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Lyrics & meaning

En Kannai

From Bala · 2002

Lyricist
Pazhani Bharathi
Singer
Shankar Mahadevan
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie name
Bala
Movie release year
2002
Lyrics added on
22 Mar 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
En kannai pidungikol..pennae
Ennai kaadhal kurudan aakkividu
Unnai mattum kandukolla
Oru seyarkkai kannai poruthividu
Yaanai thadavum
Kurudan kathai pola
Haiyo haiyo
Thadavi thadavai
Unnai paarpenae
Hai hai hai haiyoo…
Sirppam pola intha udal
Naan thottu paarthathum kulaigirathae
Engae engae unthan idai
Thottu paarthum kooda
Adhu kidaikkallaiyae
Ohh… kodi kodiyaai penn kootam
Kadanthu poivarum veedhiyilae
Idhayam unakku munnaal padutthu
Mariyal pannuthae
Koonthal saattaiyai suzhatrugiraai
Kanneer gundugal veesugiraai
Unathu imsai inbam inbam
Endrae thonuthae
Alagennum visham yeruthae
Unthan kannaalae
Visham kooda amuthaaguthae
Pennae…Unthan kaadhalaalae
Vaa vaa vaa…vanthu theendividu
En kannai pidungikol…pennae
En kannai pidungikol…pennae
Oohoo…ooooo….Ohooo…oooo…
Kaadhal enbathu vannmuraiyaa
Kanngalthaan athan seimuraiyaa
Kanngal rendum urasumbodhu
Idhayam yeriyuthae
Pennmai enbathu yerimalaiyaa
Poovil sinthidum panimazhaiyaa
Irumbu nenjam poovin kaambaai
Konjam valaiyuthae
Manam indru bommai aanathae
Pennae unnaalae
Konji konji thalaiyai aattuthae
Unnai kandu aasaiyaalae
Vaa vaa vaa…vanthu vilaiyaadu
En kannai pidungikol…pennae
Ennai kaadhal kurudan aakkividu
Unnai mattum kandukolla
Oru seyarkkai kannai poruthividu
Yaanai thadavum
Kurudan kathai pola
Haiyo haiyo
Thadavi thadavai
Unnai paarpenae
Hai hai hai hai…
Oohoo…ooooo….Ohooo…oooo…
Pluck out my eyes, girl
Make me blind in love
Just to look at you alone,
Fit me with an artificial eye
Like feeling an elephant,
In the story of the blind man,
Oh my, oh my,
By touching and feeling all over,
I will see you!
Hai hai hai aiyyo...
Your body is like a sculpture,
Yet it softens the moment I touch it!
Where, oh where is your slender waist?
Even when I reach out to touch,
I can never seem to find it!
Oh, on this street where millions of girls
Keep walking back and forth,
My heart lies down right before you
And stages a protest roadblock!
You whip your hair around,
You fire tear-gas shells at me!
Your torture feels like sheer joy,
That is all it feels like!
The poison of beauty spreads inside me
From your eyes,
Yet even poison turns to sweet nectar,
Girl, because of your love!
Come, come, come... come and touch me!
Pluck out my eyes, girl
Pluck out my eyes, girl
Oh... ohooo... oho... ooo...
Is love a form of violence?
Are the eyes its practical method?
When both our eyes brush against each other,
My heart catches fire!
Is womanhood a volcano,
Or dew falling gently on a flower?
My heart of iron, like a flower stem,
Bends just a little!
My heart has turned into a bobblehead doll today,
Girl, all because of you!
It keeps playfully nodding its head,
Filled with desire when it looks at you!
Come, come, come... come and play!
Pluck out my eyes, girl
Make me blind in love
Just to look at you alone,
Fit me with an artificial eye
Like feeling an elephant,
In the story of the blind man,
Oh my, oh my,
By touching and feeling all over,
I will see you!
Hai hai hai hai...
Oh... ohooo... oho... ooo...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

En Kannai Pidungikol from Bala (2002) is a quirky, upbeat romantic track where the protagonist hyperbolically expresses his intense obsession with his beloved. He playfully asks her to blind him to the rest of the world and grant him specialized sight only for her, likening his desire to touch and perceive her to the ancient parable of the blind men feeling an elephant. Through dramatic imagery, he describes his heart staging a road blockade for her love while braving the 'tear gas' and 'whip-like lashes' of her charms. The track balances intense romantic devotion with playful humor, celebrating how even sweet torture from the beloved turns into pure bliss.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Hyperbole

“En kannai pidungikol..pennae / Ennai kaadhal kurudan aakkividu”

Extravagant exaggeration asking to have eyes removed so that the protagonist can focus exclusively on his lover.

Simile (Upamai)

“Yaanai thadavum kurudan kathai pola”

Compares the tactile exploration of the lover's beauty to the parable of the blind men describing an elephant.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

“Koonthal saattaiyai suzhatrugiraai / Kanneer gundugal veesugiraai”

Compares hair to a whip and emotional tears/looks to tear-gas bombs during a road blockade metaphor.

Oxymoron

“Unathu imsai inbam inbam”

Pairs conflicting concepts of torment (imsai) and pleasure (inbam) to show the sweet pain of love.

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Trivia

The soundtrack of Bala (2002) was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, featuring lyrics by Pazhani Bharathi. The song relies heavily on contemporary street-protest imagery mixed with hyper-romantic metaphors, a popular style in early 2000s Tamil cinema dance numbers.

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