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Ellorum Kai Thattungal

From Etharkum Thuninthavan (1977) · 1977

Lyricist
Kannadasan
Singer
L. R. Eswari
Music director
Shankar Ganesh
Movie name
Etharkum Thuninthavan (1977)
Movie release year
1977
Lyrics added on
6 Aug 2023

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Ellorum kai thattungal
Haa en munnae kai kattungal
Panjaangam paarththu pallaakku thookki
Panjaangam paarththu pallaakku thookki
Pattaana sittondrai panthaadungal
Enakku pudhusu vayasu sirisu
Idam irukkuthu manam irukkuthu
Ellorum kai thattungal
En munnae kai kattungal
Irunda megam surundu vanthu
Thirandu koonthal neelam…..aa….aa…
Irandu kannil irangi paaru
Kadalai pola aazham
Azhagaana alavaana kilikkoondu maeni
Anil kooda kadikkaatha kani pondra paani
Iravu muzhuthum malarum nilavu
Idam irukkuthu padham irukkuthu
Ellorum kai thattungal
En munnae kai kattungal
………………
Karumbu villai valaiththu pottu
Pizhinthu vaiththa saaru….ooh….oh….oo…
Kadhal ennum kadalil sera vizhuntha gangai aaru
Azhagodu vilaiyaadum sugamthaanae yoogam
Adhikaalai aanaalum mudiyaatha yaagam
Manasu keduthu malarum suduthu
Madhi mayanguthu nadhi izhukkuthu….
Ellorum kai thattungal
Haei en munnae kai kattungal
Pasiyum vanthu pennum vanthu
Pakkam nirkkum velai…..hmm….hmmm
Pasi maranthu pennai naadum
Kadavul itta aanai
En vaazhvai thavarendru sonnavargal yaaru
Pennodu seraamala sonnavargal yaari
Nadaththu nadaththu kadhaiyai nadaththu
Idi idikkuthu izhu izhukkuthu….
Ellorum kai thattungal
Haa en munnae kai kattungal…
Everyone clap your hands!
Ha, fold your hands before me!
Check the almanac and lift the palanquin,
Check the almanac and lift the palanquin,
Toss and play with this silken little bird!
It is all new to me, and I am still so young,
There is room, and the heart is willing!
Everyone clap your hands!
Fold your hands before me!
Like dark clouds curling softly down,
is the length of my thick hair... ah... ah...
Look deep into my two eyes,
they are as deep as the sea!
A lovely, shapely body like a delicate cage,
like fresh fruit untouched even by a squirrel,
A moon that blooms all through the night,
There is room, and the moment is ripe!
Everyone clap your hands!
Fold your hands before me!
...
Bending the bow of sugarcane,
the sweet juice squeezed from it... oh... oh... oh...
is like the river Ganga flowing into the sea of love!
The delight of playing with beauty is true bliss,
a fire ritual of passion that never ends, even at dawn!
The mind loses control, the flower burns with heat,
The senses swoon, the river pulls you in...
Everyone clap your hands!
Hey, fold your hands before me!
When hunger strikes and a woman arrives,
and stands right beside you... hmm... hmm...
Forgetting hunger to reach for the woman—
that is God's own command!
A hundred people have said my life is wrong,
but who among them said so without desiring a woman?
Go on, let the story play out!
Thunder rumbles, and the longing pulls you in...
Everyone clap your hands!
Ha, fold your hands before me!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This sensual and energetic club/dance track expresses themes of youth, romantic lure, bodily beauty, and natural human desires. The singer commands the audience's attention while poetically describing her youthful allure and comparing love and desire to an irresistible force of nature created by God.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uvagam)

“Kadhal ennum kadalil sera vizhuntha gangai aaru”

Compares love to an ocean ('Kadhal ennum kadalil') and long dark hair to thick dark clouds ('Irunda megam surundu vanthu... koonthal neelam').

Simile (Upamai)

“Kadalai pola aazham”

Compares the depth of her eyes to the sea using 'pola' ('Kadalai pola aazham') and her hands to an unblemished fruit ('kani pondra paani').

Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)

“Panjaangam paarththu pallaakku thookki”

Repetition of the 'Pa' sound at the beginning of words across lines ('Panjaangam', 'Pallaakku', 'Pattaana', 'Panthaadungal').

Ethukai (Second Letter Rhyme)

“Manasu keduthu malarum suduthu / Madhi mayanguthu nadhi izhukkuthu….”

Rhyming of the second letter 'di' in 'Idi' and 'izhu' / 'M' in 'Manasu' and 'Madhi'.

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Trivia

'Etharkum Thuninthavan' (1977) stars Sivakumar and Jayachitra with music composed by the veteran duo Shankar–Ganesh. This song showcases L. R. Eswari's iconic, glamorous, and high-energy vocal style that dominated Tamil cinema's dance tracks during the 1960s and 1970s.

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