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Kadhal Vinnukkum Mannukkum

From Vinnukum Mannukum · 2001

Lyricist
Ravishankar
Singers
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Febi Mani
Music director
Sirpy
Movie name
Vinnukum Mannukum
Movie release year
2001
Lyrics added on
4 Sept 2021

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
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Kadhal vinnukkum mannukkum kadhal
Kadhal veenaikkum thanthikkum kadhal
Kadhal vinnukkum mannukkum kadhal
Kadhal veenaikkum thanthikkum kadhal
Poovinil thaenedukkum vandu kadhal
Pulveliyil muththam sinthum panikkaadhal
Manninil mulai vidum vidhai kadhal
Bhoomiyai suttruthadi vaanam kadhal
Kadhal vinnukkum mannukkum kadhal
Kadhal veenaikkum thanthikkum kadhal
Illai illai sonnaal irukkum kadhal
Indiayaavai italyaai inaiththa kadhal
Pal thulakka maranthu kulikkum kadhal
Verum koonthalula meesai vachchu paarkkum kadhal
Oxygen thevai illai sollum kadhal
Aazh kadal thaandi rompa aazham kadhal
Vendum vendum endraal
Verukkum kadhal
Thevai illai endraal
Thudikkum kadhal
Kodi kodi vaiththum
Kuraiyum kadhal
Ada konam pola anbai vaiththaal
Niraiyum kadhal
Vaanavil pola varum
Vannak kadhal
Vantha pinbu ponathillai
Unmai kadhal
Arimugam indri sirikkum kadhal
Mugavari kettaal muraikkum kadhal
Thlaiyilum pennai sumakkum kadhal
Antha aadhi sivan paadhi sivan aana kadhal
Kadhal vinnukkum mannukkum kadhal
Kadhal veenaikkum thanthikkum kadhal
Both :Kadhal vinnukkum mannukkum kadhal
Kadhal veenaikkum thanthikkum kadhal
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Love—there is love between the sky and the earth.
Love—there is love between the veena and its strings.
Love—there is love between the sky and the earth.
Love—there is love between the veena and its strings.
The bee gathering nectar from a flower is love.
The morning dew kissing the meadow is love.
The seed sprouting in the soil is love.
The sky circling around the earth is love.
Love—there is love between the sky and the earth.
Love—there is love between the veena and its strings.
When you say "it isn't there", it stays right there—that is love.
Love is what brought India and Italy together.
Forgetting to brush your teeth and stepping into the bath is love.
Holding a lock of hair like a mustache and looking in the mirror is love.
Declaring "I don't need oxygen" is love.
Love runs far deeper than the deepest sea.
If you desperately demand it,
Love turns away in disdain.
If you say you do not need it,
Love longs for you with a racing heart.
Even with millions and millions of riches,
Love can fall short.
Yet if you give genuine affection,
Love overflows completely.
It appears like a rainbow,
This colorful love.
Once it arrives, it never departs—
That is true love.
Love smiles at you without any introduction.
Ask for its address, and love will glare back at you.
Love carries a woman upon its very head.
Love is what made Lord Shiva share half his body with a woman.
Love—there is love between the sky and the earth.
Love—there is love between the veena and its strings.
Love—there is love between the sky and the earth.
Love—there is love between the veena and its strings.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Kadhal Vinnukkum Mannukkum' celebrates the ubiquitous, paradoxical, and miraculous nature of love. Through evocative metaphors drawn from nature—such as the relationship between sky and earth, flowers and bees, dew and grass—the song illustrates how love binds elements together in harmony, much like a veena and its strings producing music.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uvamai / Uruvagamm)

“Kadhal veenaikkum thanthikkum kadhal”

Compares love to elemental bonds such as sky and earth, veena and strings, as well as natural phenomena like dew on grass.

Paradox (Muran)

“Vendum vendum endraal... Verukkum kadhal”

Highlights the contradictory behavior of love—it recedes when demanded, yet pulses when rejected.

Alliteration & Rhyme (Egal / Ethirai / Monai)

“Kadhal vinnukkum mannukkum kadhal”

Repeated structural refrain with 'Kadhal' anchoring each poetic thought, creating rhythmic musicality.

Mythological Allusion

“Antha aadhi sivan paadhi sivan aana kadhal”

References Lord Shiva's Ardhanarishvara form to symbolize love as absolute unity and devotion.

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Trivia

Vinnukkum Mannukkum (2001) stars Vikram, Sarathkumar, Devayani, and Kushboo, directed by Rajakumaran. The music for the film was composed by Sirpy.

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