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Kannadi Poovukku

From Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal · 2016

Lyricist
Kabilan
Singers
Jonita Gandhi, Haricharan
Music director
Santhosh Dhayanidhi
Movie name
Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal
Movie release year
2016
Lyrics added on
17 Mar 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kannadi poovukku vannamilla
Unkitta en kadhal sonnathilla
Mounathil vaarthaigal sonthamilla
Unnaala kan thoongala
Nee thee pol poochedi
Ponathae en moochadi
Unnaal thaanadi
Manam oonchalaai
Aadum theradi
Kaadhal kannukullae ettu poda
Minnal nenjukullae mettu poda
Boomi panthu pola unthan gnyabagam
Kaadhal thaan suthuthae
Unna paartha uchu kotti poven
Pacha pulla aaven
Achu vellam nee thaanae
Enna ketta kaadhal solla maatta
Raja raani seetta
Nenja kulukki pottalae
Kuthikiren parakuren
Parava pola naan
Ippa tharaiyilum mithakuren
Kuzhantha pola thaan
Uruguren karaiyuran
Mezhuga pola naan
Unna iravilum thodaruven
Nizhala pola naan
Kannadi poovukku vannamilla
Unkitta en kadhal sonnathilla
Mounathil vaarthaigal sonthamilla
Unnaala kan thoongala
Naan yaarodu pesa
Nee illaamalae
Naan yaarodu yaaro
Nee sollaamalae
Ullukullae kaadhal undaanathae
Oorukum natpukum theriyaamalae
Kaiyodu thaan kaigal serum varai
Kannaalae naam pesalaam
Kuthikiren parakuren
Parava pola naan
Ippa tharaiyilum mithakuren
Kuzhantha pola thaan
Uruguren karaiyuran
Mezhuga pola naan
Unna iravilum thodaruven
Nizhala pola naan
Kannadi poovukku vannamilla
Unkitta en kadhal sonnathilla
Mounathil vaarthaigal sonthamilla
Unnaala kan thoongala
Nee thee pol poochedi
Ponathae en moochadi
Unnaal thaanadi
Manam oonchalaai
Aadum theradi
A glass flower has no color
I have never told you of my love
Words have no place in silence
Because of you, my eyes cannot sleep
You are a flowering plant of fire
My breath is taken away, girl
It is all because of you, girl
My heart is like a swing
swaying like a temple chariot
As love traces circles in my eyes
and lightning sets a tune in my heart,
like the spinning earth, memories of you
keep turning around in love
When I see you, I am lost in wonder
and turn into a little child
You are sweet like jaggery candy
If I ask, she will not admit her love
Like a pack of King and Queen cards,
she shuffled and tossed my heart
I jump, I fly
just like a bird
Now I float even on the ground
just like a child
I melt and dissolve
just like wax
I will follow you even into the night
just like a shadow
A glass flower has no color
I have never told you of my love
Words have no place in silence
Because of you, my eyes cannot sleep
Who am I to speak with,
without you here?
Who am I to anyone,
without you saying a word?
Love blossomed deep within me
without our friends or the town ever knowing
Until our hands join together,
let us speak through our eyes
I jump, I fly
just like a bird
Now I float even on the ground
just like a child
I melt and dissolve
just like wax
I will follow you even into the night
just like a shadow
A glass flower has no color
I have never told you of my love
Words have no place in silence
Because of you, my eyes cannot sleep
You are a flowering plant of fire
My breath is taken away, girl
It is all because of you, girl
My heart is like a swing
swaying like a temple chariot
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song expresses the unspoken, overwhelming feelings of a lover who has not yet confessed his feelings. He compares his unexpressed love to a glass flower without color and silence where words cannot exist. He describes the euphoric, child-like vulnerability that love brings into his life, making him feel as though he is floating, flying like a bird, and melting like wax. Despite the secrecy of his love, he finds solace in unspoken eye contact until the moment they can truly be together.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Upamai (Simile)

Boomi panthu pola unthan gnyabagam

Compares the beloved's memory to the spinning globe ('Boomi panthu pola unthan gnyabagam').

Upamai (Simile)

Parava pola naan / Mezhuga pola naan

Compares the protagonist's lightness of being to a bird flying ('Parava pola naan') and a wax melting ('Mezhuga pola naan').

Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)

Kannadi poovukku vannamilla / Unkitta en kadhal sonnathilla

Matching initial consonant sounds across lines ('Kannadi' and 'Unkitta' / 'Kuthikiren' and 'Parava').

Metaphor

Nee thee pol poochedi

Describing the girl as a fire-like flower plant ('Nee thee pol poochedi') highlighting both beauty and intensity.

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Trivia

The track is from the 2017 Tamil comedy-drama movie 'Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal' starring Jai and Pranitha Subhash, with music composed by Santhosh Dhayanidhi and lyrics written by Kabilan.

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