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Lyrics & meaning

Kadhal Pennea

From Kadikara Manithargal · 2018

Lyricist
Na. Muthu Kumar
Singers
Karthik, Haritha Balakrishnan
Music director
Sam C. S
Movie name
Kadikara Manithargal
Movie release year
2018
Lyrics added on
3 Nov 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Naananaa naananaa
Nanananaanaa naanananaa
Naananaa naananaa
Nanananaanaa naanananaa
O… kaadhal pennae kaadhal pennae
Naan paithiyamaanen
Un kannukkulla ennavachi nee…
Vaithiyam paaren
En kaadhal pennae kaadhal pennae
Naan paithiyamaanen
Un kannukkulla ennavachi nee…
Vaithiyam paaren
Un nenjikkulla veedu kattu
Vaadagaikku vaaren
Vaadagaiyaa enna venum
Kaalam pooraa kaadhal thaaren
Kanavula neethaan adikkadi vandhu
Adidhadi senja naan una kenja
Kaadhal pennae kaadhal pennae
Naan paithiyamaanen
Un kannukkulla ennavachi nee…
Vaithiyam paaren
Hei…pennae neeyum
Dhevadhai thaanaa
Manasukkul enna ketkkudhadi
Aiyo kaadhal raatchasi
Endrae kadharudhadi…….
Poovil poothu vandhaval thaanaa
Punnagai paarthaal thonudhadi
Un Roja poovil mullirundhu
Enai kolludhadi…..
Naendhu vitta aatta pola
Verthukotta vachiputta
En kaalam neram maathipputta
Podi podi potta pulla
Loosaa enna vittutta pulla
Unnaala naanum thoongavilla
Moochukkaaththa vaangala pulla
Pulla pulla pulla
En kaadhal pennae kaadhal pennae
Naan paithiyamaanen
Un kannukkulla ennavachi nee…
Vaithiyam paaren
Hey…kaadhal ingae sathiyamaaga
Kirukkunnu ippo puriyudhadi
Kanna moodum podhum
Un mugam theriyudhadi
Kaalai maalai raathiri velai
Kandabadi nenappu alaiyudhadi
Adhu sinnapulla pola
Unakkulla ozhiyudhadi
Ekkuthappaa maattikkiten
Nenjil vandhu poottikkitta
En kaiyila kaiya korthukkitta
Podi podi potta pulla
Podi podi potta pulla
Loosaa enna vittutta pulla
Unnaala naanum thoongavilla
Moochukkaatha vaangala pulla…..
En kaadhal pennae kaadhal pennae
Naan paithiyamaanen
Un kannukkulla ennavachi nee…
Vaithiyam paaren
Un nenjikkulla veedu kattu
Vaadagaikku vaaren
Vaadagaiyaa enna venum
Kaalam pooraa kaadhal thaaren
Kanavula neethaan adikkadi vandhu
Adidhadi senja naan una kenja
Kaadhal pennae kaadhal pennae
Naan paithiyamaanen
Un kannukkulla ennavachi nee…
Vaithiyam paaren
Naanaanaa naanaanaa
Nanananaanaa naanenaanaa
Naanaanaa naanaanaa
Nanananaanaa naanenaanaa
Oh, lovely girl, my lovely girl
I have gone crazy for you
Keep me inside your eyes...
...and heal me!
My lovely girl, my lovely girl
I have gone crazy for you
Keep me inside your eyes...
...and heal me!
Build a home inside your heart
I will come and stay for rent
What do you want as rent?
I will give you love for a lifetime
You keep showing up in my dreams
picking a fight, while I plead with you
Lovely girl, lovely girl
I have gone crazy for you
Keep me inside your eyes...
...and heal me!
Hey girl, are you...
...really an angel?
What is my heart asking inside?
"Oh, she is a demon of love!"
it cries out aloud...
Were you born blossoming from a flower?
That is how it feels when I see your smile!
A thorn from your rose...
...is killing me!
Like a goat meant for sacrifice,
you made me break into a cold sweat!
You turned my whole life upside down!
Girl with the tiny little bindi,
you left me totally crazy, girl!
Because of you, I cannot sleep,
I can barely catch my breath, girl!
Oh girl, girl, girl!
My lovely girl, my lovely girl
I have gone crazy for you
Keep me inside your eyes...
...and heal me!
Hey, I swear,
I now understand love is pure madness!
Even when I close my eyes,
your face appears before me
Morning, evening, and through the night,
my thoughts wander wildly about
Like a little child,
they come and hide inside you
I got trapped so hopelessly,
she locked herself inside my heart
She held her hands in mine
Girl with the tiny little bindi,
girl with the tiny little bindi,
you left me totally crazy, girl!
Because of you, I cannot sleep,
I can barely catch my breath, girl...
My lovely girl, my lovely girl
I have gone crazy for you
Keep me inside your eyes...
...and heal me!
Build a home inside your heart
I will come and stay for rent
What do you want as rent?
I will give you love for a lifetime
You keep showing up in my dreams
picking a fight, while I plead with you
Lovely girl, lovely girl
I have gone crazy for you
Keep me inside your eyes...
...and heal me!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song expresses the sweet torment and obsessive passion of a young man who has fallen deeply in love with a woman. He feels completely enchanted by her gaze, describing his mental state as a form of madness that only she can cure. Throughout the lyrics, he playfully offers to pay lifelong love as rent to reside inside her heart and describes how her presence haunts his daydreams and nights.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Un nenjikkulla veedu kattu

Comparing the heart to a rental house ('Un nenjikkulla veedu kattu, Vaadagaikku vaaren') and lifetime love to rent money.

Oxymoron

Aiyo kaadhal raatchasi

Combining contrasting terms 'kaadhal' (love) and 'raatchasi' (demoness/monster) to depict a beloved who playfully torments the lover.

Simile

Naendhu vitta aatta pola

Comparing his helpless state of sweating out of nervousness to a goat set aside for ritual sacrifice ('Naendhu vitta aatta pola').

Monorhyme / Edhugai (Second-letter Rhyme)

Podi podi potta pulla

Repetition of second letter consonants 'da' and 'lla' across lines creating rhythmic harmony ('pulla', 'pulla', 'pulla').

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Trivia

The song features lyrics by late celebrated Tamil poet Na. Muthu Kumar, known for his ability to seamlessly blend everyday colloquial Tamil expressions ('podi podi potta pulla', 'loosaa enna vittutta') with poetic metaphors.

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