Kana Karunguyile
From Ponmana Selvan · 1989
- Lyricist
- Gangai Amaran
- Singers
- Mano, K. S. Chithra
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Details
- Ponmana Selvan1989
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Kaanakarunguyilae | Oh black cuckoo of the forest, |
| Kaadhal or paavamadi | Love is a sin, my dear. |
| Female | |
| Kaanakarunguyilae | Oh black cuckoo of the forest, |
| Kaadhal or paavamadi | Love is a sin, my dear. |
| Kaadhal kanakkinilae | In the mathematics of love, |
| Kanneer thaan laabamadi | Tears are the only profit, my dear. |
| Female | |
| Aasai… undaanathu | Desire... was born, |
| Adhil veedu…rendaanathu | And because of it, the home... got split into two. |
| Female | |
| Adi kaanakarunguyilae | Oh black cuckoo of the forest, |
| Kaadhal or paavamadi | Love is a sin, my dear. |
| Male | |
| Boomiyil naan pirantha | The horoscope I was born with on earth |
| Jaathagam maaruthu | Is changing now. |
| En vidhi maedai katti | My destiny has set up a stage |
| Naadagam aaduthu | And is performing a play. |
| Male | |
| Vanjiyae un manam | Oh maiden, why did your heart |
| Ennidam yaen vanthathu | Come seeking me? |
| Vanthathaal iththanai | Because it came, |
| Thunbamum vaainthathu | So much sorrow befell us. |
| Male | |
| Vaedhanai sodhanai | Agony and trials, |
| Yaaridam naan solvathu | To whom shall I express them? |
| En manam indru thaan | Only today has my heart |
| Ambalam aanathu | Become laid bare in public. |
| Neeyum indha thukkathilae | You too in this sorrow, |
| Nillu maru pakkathilae | Stand on the other side. |
| Naeram oru kaalam | A time and season |
| Vara koodum andru onnaagalam | Might arrive, and on that day we may become one. |
| Female | |
| Kaanakarunguyilae | Oh black cuckoo of the forest, |
| Kaadhal or paavamadi | Love is a sin, my dear. |
| Kaadhal kanakkinilae | In the mathematics of love, |
| Kanneer thaan laabamadi | Tears are the only profit, my dear. |
| Female | |
| Aasai… undaanathu | Desire... was born, |
| Adhil veedu…rendaanathu | And because of it, the home... got split into two. |
| Female | |
| Kangalil neer vazhinthu | Tears stream from my eyes |
| Kannathil oduthu | And run down my cheeks. |
| Karpanai aayiram thaan | A thousand imaginations |
| Ennathil oduthu | Run through my mind. |
| Female | |
| Vaanamae illaiyae | When there is no sky, |
| Vennila ennavathu | What becomes of the moon? |
| Valarvathaa thaeivatha | Whether to wax or wane, |
| Yaaridam ketpathu | Whom shall I ask? |
| Female | |
| Poomaram illaiyae | When there is no flowering tree, |
| Poongodi ennavathu | What becomes of the flowering vine? |
| Vaazhvatha veezhvatha | Whether to live or perish, |
| Yaaridam ketpathu | Whom shall I ask? |
| Female | |
| Irunthaal ini | If I live hereafter, |
| Unnodu thaan | It will only be with you. |
| Illaiyael udal mannodu thaan | Otherwise, my body belongs to the earth. |
| Maalai idum vaelai | The time for garlanding each other |
| Varum naalai endru naan vaazhgiren | Will come tomorrow, believing so I live. |
| Male | |
| Kaanakarunguyilae | Oh black cuckoo of the forest, |
| Kaadhal or paavamadi | Love is a sin, my dear. |
| Aasai… undaanathu | Desire... was born, |
| Adhil veedu…rendaanathu | And because of it, the home... got split into two. |
| Female | |
| Adi kaanakarunguyilae | Oh black cuckoo of the forest, |
| Kaadhal or paavamadi | Love is a sin, my dear. |
| Male | |
| Kaadhal kanakkinilae | In the mathematics of love, |
| Kanneer thaan laabamadi | Tears are the only profit, my dear. |
கானக் கருங்குயிலே...
காதல் ஓர் பாவமடி...
Oh black cuckoo of the forest,
Love is a sin, my dear.
கானக் கருங்குயிலே
காதல் ஓர் பாவமடி
காதல் கணக்கினிலே
கண்ணீர்தான் லாபமடி
Oh black cuckoo of the forest,
Love is a sin, my dear.
In the mathematics of love,
Tears are the only profit, my dear.
ஆசை.......உண்டானது
அதில் வீடு......ரெண்டானது
Desire... was born,
And because of it, the home... got split into two.
அடி கானக் கருங்குயிலே
காதல் ஓர் பாவமடி
Oh black cuckoo of the forest,
Love is a sin, my dear.
பூமியில் நாம் பிறந்த
ஜாதகம் மாறுது
என் விதி மேடை கட்டி
நாடகம் ஆடுது
The horoscope I was born with on earth
Is changing now.
My destiny has set up a stage
And is performing a play.
வஞ்சியே உன் மனம்
என்னிடம் ஏன் வந்தது
வந்ததால் இத்தனை
துன்பமும் வாய்ந்தது
Oh maiden, why did your heart
Come seeking me?
Because it came,
So much sorrow befell us.
வேதனை சோதனை
யாரிடம் நான் சொல்வது
என் மனம் இன்றுதான்
அம்பலம் ஆனது
நீயும் இந்த துக்கத்திலே
நில்லு மறு பக்கத்திலே
நேரம் ஒரு காலம்
வரக் கூடும் அன்று ஒண்ணாகலாம்
Agony and trials,
To whom shall I express them?
Only today has my heart
Become laid bare in public.
You too in this sorrow,
Stand on the other side.
A time and season
Might arrive, and on that day we may become one.
கானக் கருங்குயிலே
காதல் ஓர் பாவமடி
Oh black cuckoo of the forest,
Love is a sin, my dear.
In the mathematics of love,
Tears are the only profit, my dear.
ஆசை.......உண்டானது
அதில் வீடு......ரெண்டானது
Desire... was born,
And because of it, the home... got split into two.
கண்களில் நீர் வழிந்து
கன்னத்தில் ஓடுது
கற்பனை ஆயிரம்தான்
எண்ணத்தில் ஓடுது
Tears stream from my eyes
And run down my cheeks.
A thousand imaginations
Run through my mind.
வானமே இல்லையே
வெண்ணிலா என்னாவது
வளர்வதா தேய்வதா
யாரிடம் கேட்பது
When there is no sky,
What becomes of the moon?
Whether to wax or wane,
Whom shall I ask?
பூ மரம் இல்லையே
பூங்கொடி என்னாவது
வாழ்வதா வீழ்வதா
யாரிடம் கேட்பது
When there is no flowering tree,
What becomes of the flowering vine?
Whether to live or perish,
Whom shall I ask?
இருந்தால் இனி
உன்னோடு தான்
இல்லையேல் உடல் மண்ணோடுதான்
மாலை இடும் வேளை
வரும் நாளை என்றுதான் வாழ்கிறேன்
If I live hereafter,
It will only be with you.
Otherwise, my body belongs to the earth.
The time for garlanding each other
Will come tomorrow, believing so I live.
கானக் கருங்குயிலே
காதல் ஓர் பாவமடி
ஆசை......உண்டானது
அதில் வீடு.....ரெண்டானது
Oh black cuckoo of the forest,
Love is a sin, my dear.
Desire... was born,
And because of it, the home... got split into two.
அடி கானக் கருங்குயிலே
காதல் ஓர் பாவமடி
Oh black cuckoo of the forest,
Love is a sin, my dear.
காதல் கணக்கினிலே
கண்ணீர்தான் லாபமடி
In the mathematics of love,
Tears are the only profit, my dear.
Kaanakarunguyilae
Oh black cuckoo of the forest,
Kaadhal or paavamadi
Love is a sin, my dear.
Kaanakarunguyilae
Oh black cuckoo of the forest,
Kaadhal or paavamadi
Love is a sin, my dear.
Kaadhal kanakkinilae
In the mathematics of love,
Kanneer thaan laabamadi
Tears are the only profit, my dear.
Aasai… undaanathu
Desire... was born,
Adhil veedu…rendaanathu
And because of it, the home... got split into two.
Adi kaanakarunguyilae
Oh black cuckoo of the forest,
Kaadhal or paavamadi
Love is a sin, my dear.
Boomiyil naan pirantha
The horoscope I was born with on earth
Jaathagam maaruthu
Is changing now.
En vidhi maedai katti
My destiny has set up a stage
Naadagam aaduthu
And is performing a play.
Vanjiyae un manam
Oh maiden, why did your heart
Ennidam yaen vanthathu
Come seeking me?
Vanthathaal iththanai
Because it came,
Thunbamum vaainthathu
So much sorrow befell us.
Vaedhanai sodhanai
Agony and trials,
Yaaridam naan solvathu
To whom shall I express them?
En manam indru thaan
Only today has my heart
Ambalam aanathu
Become laid bare in public.
Neeyum indha thukkathilae
You too in this sorrow,
Nillu maru pakkathilae
Stand on the other side.
Naeram oru kaalam
A time and season
Vara koodum andru onnaagalam
Might arrive, and on that day we may become one.
Kaanakarunguyilae
Oh black cuckoo of the forest,
Kaadhal or paavamadi
Love is a sin, my dear.
Kaadhal kanakkinilae
In the mathematics of love,
Kanneer thaan laabamadi
Tears are the only profit, my dear.
Aasai… undaanathu
Desire... was born,
Adhil veedu…rendaanathu
And because of it, the home... got split into two.
Kangalil neer vazhinthu
Tears stream from my eyes
Kannathil oduthu
And run down my cheeks.
Karpanai aayiram thaan
A thousand imaginations
Ennathil oduthu
Run through my mind.
Vaanamae illaiyae
When there is no sky,
Vennila ennavathu
What becomes of the moon?
Valarvathaa thaeivatha
Whether to wax or wane,
Yaaridam ketpathu
Whom shall I ask?
Poomaram illaiyae
When there is no flowering tree,
Poongodi ennavathu
What becomes of the flowering vine?
Vaazhvatha veezhvatha
Whether to live or perish,
Yaaridam ketpathu
Whom shall I ask?
Irunthaal ini
If I live hereafter,
Unnodu thaan
It will only be with you.
Illaiyael udal mannodu thaan
Otherwise, my body belongs to the earth.
Maalai idum vaelai
The time for garlanding each other
Varum naalai endru naan vaazhgiren
Will come tomorrow, believing so I live.
Kaanakarunguyilae
Oh black cuckoo of the forest,
Kaadhal or paavamadi
Love is a sin, my dear.
Aasai… undaanathu
Desire... was born,
Adhil veedu…rendaanathu
And because of it, the home... got split into two.
Adi kaanakarunguyilae
Oh black cuckoo of the forest,
Kaadhal or paavamadi
Love is a sin, my dear.
Kaadhal kanakkinilae
In the mathematics of love,
Kanneer thaan laabamadi
Tears are the only profit, my dear.
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This poignant song expresses the grief and despair of a lover facing the painful consequences of love and social or familial division. Addressing a wild cuckoo ('Kaanakarunguyil'), the speaker reflects on how love, which began with desire and affection, ended up tearing households apart and bringing endless tears instead of joy.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Apostrophe & Metaphor
“Kaanakarunguyilae”
Addressing the 'Kaanakarunguyil' (forest cuckoo) serves as a poetic proxy to express inner despair.
Monorhyme / Second-letter Rhyme (Edukai)
“Kaadhal kanakkinilae”
Matching second consonants in Tamil poetic structure ('Kaadhal' / 'Kanneer' / 'Aasai').
Metaphor
“Kaadhal kanakkinilae / Kanneer thaan laabamadi”
Comparing love's emotional balance sheet to accounting, where tears are the only 'profit'.
Analogy
“Vaanamae illaiyae / Vennila ennavathu”
Comparing the lovers' interdependence to the sky and moon, and a tree and a flowering vine.
Did you know?
Trivia
The song is written by Gangai Amaran for the movie 'Ponmana Selvan' (1989), starring Vijayakanth and Shobana, with music composed by Ilaiyaraaja.
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