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Kannukul Yedho

From Thiruvilayadal Aarambam · 2006

Lyricist
Na. Muthu Kumar
Singers
Vijay Yesudas, Rita
Music director
D. Imman
Movie name
Thiruvilayadal Aarambam
Movie release year
2006
Lyrics added on
11 Jun 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kannukul yetho
Kannukul yetho
Kanavugal thatti thatti thirakirathae
Nenjukul yetho
Nenjukul yetho
Kaaladi satham ondru ketkiradhae
Un uyir vandhu
Endhan uyir thottathu
En ulagamae unnaal
Maarivittadhu
Female :Kannae sol ithu than
Kaadhal enbatha
Kannukul yetho
Kannukul yetho
Kanavugal thatti thatti thirakirathae
Aaa….aaa…aaa….aaa….
Kaadhal vanthu kedutha pinn
Kavidhaigal padikiren
Female :Thozhigalai thavirkiren
Unnai thedi varugiren
Thaai thanthai irunthum yen
Thanimayil thavikiren
Sondhamai nee vaa pizhaikiren
Female :Endhan veetu sondham endru
Netru varai ninaithaval
Un veetil kudivara ninaikiren
Unnai kaadhalitha kanamae
Unakkul vanthen
Kannukul yetho
Kannukul yetho
Kanavugal thatti thatti thirakirathae
Aaa…aaa…aaa….aa…..
Kanavilae neeyum vanthaal
Pugaippadam edukiren
Female :Kanavugal ingu illai
Kann vizhithu ninaikiren
Pennae naano unnai endrum
Marapathu illaiyadi
Maranthaal thanae ninaithida
Female :Anbae naano irukayil
Undhan swasam theendatum
Udanae naanum piranthida
Unmai kaadhalil
Saadhal illayadi
Kannukul yetho
Kannukul yetho
Kanavugal thatti thatti thirakirathae
Female :Nenjukul yetho
Nenjukul yetho
Kaaladi satham ondru ketkiradhae
Un uyir vandhu
Endhan uyir thottathu
En ulagamae unnaal
Maarivittadhu
Female :Kannae sol ithu than
Kaadhal enbatha
Hmm…mm…mm…mmm…
Haaa…aaa….aaa….aaa….
Female :Hmm…mm…mm…mmm…
Hmm…mm…mm…mmm…
Something in my eyes...
Something in my eyes...
Dreams keep knocking and opening up.
Something in my heart...
Something in my heart...
The sound of footsteps is heard.
Your soul came
and touched my soul.
Because of you, my whole world
has changed completely.
Female: Tell me, my love, is this
what is called love?
Something in my eyes...
Something in my eyes...
Dreams keep knocking and opening up.
Aa... aa... aa... aa...
Ever since love took over me,
I find myself reading poetry.
Female: I avoid my friends,
and come looking for you.
Even with parents around, why
do I struggle in loneliness?
Come be mine, and I will survive.
Female: Having thought until yesterday
that my home was my only belonging,
I now want to move into your house.
The very moment I loved you,
I became a part of you.
Something in my eyes...
Something in my eyes...
Dreams keep knocking and opening up.
Aa... aa... aa... aa...
Whenever you appear in my dream,
I take a photograph of you.
Female: There are no dreams here,
I think of you with wide-awake eyes.
Girl, I never
forget you at all;
only if I forgot could I think of you again!
Female: My love, when I pass away,
let your breath touch me,
so that I am instantly reborn.
In true love,
there is no death, my girl.
Something in my eyes...
Something in my eyes...
Dreams keep knocking and opening up.
Female: Something in my heart...
Something in my heart...
The sound of footsteps is heard.
Your soul came
and touched my soul.
Because of you, my whole world
has changed completely.
Female: Tell me, my love, is this
what is called love?
Hmmm... mm... mm... mmm...
Haaa... aa... aa... aa...
Female: Hmmm... mm... mm... mmm...
Hmmm... mm... mm... mmm...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Kannukul Yetho from Thiruvilayadal Aarambam (2006) is a tender romantic duet expressing the deep emotional awakening brought by love. The protagonists sing about how love feels like dreams knocking open their eyes and footsteps resonating inside their hearts, transforming their world completely. The lyrics capture the longing to abandon solitude, leave behind past identities, and build a unified future together.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Personification

Kanavugal thatti thatti thirakirathae

Dreams are given human attributes of knocking on doors ('thatti thatti thirakirathae') to open up the vision of love.

Metaphor

Nenjukul yetho... Kaaladi satham ondru ketkiradhae

The inner sensation of falling in love and feeling a heart rhythm is metaphorically described as hearing footsteps inside the chest.

Paradox

Maranthaal thanae ninaithida

The male lead expresses that he can only 'remember' her if he ever 'forgot' her, emphasizing that she is constantly in his mind.

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Trivia

The track 'Kannukul Yetho' was composed by D. Imman for the hit Dhanush and Shriya Saran starrer 'Thiruvilayadal Aarambam' (2006). Sung by Vijay Yesudas and Rita with lyrics by Na. Muthu Kumar, the song remains one of the iconic romantic melodies in D. Imman's early career.

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