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Lyrics & meaning

Kanala Pakatha

From Karotiyin Kadhali · 2022

Lyricist
Yugabharathi
Singer
Ananya Bhat
Music director
N. R. Raghunanthan
Movie name
Karotiyin Kadhali
Movie release year
2022
Lyrics added on
24 Nov 2022

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
{Le le le le le
Le le le le le le} ( 2)
Kannala pakkadha
Rendu kannala pakkadha
Pakkaama nee ponaa
En nenjam thaan thaangadhae
Summa nee thottaalum
Karpooram pola sullunnu
Soodera povenae melae
Un pechu kekkaama
Odathae naalae
Un maeni vandhaalae
Thallaadum kaalae
Panneerum unnaale
Aanenae pasum paalae
Kannala pakkadha
Rendu kannala pakkadha
Pakkaama nee ponaa
En nenjam thaan thaangadhae
Avanaathaan
Yarunnu kekka vechaanae
Avan kooda vaazhanumnu
Yenga vechaanae
Azhaga nee sirichaalae
Ayira meen ellaam
Karai yeri unai paarthu
Kadhaiyum pesadhoo
Pozhuthellaam unai enni
Poraiyeri kidakenae
Ponvaanam sivapera
Urangaama thavichenae
Kaathellaam un vaasam
Esapatta ketkudhae
Karuvelam maram kooda
Unna paatha sirikuthae
Panneerum unnalae
Aanaenae pasum paalae
Kannala pakkadha
Rendu kannala pakkadha
Pakkaama nee ponaa
En nenjam thaan thaangadhae
Kaadhoram un pecha
Naalum kettalae
Koosama en dhegam
Konji pesadhoo
Manasoram vidhai pottu
Kirangum un paarvai
Vayal kaadu mayil polae
Aadi sellaadhoo
Veyila nee adichaalum
Mazhaiyaa naan varuvenae
Un kooda nadai pottu
Un ulagatha rasippenae
Kanavellam unnaala
Kadhai solli pesadhae
Naan enna aanaennu
Theriyama pochudhae
Panneerum unnalae
Aanaenae pasum paalae
Kannala pakkadha
Rendu kannala pakkadha
Pakkaama nee ponaa
En nenjam thaan thaangadhae
Summa nee thottaalum
Karpooram pola sullunnu
Soodera povenae melae
Un pechu kekkaama
Odathae naalae
Un maeni vandhaalae
Thallaadum kaalae
Panneerum unnaale
Aanenae pasum paalae
Kannala pakkadha
Rendu kannala pakkadha
Pakkaama nee ponaa
En nenjam thaan thaangadhae
{Le le le le le
Le le le le le} (2)
Don't look at me with your eyes
Don't look at me with both your eyes
If you walk away without looking,
My heart just cannot bear it
Even if you just lightly touch me,
Like camphor catching a sudden flame,
I will heat up and rise high
Without hearing you speak,
The days just do not pass
Whenever you come near,
My legs begin to falter
Because of you, like rosewater,
I turned into pure fresh milk
Don't look at me with your eyes
Don't look at me with both your eyes
If you walk away without looking,
My heart just cannot bear it
Him...
He made everyone wonder who he is
Wanting to spend my life with him,
He made me yearn so deeply
If you smile with your sweet charm,
Even the little ayirai fish
Would come up to the bank to see you
And start talking away, wouldn't they?
Thinking of you all the time,
I choke on hiccups of longing
As the golden sky turns deep red,
I stay awake, aching for you
The breeze carries your scent everywhere,
Echoing like a responsive folk song
Even the thorny babool tree
Gets tangled up when it sees you
Because of you, I became like rosewater
And pure fresh milk
Don't look at me with your eyes
Don't look at me with both your eyes
If you walk away without looking,
My heart just cannot bear it
By my ears, your sweet voice...
If I hear it every single day,
Won't my body without hesitation
Whisper loving words to you?
Sowing a seed in a corner of my heart,
Your enchanting, dazed look...
Like a peacock in the open fields,
Won't it dance and speak its love?
Even if you blaze like the scorching sun,
I will come down like cooling rain
Walking step-by-step beside you,
I will adore and cherish your world
All my dreams, because of you,
Are telling tales and whispering
What has become of me,
I don't even know anymore
Because of you, like rosewater,
I turned into pure fresh milk
Don't look at me with your eyes
Don't look at me with both your eyes
If you walk away without looking,
My heart just cannot bear it
Even if you just lightly touch me,
Like camphor catching a sudden flame,
I will heat up and rise high
Without hearing you speak,
The days just do not pass
Whenever you come near,
My legs begin to falter
Because of you, like rosewater,
I turned into pure fresh milk
Don't look at me with your eyes
Don't look at me with both your eyes
If you walk away without looking,
My heart just cannot bear it
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Kannala Pakkadha' from the film 'Karotiyin Kadhali' is a playful yet intense expression of romantic infatuation and longing sung from a female perspective. The protagonist expresses how overwhelmed she feels by her lover's gaze, touch, and presence. She playfully warns him not to look directly at her because her heart cannot take the intensity, yet simultaneously fears being ignored.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Upamai (Simile)

Karpooram pola sullunnu

Comparing the sudden surge of heat/passion upon touch to camphor catching fire instantly.

Atisayokti (Hyperbole)

Ayira meen ellaam Karai yeri unai paarthu

Exaggerating that a thousand fish will come out of the water to the shore just to admire his smile and talk.

Personification

Karuvelam maram kooda Unna paatha sirikuthae

Attributing human emotions like smiling to the dry, wild karuvelam (acacia) tree upon seeing the beloved.

Metaphor & Contrast

Veyila nee adichaalum Mazhaiyaa naan varuvenae

Contrasting the lover's harsh heat (sunlight) with the speaker coming as comforting rain.

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Trivia

Composed by N. R. Raghunanthan with lyrics penned by Yugabharathi, the song features vocals by Ananya Bhat, blending traditional rural Tamil folk motifs with a contemporary melodic rhythm.

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