Kanavu Kaanalaam
From Jai (2004) · 2004
- Lyricist
- Ilakiyan
- Singers
- Vijay Yesudas, K. S. Chithra
- Music director
- Mani Sharma
- Details
- Jai (2004)2004
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Chorus | |
| …………………. | ... |
| Male | |
| Kanavu kaanalaam variyaa | Shall we dream, will you come? |
| Naam kalanthu pesalaam niraiyaa | Shall we converse together at length? |
| Kattippidikkalaam thaniyaa | Shall we embrace each other in solitude? |
| Nee variyaa….aa…oo… | Will you come? Oh... |
| Female | |
| Thottu kollalaam muraiyaa | Shall we touch each other properly? |
| Naam saernthu kulikkalaam sariyaa | Shall we bathe together, is it alright? |
| Thottil vaangalaam variyaa | Shall we buy a cradle, will you come? |
| Nee variyaa…aa…oo… | Will you come? Oh... |
| Male | |
| Vaalipam rompa jollythaan | Youth is indeed very joyful! |
| Vaanivil nam tholilthaan…oo…ooh…oo…. | The rainbow rests on our shoulders... oh... |
| Male | |
| Kanavu kaanalaam variyaa | Shall we dream, will you come? |
| Naam kalanthu pesalaam niraiyaa | Shall we converse together at length? |
| Kattippidikkalaam thaniyaa | Shall we embrace each other in solitude? |
| Nee variyaa….aa…oo… | Will you come? Oh... |
| Chorus | |
| …………………. | ... |
| Female | |
| Aasai ellaam nee sollalaam | You can share all your desires. |
| Kadhaliyin maeniyil kadhalan seithidum | What a lover does to his beloved's body... |
| Silmisham thayangaamal nee seiyyalaam | ...you can do those playful mischiefs without hesitation. |
| Male | |
| Meendum meendum mugam paarkkalaam | We can look at each other's faces again and again. |
| Nuni viral theendinaal oruvudal koosalaam | If fingertips touch, the whole body can shiver in delight. |
| Engu engu sugamendru sothikkalaam | We can explore where all pleasure resides. |
| Female | |
| Thani veettil naam mattum kudiyaeralaam | We two alone can move into an isolated house. |
| Oru thattil sorunnalaam…aa… | We can share a meal from a single plate... ah... |
| Male | |
| Poo pooththa sedi sollum kadhai ketkalaam | We can listen to the story told by the flowering plant. |
| Poovukkul naam thoongalaam | We can sleep inside the flower. |
| Female | |
| Silaiyaaga nirkalaam | We can stand still like statues. |
| Vinmeenaai thoongalaam | We can sleep like stars. |
| Mazhaiyaaga bhoomiyil peiyyalaam | We can pour onto the earth as rain. |
| Male | |
| Vaalipam rompa jollythaan | Youth is indeed very joyful! |
| Vaanivil nam tholilthaan…oo…ooh…oo…. | The rainbow rests on our shoulders... oh... |
| Chorus | |
| ……………… | ... |
| Male | |
| Yaarum illaa idam paarkkalaam | We can find a place where no one else is around. |
| Udhadugal nogavae muththangal kodukkalaam | We can give kisses until our lips throb pleasantly. |
| Vetkkaththai nooraandu sirai vaikkalaam | We can imprison shyness for a hundred years. |
| Female | |
| Aadai noolaai nee maaralaam | You can become the thread of my garment. |
| Virumpiya pothellaam kurumbugal seiyyalaam | We can play playful pranks whenever we wish. |
| Anumathi ketkkaamal idai killalaam | Without asking permission, we can pinch the waist. |
| Male | |
| Tharai meethu nizhal kaanum neram ellaam | Whenever we see our shadows on the ground, |
| Uyaraththai sari paarkkaalaam | we can measure our heights together. |
| Female :Thanneeril neenthiyapin karai saernthathum | Female: After swimming in the water and reaching the shore, |
| Sudum moochchil kulir kayalaam | we can warm up in the heat of our warm breath. |
| Male | |
| Kuyilaagi koovalaam | We can sing like cuckoos. |
| Female :Muyalaagi thaavalaam | Female: We can leap like rabbits. |
| Male :Kaattraagi ellaiyai thaandalaam | Male: We can cross boundaries like the wind. |
| Female | |
| Vaalipam rompa jollythaan | Youth is indeed very joyful! |
| Male :Vaanivil nam tholilthaan…oo…ooh…oo…. | Male: The rainbow rests on our shoulders... oh... |
| Female | |
| Kanavu kaanalaam variyaa | Shall we dream, will you come? |
| Naam kalanthu pesalaam niraiyaa | Shall we converse together at length? |
| Kattippidikkalaam thaniyaa | Shall we embrace each other in solitude? |
| Nee variyaa….aa…oo… | Will you come? Oh... |
| Male | |
| Thottu kollalaam muraiyaa | Shall we touch each other properly? |
| Naam saernthu kulikkalaam sariyaa | Shall we bathe together, is it alright? |
| Thottil vaangalaam variyaa | Shall we buy a cradle, will you come? |
| Nee variyaa…aa…oo… | Will you come? Oh... |
| Female | |
| Vaalipam rompa jollythaan | Youth is indeed very joyful! |
| Male :Vaanivil nam tholilthaan…oo…ooh…oo…. | Male: The rainbow rests on our shoulders... oh... |
| Female :Oo…ooh…oo…. | Female: Oo... ooh... oo... |
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கனவு காணலாம் வரியா
நாம் கலந்து பேசலாம் நிறையா
கட்டிபிடிக்கலாம் தனியா
நீ வரியா......ஆ....ஓ....
Shall we dream, will you come?
Shall we converse together at length?
Shall we embrace each other in solitude?
Will you come? Oh...
தொட்டு கொள்ளலாம் முறையா
நாம் சேர்ந்து குளிக்கலாம் சரியா
தொட்டில் வாங்கலாம் வரியா
நீ வரியா...ஆ....ஓ....
Shall we touch each other properly?
Shall we bathe together, is it alright?
Shall we buy a cradle, will you come?
Will you come? Oh...
வாலிபம் ரொம்ப ஜாலிதான்
வானவில் நம் தோளில்தான்...ஓ...ஓஹ்....ஓ...
Youth is indeed very joyful!
The rainbow rests on our shoulders... oh...
கனவு காணலாம் வரியா
நாம் கலந்து பேசலாம் நிறையா
கட்டிபிடிக்கலாம் தனியா
நீ வரியா......ஆ....ஓ....
Shall we dream, will you come?
Shall we converse together at length?
Shall we embrace each other in solitude?
Will you come? Oh...
தே ..........................
...
ஆசை எல்லாம் நீ சொல்லலாம்
காதலியின் மேனியில் காதலன் செய்திடும்
சில்மிஷம் தயங்காமல் நீ செய்யலாம்
You can share all your desires.
What a lover does to his beloved's body...
...you can do those playful mischiefs without hesitation.
மீண்டும் மீண்டும் முகம் பார்க்கலாம்
நுனி விரல் தீண்டினால் ஒருவுடல் கூசலாம்
எங்கு எங்கு சுகமென்று சோதிக்கலாம்
We can look at each other's faces again and again.
If fingertips touch, the whole body can shiver in delight.
We can explore where all pleasure resides.
தனி வீட்டில் நாம் மட்டும் குடியேறலாம்
ஒரு தட்டில் சொறுன்னலாம்...ஆ....
We two alone can move into an isolated house.
We can share a meal from a single plate... ah...
பூ பூத்த செடி சொல்லும் கதை கேட்கலாம்
பூவுக்குள் நாம் தூங்கலாம்
We can listen to the story told by the flowering plant.
We can sleep inside the flower.
சிலையாக நிற்கலாம்
விண்மீனாய் தூங்கலாம்
மழையாக பூமியில் பெய்யலாம்
We can stand still like statues.
We can sleep like stars.
We can pour onto the earth as rain.
வாலிபம் ரொம்ப ஜாலிதான்
வானவில் நம் தோளில்தான்...ஓ...ஓஹ்....ஓ...
Youth is indeed very joyful!
The rainbow rests on our shoulders... oh...
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யாரும் இல்லா இடம் பார்க்கலாம்
உதடுகள் நோகவே முத்தங்கள் கொடுக்கலாம்
வெட்கத்தை நூறாண்டு சிறை வைக்கலாம்
We can find a place where no one else is around.
We can give kisses until our lips throb pleasantly.
We can imprison shyness for a hundred years.
ஆடை நூலாய் நீ மாறலாம்
விரும்பிய போதெல்லாம் குறும்புகள் செய்யலாம்
அனுமதி கேட்க்காமல் இடை கிள்ளலாம்
You can become the thread of my garment.
We can play playful pranks whenever we wish.
Without asking permission, we can pinch the waist.
தரை மீது நிழல் காணும் நேரம் எல்லாம்
உயரத்தை சரி பார்க்கலாம்
தண்ணீரில் நீந்தியபின் கரை சேர்ந்ததும்
சுடும் மூச்சில் குளிர் காயலாம்
Whenever we see our shadows on the ground,
we can measure our heights together.
Female: After swimming in the water and reaching the shore,
we can warm up in the heat of our warm breath.
குயிலாகி கூவலாம்
முயலாகி தாவலாம்
காற்றாகி எல்லையை தாண்டலாம்
We can sing like cuckoos.
Female: We can leap like rabbits.
Male: We can cross boundaries like the wind.
வாலிபம் ரொம்ப ஜாலிதான்
வானவில் நம் தோளில்தான்...ஓ...ஓஹ்....ஓ...
Youth is indeed very joyful!
Male: The rainbow rests on our shoulders... oh...
கனவு காணலாம் வரியா
நாம் கலந்து பேசலாம் நிறையா
கட்டிபிடிக்கலாம் தனியா
நீ வரியா......ஆ....ஓ....
Shall we dream, will you come?
Shall we converse together at length?
Shall we embrace each other in solitude?
Will you come? Oh...
தொட்டு கொள்ளலாம் முறையா
நாம் சேர்ந்து குளிக்கலாம் சரியா
தொட்டில் வாங்கலாம் வரியா
நீ வரியா...ஆ....ஓ....
Shall we touch each other properly?
Shall we bathe together, is it alright?
Shall we buy a cradle, will you come?
Will you come? Oh...
வாலிபம் ரொம்ப ஜாலிதான்
வானவில் நம் தோளில்தான்...ஓ...ஓஹ்....ஓ...
.ஓ...ஓஹ்....ஓ...
Youth is indeed very joyful!
Male: The rainbow rests on our shoulders... oh...
Female: Oo... ooh... oo...
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Kanavu kaanalaam variyaa
Shall we dream, will you come?
Naam kalanthu pesalaam niraiyaa
Shall we converse together at length?
Kattippidikkalaam thaniyaa
Shall we embrace each other in solitude?
Nee variyaa….aa…oo…
Will you come? Oh...
Thottu kollalaam muraiyaa
Shall we touch each other properly?
Naam saernthu kulikkalaam sariyaa
Shall we bathe together, is it alright?
Thottil vaangalaam variyaa
Shall we buy a cradle, will you come?
Nee variyaa…aa…oo…
Will you come? Oh...
Vaalipam rompa jollythaan
Youth is indeed very joyful!
Vaanivil nam tholilthaan…oo…ooh…oo….
The rainbow rests on our shoulders... oh...
Kanavu kaanalaam variyaa
Shall we dream, will you come?
Naam kalanthu pesalaam niraiyaa
Shall we converse together at length?
Kattippidikkalaam thaniyaa
Shall we embrace each other in solitude?
Nee variyaa….aa…oo…
Will you come? Oh...
………………….
...
Aasai ellaam nee sollalaam
You can share all your desires.
Kadhaliyin maeniyil kadhalan seithidum
What a lover does to his beloved's body...
Silmisham thayangaamal nee seiyyalaam
...you can do those playful mischiefs without hesitation.
Meendum meendum mugam paarkkalaam
We can look at each other's faces again and again.
Nuni viral theendinaal oruvudal koosalaam
If fingertips touch, the whole body can shiver in delight.
Engu engu sugamendru sothikkalaam
We can explore where all pleasure resides.
Thani veettil naam mattum kudiyaeralaam
We two alone can move into an isolated house.
Oru thattil sorunnalaam…aa…
We can share a meal from a single plate... ah...
Poo pooththa sedi sollum kadhai ketkalaam
We can listen to the story told by the flowering plant.
Poovukkul naam thoongalaam
We can sleep inside the flower.
Silaiyaaga nirkalaam
We can stand still like statues.
Vinmeenaai thoongalaam
We can sleep like stars.
Mazhaiyaaga bhoomiyil peiyyalaam
We can pour onto the earth as rain.
Vaalipam rompa jollythaan
Youth is indeed very joyful!
Vaanivil nam tholilthaan…oo…ooh…oo….
The rainbow rests on our shoulders... oh...
………………
...
Yaarum illaa idam paarkkalaam
We can find a place where no one else is around.
Udhadugal nogavae muththangal kodukkalaam
We can give kisses until our lips throb pleasantly.
Vetkkaththai nooraandu sirai vaikkalaam
We can imprison shyness for a hundred years.
Aadai noolaai nee maaralaam
You can become the thread of my garment.
Virumpiya pothellaam kurumbugal seiyyalaam
We can play playful pranks whenever we wish.
Anumathi ketkkaamal idai killalaam
Without asking permission, we can pinch the waist.
Tharai meethu nizhal kaanum neram ellaam
Whenever we see our shadows on the ground,
Uyaraththai sari paarkkaalaam
we can measure our heights together.
Female :Thanneeril neenthiyapin karai saernthathum
Female: After swimming in the water and reaching the shore,
Sudum moochchil kulir kayalaam
we can warm up in the heat of our warm breath.
Kuyilaagi koovalaam
We can sing like cuckoos.
Female :Muyalaagi thaavalaam
Female: We can leap like rabbits.
Male :Kaattraagi ellaiyai thaandalaam
Male: We can cross boundaries like the wind.
Vaalipam rompa jollythaan
Youth is indeed very joyful!
Male :Vaanivil nam tholilthaan…oo…ooh…oo….
Male: The rainbow rests on our shoulders... oh...
Kanavu kaanalaam variyaa
Shall we dream, will you come?
Naam kalanthu pesalaam niraiyaa
Shall we converse together at length?
Kattippidikkalaam thaniyaa
Shall we embrace each other in solitude?
Nee variyaa….aa…oo…
Will you come? Oh...
Thottu kollalaam muraiyaa
Shall we touch each other properly?
Naam saernthu kulikkalaam sariyaa
Shall we bathe together, is it alright?
Thottil vaangalaam variyaa
Shall we buy a cradle, will you come?
Nee variyaa…aa…oo…
Will you come? Oh...
Vaalipam rompa jollythaan
Youth is indeed very joyful!
Male :Vaanivil nam tholilthaan…oo…ooh…oo….
Male: The rainbow rests on our shoulders... oh...
Female :Oo…ooh…oo….
Female: Oo... ooh... oo...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Kanavu Kaanalaam Variyaa is a romantic duet from the film Jai (2004), featuring music by Mani Sharma and lyrics by Ilakiyan. The song depicts the candid, playful, and intimate dreams of two young lovers as they envision their future together—from innocent conversations and domestic companionship to sensual, unrestricted romance.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Iyaibai (End Rhyme)
“Kanavu kaanalaam variyaa / Naam kalanthu pesalaam niraiyaa / Kattippidikkalaam thaniyaa”
Repetition of rhyming end sounds '-variyaa', '-niraiyaa', and '-thaniyaa' creates a rhythmic cadence in the chorus.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Vaanivil nam tholilthaan”
Comparing the vibrant bliss of youth to a rainbow resting on their shoulders.
Hyperbole (Uruvagath Thanmai)
“Vetkkaththai nooraandu sirai vaikkalaam”
Exaggerating the idea of discarding modesty by 'imprisoning shyness for a hundred years'.
Anaphora and Nature Personification
“Kuyilaagi koovalaam / Muyalaagi thaavalaam / Kaattraagi ellaiyai thaandalaam”
Sequential lines metaphorically embodying elements of nature like cuckoos, rabbits, and wind to symbolize freedom and intimacy.
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Trivia
Composed by Mani Sharma for the 2004 Prashanth-starrer 'Jai', this song was rendered by Vijay Yesudas and K. S. Chithra. The track blends youthful rhythm with melodious orchestration, a signature style of Mani Sharma during the mid-2000s Tamil cinema era.
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