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Kanni Tamil Manam

From Adutha Veettu Penn · 1960

Lyricist
Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
Singers
P. Susheela, Chorus
Music director
P. Adinarayana Rao
Movie name
Adutha Veettu Penn
Movie release year
1960
Lyrics added on
3 Mar 2025

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
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Hoi kanni tamil manam veesuthadi
Kaaviya thendraludan pesudhadi
Chorus :Hoi kanni tamil manam veesuthadi
Kaaviya thendraludan pesudhadi
Kaavilae poovilae kaanum inbam paaraai
Vaazhvinilae konjidum vandugalum joraai
Chorus :Ohho vandugalum joraai
……………….
Kaavilae poovilae kaanum inbam paaraai
Vaazhvinilae konjidum vandugalum joraai
Chorus :Ohho vandugalum joraai
……………….
Kaavilae poovilae kaanum inbam paaraai
Vaazhvinilae konjidum vandugalum joraai
Chorus :Ohho vandugalum joraai
Alai mothuthae nilai maaruthae
Aanantha solai idhuvey
……………….
Hoi kanni tamil manam veesuthadi
Kaaviya thendraludan pesudhadi
Solaik kuyil maalaiyilae
Innisaiyum paada
Neelamayil aavaludan thogai viriththaada
Chorus :Ohho thogai viriththaada
……………….
Pullimaangal angumingum
Thulli thulli oda
Pongum kadhiravan thanga thagidaai
Poovaaram pol sooda
Chorus :Ohho poovaaram pol sooda
Alai mothuthae nilai maaruthae
Anantha solai idhuve
Kanni tamil manam veesuthadi
Kaaviya thendraludan pesudhadi
Vattam podum sittukkalaai
Vaanagaththil naamae
Pattam pola vegamaai paranthu selvomae
Chorus :Paranthu selvomae
………………
Istam pola ulaasamaai
Odiyaaduvom
Innal theera naam inba kaanam paaduvomae
Chorus :Inba kaanam paaduvomae
Alai mothuthae nilai maaruthae
Anantha solai idhuve
Kanni tamil manam veesuthadi
Kaaviya thendraludan pesudhadi
………………..
[Music]
Hey, the fragrance of pure Tamil wafts in the air,
And speaks with the poetic breeze.
Chorus: Hey, the fragrance of pure Tamil wafts in the air,
And speaks with the poetic breeze.
Look at the bliss found in the groves and blossoms,
And the bees cooing merrily in their lives!
Chorus: Oh, the bees cooing merrily!
[Music]
Look at the bliss found in the groves and blossoms,
And the bees cooing merrily in their lives!
Chorus: Oh, the bees cooing merrily!
[Music]
Look at the bliss found in the groves and blossoms,
And the bees cooing merrily in their lives!
Chorus: Oh, the bees cooing merrily!
Waves swell and the spirit transforms,
This is truly a garden of bliss!
[Music]
Hey, the fragrance of pure Tamil wafts in the air,
And speaks with the poetic breeze.
As the cuckoo of the grove in the evening
Sings sweet melodies,
The blue peacock eagerly fans its feathers to dance.
Chorus: Oh, fans its feathers to dance!
[Music]
As spotted deer here and there
Go leaping and bounding along,
The glowing sun shines like a golden plaque,
To wear like a garland of flowers.
Chorus: Oh, to wear like a garland of flowers!
Waves swell and the spirit transforms,
This is truly a garden of bliss!
The fragrance of pure Tamil wafts in the air,
And speaks with the poetic breeze.
Like sparrows circling about
Up in the heavens,
We shall fly as fast as kites!
Chorus: We shall fly away!
[Music]
Joyfully, just as our hearts desire,
We will run and play!
To banish sorrow, let us sing a song of bliss!
Chorus: Let us sing a song of bliss!
Waves swell and the spirit transforms,
This is truly a garden of bliss!
The fragrance of pure Tamil wafts in the air,
And speaks with the poetic breeze.
[Music]
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Kanni Tamil Manam Veesuthadi is a blissful, nature-celebrating song from the 1960 Tamil romantic comedy film Adutha Veettu Penn. The lyrics equate the sweet, pure essence of the Tamil language with a scented poetic breeze. The song paints a picturesque scene of an idyllic garden filled with hums of bees, dancing peacocks, leaping deer, and singing cuckoos, representing complete happiness and peace.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Personification / Uruvagam

“Hoi kanni tamil manam veesuthadi / Kaaviya thendraludan pesudhadi”

Pristine Tamil is personified as exhaling a sweet fragrance and engaging in conversation with the breeze.

Simile / Uvamai

“Pongum kadhiravan thanga thagidaai / Poovaaram pol sooda”

The bright morning sun is compared to a sheet of gold and a golden flower garland crowning nature.

Simile / Uvamai

“Vattam podum sittukkalaai... Pattam pola vegamaai paranthu selvomae”

The singers compare their carefree movement in the sky to circling sparrows and soaring kites.

Repetition / Anaphora (Adukku Thodar)

“Thulli thulli oda”

The rhythmic repetition of words like 'thulli thulli' conveys the lively, bouncing movement of deer.

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Trivia

Adutha Veettu Penn (1960) was a popular Tamil comedy film directed by Vedantam Raghavaiah, starring Anjali Devi and T. R. Ramachandran. The film was an adaptation of the Bengali story Pasher Bari (which also inspired the Hindi classic Padosan). The song features iconic music composed by P. Adinarayana Rao with sweet, evocative lyrics written by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass.

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