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Ithayathai Kanavillai

From Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven · 2000

Lyricist
Lyricist Not Known
Singer
Hariharan
Music director
S. A. Rajkumar
Movie name
Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven
Movie release year
2000
Lyrics added on
23 Jun 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Vaanil irundhu vaanavil ondru
Mannil irangi vandhadhuvo
Mangai avalathu mandhira kangal
Chandhira sooriyan aanadhuvo
Kanden azhaghiya kolusu kolusu
Thirugani aanadhu manasu manasu
Innaal anubavam pudusu pudusu
Aval paadhakolusoli ketkum podhu
Idhayathai kaanavillai
Adhu tholaindhum naan thedavillai
Sittukuruviyin siragu vaangi
Ada parakanum pola irukku
Vettukiliyin kaalgal vaangi
Ada gudhikanum pola iruku
Kodi jenmam vazhndhen innaalae
Idhu unmai thaanae
Idhayathai kaanavillai
Adhu tholaindhum naan thedavillai
……………………………….
Pournami nilavai
Miga aruginil paarthen
Paravasa kadalil
Naan padagaai aanen
Devadhai kannil
Iru thoondilai paarthen
Maattiya meenaai
Naan aanen aanen
Pallavan uligal koodi
Sedhukiya silai thaana
Brahman silayai paarthu
Jeevanai koduthaana
Theendamal thirudachonnana
Ennai indru
Idhayathai kaanavillai
Adhu tholaindhum naan thedavillai
……………………………….
Oru mile thooram
Idhu kaadhal kaditham
Avaluku ezhudhi
Naan anjal seithen
Iniaval mutham
Adhai semithu vaikka
Ennudal muzhudhum
Naan uthadugal ketten
Sorgathil ennai pooti
Saaviyai tholaithaalae
Pookalin thottilil pottu
Laaligal padithaalae
Paarai meedhu poovai poothalae
Ennil indru
Idhayathai kaanavillai
Adhu tholaindhum naan thedavillai
Sittukuruviyin siragu vaangi
Ada parakanum pola irukku
Vettukiliyin kaalgal vaangi
Ada gudhikanum pola iruku
Kodi jenmam vazhndhen innaalae
Idhu unmai thaanae
Idhayathai kaanavillai
Adhu tholaindhum naan thedavillai
Has a rainbow descended from the sky
And come down to the earth?
Did that young maiden's magical eyes
Become the moon and the sun?
I saw beautiful anklets, anklets,
My heart, my heart spun like a screw!
Today's experience is brand new, brand new!
When I hear the sound of her foot-anklets,
My heart is nowhere to be found.
Even though it is lost, I haven't searched for it.
Borrowing the wings of a sparrow,
Ah, I feel like flying!
Borrowing the legs of a grasshopper,
Ah, I feel like leaping!
I lived ten million lifetimes today,
Isn't this the truth?
My heart is nowhere to be found.
Even though it is lost, I haven't searched for it.
...
The full moon,
I saw from very up close.
In the ocean of ecstasy,
I became a boat.
In the angel's eyes,
I saw two fishhooks.
Like a hooked fish,
I became, I became.
Did the chisels of Pallava sculptors gather
To carve this statue?
Gazing at the statue, did Brahma
Breathe life into it?
Did he tell me to steal without touching,
Me today?
My heart is nowhere to be found.
Even though it is lost, I haven't searched for it.
...
A mile long,
This love letter,
Writing it to her,
I posted it.
Her kiss hereafter,
To store it up,
All over my body,
I asked for lips!
Locking me in heaven,
She lost the key!
Placing me in a cradle of flowers,
She sang lullabies!
She blossomed like a flower upon a rock,
Within me today!
My heart is nowhere to be found.
Even though it is lost, I haven't searched for it.
Borrowing the wings of a sparrow,
Ah, I feel like flying!
Borrowing the legs of a grasshopper,
Ah, I feel like leaping!
I lived ten million lifetimes today,
Isn't this the truth?
My heart is nowhere to be found.
Even though it is lost, I haven't searched for it.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Idhayathai Kaanavillai from the film Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven captures the euphoric excitement and surreal feeling of falling in love. The protagonist describes how his heart has gone missing ever since he saw his beloved, yet he feels no urge to seek it back because losing it has brought unprecedented joy. He feels so light and energized that he wants to borrow wings to fly like a bird and jump like a grasshopper. Expressing that a single day with her feels richer than ten million lifetimes, the song celebrates love as an otherworldly, transcendent bliss that transforms ordinary life into magic.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

“Paravasa kadalil Naan padagaai aanen”

Comparing the protagonist to a boat adrift in an ocean of ecstasy ('Paravasa kadalil naan padagaai aanen') and a fish hooked by her eyes.

Hyperbole

“Kodi jenmam vazhndhen innaalae”

Exaggerating love's impact by stating that a single day feels equivalent to living ten million lifetimes ('Kodi jenmam vazhndhen innaalae').

Repetition (Adukku Thodar)

“Kanden azhaghiya kolusu kolusu”

Using repeated words such as 'kolusu kolusu', 'manasu manasu', and 'pudusu pudusu' for rhythmic and expressive effect.

Imagery

“Pallavan uligal koodi Sedhukiya silai thaana”

Creating vivid visual and auditory images of anklets chiming, sparrow wings flying, and statues sculpted by Pallava artisans.

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Trivia

'Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven' (2000) starred Ajith Kumar and Simran in lead roles. The film's soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar, known for his popular melody tunes in Tamil cinema during the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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