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Kannadi Kaiyadi Pattalthaane

From Aan Pillai Singam · 1975

Lyricist
‘Avinasi’ Mani
Singer
Vani Jairam
Music director
Vijaya Bhaskar
Movie name
Aan Pillai Singam
Movie release year
1975
Lyrics added on
27 Sept 2021

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kannaadi kaiyadi pattaalthaanae
Kadhalilae sugam irukkum
Udalum udalum ondraalthaanae
Vaazhkkaiyilae rasam irukkum
Kannaadi kaiyadi pattaalthaanae
Kadhalilae sugam irukkum
Udalum udalum ondraalthaanae
Vaazhkkaiyilae rasam irukkum
Ammaadi theriyallaiyaa
Idhukooda puriyallaiyaa
Ammamammaa ammaadi theriyallaiyaa
Idhu kooda puriyallaiyaa
Kobam vanthaa ammaa kooda
Kuzhanthaiyaanaalum adikkiraal
Konja neram pona pinnae
Maarbil saerththu anaikkiraal
Adikkum kaithaan anaikkumendu
Kelvippattathillaiyaa
Adikkum kaithaan anaikkumendu
Kelvippattathillaiyaa
Adhilirukkum sugaththai konjam
Anupavichchu paaraiyyaa…..
Kannaadi kaiyadi pattaalthaanae
Kadhalilae sugam irukkum
Udalum udalum ondraalthaanae
Vaazhkkaiyilae rasam irukkum
Ammaadi theriyallaiyaa
Aahaahha Idhukooda puriyallaiyaa
Chinna vayathil kurumbu seithaal
Karumbu polae inikkumae
Kannil saernthu kadhal thanthaai
Arum meesai azhagane
Munnum pinnum thaalam pottu
Paruva paadal paadi vaa
Munnum pinnum thaalam pottu
Paruva paadal paadi vaa
Muththu muththu alli vaiththu
Ilamai kolam podavaa
Kannaadi kaiyadi pattaalthaanae
Kadhalilae sugam irukkum
Udalum udalum ondraalthaanae
Vaazhkkaiyilae rasam irukkum
Ammaadi theriyallaiyaa
Aahaah Idhukooda puriyallaiyaa
Poovila seitha paavai kaiyaal
Vaangi kondaal valikkumaa
Paalil neitha paruva pennai
Thaangi kondaal kasakkumaa
Paniyil malargal thavazhumpothu
Thendral thottaal vaadumaa
Paniyil malargal thavazhumpothu
Thendral thottaal vaadumaa
Kaniyai piriththu sulaiyai eduththu
Koduththu vittaen pothumaa
Kannaadi kaiyadi pattaalthaanae
Kadhalilae sugam irukkum
Udalum udalum ondraalthaanae
Vaazhkkaiyilae rasam irukkum
Ammaadi theriyallaiyaa
Aahaah Idhukooda puriyallaiyaa
Ammaadi theriyallaiyaa
Aahaahha Idhukooda puriyallaiyaa
Only when struck by teasing winks and playful taps,
will there be joy in love!
Only when body and body become one,
will life have any true flavour!
Only when struck by teasing winks and playful taps,
will there be joy in love!
Only when body and body become one,
will life have any true flavour!
Oh my, don't you know this?
Don't you even understand this?
Oh dear, oh my, don't you know?
Don't you even understand this?
When angry, even a mother
strikes her own child.
But after a little while passes,
she hugs the child close to her chest.
Haven't you ever heard that
the very hand that strikes is the one that embraces?
Haven't you ever heard that
the very hand that strikes is the one that embraces?
Taste a little of the sweet pleasure in that
and see for yourself, my dear...
Only when struck by teasing winks and playful taps,
will there be joy in love!
Only when body and body become one,
will life have any true flavour!
Oh my, don't you know?
Ahaha, don't you even understand this?
Playing playful pranks in our youthful years
tastes as sweet as sugarcane!
You looked into my eyes and gave me love,
handsome man with your budding mustache!
Keeping rhythm back and forth,
come sing a song of youth!
Keeping rhythm back and forth,
come sing a song of youth!
Gathering pearls by the handful,
shall I draw a kolam (decorative floor pattern) of youth?
Only when struck by teasing winks and playful taps,
will there be joy in love!
Only when body and body become one,
will life have any true flavour!
Oh my, don't you know?
Ahaha, don't you even understand this?
If struck by the hands of a flower-like woman,
will it really hurt you?
If you hold a blossoming girl crafted of pure milk,
will it ever taste bitter to you?
When blossoms sway gently in the morning dew,
will they wither if the southern breeze touches them?
When blossoms sway gently in the morning dew,
will they wither if the southern breeze touches them?
I opened the fruit, took out the sweet fruit segment,
and gave it all to you—is that enough?
Only when struck by teasing winks and playful taps,
will there be joy in love!
Only when body and body become one,
will life have any true flavour!
Oh my, don't you know?
Ahaha, don't you even understand this?
Oh dear, oh my, don't you know?
Ahaha, don't you even understand this?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song is a romantic and playful duet where the heroine teases and invites her lover to embrace the joys of intimate love. She uses analogies from nature and daily life—such as a mother hitting a child only to embrace them lovingly afterwards—to explain that playful roughness or friction in romance only enhances affection and intimacy.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai)

Karumbu polae inikkumae

Compares the sweet mischievous nature of youth directly to sugarcane ('Karumbu polae inikkumae').

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Poovila seitha paavai kaiyaal

Describing the woman as a doll made of flowers ('Poovila seitha paavai') and woven out of milk ('Paalil neitha paruva pennai').

Rhetorical Question

Vaangi kondaal valikkumaa

Using questions like 'Will it hurt?' or 'Will it wither?' to emphasize that gentle romantic acts never cause harm.

Second-Letter Rhyme (Edukai)

Poovila seitha paavai kaiyaal / Paalil neitha paruva pennai

Rhyming of the second consonant across lines: 'Poovila' / 'Paalil' and 'Kobam' / 'Konja'.

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Trivia

'Aan Pillai Singam' (1975) features lyrics by the versatile writer 'Avinasi' Mani, who was prominent in the 1970s Tamil cinema both as a lyricist and screenwriter/director.

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