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Kangal Kalangida

From Oru Kalluriyin Kathai · 2005

Lyricist
Na. Muthu Kumar
Singers
Karthik, Chorus
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie name
Oru Kalluriyin Kathai
Movie release year
2005
Lyrics added on
19 Jan 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
{Kangal kalangida kangal kalangida
Kaalachakkaram thirumbiduthae
Kaigal korthida kaigal korthida
Kallum mannum uyir peruthae} (2)
{Marathilirunthu uthirntha pookkal
Meendum kilaikku chendriduthae
Kadantha kaalathai thiruppi thanthu
Kadavulai natpu vendriduthae}(2)
Ondraai sirithu azhutha idaththil
Marujenmam edukkiromae…ae….ae…
Thotram maaralaam
Tholaivil pogalaam
Nyaabaga megam kalaiyaathae
Mugangal maaralaam
Mugavari maaralaam
Natpin karppu endrum maaraathae
Paditha naatkalingu paathiramaaga
Piditha naadagam nadakkirathu
Vaazhntha vaazhkaiyai thirumbi thaan vaazha
Varangal namukku mattum kidaikkirathu
Ada thoppil kodiyin uravellaam
Verum paththae paththu maasam
Naam theeyil sernthu vegum varai
Intha kalloori nammodu pesum
Ondraai sirithu azhutha idaththil
Marujenmam edukkiromae…ae….ae…
Vaarthai changili
Arunthu pogalaam
Vizhiyin mozhigal mattum maaraathae
Kaatru pesinaam
Vithaitha vaarthaigal
Virutchamaagi nirkkum azhiyaathae
Vaanam thaandiyengum
Paranthidumbothum
Vergal namukku endrum ithuvallavaa
Kadalai pirintha nee kaarmugilaagum
Meendum mazhaiyaai thodumallavaa
Naam kanavugal valarthu thirinthomae
Pala iravum pagalum ingae
Iru kaigal kuviththu kumbiduvom
Ada ithu vida kovil engae
Ondraai sirithu azhutha idaththil
Marujenmam edukkiromae…ae….ae…
{Kangal kalangida kangal kalangida
Kaalachakkaram thirumbiduthae
Kaigal korthida kaigal korthida
Kallum mannum uyir peruthae} (2)
{Marathilirunthu uthirntha pookkal
Meendum kilaikku chendriduthae
Kadantha kaalathai thiruppi thanthu
Kadavulai natpu vendriduthae} (2)
Ondraai sirithu azhutha idaththil
Marujenmam edukkiromae…ae….ae…
As our eyes well up with tears, as our eyes well up,
The wheel of time turns back!
As our hands join hands, as hands join hands,
Even the stones and soil come alive!
The flowers that fell from the tree
Return to the branch once again!
By bringing back the past,
Friendship triumphs over God!
In the place where we laughed and cried together,
We are taking rebirth...
Our appearance may change,
We may drift far apart,
Yet the cloud of memories will never scatter.
Our faces may change,
Our addresses may change,
Yet the pure bond of friendship will never change.
With our student days playing the characters,
Our favorite play is staged here.
To go back and relive the life we lived,
We alone have received this blessing!
Ah, the bond of the umbilical cord
Lasts only for ten months,
But until we burn together in the pyre,
This college will keep speaking with us!
In the place where we laughed and cried together,
We are taking rebirth...
The chain of spoken words
May break and snap apart,
Yet the silent language of our eyes will never change.
When the wind blows,
The words we sowed
Will stand as mighty trees that never perish!
Even when we fly
Way beyond the sky,
Aren't our roots always right here?
Water that leaves the sea turns into rain clouds,
And touches it again as rain, doesn't it?
We wandered about chasing dreams,
Through many days and nights right here.
Let us fold our hands in reverence,
For where can we find a temple greater than this?
In the place where we laughed and cried together,
We are taking rebirth...
As our eyes well up with tears, as our eyes well up,
The wheel of time turns back!
As our hands join hands, as hands join hands,
Even the stones and soil come alive!
The flowers that fell from the tree
Return to the branch once again!
By bringing back the past,
Friendship triumphs over God!
In the place where we laughed and cried together,
We are taking rebirth...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Kangal Kalangida from Oru Kalluriyin Kathai is a soulful anthem celebrating college nostalgia and the eternal bond of friendship. The lyrics express the profound feeling of returning to one's college campus, describing it as a rebirth where the wheel of time turns back and brings fallen flowers back to their branches. It highlights how physical distance, changing faces, and shifting addresses cannot diminish shared memories. The song beautifully asserts that while maternal ties last ten months in the womb, college friendships companion a person until death, rendering the college campus a sacred temple of cherished dreams.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

“Marathilirunthu uthirntha pookkal Meendum kilaikku chendriduthae”

Comparing reuniting friends to fallen flowers reattaching to tree branches.

Hyperbole

“Kadantha kaalathai thiruppi thanthu Kadavulai natpu vendriduthae”

Exaggerating the power of friendship as being capable of defeating God by turning back time.

Monai (First-letter Alliteration)

“Kangal kalangida kangal kalangida”

Repetition of the initial sound 'Ka' across words in the line.

Ethukai (Second-letter Rhyme)

“Thotram maaralaam / Tholaivil pogalaam”

Rhyming of the second letter 'th' in Thotram and Tholaivil.

Contrast / Hyperbole

“Ada thoppil kodiyin uravellaam Verum paththae paththu maasam”

Contrasting the 10-month umbilical bond with lifelong college friendship.

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Trivia

Composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja with lyrics written by Na. Muthu Kumar, Oru Kalluriyin Kathai (2005) stars Arya and Sonia Agarwal. This song stands out as one of Tamil cinema's quintessential college reunion anthems, praised for Na. Muthu Kumar's poignant lines about nostalgia and lifelong camaraderie.

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