Kannillaiyo Manamillaiyo
From Paasavalai · 1956
- Lyricist
- A. Maruthakasi
- Singer
- C. S. Jayaraman
- Music director
- Vishwanathan-Ramamoorthy
- Details
- Paasavalai1956
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Yaarukku theengu seidhen | Whom did I harm? |
| Yaar kudiyai keduthaen | Whose family did I ruin? |
| Yaar porulai abagarithaen | Whose property did I usurp? |
| Seerodu vaazhntha ennai | Me, who lived with prosperity and dignity, |
| Verrodu azhithathu yaen | Why did you destroy me from the roots? |
| Dheivamae idhu needhiyoo | Oh God, is this justice? |
| Male | |
| Kannillaiyoo manamillaiyoo | Do you not have eyes? Do you not have a heart? |
| Kannillaiyoo manamillaiyoo | Do you not have eyes? Do you not have a heart? |
| Kalangum en nilai maara vazhiillaiyo | Is there no way for my distressed condition to change? |
| Kalangum en nilai maara vazhiillaiyo | Is there no way for my distressed condition to change? |
| Karunai kadal enbathellam poiyoo | Is it all a lie that you are an ocean of mercy? |
| Kalangum en nilai maara vazhi illaiyoo | Is there no way for my distressed condition to change? |
| Male | |
| Kannillaiyoo manamillaiyoo | Do you not have eyes? Do you not have a heart? |
| Iraivaa kannillaiyoo manamillaiyoo | Oh Lord, do you not have eyes? Do you not have a heart? |
| Male | |
| {Ennamum kanavagi | My thoughts became mere dreams, |
| Idi minnal mazhaiyaagi | Becoming thunder, lightning, and heavy rain, |
| Kanngalum kanneer kadal aanadhae | My eyes became an ocean of tears, |
| Mangala vaazhvum pariponadhae} (2) | And my blessed life was completely lost. |
| Thuyar soozhndha | Surrounded by sorrow, |
| En vaazhvil puyal veesalaaamo | Should a storm blow into my life? |
| Uyirodu enai veithu vadhai seiyalaamo | Should you torture me while keeping me alive? |
| Male | |
| Kannillaiyoo manamillaiyoo | Do you not have eyes? Do you not have a heart? |
| Kalangum en nilai maara vazhi illaiyoo | Is there no way for my distressed condition to change? |
| Male | |
| Ennai padaithathum yen | Why did you create me? |
| Inbam koduthathum yen | Why did you give me happiness? |
| Ennai padaithathum yen | Why did you create me? |
| Inbam koduthathum yen | Why did you give me happiness? |
| Idhu pola paadhiyilae | Midway like this, |
| Thatti parithathum yen | Why did you snatch it away? |
| Idhu pola paadhiyilae | Midway like this, |
| Thatti parithathum yen | Why did you snatch it away? |
| Male | |
| Anbai valarthathum | Nurturing love, |
| Aasaiyai thanthaum yen | Why did you give desire? |
| Anbai valarthathum | Nurturing love, |
| Aasaiyai thanthaum yen | Why did you give desire? |
| Thunbamenum neruppaattril | Into the river of fire called suffering, |
| Enai thooki erinthathum yen | Why did you throw me in? |
| Thunbamenum neruppaattril | Into the river of fire called suffering, |
| Enai thooki erinthathum yen | Why did you throw me in? |
| Male | |
| Kannillaiyoo manamillaiyoo | Do you not have eyes? Do you not have a heart? |
| Kalangum en nilai maara vazhi illaiyoo | Is there no way for my distressed condition to change? |
| Male | |
| Seidha pizhai enna | What mistake did I commit? |
| Dhegam irundhenna | What is the use of having this body? |
| Uiyyum vazhi enna | What is the way to salvation? |
| Unadhu theerppenna | What is your ultimate judgment? |
யாருக்கு தீங்கு செய்தேன்
யார் குடியை கெடுத்தேன்
யார் பொருளை அபகரித்தேன்
சீரோடு வாழ்ந்த என்னை
வேரோடு அழித்தது ஏன்
தெய்வமே இது நீதியோ......
Whom did I harm?
Whose family did I ruin?
Whose property did I usurp?
Me, who lived with prosperity and dignity,
Why did you destroy me from the roots?
Oh God, is this justice?
கண்ணில்லையோ மனமில்லையோ
கண்ணில்லையோ மனமில்லையோ
கலங்கும் என் நிலை மாற வழியில்லையோ
கலங்கும் என் நிலை மாற வழியில்லையோ
கருணைக்கடல் என்பதெல்லாம் பொய்யோ
கலங்கும் என் நிலை மாற வழியில்லையோ
Do you not have eyes? Do you not have a heart?
Do you not have eyes? Do you not have a heart?
Is there no way for my distressed condition to change?
Is there no way for my distressed condition to change?
Is it all a lie that you are an ocean of mercy?
Is there no way for my distressed condition to change?
கண்ணில்லையோ மனமில்லையோ
இறைவா கண்ணில்லையோ மனமில்லையோ
Do you not have eyes? Do you not have a heart?
Oh Lord, do you not have eyes? Do you not have a heart?
{எண்ணமும் கனவாகி
இடி மின்னல் மழையாகி
கண்களும் கண்ணீர்க் கடலானதே
மங்கல வாழ்வும் பறிபோனதே} (2)
துயர் சூழ்ந்த
என் வாழ்வில் புயல் வீசலாமோ
உயிரோடு எனை வைத்து வதை செய்யலாமோ
My thoughts became mere dreams,
Becoming thunder, lightning, and heavy rain,
My eyes became an ocean of tears,
And my blessed life was completely lost.
Surrounded by sorrow,
Should a storm blow into my life?
Should you torture me while keeping me alive?
கண்ணில்லையோ மனமில்லையோ
கலங்கும் என் நிலை மாற வழியில்லையோ
Do you not have eyes? Do you not have a heart?
Is there no way for my distressed condition to change?
என்னைப் படைத்ததும் ஏன்
இன்பம் கொடுத்ததும் ஏன்
என்னைப் படைத்ததும் ஏன்
இன்பம் கொடுத்ததும் ஏன்
இது போல பாதியிலே
தட்டிப் பறித்ததும் ஏன்
இது போல பாதியிலே
தட்டிப் பறித்ததும் ஏன்
Why did you create me?
Why did you give me happiness?
Why did you create me?
Why did you give me happiness?
Midway like this,
Why did you snatch it away?
Midway like this,
Why did you snatch it away?
அன்பை வளர்த்ததும்
ஆசையை தந்ததும் ஏன்
அன்பை வளர்த்ததும்
ஆசையை தந்ததும் ஏன்
துன்பமெனும் நெருப்பாற்றில்
எனைத் தூக்கி எறிந்ததும் ஏன்
துன்பமெனும் நெருப்பாற்றில்
எனைத் தூக்கி எறிந்ததும் ஏன்
கண்ணில்லையோ மனமில்லையோ
கலங்கும் என் நிலை மாற வழியில்லையோ
Nurturing love,
Why did you give desire?
Nurturing love,
Why did you give desire?
Into the river of fire called suffering,
Why did you throw me in?
Into the river of fire called suffering,
Why did you throw me in?
செய்த பிழை என்ன
தேகம் இருந்தென்ன
உய்யும் வழி என்ன
உனது தீர்ப்பென்ன...
Do you not have eyes? Do you not have a heart?
Is there no way for my distressed condition to change?
What mistake did I commit?
What is the use of having this body?
What is the way to salvation?
What is your ultimate judgment?
Yaarukku theengu seidhen
Whom did I harm?
Yaar kudiyai keduthaen
Whose family did I ruin?
Yaar porulai abagarithaen
Whose property did I usurp?
Seerodu vaazhntha ennai
Me, who lived with prosperity and dignity,
Verrodu azhithathu yaen
Why did you destroy me from the roots?
Dheivamae idhu needhiyoo
Oh God, is this justice?
Kannillaiyoo manamillaiyoo
Do you not have eyes? Do you not have a heart?
Kannillaiyoo manamillaiyoo
Do you not have eyes? Do you not have a heart?
Kalangum en nilai maara vazhiillaiyo
Is there no way for my distressed condition to change?
Kalangum en nilai maara vazhiillaiyo
Is there no way for my distressed condition to change?
Karunai kadal enbathellam poiyoo
Is it all a lie that you are an ocean of mercy?
Kalangum en nilai maara vazhi illaiyoo
Is there no way for my distressed condition to change?
Kannillaiyoo manamillaiyoo
Do you not have eyes? Do you not have a heart?
Iraivaa kannillaiyoo manamillaiyoo
Oh Lord, do you not have eyes? Do you not have a heart?
{Ennamum kanavagi
My thoughts became mere dreams,
Idi minnal mazhaiyaagi
Becoming thunder, lightning, and heavy rain,
Kanngalum kanneer kadal aanadhae
My eyes became an ocean of tears,
Mangala vaazhvum pariponadhae} (2)
And my blessed life was completely lost.
Thuyar soozhndha
Surrounded by sorrow,
En vaazhvil puyal veesalaaamo
Should a storm blow into my life?
Uyirodu enai veithu vadhai seiyalaamo
Should you torture me while keeping me alive?
Kannillaiyoo manamillaiyoo
Do you not have eyes? Do you not have a heart?
Kalangum en nilai maara vazhi illaiyoo
Is there no way for my distressed condition to change?
Ennai padaithathum yen
Why did you create me?
Inbam koduthathum yen
Why did you give me happiness?
Ennai padaithathum yen
Why did you create me?
Inbam koduthathum yen
Why did you give me happiness?
Idhu pola paadhiyilae
Midway like this,
Thatti parithathum yen
Why did you snatch it away?
Idhu pola paadhiyilae
Midway like this,
Thatti parithathum yen
Why did you snatch it away?
Anbai valarthathum
Nurturing love,
Aasaiyai thanthaum yen
Why did you give desire?
Anbai valarthathum
Nurturing love,
Aasaiyai thanthaum yen
Why did you give desire?
Thunbamenum neruppaattril
Into the river of fire called suffering,
Enai thooki erinthathum yen
Why did you throw me in?
Thunbamenum neruppaattril
Into the river of fire called suffering,
Enai thooki erinthathum yen
Why did you throw me in?
Kannillaiyoo manamillaiyoo
Do you not have eyes? Do you not have a heart?
Kalangum en nilai maara vazhi illaiyoo
Is there no way for my distressed condition to change?
Seidha pizhai enna
What mistake did I commit?
Dhegam irundhenna
What is the use of having this body?
Uiyyum vazhi enna
What is the way to salvation?
Unadhu theerppenna
What is your ultimate judgment?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This soul-stirring song from Paasavalai (1956) is a desperate lament addressed directly to the Almighty. The speaker cries out against tragic misfortune, questioning why a person who lived righteously without harming anyone or stealing another's property should be uprooted and subjected to intolerable agony.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uruvam)
“Thunbamenum neruppaattril”
Suffering is vividly conceptualized as a river of fire ('Thunbamenum neruppaattril') and tears as an ocean ('Kanneer kadal').
Rhetorical Question (Vinaa)
“Kannillaiyoo manamillaiyoo”
Continuous questioning of God ('Kannillaiyoo manamillaiyoo') highlights total despair, moral indignation, and helpless helplessness.
Contrast (Muran)
“Seerodu vaazhntha ennai / Verrodu azhithathu yaen”
Juxtaposes prosperous rooted life ('Seerodu vaazhntha') with complete destruction ('Verrodu azhithathu').
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Trivia
Paasavalai (1956) featured music composed by the legendary Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy duo, with lyricist A. Maruthakasi penning evocative lines that captured tragic distress in early Tamil cinema.
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