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Lyrics & meaning

Kanna Moochi Aatam

From Draupathi · 2020

Lyricist
Mohan G
Singer
Velmurugan
Music director
Jubin
Movie name
Draupathi
Movie release year
2020
Lyrics added on
15 Dec 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Oru dialogue solli
Oru paattu paadattuma
Nammalam kanna thirandhu aaduromda
Kanna moochi aatam
Indha mannukkulla thoonguthada
Pala malligai poo thottam
Vaa machi paatta kelu
Sound…
Hey…
Kanna thirandhu aaduromda
Kanna moochi aatam
Indha mannukkulla thoonguthada
Pala malligai poo thottam
Hey kanna thirandhu aaduromda
Kanna moochi aatam
Indha mannukkulla thoonguthada
Pala malligai poo thottam
Porappum irappum
Illaama indha manooda
Vaazhkai illa…vaazhkai illa
Inimaiyanna ninaivu mattum
Vaazhkaiyoda ellai…namma ellai
Ava engayumae pogalada mappula
Ava vazhurada kotta katti un manasula
Hey engayumae pogalada mappula
Ava vazhurada saamiya un manasula
Manasula…..
Kanna thirandhu aaduromda
Kanna moochi aatam
Indha mannukkulla thoonguthada
Pala malligai poo thottam
Thanana thanana
Thana thanana
Thanana thanana
Thana thanna nananana
Thanana thanana
Thana nananana
Maama…
En maama…
Aanum pennum
Anbum inbamum porundhi
Unnarvulla kalandha
Thuli vindhula porandhom
Mazhalayil thavazhndhu
Palar madigallil valarndhom
Muthamizhinai suvaithu
Ilamai paruvathai kadanthom
Madana soruban maamaiyil ena
Marundu thirandu
Machan pullakutty soththu pathunu
Pugazhinai serthu
Thannana thannana
Thannana thannanana
Vallamai maari illamai maari
Narai thirai theriyum
Machan vaazhkaiyoda arthangalum
Appothaan puriyum
Unakkum nadakkum da
Adhu enakkum nadakkum da
Vizhiyil therivadhu
Kadal kaatril kalakkum da
Kanna thirandhu aaduromda
Kanna moochi aatam
Indha mannukkulla thoonguthada
Pala malligai poo thottam
Hey kanna thirandhu aaduromda
Kanna moochi aatam
Indha mannukkulla thoonguthada
Pala malligai poo thottam
Porapum irappum
Illaama indha manooda
Vaazhkai illa…vaazhkai illa
Inimaiyanna ninaivu mattum
Vaazhkaiyoda ellai…namma ellai
Ava engayumae pogalada mappula
Ava vazhurada kotta katti un manasula
Hey engayumae pogalada mappula
Ava vazhurada saamiya un manasula
Manasula….
Kanna thirandhu aaduromda
Kanna moochi aatam
Indha mannukkulla thoonguthada
Pala malligai poo thottam
Shall I say a dialogue
and sing a song?
With our eyes wide open, we play
a game of hide-and-seek!
Sleeping deep within this soil
are so many gardens of jasmine flowers!
Come, buddy, listen to the song!
Hey, sound...!
Hey hey...!
With our eyes wide open, we play
a game of hide-and-seek!
Sleeping deep within this soil
are so many gardens of jasmine flowers!
Hey, with our eyes wide open, we play
a game of hide-and-seek!
Sleeping deep within this soil
are so many gardens of jasmine flowers!
Without birth and death,
this human
life cannot exist, life cannot be!
Only sweet memories
are the final boundary of life... our boundary!
She hasn't gone anywhere, my friend!
She lives in your heart, having built a fort!
Hey, she hasn't gone anywhere, my friend!
She lives like a goddess inside your heart!
Inside your heart...
With our eyes wide open, we play
a game of hide-and-seek!
Sleeping deep within this soil
are so many gardens of jasmine flowers!
Thanana thanana
Thana thanana thanana
Thanana thanana
Thana thanna nannana
Thanana thanana
Thana thanna nannana
Uncle...
Oh my uncle...
Man and woman,
coming together in love and joy,
blended in deep feeling,
we were born from a single drop of life!
Crawling in our childhood,
we grew up in the warmth of many laps!
Relishing the three forms of Tamil (prose, poetry, drama),
we crossed through the days of our youth!
Handsome as the god of love, graceful as a peacock,
glowing and bustling in all our youthful charm,
gathering children, wealth, and land, my friend,
and earning a great name,
Thannana thannana
Thannana thannanana
As strength departs and youth fades away,
grey hair and wrinkles begin to show!
Brother, the true meaning of life
is understood only then!
It will happen to you,
and it will happen to me!
Whatever our eyes can see
will dissolve into the sea breeze!
With our eyes wide open, we play
a game of hide-and-seek!
Sleeping deep within this soil
are so many gardens of jasmine flowers!
Hey, with our eyes wide open, we play
a game of hide-and-seek!
Sleeping deep within this soil
are so many gardens of jasmine flowers!
Without birth and death,
this human
life cannot exist, life cannot be!
Only sweet memories
are the final boundary of life... our boundary!
She hasn't gone anywhere, my friend!
She lives in your heart, having built a fort!
Hey, she hasn't gone anywhere, my friend!
She lives like a goddess inside your heart!
Inside your heart...
With our eyes wide open, we play
a game of hide-and-seek!
Sleeping deep within this soil
are so many gardens of jasmine flowers!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song reflects on the philosophical journey of life, death, and human existence. It compares life to playing hide and seek with open eyes, acknowledging that buried beneath the earth rest many departed souls, poetically referred to as gardens of jasmine flowers. The lyrics trace human existence from conception and childhood through youth, marriage, and family, to old age when strength fades and true wisdom dawns. Additionally, the song offers comfort regarding loss, emphasizing that loved ones who pass away never truly leave. Instead, they reside forever within our hearts, enshrined like deities. Life is ultimately portrayed as a transient journey where all physical forms eventually return to nature.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Indha mannukkulla thoonguthada / Pala malligai poo thottam

Comparing the departed souls resting beneath the soil to a garden of blooming jasmine flowers.

Metaphor

Kanna thirandhu aaduromda / Kanna moochi aatam

Comparing the unpredictable nature of human life to a game of hide and seek played with eyes wide open.

Visual Imagery

Narai thirai theriyum

Evoking clear visual imagery of old age through description of grey hair and wrinkled skin.

Emoni / Tamil Assonance

Porappum irappum / Illaama indha manooda

Repetition of internal rhyme and vowel harmony across lines.

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Trivia

The song is composed by Jubin for the 2020 Tamil film 'Draupathi', directed by Mohan G. The lyrics blend folk rhythms with philosophical themes on life and death.

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