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Lyrics & meaning

Idhayathai Kanavillai Adhu

From Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven · 2000

Lyricist
Ilayakamban
Singer
Hariharan
Music director
S. A. Rajkumar
Movie name
Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven
Movie release year
2000
Lyrics added on
3 Aug 2020

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
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Vaanil irundhu vaanavil ondru
Mannil irangi vanthathuvoo
Mangai avaladhu mandhira kangal
Chandira sooriyan aanathuvoo
Kanden azhagiya kolusu kolusu
Thirukaani aanadhu manasu manasu
Innaal anubavam pudhusu pudhusu
Aval paadha kolusu oli ketkum bodhu
Idhayathai kaanavillai
Adhu tholainthum naan thedavillai
Sittukuruviyin siragu vaangi
Ada parakanum pola irukku
Vettukiliyin kaalgal vaangi
Ada kudhikkanum pola irukku
Kodi jenmam vaazhndhen innalae
Idhu unnmai thaanae
Idhayathai kaanavillai
Adhu tholainthum naan thedavillai
…………………..
Pournami nilavai
Miga aruginil paarthen
Paravasa kadalil naan padagaai aanen
Devathai kannil
Iru thoondilai paarthen
Maatiya meenaai naan aanaen aanaen
Pallavan uligal koodi
Sedhukkiya silai thaanaa
Bhramman silaiyai paarthu
Jeevanai koduthaana
Theendamal thiruda sonnaanaa
Ennai indru
Idhayathai kaanavillai
Adhu tholainthum naan thedavillai
……………….
Oru mile thooram
Oru kaadhal kaditham
Avalukku ezhudhi
Naan anjal serppen
Ini aval mutham
Adhu semithu vaikka
Ennudal muzhuthum
Naan udhadugal ketpen
Sorgathil ennai pootti
Saaviyai tholaithaalae
Pookalin thottilil pottu
Aval laaligal padithaalae
Paarai meedhu poovai poothaalae
Ennil indru
Idhayathai kaanavillai
Adhu tholainthum naan thedavillai
Sittukuruviyin siragu vaangi
Ada parakanum pola irukku
Vettukiliyin kaalgal vaangi
Ada kudhikkanum pola irukku
Kodi jenmam vaazhndhen innalae
Idhu unnmai thaanae
Idhayathai kaanavillai
Adhu tholainthum naan thedavillai
...
Did a rainbow from the sky
Descend upon the earth?
Did that maiden's magical eyes
Turn into the moon and the sun?
I saw beautiful anklets, anklets,
My heart became the screw that holds them tight!
This feeling today is so new, so brand new!
When I hear the sound of her foot anklets,
My heart goes missing.
Even though it is lost, I do not search for it.
Borrowing the wings of a sparrow,
Oh, I feel like flying!
Borrowing the legs of a grasshopper,
Oh, I feel like leaping high!
I have lived ten million lifetimes in this single day,
Isn't this truly the truth?
My heart goes missing.
Even though it is lost, I do not search for it.
...
The full moon
I saw from up close.
In the ocean of ecstasy, I became a boat.
In the angel's eyes,
I saw two fishhooks.
I became a hooked fish, I became!
Did the chisels of the Pallava sculptors gather
To carve this statue?
Looking at this statue, did Lord Brahma
Breathe life into it?
Did he tell me to steal it without touching,
Me, today?
My heart goes missing.
Even though it is lost, I do not search for it.
...
A mile long
Love letter,
Writing to her,
I will post it.
From now on, to store her kisses,
To save them all up,
All over my body,
I will ask for lips!
Locking me inside heaven,
She lost the key!
Placing me in a cradle of flowers,
She sang lullabies to me!
She bloomed like a flower upon a rock,
Within me today!
My heart goes missing.
Even though it is lost, I do not search for it.
Borrowing the wings of a sparrow,
Oh, I feel like flying!
Borrowing the legs of a grasshopper,
Oh, I feel like leaping high!
I have lived ten million lifetimes in this single day,
Isn't this truly the truth?
My heart goes missing.
Even though it is lost, I do not search for it.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Idhayathai Kaanavillai from Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven expresses the exuberant delight of falling in love. The protagonist joyfully proclaims that his heart is missing after falling for his beloved, but he has no desire to look for it because losing it brings him supreme happiness. He poetically envisions her as a rainbow made flesh, a divine sculpture sculpted by historical artisans and brought to life by Brahma himself.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

“Paravasa kadalil naan padagaai aanen”

The protagonist compares himself to a boat drifting in an ocean of ecstatic joy.

Hyperbole

“Kodi jenmam vaazhndhen innalae”

Exaggeration of experiencing ten million lifetimes in a single day due to the delight of love.

Edhugai (Second-letter Rhyme)

“Sittukuruviyin siragu vaangi”

Rhyming of the second letter 'tt' in Sittukuruviyin and Vettukiliyin across consecutive lines.

Repetition (Adukkuthodar)

“Kanden azhagiya kolusu kolusu”

Repetition of words like 'kolusu kolusu' and 'manasu manasu' for emotional and rhythmic emphasis.

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Trivia

The track featured in the 2000 film Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven, composed by S. A. Rajkumar, sung by Hariharan and Sujatha Mohan, with lyrics written by Ilayakamban.

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