Kanne En Kannazhage
From Kanaa · 2018
- Lyricist
- Arunraja Kamaraj
- Singer
- Kapil Kapilan
- Music director
- Dhibu Ninan Thomas
- Details
- Kanaa2018
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Kannae en kannazhagae | My dear, my beautiful-eyed one |
| Kanneerum pothumadi | Tears are enough now, my dear |
| Ponnae adi ponnazhagae | My golden child, my beautiful golden one |
| Munnerum neramadi | It is time to move forward |
| Male | |
| Naam kanaa…..aa….. | Our dream... |
| Naam kanaa kaanbathum paavamo | Is it a sin for us to dream? |
| Padhaigal maari thaan pogumo… | Will our paths change and drift away? |
| Male | |
| Vanjamillaa solai ondru | A garden free of deceit |
| Paalai pol aguthu | Is turning into a desert |
| Antham ellam anbu kondu | Holding love till the very end |
| Vaazhum nam kangalae | Our eyes continue to live |
| Male | |
| Aaraari raaraariroo | Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo) |
| Aaraari raaraariroo | Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo) |
| Aaraari raaraariroo | Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo) |
| Aaraariroo | Lullaby refrain (Aaraariroo) |
| Chorus | |
| Aaa…aaraari raaraariroo | Ah... lullaby refrain |
| Aaraari raaraariroo | Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo) |
| Aaraari raaraariroo | Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo) |
| Aaraariroo | Lullaby refrain (Aaraariroo) |
| Male | |
| Ooo….ooo…ooo…ooo…..oo… | Vocalizations (Ooo...) |
| Oooo…ooo….ooo… | Vocalizations (Oooo...) |
| Ambaari oonjalil | In a royal elephant swing |
| Ennodu aadiyae | Swinging along with me |
| En aasai un swasam | My desire became your breath |
| Endranaathae…. | It became so... |
| Female :Aaaa….aaa…. | Vocalizations (Aaaa...) |
| Male | |
| Sellatha thoorangal | Unreached distances |
| Female :Hmmmm | Humming (Hmmmm) |
| Male :Sendraaga vendumae | We must travel across |
| Un aasai vellaamal thoongathae | Do not sleep without achieving your desire |
| Male | |
| Naam vaanam meethilae | Above our sky |
| Kanneerin megamae | A cloud made of tears |
| Naam vaazhkai thediyae | In search of our life |
| Vizhgindra neramae | It is the time of falling down |
| Male | |
| Vanjamillaa solai ondru | A garden free of deceit |
| Paalai pol aguthu | Is turning into a desert |
| Antham ellam anbu kondu | Holding love till the very end |
| Vaazhum nam kangalae | Our eyes continue to live |
| Male | |
| Naam kanaa | Our dream |
| Kanbathum paavamo | Is it a sin to dream? |
| Pathaigal maari thaan | Will our paths change |
| Pogumo… | And drift away? |
| Male | |
| Aaraari raaraariroo | Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo) |
| Aaraari raaraariroo | Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo) |
| Aaraari raaraariroo | Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo) |
| Aaraariroo | Lullaby refrain (Aaraariroo) |
| Chorus | |
| Aaa…aaraari raaraariroo | Ah... lullaby refrain |
| Aaraari raaraariroo | Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo) |
| Aaraari raaraariroo | Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo) |
| Aaraariroo | Lullaby refrain (Aaraariroo) |
கண்ணே என் கண்ணழகே
கண்ணீரும் போதுமடி
பொன்னே அடி பொன்னழகே
முன்னேறும் நேரமடி
My dear, my beautiful-eyed one
Tears are enough now, my dear
My golden child, my beautiful golden one
It is time to move forward
நாம் கனா...ஆ....
நாம் கனா காண்பதும்
பாவமோ...
பாதைகள் மாறி தான்
போகுமோ…
Our dream...
Is it a sin for us to dream?
Will our paths change and drift away?
வஞ்சமில்லா
சோலை ஒன்று
பாலை போல் ஆகுதே
அந்தம் எல்லாம்
அன்பு கொண்டு
வாழும் நாம் கண்களே
A garden free of deceit
Is turning into a desert
Holding love till the very end
Our eyes continue to live
ஆராரி ராராரிரோ
ஆராரி ராராரிரோ
ஆராரி ராராரிரோ
ஆராரிரோ
Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo)
Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo)
Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo)
Lullaby refrain (Aaraariroo)
ஆ....ஆராரி ராராரிரோ
ஆராரி ராராரிரோ
ஆராரி ராராரிரோ
ஆராரிரோ
Ah... lullaby refrain
Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo)
Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo)
Lullaby refrain (Aaraariroo)
ஓ...ஓ.....ஓ...ஓ..
ஓ.....ஓ...ஓ....
அம்பாரி ஊஞ்சலில்
என்னோடு ஆடியே
என் ஆசை உன் சுவாசம்
என்றானாதே...
ஆ....ஆ....
Vocalizations (Ooo...)
Vocalizations (Oooo...)
In a royal elephant swing
Swinging along with me
My desire became your breath
It became so...
Vocalizations (Aaaa...)
செல்லாத தூரங்கள்
ம்ம்...
சென்றாக வேண்டுமே
உன் ஆசை
வெல்லாமல் தூங்காதே
Unreached distances
Humming (Hmmmm)
We must travel across
Do not sleep without achieving your desire
நாம் வானம் மீதிலே
கண்ணீரின் மேகமே
நாம் வழக்கை தேடியே
வீழ்கின்ற நேரமே
Above our sky
A cloud made of tears
In search of our life
It is the time of falling down
வஞ்சமில்லா
சோலை ஒன்று
பாலை போல் ஆகுதே
அந்தம் எல்லாம்
அன்பு கொண்டு
வாழும் நாம் கண்களே
A garden free of deceit
Is turning into a desert
Holding love till the very end
Our eyes continue to live
நாம் கனா
நாம் கனா காண்பதும்
பாவமோ
பாதைகள் மாறி தான்
போகுமோ…
Our dream
Is it a sin to dream?
Will our paths change
And drift away?
ஆராரி ராராரிரோ
ஆராரி ராராரிரோ
ஆராரி ராராரிரோ
ஆராரிரோ
Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo)
Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo)
Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo)
Lullaby refrain (Aaraariroo)
ஆ....ஆராரி ராராரிரோ
ஆராரி ராராரிரோ
ஆராரி ராராரிரோ
ஆராரிரோ
Ah... lullaby refrain
Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo)
Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo)
Lullaby refrain (Aaraariroo)
Kannae en kannazhagae
My dear, my beautiful-eyed one
Kanneerum pothumadi
Tears are enough now, my dear
Ponnae adi ponnazhagae
My golden child, my beautiful golden one
Munnerum neramadi
It is time to move forward
Naam kanaa…..aa…..
Our dream...
Naam kanaa kaanbathum paavamo
Is it a sin for us to dream?
Padhaigal maari thaan pogumo…
Will our paths change and drift away?
Vanjamillaa solai ondru
A garden free of deceit
Paalai pol aguthu
Is turning into a desert
Antham ellam anbu kondu
Holding love till the very end
Vaazhum nam kangalae
Our eyes continue to live
Aaraari raaraariroo
Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo)
Aaraari raaraariroo
Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo)
Aaraari raaraariroo
Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo)
Aaraariroo
Lullaby refrain (Aaraariroo)
Aaa…aaraari raaraariroo
Ah... lullaby refrain
Aaraari raaraariroo
Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo)
Aaraari raaraariroo
Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo)
Aaraariroo
Lullaby refrain (Aaraariroo)
Ooo….ooo…ooo…ooo…..oo…
Vocalizations (Ooo...)
Oooo…ooo….ooo…
Vocalizations (Oooo...)
Ambaari oonjalil
In a royal elephant swing
Ennodu aadiyae
Swinging along with me
En aasai un swasam
My desire became your breath
Endranaathae….
It became so...
Female :Aaaa….aaa….
Vocalizations (Aaaa...)
Sellatha thoorangal
Unreached distances
Female :Hmmmm
Humming (Hmmmm)
Male :Sendraaga vendumae
We must travel across
Un aasai vellaamal thoongathae
Do not sleep without achieving your desire
Naam vaanam meethilae
Above our sky
Kanneerin megamae
A cloud made of tears
Naam vaazhkai thediyae
In search of our life
Vizhgindra neramae
It is the time of falling down
Vanjamillaa solai ondru
A garden free of deceit
Paalai pol aguthu
Is turning into a desert
Antham ellam anbu kondu
Holding love till the very end
Vaazhum nam kangalae
Our eyes continue to live
Naam kanaa
Our dream
Kanbathum paavamo
Is it a sin to dream?
Pathaigal maari thaan
Will our paths change
Pogumo…
And drift away?
Aaraari raaraariroo
Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo)
Aaraari raaraariroo
Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo)
Aaraari raaraariroo
Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo)
Aaraariroo
Lullaby refrain (Aaraariroo)
Aaa…aaraari raaraariroo
Ah... lullaby refrain
Aaraari raaraariroo
Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo)
Aaraari raaraariroo
Lullaby refrain (Aaraari raaraariroo)
Aaraariroo
Lullaby refrain (Aaraariroo)
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Naam Kanaa from the sports-drama film Kanaa (2018) serves as an emotional heart of the story, reflecting the tender yet resilient relationship between a loving father and his aspiring daughter. Set against the backdrop of hardship and ambition, the lyrics evoke a sense of deep paternal affection mixed with poignant existential questioning about dreams, struggle, and destiny. The song uses classical lullaby motifs (Aaraariroo) to comfort the child while simultaneously urging her to stay strong, overcome tears, and keep marching toward her goal until her desires are realized, despite life turning harsh like a desert.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Contrast (Muran / முரண்)
“Vanjamillaa solai ondru / Paalai pol aguthu”
Juxtaposition of 'Solai' (a fertile garden) and 'Paalai' (a barren desert) to highlight how circumstances transformed from peaceful to harsh.
Monai (Initial Rhyme / மோனை)
“Kannae en kannazhagae”
Repetition of the initial letter 'Ka' (க) across words in the line for musical harmony.
Edhugai (Second Letter Rhyme / எதுகை)
“Kannae en kannazhagae ... Ponnae adi ponnazhagae”
Matching of the second consonant sound 'nn' (ன்) in 'Kannae' and 'Ponnae'.
Metaphor (Uruvagam / உருவகம்)
“Naam vaanam meethilae / Kanneerin megamae”
Describing sorrowful tears metaphorically as rain clouds in the sky ('Kanneerin megamae').
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Trivia
Kanaa (2018) was directed by lyricist-turned-filmmaker Arunraja Kamaraj and produced by Sivakarthikeyan. The film's soundtrack was composed by Dhibu Ninan Thomas. This song emphasizes the emotional core of the film between the daughter who dreams of becoming an international cricketer (played by Aishwarya Rajesh) and her supportive farmer father (played by Sathyaraj).
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