Kannil Theriyum Vaanam
From Angadi Theru · 2010
- Lyricist
- Na. Muthu Kumar
- Singer
- G. V. Prakash Kumar
- Music director
- G. V. Prakash Kumar
- Details
- Angadi Theru2010
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Kannil theriyum vaanam | The sky that is visible to the eyes |
| Kaiyil varaatha..ohooo… | Does not reach our hands... ohooo... |
| Pullum pundum vaaazhum ulagam | In a world where even grass and weeds manage to survive |
| Ingu neeyum vaazha vazhi illaiya | Is there no way for you to live here? |
| Male | |
| Bhoomiyil yezhaigalin jananam | The birth of poor people on this earth |
| Adhu kadavul seitha pizhai illaiya | Is that not a mistake committed by God? |
| Idhu miga kodumai | This is immensely cruel |
| Ilamaiyil varumai | Poverty during youth |
| Male | |
| Pasi thaan miga periya mirugam | Hunger is indeed the biggest beast |
| Chorus :Adhai | Chorus : That |
| Male :Adakkida vazhigal ingillaiya | Male : Are there no ways to subdue it here? |
| Kanneer thuligalin aazham | The depth of teardrops |
| Chorus :Adhu | Chorus : That |
| Male :Kadalai vidavum perithillaiya | Male : Isn't it vast, even larger than the ocean? |
| Idhu marumaa..ohooo….ooooo | Will this ever change.. ohooo.... oooo |
| Chorus | |
| …………………………………. | |
| Male | |
| Ethaiyum virkkum endhira ulagam | A mechanical world that sells everything |
| Ellaam ingae undu | Everything exists here |
| Manithan mattum thedi paarthum | Yet even if you search for true humanity |
| Engum illai | It is nowhere to be found |
| Male | |
| Kannum kaadhum kaiyum kaalum | Without eyes, ears, hands, or legs |
| Illaa manithar undu | There are humans who exist |
| Vaayum vayirum illaa | Without a mouth and a stomach |
| Manithar eppavum illai | There is never a human being |
| Male | |
| :Manithan engum kannin vidhai | Human tear-seeds are everywhere |
| Allith thoova kann vendum | We need eyes of compassion to see and scatter hope |
| Varum kaalathil varumai illaa | In the coming future, a world without poverty |
| Ulagam vendum…ooooo…….. | Is what we need... ooooo.... |
| Male | |
| Pullum poondum vaazhum ulagam.. | In a world where grass and weeds manage to survive.. |
| Inge neeyum vaazha vazhi illaiya… | Is there no way for you to live here... |
| Bhoomiyil yezhaigalin jananam | The birth of poor people on this earth |
| Adhu kadavul seitha pizhai illaiya | Is that not a mistake committed by God? |
| Idhu miga kodumai | This is immensely cruel |
| Ilamaiyil varumai | Poverty during youth |
| Male | |
| Pasi thaan miga periya mirugam | Hunger is indeed the biggest beast |
| Chorus :Adhai | Chorus : That |
| Male :Adakkida vazhigal ingillaiya | Male : Are there no ways to subdue it here? |
| Kanneer thuligalin aazham | The depth of teardrops |
| Chorus :Adhu | Chorus : That |
| Male :Kadalai vidavum perithillaiya | Male : Isn't it vast, even larger than the ocean? |
| Idhu marumaa..ohooo….ooooo | Will this ever change.. ohooo.... oooo |
| Aaahaaa….aaaaa…..aaaaa….aaa… | Aaahaaa.... aaaaa..... aaaaa.... aaa... |
| Chorus | |
| …………………………………. | |
கண்ணில் தெரியும்
வானம் கையில் வராதா
ஓஹோ புல்லும் பூண்டும்
வாழும் உலகம் இங்கு நீயும்
வாழ வழி இல்லையா
The sky that is visible to the eyes
Does not reach our hands... ohooo...
In a world where even grass and weeds manage to survive
Is there no way for you to live here?
பூமியில் ஏழைகளின்
ஜனனம் அது கடவுள் செய்த
பிழை இல்லையா இது மிகக்
கொடுமை இளமையில் வறுமை
The birth of poor people on this earth
Is that not a mistake committed by God?
This is immensely cruel
Poverty during youth
பசி தான் மிகப்
பொிய மிருகம் குழு :
அதை
ஆண் : அடக்கிட வழிகள்
இங்கில்லையா கண்ணீர்
துளிகளின் ஆழம்
குழு :
அது
கடலை விடவும்
பெரிதில்லையா இது
மாறுமா ஓஹோ ஓ
Hunger is indeed the biggest beast
Chorus : That
Male : Are there no ways to subdue it here?
The depth of teardrops
Chorus : That
Male : Isn't it vast, even larger than the ocean?
Will this ever change.. ohooo.... oooo
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எதையும் விற்கும்
எந்திர உலகம் எல்லாம்
இங்கே உண்டு மனிதன்
மட்டும் தேடி பார்த்தும்
எங்கும் இல்லை
A mechanical world that sells everything
Everything exists here
Yet even if you search for true humanity
It is nowhere to be found
கண்ணும் காதும்
கையும் காலும் இல்லா
மனிதர் உண்டு வாயும்
வயிறும் இல்லா மனிதர்
எப்பவும் இல்லை
Without eyes, ears, hands, or legs
There are humans who exist
Without a mouth and a stomach
There is never a human being
மனிதன் எங்கும்
கண்ணின் விதை அள்ளித்
தூவ கண் வேண்டும் வரும்
காலத்தில் வறுமை இல்லை
உலகம் வேண்டும் ஓஓ
Human tear-seeds are everywhere
We need eyes of compassion to see and scatter hope
In the coming future, a world without poverty
Is what we need... ooooo....
புல்லும் பூண்டும்
வாழும் உலகம் இங்கு நீயும்
வாழ வழி இல்லையா
In a world where grass and weeds manage to survive..
Is there no way for you to live here...
The birth of poor people on this earth
Is that not a mistake committed by God?
This is immensely cruel
Poverty during youth
பூமியில் ஏழைகளின்
ஜனனம் அது கடவுள் செய்த
பிழை இல்லையா இது மிகக்
கொடுமை இளமையில் வறுமை
Hunger is indeed the biggest beast
Chorus : That
Male : Are there no ways to subdue it here?
The depth of teardrops
Chorus : That
Male : Isn't it vast, even larger than the ocean?
Will this ever change.. ohooo.... oooo
Aaahaaa.... aaaaa..... aaaaa.... aaa...
பசி தான் மிகப்
பொிய மிருகம் குழு :
அதை
அடக்கிட வழிகள்
இங்கில்லையா கண்ணீர்
துளிகளின் ஆழம்
குழு :
அது
கடலை விடவும்
பெரிதில்லையா இது
மாறுமா ஓஹோ ஓ
................................
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Kannil theriyum vaanam
The sky that is visible to the eyes
Kaiyil varaatha..ohooo…
Does not reach our hands... ohooo...
Pullum pundum vaaazhum ulagam
In a world where even grass and weeds manage to survive
Ingu neeyum vaazha vazhi illaiya
Is there no way for you to live here?
Bhoomiyil yezhaigalin jananam
The birth of poor people on this earth
Adhu kadavul seitha pizhai illaiya
Is that not a mistake committed by God?
Idhu miga kodumai
This is immensely cruel
Ilamaiyil varumai
Poverty during youth
Pasi thaan miga periya mirugam
Hunger is indeed the biggest beast
Chorus :Adhai
Chorus : That
Male :Adakkida vazhigal ingillaiya
Male : Are there no ways to subdue it here?
Kanneer thuligalin aazham
The depth of teardrops
Chorus :Adhu
Chorus : That
Male :Kadalai vidavum perithillaiya
Male : Isn't it vast, even larger than the ocean?
Idhu marumaa..ohooo….ooooo
Will this ever change.. ohooo.... oooo
………………………………….
Ethaiyum virkkum endhira ulagam
A mechanical world that sells everything
Ellaam ingae undu
Everything exists here
Manithan mattum thedi paarthum
Yet even if you search for true humanity
Engum illai
It is nowhere to be found
Kannum kaadhum kaiyum kaalum
Without eyes, ears, hands, or legs
Illaa manithar undu
There are humans who exist
Vaayum vayirum illaa
Without a mouth and a stomach
Manithar eppavum illai
There is never a human being
:Manithan engum kannin vidhai
Human tear-seeds are everywhere
Allith thoova kann vendum
We need eyes of compassion to see and scatter hope
Varum kaalathil varumai illaa
In the coming future, a world without poverty
Ulagam vendum…ooooo……..
Is what we need... ooooo....
Pullum poondum vaazhum ulagam..
In a world where grass and weeds manage to survive..
Inge neeyum vaazha vazhi illaiya…
Is there no way for you to live here...
Bhoomiyil yezhaigalin jananam
The birth of poor people on this earth
Adhu kadavul seitha pizhai illaiya
Is that not a mistake committed by God?
Idhu miga kodumai
This is immensely cruel
Ilamaiyil varumai
Poverty during youth
Pasi thaan miga periya mirugam
Hunger is indeed the biggest beast
Chorus :Adhai
Chorus : That
Male :Adakkida vazhigal ingillaiya
Male : Are there no ways to subdue it here?
Kanneer thuligalin aazham
The depth of teardrops
Chorus :Adhu
Chorus : That
Male :Kadalai vidavum perithillaiya
Male : Isn't it vast, even larger than the ocean?
Idhu marumaa..ohooo….ooooo
Will this ever change.. ohooo.... oooo
Aaahaaa….aaaaa…..aaaaa….aaa…
Aaahaaa.... aaaaa..... aaaaa.... aaa...
………………………………….
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
The song 'Kannil Theriyum Vaanam' from the movie Angadi Theru (2010) is a poignant lament on poverty, social inequality, and child labor. It portrays the painful reality of young workers who labor in commercial hubs, surrounded by material abundance yet denied basic human dignity and livelihood. The lyrics question divine justice, asking why God allows severe poverty in youth while even wild weeds find a place to survive. Na. Muthukumar's lyrics highlight how hunger acts as the most ruthless beast in human life and how a commercialized 'machine world' offers everything except empathy and humanity. The song ends on a hopeful note, calling for human compassion to build a future world devoid of poverty.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Pasi thaan miga periya mirugam”
Hunger is explicitly compared to a ferocious, uncontrollable beast ('mirugam').
Hyperbole
“Kanneer thuligalin aazham kadalai vidavum perithillaiya”
Exaggerates the depth of a poor person's tears as being vast and deeper than an entire ocean to emphasize grief.
Rhetorical Question
“Adhu kadavul seitha pizhai illaiya”
Asks whether poverty is a mistake made by God, not to get an answer, but to provoke deep moral reflection.
Edhukai (Second letter rhyming in Tamil)
“Adakkida vazhigal ingillaiya / Kadalai vidavum perithillaiya”
Rhyming of the second letter 'da' in 'Adakkida' and 'Kadalai' across lines.
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Trivia
Angadi Theru (2010), directed by Vasanthabalan, realisticly depicted the harsh living conditions of textile shop workers on Ranganathan Street, Chennai. The film's musical score was composed jointly by Vijay Antony and G. V. Prakash Kumar; this specific emotional track was composed by Vijay Antony with lyrics written by Na. Muthukumar.
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