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Kannum Kannum

From Thookudurai · 2023

Lyricist
Eshwar
Singer
Manoj K S
Music director
Manoj K S
Movie name
Thookudurai
Movie release year
2023
Lyrics added on
25 Nov 2023

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kannum kannum paathu
Azhagaaga pesudhu
Ekku thappu vayasu ennavadhu…?
Mottu onnu poothu
Medhuvaaga poguthu
Makku paya manasu ennavadhu…?
Paathalum paakamale
Kettalum kekkamale
Nadapodum sengaandhale
Unapapen ariyaama
Azhagae nee thirugaani
Thola pottu padhichendi
Kanavllam neethaandi
Nejamellam thavichendi
Kannum kannum paathu
Azhagaaga pesudhu
Ekku thappu vayasu ennavadhu…?
Mottu onnu poothu
Medhuvaaga poguthu
Makku paya manasu ennavadhu…?
Thoral podum vaanam thaana
Mazha megam pola neeyum naana
Vaazha pogum kaalamellam
Irupomey serithaaana
Kaadhal seiyyum maayam thaana
Un thedi thedi paakuren naan
Jodi serum naalaiyennai
Puriyaama alanjen naan
Thaer onnu kootathula nadakudhu
Maan onnu mandhaiyila muzhikudhu
Thirai ellam ava mogamey theriyudhu
Ulagam puriyudhu…
Neraaga ava vandha
Manasellam thaaladhu
Yedhunu edhuvunu
Sollama kollama thindaadudhu
Paathalum paakamale
Kettalum kekkamale
Kannum kannum paathu
Azhagaaga pesudhu
Ekku thappu vayasu ennavadhu…?
Mottu onnu poothu
Medhuvaaga poguthu
Makku paya manasu ennavadhu…?
Paathalum paakamale
Kettalum kekkamale
Nadapodum sengaandhale
Unapapen ariyaama
Azhagae nee thirugaani
Thola pottu padhichendi
Kanavllam neethaandi
Nejamellam thavichendi
Our eyes meet
and speak so beautifully.
What will become of this reckless youth?
A flower bud has bloomed
and gently sways along.
What will become of this silly boy's heart?
Even as I look away without looking,
even as I listen without seeming to hear,
oh walking flame lily,
I gaze at you without you knowing.
My beauty, like a screw,
you are fixed deep into my skin.
You fill all my dreams, girl,
while my waking reality aches for you!
Our eyes meet
and speak so beautifully.
What will become of this reckless youth?
A flower bud has bloomed
and gently sways along.
What will become of this silly boy's heart?
Is the sky drizzling gently?
Are you and I like rain clouds?
For all the life we have ahead,
we will stay together, right?
Is this the magic of love?
I keep searching only for you,
counting the days until we become a pair,
wandering around, completely lost.
A temple chariot walks through the crowd,
a deer looks around wide-eyed in the herd.
Everywhere I turn, I only see her charm,
and the world finally makes sense...
If she walks right up to me,
my heart won't be able to bear it.
Confused about what is what,
it struggles helplessly without a word.
Even as I look away without looking,
even as I listen without seeming to hear,
Our eyes meet
and speak so beautifully.
What will become of this reckless youth?
A flower bud has bloomed
and gently sways along.
What will become of this silly boy's heart?
Even as I look away without looking,
even as I listen without seeming to hear,
oh walking flame lily,
I gaze at you without you knowing.
My beauty, like a screw,
you are fixed deep into my skin.
You fill all my dreams, girl,
while my waking reality aches for you!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This romantic track captures the innocent confusion and overwhelming passion of a young man experiencing true love. He expresses how his heart feels naive and lost in the beauty of his beloved, describing her graceful presence as a blooming flower and a moving chariot that dominates his every thought.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

“Nadapodum sengaandhale / Azhagae nee thirugaani”

Comparing the girl's grace to a walking Gloriosa superba (Sengaandhal) flower and her permanent impact on his heart to a screw ('thirugaani') fixed deep within.

Monai (Initial Alliteration)

“Kannum kannum paathu”

Repetition of initial consonants or vowels across words within lines such as 'Kannum kannum' and 'Mottu' / 'Medhuvaaga' / 'Makku'.

Edugai (Second-letter Rhyme)

“Paathalum paakamale / Kettalum kekkamale”

Matching of the second consonant across consecutive lines, such as 'Paathalum' and 'Kettalum', or 'Kanavllam' and 'Nejamellam'.

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Trivia

The song uses rustic colloquial Tamil terms like 'Makku paya' (foolish boy) and regional poetic imagery like 'Sengaandhal' (Tamil Nadu's state flower) to weave a contemporary yet grounded romance in the movie 'Thookudurai'.

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