Kannamma Song Lyrics – Kaala
From Kaala · 2018
- Lyricist
- Uma Devi
- Singers
- Pradeep Kumar, Dhee, Ananthu
- Music director
- Santhosh Narayanan
- Details
- Kaala2018
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Poovaaga en kaadhal thaenoorudho | Like a flower, does my love ooze honey? |
| Thaenaaga thaenaaga vaanoorudho | As honey, as honey, does the sky drip with sweetness? |
| Kannamma kannamma | Oh Kannamma, Oh Kannamma |
| Kannilae ennamma… | What is that in your eyes, my dear? |
| Male | |
| Aagayam saayama thoovaanamethu | Without the sky tilting, what is this sudden drizzle? |
| Aaraama aaraama kayangalethu | Without healing, what are these unhealing wounds? |
| Kannamma kannamma | Oh Kannamma, Oh Kannamma |
| Kannilae ennamma… | What is that in your eyes, my dear? |
| Female | |
| Un kaadhal vaasam | The fragrance of your love |
| En dhegam poosum | Smeared all over my body |
| Kaalangal poiyaanadhae | Time has turned out to be an illusion |
| Theeratha kaadhal | An unquenchable love |
| Theeyaga mootha | Ignited like a blazing fire |
| Dhoorangal madai maarumo | Will these vast distances ever divert their path? |
| Female | |
| Vaan paarthu yengum | Looking up at the sky in longing |
| Siru pullin dhaagam | The thirst of a tiny blade of grass |
| Kaanalgal niraivetrumoo | Can a mirage ever fulfill it? |
| Neerindri meenum | Like a fish without water |
| Saerundu vaazhum | Living together in the mud |
| Male & Female : | [Male & Female Voice] |
| Vaazhvingu vaazhvaagumo | Will life here ever become a true life? |
| Male | |
| Kannamma kannamma | Oh Kannamma, Oh Kannamma |
| Kannilae ennamma… | What is that in your eyes, my dear? |
| Aagayam saayama thoovaanamethu | Without the sky tilting, what is this sudden drizzle? |
| Aaraama aaraama kayangalethu | Without healing, what are these unhealing wounds? |
| Male | |
| Meettaadha veenai | Like a song offered by an unplayed veena |
| Tharukindra raagam | The ragam it generates |
| Kekaathu poogaandhalae..ae… | Goes unheard in the wind... |
| Oottadha thaayin | Like the heavy milk of a mother |
| Kanakkindra paal pol | Who hasn't fed her child |
| En kaadhal kidakkindrathae | My love lies unfulfilled |
| Male | |
| Kaayangal aatrum | Healing the deep wounds |
| Thalaikkodhi thettrum | Stroking the hair to offer solace |
| Kaalangal kaikooduthae | Good times are aligning now |
| Thoduvaanam indru neduvaanam aagi | Today the nearby horizon becomes a distant sky |
| Thodumneram tholaivaakuthae | Just as I reach to touch, it moves far away |
| Kannamma kannamma | Oh Kannamma, Oh Kannamma |
| Kannilae ennamma… | What is that in your eyes, my dear? |
| Male | |
| Aagayam saayama thoovaanamethu | Without the sky tilting, what is this sudden drizzle? |
| Aaraama aaraama kaayangalethu | Without healing, what are these unhealing wounds? |
| Kannamma kannamma | Oh Kannamma, Oh Kannamma |
| Kannamma kannamma | Oh Kannamma, Oh Kannamma |
| Kannilae ennamma… | What is that in your eyes, my dear? |
| Kannamma ………… | Oh Kannamma... |
பூவாக என் காதல்
தேனூருதோ தேனாக
தேனாக வானூருதோ
கண்ணம்மா கண்ணம்மா
கண்ணிலே என்னம்மா
Like a flower, does my love ooze honey?
As honey, as honey, does the sky drip with sweetness?
Oh Kannamma, Oh Kannamma
What is that in your eyes, my dear?
ஆகாயம் சாயாம
தூவானமேது ஆறாம
ஆறாம காயங்கள் ஏது
கண்ணம்மா கண்ணம்மா
கண்ணிலே என்னம்மா
Without the sky tilting, what is this sudden drizzle?
Without healing, what are these unhealing wounds?
Oh Kannamma, Oh Kannamma
What is that in your eyes, my dear?
உன் காதல்
வாசம் என் தேகம்
பூசும் காலங்கள்
பொய்யானதே
தீராத காதல் தீயாக
மோத தூரங்கள் மடை
மாறுமோ
The fragrance of your love
Smeared all over my body
Time has turned out to be an illusion
An unquenchable love
Ignited like a blazing fire
Will these vast distances ever divert their path?
வான் பார்த்து
ஏங்கும் சிறு புல்லின்
தாகம் கானல்கள்
நிறைவேற்றுமோ
நீரின்றி மீனும்
செருண்டு வாழும்
ஆண் & பெண் :
வாழ்விங்கு
வாழ்வாகுமோ
Looking up at the sky in longing
The thirst of a tiny blade of grass
Can a mirage ever fulfill it?
Like a fish without water
Living together in the mud
[Male & Female Voice]
Will life here ever become a true life?
ஆண் & பெண் :
ஆஆ
ஹா ஆஆ ஆஹா
Oh Kannamma, Oh Kannamma
What is that in your eyes, my dear?
Without the sky tilting, what is this sudden drizzle?
Without healing, what are these unhealing wounds?
கண்ணம்மா கண்ணம்மா
கண்ணிலே என்னம்மா
ஆகாயம் சாயாம
தூவானமேது ஆறாம
ஆறாம காயங்கள் ஏது
Like a song offered by an unplayed veena
The ragam it generates
Goes unheard in the wind...
Like the heavy milk of a mother
Who hasn't fed her child
My love lies unfulfilled
மீட்டாத வீணை
தருகின்ற ராகம் கேட்காது
பூங்காந்தலே .... ஊட்டாத
தாயின் கணக்கின்ற பால்
போல் என் காதல்
கிடக்கின்றதே
Healing the deep wounds
Stroking the hair to offer solace
Good times are aligning now
Today the nearby horizon becomes a distant sky
Just as I reach to touch, it moves far away
Oh Kannamma, Oh Kannamma
What is that in your eyes, my dear?
காயங்கள் ஆற்றும்
தலைக்கோதி தேற்றும்
காலங்கள் கைகூடுதே
தொடுவானம் இன்று
நெடுவானம் ஆகிதொடும்
நேரம் தொலைவாகுதே
கண்ணம்மா கண்ணம்மா
கண்ணிலே என்னம்மா
Without the sky tilting, what is this sudden drizzle?
Without healing, what are these unhealing wounds?
Oh Kannamma, Oh Kannamma
Oh Kannamma, Oh Kannamma
What is that in your eyes, my dear?
Oh Kannamma...
விசில் :
.........................
ஆகாயம் சாயாம
தூவானமேது ஆறாம
ஆறாம காயங்கள் ஏது
கண்ணம்மா கண்ணம்மா
கண்ணம்மா கண்ணம்மா
கண்ணிலே என்னம்மா
கண்ணம்மா
Poovaaga en kaadhal thaenoorudho
Like a flower, does my love ooze honey?
Thaenaaga thaenaaga vaanoorudho
As honey, as honey, does the sky drip with sweetness?
Kannamma kannamma
Oh Kannamma, Oh Kannamma
Kannilae ennamma…
What is that in your eyes, my dear?
Aagayam saayama thoovaanamethu
Without the sky tilting, what is this sudden drizzle?
Aaraama aaraama kayangalethu
Without healing, what are these unhealing wounds?
Kannamma kannamma
Oh Kannamma, Oh Kannamma
Kannilae ennamma…
What is that in your eyes, my dear?
Un kaadhal vaasam
The fragrance of your love
En dhegam poosum
Smeared all over my body
Kaalangal poiyaanadhae
Time has turned out to be an illusion
Theeratha kaadhal
An unquenchable love
Theeyaga mootha
Ignited like a blazing fire
Dhoorangal madai maarumo
Will these vast distances ever divert their path?
Vaan paarthu yengum
Looking up at the sky in longing
Siru pullin dhaagam
The thirst of a tiny blade of grass
Kaanalgal niraivetrumoo
Can a mirage ever fulfill it?
Neerindri meenum
Like a fish without water
Saerundu vaazhum
Living together in the mud
Male & Female :
[Male & Female Voice]
Vaazhvingu vaazhvaagumo
Will life here ever become a true life?
Kannamma kannamma
Oh Kannamma, Oh Kannamma
Kannilae ennamma…
What is that in your eyes, my dear?
Aagayam saayama thoovaanamethu
Without the sky tilting, what is this sudden drizzle?
Aaraama aaraama kayangalethu
Without healing, what are these unhealing wounds?
Meettaadha veenai
Like a song offered by an unplayed veena
Tharukindra raagam
The ragam it generates
Kekaathu poogaandhalae..ae…
Goes unheard in the wind...
Oottadha thaayin
Like the heavy milk of a mother
Kanakkindra paal pol
Who hasn't fed her child
En kaadhal kidakkindrathae
My love lies unfulfilled
Kaayangal aatrum
Healing the deep wounds
Thalaikkodhi thettrum
Stroking the hair to offer solace
Kaalangal kaikooduthae
Good times are aligning now
Thoduvaanam indru neduvaanam aagi
Today the nearby horizon becomes a distant sky
Thodumneram tholaivaakuthae
Just as I reach to touch, it moves far away
Kannamma kannamma
Oh Kannamma, Oh Kannamma
Kannilae ennamma…
What is that in your eyes, my dear?
Aagayam saayama thoovaanamethu
Without the sky tilting, what is this sudden drizzle?
Aaraama aaraama kaayangalethu
Without healing, what are these unhealing wounds?
Kannamma kannamma
Oh Kannamma, Oh Kannamma
Kannamma kannamma
Oh Kannamma, Oh Kannamma
Kannilae ennamma…
What is that in your eyes, my dear?
Kannamma …………
Oh Kannamma...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Kannamma is a deeply evocative and poignant romantic track from Kaala that explores longing, emotional distance, and enduring affection between separated lovers. Through rich metaphors of nature—drizzling skies, thirsty blades of grass, mirages, and unplayed musical instruments—the lyricist Uma Devi articulates the profound grief of unfulfilled love alongside the quiet solace found in memory and hope.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Meettaadha veenai / Tharukindra raagam”
Compares unexpressed love to the unplayed music of a veena and heavy unexpressed milk of a nursing mother.
Metaphor (Uruvagaimai)
“Siru pullin dhaagam / Kaanalgal niraivetrumoo”
Metaphorically compares the yearning of love to a blade of grass seeking rain from a mirage.
Edhugai (Second letter rhyming)
“Aagayam saayama / Aaraama aaraama”
Tamil poetic device where the second letter of consecutive lines rhyme ('aagayam' and 'aaraama').
Anaphora / Repetition
“Kannamma kannamma”
Repetition of 'Kannamma' creates a rhythmic emotional plea.
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Trivia
Composed by Santhosh Narayanan with lyrics by Dr. Uma Devi, 'Kannamma' references the iconic poetic archetype 'Kannamma' popularized by the legendary Tamil poet Subramania Bharati. Sung by Pradeep Kumar and Dhee, the song beautifully encapsulates the re-connection of long-separated characters Kaala and Zareena in Pa. Ranjith's movie 'Kaala'.
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