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Lyrics & meaning

Ekkachakkamaai

From Kappal · 2014

Lyricist
Kabilan
Singers
Alphons Joseph, Ankita Mathew
Music director
Natarajan Sankaran
Movie name
Kappal
Movie release year
2014
Lyrics added on
24 Jan 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Haa…aa…aa
Haa…aa…aa…aa…
Ekkachakkamaai
Enai kondraayadi
Kaadhil saththamaai
Kaadhal sonnaayadi
Pakkam pakkamaai
Enai thallaadhadi
Vetkapattu en
Manam killadhadi
Killadhadi killadhadi killadhadi
Un kanna kulliyinil
Vilundhenae
Ne kaiya neettinaal
Ezhundhenae
Oru moongil kaadena
Erindhenae
Adhai muththam thandhu
Nee anaithaayae anaithaayae
Kaadhal sooriyan
Neeril kulikkum
Kaadhal boomiyai
Poonai uruttum
Kanava thottathil
Kaadhal parappom vaa..
Vaa vaa vaa
Ekkachakkamaai
Enai kondraayadi.
Kaadhil saththamaai
Kaadhal sonnaayadi
Haa…aa…aa…
Haa…aaa…aaa…aa…aa..
Haa..aa…aa…aa…aa…aa…aa..aa..
Haa….aa….aaa…aa….
Haa…..aa….aa…
Oru kaadhal kaagamaai
Karaindhenae
Un kaadhal koottinil
Nulaindhenae
Vaanam paarkkalam vaa
Yaarai kettu naan
Kaadhal kondeno oo
Unai kannaal kandeno oo oo
Ekkachakkamaai
Enai kondraayadi.
Kaadhil saththamaai
Kaadhal sonnaayadi
Pakkam pakkamaai
Enai thallaadhadi
Vetkapattu en
Manam killadhadi
En kaadhal jadhagam
Tholaithenae
Pudhu vattam pottu nee
Koduthaayae
Utcha..paarvai nee thaan
Vellai kaagitham nee
Adhil vannam theetta vaa
En ennam yettra vaa..aa..aa…
Kaadhal sooriyan
Neeril kulikkum
Kaadhal boomiyai
Poonai uruttum
Kanava thottathil
Kaadhal parappom vaa..
Vaa vaa vaa
Ekkachakkamaai
Enai kondraayadi.
Kaadhil saththamaai
Kaadhal sonnaayadi
Pakkam pakkamaai
Enai thallaadhadi
Vetkapattu en
Manam killadhadi
Killadhadi killadhadi killadhadi
Ah... ah... ah...
Ah... ah... ah... ah...
So overwhelmingly,
you killed me, girl!
Loudly in my ear,
you confessed your love, girl!
From side to side,
don't push me away!
With all this shyness,
don't pinch my heart!
Don't pinch it, don't pinch it, don't pinch it!
Into the dimple on your cheek,
I fell!
When you reached out your hand,
I rose right back up!
Like a bamboo forest,
I was burning!
Giving me a kiss,
you put out the fire with your embrace!
The sun of love
takes a bath in the water,
The earth of love,
a playful cat rolls it around!
In this garden of dreams,
come, let's spread our love...
Come, come, come!
So overwhelmingly,
you killed me, girl!
Loudly in my ear,
you confessed your love, girl!
Ah... ah... ah...
Ah... ah... ah... ah... ah...
Ah... ah... ah... ah... ah... ah... ah... ah...
Ah... ah... ah... ah...
Ah... ah... ah...
Like a crow in love,
I called out!
Into your nest of love,
I stepped inside!
Come, let's gaze at the sky!
Whose permission did I ask
before falling in love? Oh...
How did I catch sight of you? Oh...
So overwhelmingly,
you killed me, girl!
Loudly in my ear,
you confessed your love, girl!
From side to side,
don't push me away!
With all this shyness,
don't pinch my heart!
The horoscope of my love,
I had lost it!
Drawing a fresh new chart,
you handed it back to me!
You are the highest vision,
you are a blank white sheet of paper,
come paint your colors on it,
come let my thoughts rise within you... ah...
The sun of love
takes a bath in the water,
The earth of love,
a playful cat rolls it around!
In this garden of dreams,
come, let's spread our love...
Come, come, come!
So overwhelmingly,
you killed me, girl!
Loudly in my ear,
you confessed your love, girl!
From side to side,
don't push me away!
With all this shyness,
don't pinch my heart!
Don't pinch it, don't pinch it, don't pinch it!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This playful romantic song from the movie Kappal (2014) captures the playful, overwhelming, and joyful feeling of falling head over heels in love. The singer expresses how the lover's charm and vocal confession of love have completely swept him off his feet, using surreal and cute imagery like falling into a cheek dimple, burning like a bamboo forest extinguished by a kiss, and drawing a new horoscope of love. Throughout the track, Kabilan's lyrics playfully weave metaphors of nature, dreams, and youthfulness, highlighting the sweet banter and intoxication involved in modern romance.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Moonaigal (Alliteration)

Kaadhil saththamaai / Kaadhal sonnaayadi

Repetition of initial consonant sound 'Ka' across consecutive words.

Upamai (Simile)

Oru moongil kaadena / Erindhenae

Comparing the burning intensity of passion to a bamboo forest catching fire ('Moongil kaadena').

Uruvagamm (Metaphor)

Vellai kaagitham nee / Adhil vannam theetta vaa

Comparing the beloved to a blank white paper ready to be filled with colors of love.

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Trivia

Kappal (2014) is a Tamil romantic comedy film directed by Karthik G. Krish starring Vaibhav and Sonam Bajwa. The music was composed by Natarajan Sankaran, and the playful lyrics were penned by veteran lyricist Kabilan.

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