- Lyricist
- Ramkumar
- Singer
- Sean Roldan
- Music director
- Ghibran
- Movie name
- Ratsasan
- Movie release year
- 2018
- Lyrics added on
- 1 Aug 2018
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
'Kannamma' from the movie Ratsasan is a deeply emotional lamentation expressing unbearable grief over loss and longing. The protagonist pleads with his loved one to wake up, describing how tears have replaced words as his primary form of expression. Without her presence, even the vast beauty of the blue sky feels like an overwhelming weight of pain, and life has turned into a dark, suffocating forest. The lyrics evoke poignant imagery of love that once felt like a enveloping river, now leaving him breathless and lifeless. Holding onto a fragile thread of hope, he wishes that this tragedy is just a nightmare from which he will awaken to see her again, questioning when his desolate world will ever feel alive once more.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Kanneer thaan en mozhi”
Comparing tears to a language ('Kanneer thaan en mozhi'), expressing that grief is his only form of communication.
Visual Imagery / Metaphor
“Nee illa vaanathin / Neelam thaan en vali”
Equating the blue color and vastness of the sky without the beloved to personal pain ('Neelam thaan en vali').
Metaphor
“Anbil nee ennai soozhntha gangai”
Comparing the lover's overwhelming love to the river Ganges enveloping the speaker ('Anbil nee ennai soozhntha gangai').
Monaai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Kannamma kanvizhi / Kanneer thaan en mozhi”
Repetition of the initial 'Ka' sound in 'Kannamma' and 'Kanvizhi' / 'Kanneer'.
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