Kannil Mazhai
From Kannil Mazhai Song · 2018
- Lyricist
- Subu
- Singers
- Sid Sriram, Jananie SV
- Music director
- B Prasanna
- Details
- Kannil Mazhai Song2018
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Kannil mazhai | Rain in the eyes |
| Nenjil idi | Thunder in the heart |
| Minnal yezha…aaa | Lightning arises... |
| Angum ingum namm | Here and there, our |
| Ninaivugal vanthaduthae | Memories come dancing |
| Male | |
| Kannadi mel | Upon the glass |
| Kal veesinom | We threw a stone |
| Kaalai kerrum orr | A tiny particle that tears the morning light |
| Thugal athu namm kaadhal | That particle, our love |
| Endranathae ennanatho | What became of it, what happened? |
| Male | |
| Poiyanathae | It became a lie |
| Chorus :Poiyanathae | Chorus: It became a lie |
| Male :Meiyanathaal | Male: Because it became truth |
| Chorus :Meiyanathaal | Chorus: Because it became truth |
| Male :Meiyanathae kaadhalai maithatho | Male: Did the truth destroy love? |
| Male | |
| Thaa nee pazham | Give me the fruit |
| Chorus :Thaa nee pazham | Chorus: Give me the fruit |
| Male :Thaeneer karai | Male: Tea stain |
| Chorus :Thaeneer karai | Chorus: Tea stain |
| Male :Naam natkalil chinnamai neeluthae | Male: Lingers as a mark of our days |
| Innum neela neela kaayam aarumo | Will this long, deep blue wound ever heal? |
| Male | |
| Kannil mazhai | Rain in the eyes |
| Nenjil idi | Thunder in the heart |
| Minnal yezha | Lightning arises |
| Male | |
| Kaalam neram | Time and moment |
| Eeram yethum | And all the moisture |
| Poothathu annaalilae | Bloomed back in those days |
| Female | |
| Eyyy…eyyyy | Hey... heyyy |
| Meendum antha | To ask for those days |
| Naatkal ketka | Once again, life is not a friend |
| Vazhkai nanban illai | Oh path / Oh pain... |
| Vazhiyae… | Oh light... |
| Oliyae…ae…. | Oh path / Oh pain... |
| Female | |
| Vazhiyae… | Male: Even through pain, that |
| Male :Vazhiyinum antha | Death does not sketch it out |
| Maranam varaiyathae | Female: Oh light... |
| Female :Oliyae… | Male: Oh light, as the shadow of light |
| Male :Oliyae oliyin nizhalalae | Where is the place it shines / hides? |
| Oligira idam yetho | Upon the glass |
| Female | |
| Kannadi mel | We threw a stone |
| Kal veesinom | Did it shatter into pieces? |
| Thundanatho | Did what was real |
| Male | |
| Meiyanathae | Become a lie? |
| Poiyanatho | As paintbrushes added color |
| Thoorigaigal saayam seiya | Did it turn into a wound? |
| Kaayam aanatho | Like a puppet dancing on a string |
| Noolil aadum bommaiyaga | Does love now swing back and forth? |
| Kaadhal indru oosal aadutho | Rain in the eyes |
| Female | |
| Kannil mazhai | Thunder in the heart |
| Nenjil idi | Lightning arises |
| Minnal yezha | Male & Female: Here and there, our |
| Male & Female :Angum ingum namm | Memories come dancing and running |
| Ninaivugal vanthaduthae oduthae | What to do... oh |
| En seivatho…oo | Hey heyyy... heyy heyy |
| Chorus | |
| Hey heyyy…heyy heyy | Flaw... |
| Male | |
| Kuraiye… | Hey heyyy... |
| Hey heyyy… | Flaw |
| Kuraiyae | Female: Beauty of flaw |
| Female :Kuraiyin azhagae | Do not dissolve into the shore |
| Karaiyai karaiyathae | Disappear / Mystery... |
| Male | |
| Maraiyae… | Female: Disappear, mistake of the rain |
| Female :Maraiyae mazhaiyin pizhaiyae | Even in forgetting, was it forgotten? |
| Maranthum marantho | Hey heyyy... heyy heyyy |
| Chorus | |
| Hey heyyy… heyy heyyy | Heyyyyyyy... |
| Heyyyyyyy……………… | |
கண்ணில் மழை
நெஞ்சில் இடி மின்னல்
எழ அங்கும் இங்கும் நம்
நினைவுகள் வந்தாடுதே
Rain in the eyes
Thunder in the heart
Lightning arises...
Here and there, our
Memories come dancing
கண்ணாடி மேல்
கல் வீசினோம் காலை
கீறும் ஓர் துகள் அது நம்
காதல் என்றானதே
என்னானதோ
Upon the glass
We threw a stone
A tiny particle that tears the morning light
That particle, our love
What became of it, what happened?
பொய்யானதோ
குழு :
பொய்யானதோ
மெய்யானதால்
குழு :
மெய்யானதால்
ஆண்
: மெய்யானதே
காதலை மாய்த்ததோ
It became a lie
Chorus: It became a lie
Male: Because it became truth
Chorus: Because it became truth
Male: Did the truth destroy love?
தா நீ பழம்
குழு :
தா நீ பழம்
தேநீர் கரை
குழு :
தேநீர் கரை
நம் நாட்களில்
சின்னமாய் நீளுதே
இன்னும் நீள நீள
காயம் ஆறுமோ
Give me the fruit
Chorus: Give me the fruit
Male: Tea stain
Chorus: Tea stain
Male: Lingers as a mark of our days
Will this long, deep blue wound ever heal?
கண்ணில்
மழை நெஞ்சில் இடி
மின்னல் எழ
Rain in the eyes
Thunder in the heart
Lightning arises
காலம் நேரம்
ஈரம் ஏதும் போதாது
அந்நாளிலே
Time and moment
And all the moisture
Bloomed back in those days
ஏ...... ஏ...... மீண்டும்
அந்த நாட்கள் கேட்க
வாழ்க்கை நண்பன்
இல்லை வழியே ஒளியே
Hey... heyyy
To ask for those days
Once again, life is not a friend
Oh path / Oh pain...
Oh light...
Oh path / Oh pain...
வழியே
வலியினும்
அந்த மரணம்
வரையாதே
ஒளியே
ஒளியே
ஒளியின் நிழலாலே
ஒளிகிற இடம் ஏதோ
Male: Even through pain, that
Death does not sketch it out
Female: Oh light...
Male: Oh light, as the shadow of light
Where is the place it shines / hides?
Upon the glass
கண்ணாடி
மேல் கல் வீசினோம்
துண்டானதோ
We threw a stone
Did it shatter into pieces?
Did what was real
மெய்யானதே
பொய்யானதோ
தூரிகைகள் சாயம்
செய்ய காயம் ஆனதோ
நூலில் ஆடும்
பொம்மையாக காதல்
இன்று ஊசல் ஆடுதோ
Become a lie?
As paintbrushes added color
Did it turn into a wound?
Like a puppet dancing on a string
Does love now swing back and forth?
Rain in the eyes
கண்ணில்
மழை நெஞ்சில்
இடி மின்னல் எழ
ஆண் & பெண் :
அங்கும்
இங்கும் நம் நினைவுகள்
வந்தாடுதே ஓடுதே என்
செய்வதோ
Thunder in the heart
Lightning arises
Male & Female: Here and there, our
Memories come dancing and running
What to do... oh
Hey heyyy... heyy heyy
ஹே ஹே
ஹே ஹே
Flaw...
குறையே
ஹே ஹே குறையே
குறையின்
அழகே கரையை
கரையாதே
Hey heyyy...
Flaw
Female: Beauty of flaw
Do not dissolve into the shore
Disappear / Mystery...
மறையே
மறையே
மழையின் பிழையே
மறந்தும் மறந்ததோ
Female: Disappear, mistake of the rain
Even in forgetting, was it forgotten?
Hey heyyy... heyy heyyy
ஆண் & பெண் :
கண்ணில்
மழை நெஞ்சில் இடி
மின்னல் எழ
Heyyyyyyy...
ஹே ஹே
ஹே ஹே ஹே
Kannil mazhai
Rain in the eyes
Nenjil idi
Thunder in the heart
Minnal yezha…aaa
Lightning arises...
Angum ingum namm
Here and there, our
Ninaivugal vanthaduthae
Memories come dancing
Kannadi mel
Upon the glass
Kal veesinom
We threw a stone
Kaalai kerrum orr
A tiny particle that tears the morning light
Thugal athu namm kaadhal
That particle, our love
Endranathae ennanatho
What became of it, what happened?
Poiyanathae
It became a lie
Chorus :Poiyanathae
Chorus: It became a lie
Male :Meiyanathaal
Male: Because it became truth
Chorus :Meiyanathaal
Chorus: Because it became truth
Male :Meiyanathae kaadhalai maithatho
Male: Did the truth destroy love?
Thaa nee pazham
Give me the fruit
Chorus :Thaa nee pazham
Chorus: Give me the fruit
Male :Thaeneer karai
Male: Tea stain
Chorus :Thaeneer karai
Chorus: Tea stain
Male :Naam natkalil chinnamai neeluthae
Male: Lingers as a mark of our days
Innum neela neela kaayam aarumo
Will this long, deep blue wound ever heal?
Kannil mazhai
Rain in the eyes
Nenjil idi
Thunder in the heart
Minnal yezha
Lightning arises
Kaalam neram
Time and moment
Eeram yethum
And all the moisture
Poothathu annaalilae
Bloomed back in those days
Eyyy…eyyyy
Hey... heyyy
Meendum antha
To ask for those days
Naatkal ketka
Once again, life is not a friend
Vazhkai nanban illai
Oh path / Oh pain...
Vazhiyae…
Oh light...
Oliyae…ae….
Oh path / Oh pain...
Vazhiyae…
Male: Even through pain, that
Male :Vazhiyinum antha
Death does not sketch it out
Maranam varaiyathae
Female: Oh light...
Female :Oliyae…
Male: Oh light, as the shadow of light
Male :Oliyae oliyin nizhalalae
Where is the place it shines / hides?
Oligira idam yetho
Upon the glass
Kannadi mel
We threw a stone
Kal veesinom
Did it shatter into pieces?
Thundanatho
Did what was real
Meiyanathae
Become a lie?
Poiyanatho
As paintbrushes added color
Thoorigaigal saayam seiya
Did it turn into a wound?
Kaayam aanatho
Like a puppet dancing on a string
Noolil aadum bommaiyaga
Does love now swing back and forth?
Kaadhal indru oosal aadutho
Rain in the eyes
Kannil mazhai
Thunder in the heart
Nenjil idi
Lightning arises
Minnal yezha
Male & Female: Here and there, our
Male & Female :Angum ingum namm
Memories come dancing and running
Ninaivugal vanthaduthae oduthae
What to do... oh
En seivatho…oo
Hey heyyy... heyy heyy
Hey heyyy…heyy heyy
Flaw...
Kuraiye…
Hey heyyy...
Hey heyyy…
Flaw
Kuraiyae
Female: Beauty of flaw
Female :Kuraiyin azhagae
Do not dissolve into the shore
Karaiyai karaiyathae
Disappear / Mystery...
Maraiyae…
Female: Disappear, mistake of the rain
Female :Maraiyae mazhaiyin pizhaiyae
Even in forgetting, was it forgotten?
Maranthum marantho
Hey heyyy... heyy heyyy
Hey heyyy… heyy heyyy
Heyyyyyyy...
Heyyyyyyy………………
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
The song 'Kannil Mazhai' captures the overwhelming grief, heartache, and existential turmoil of a broken love affair. Through evocative imagery of storm elements—rain in the eyes symbolizing tears, thunder in the heart representing shock and pain, and lightning signifying sudden emotional strikes—the song expresses the chaotic rush of past memories. The lovers reflect on how fragile their relationship was, comparing it to glass shattered by a thrown stone or a delicate puppet swinging helplessly on a string.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Kannil mazhai / Nenjil idi”
Compares tears to rain in the eyes ('Kannil mazhai') and heartache to thunder ('Nenjil idi').
Contrast / Antonymy (Ethirsol)
“Male :Meiyanathae kaadhalai maithatho”
Juxtaposes truth ('Mei') and lie ('Poi') to show the irony of how truth ended up destroying love.
Simile (Upamanat)
“Noolil aadum bommaiyaga / Kaadhal indru oosal aadutho”
Compares love to a puppet swaying precariously on a string.
Rhyme / Alliteration (Moonaai)
“Kannadi mel / Kal veesinom”
Repetition of the 'K' sound across lines ('Kannadi', 'Kal', 'Kaalai', 'Kaadhal').
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Trivia
Featured in the Tamil film 'Vanjagar Ulagam' (2018), this song stands out for its surreal and melancholic mood composed by Sam C.S. with lyrics by Subu. The intricate wordplay between 'Vazhi' (way/path) and 'Vali' (pain), along with 'Mei' (truth/body) and 'Poi' (lie), displays classical Tamil literary tropes adapted to modern noir film music.
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