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Lyrics & meaning

Kanni Vannam

From Auto Raja · 1982

Lyricist
Pulamaipithan
Singers
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam
Music director
Shankar Ganesh
Movie name
Auto Raja
Movie release year
1982
Lyrics added on
18 Dec 2020

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kanni vannam rojaa poo
Kangal rendum oodhaa poo
Kanni vannam rojaa poo
Kangal rendum oodhaa poo
Malargal un vadivilae maanaadu koottumo
Aahaa… aa…
Thogai maeni koiyaa poo
Thotta kaigal thaazham poo
Thogai maeni koiyaa poo
Thotta kaigal thaazham poo
Thoduvadhil malar idhazh
Punnaaga vaendumo
Thogai maeni koiyaa poo
Thotta kaigal thaazham poo
Malar idhazh siru pani thuligal
Muthaaram thodukkindrana
Maiyal tharum kaigal
Maanikka kazhuthodu sootta
Malai aruvigal thannai
Kavi ezhudhi
Vaazhtthukkal isaikkindradhu
Vaazhtthum isaip paattum
Kalyaana thidunaalai kaatta
Manmadhanin ambugalai
Thaangaamal thoongaamal
Thallaadum kaalam idhu aa…
Kanni vannam rojaa poo
Kangal rendum oodhaa poo
Kanni vannam rojaa poo
Kangal rendum oodhaa poo
Thoduvadhil malar idhazh
Punnaaga vaendumo
Thogai maeni koiyaa poo
Thotta kaigal thaazham poo
Magavariyil endhan mugavarigal
Naan konjam varaindhaal enna
Maalai indha vaelai sandhikka
Kadidhangal theettum
Ilai maraivaai adhai yezhudhi vidu
Yaarukkum theriyaamalae
Neeyum madal podu
Naam koodum idam thannai kaettu
Thoorigaiyum kaarigaiyum
Poo maeni thaangaadhu
En kaiyil yennaavadhu aa…
Thogai maeni koiyaa poo
Thotta kaigal thaazham poo
Thogai maeni koiyaa poo
Thotta kaigal thaazham poo
Aa… malargal un vadivilae
Maanaadu koottumo
Male :{ Laala laala laalaalaa laala laala laalaalaa
Laala laala laalaalaa laala laala laalaalaa }
Female :{Lalalalaa lalalalaa laalaala laalalaa
Lalalalaa lalalalaa laalaala laalalaa }
Your youthful beauty is like a rose
Both your eyes are like purple blossoms
Your youthful beauty is like a rose
Both your eyes are like purple blossoms
Have all the flowers gathered to meet in your form?
Aaha... aa...
Your graceful body is like a guava blossom
The hands that touched it are like fragrant pandanus flowers
Your graceful body is like a guava blossom
The hands that touched it are like fragrant pandanus flowers
With just a touch, should flower petals
End up bruised and hurt?
Your graceful body is like a guava blossom
The hands that touched it are like fragrant pandanus flowers
Tiny dew drops on soft flower petals
Are stringing a necklace of pearls
For these longing hands
To drape around your ruby neck
The mountain waterfalls,
Composing poems of their own,
Sing out their blessings
And this blessing melody
Points toward our auspicious wedding day
Unable to bear the arrows of Manmathan (the god of love),
Staying awake without sleep,
This is the time we sway in love, ah...
Your youthful beauty is like a rose
Both your eyes are like purple blossoms
Your youthful beauty is like a rose
Both your eyes are like purple blossoms
With just a touch, should flower petals
End up bruised and hurt?
Your graceful body is like a guava blossom
The hands that touched it are like fragrant pandanus flowers
What if I trace my own address
Across the lines of a letter?
To meet together at this evening hour,
Let letters be written
Write it in secret, like hiding behind leaves,
Without anyone knowing
You send a letter too,
Asking for the spot where we can meet
Like a paintbrush on a lovely woman,
This flower-soft body cannot endure it,
What will happen in my hands? Ah...
Your graceful body is like a guava blossom
The hands that touched it are like fragrant pandanus flowers
Your graceful body is like a guava blossom
The hands that touched it are like fragrant pandanus flowers
Ah... have all the flowers in your form
Gathered for a grand assembly?
Male: { Lala lala lalala lala lala lalala
Lala lala lalala lala lala lalala }
Female: { Lalalala lalalala laalalaa laalla
Lalalala lalalala laalalaa laalla }
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Kanni Vannam Rojaa Poo from the 1982 film Auto Raja is a poetic romantic track filled with floral metaphors and sensual admiration. The song describes a young woman's beauty, comparing her eyes, skin, and presence to various fragrant blossoms such as roses, violet flowers, and screw-pine blooms. The lyrics imagine nature itself joining in their celebration, with waterfalls composing poems and dew drops stringing pearl necklaces for the lovers. As the song progresses, the dialogue between the lovers touches upon secret rendezvous, sending hidden letters, and the overwhelming sweet torture brought on by Cupid's arrows. It expresses the anticipation of marriage and the delicate excitement of physical intimacy, wrapped in Pulamaipithan's classic poetic Tamil phrasing.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uvamaani)

“Kanni vannam rojaa poo / Kangal rendum oodhaa poo”

Compares physical beauty directly to flowers: 'Kanni vannam' to 'rojaa poo' and 'Kangal rendum' to 'oodhaa poo'.

Personification (Tharkurippettradhi Ani)

“Malargal un vadivilae maanaadu koottumo”

Attributes human traits to nature, imagining flowers gathering for a conference and waterfalls writing poetry.

Assonance & Monai (Initial Rhyme)

“Thogai maeni koiyaa poo / Thotta kaigal thaazham poo”

Repetition of consonant sounds 'Th' in consecutive lines creating a soothing auditory rhythm ('Thogai', 'Thotta', 'Thoduvadhil').

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Trivia

The song is from the 1982 Tamil action-drama movie Auto Raja, starring Vijayakanth and Jaishankar. The film's musical score was composed by Shankar-Ganesh, featuring lyrics penned by renowned veteran lyricist Pulamaipithan.

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