkiShe crushed my heart,
Ena kuppaiyila pottuputtaadaAnd dumped me in the trash, man.
Aambala porukkiCalling me a male scoundrel,
En kaathala norukkiCrushing my love,
Ava nallava pol nadichi puttadaShe acted like a good person, man.
Male
Appankitta kettukittaDid she ask her father
Ava enna kaathalichaaBefore falling in love with me?
Kettu solludaaAsk her and tell me, man.
Aathaakitta sollittuthaanOnly after telling her mother
Ennoda suthunaalaaDid she roam around with me?
Kettu solludaaAsk her and tell me, man.

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

This song expresses the bitterness and frustration of a heartbroken man who feels betrayed by his lover. He rhetorically asks if she sought her parents' permission before falling in love or roaming around with him, highlighting her hypocrisy when she eventually dumped him and framed him as a bad person while pretending to be innocent herself.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamāna)

Seettu kattu pola

Compares women who frequently switch partners to a deck of cards being shuffled.

Imagery / Metaphor

Ponamthinnum kazhukaattam / Panam thinnum penn koottam

Compares money-minded women to vultures feeding on corpses to depict greed and emotional destruction.

Etukai (Second letter rhyme)

Ponamthinnum kazhukaattam / Panam thinnum penn koottam

The second consonant 'na' (ன) matches across 'Ponam' and 'Panam', creating a rhythmic Tamil poetic structure.

Iyaibu (End rhyme)

Adangaatha sirukki / Ava en nenja norukki

Rhyming endings 'sirukki' and 'norukki' add emphasis and cadence to the emotional outburst.

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Trivia

Maanga (2015) is a Tamil retro-comedy film starring Premgi Amaren in dual roles. The music for the film was composed by Premgi Amaren himself, who is well known for mixing folk rhythm with contemporary comedic beats.

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