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Lyrics & meaning

Kondai Oru Pakkam

From En Annan · 1970

Lyricist
Kannadasan
Singers
T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela
Music director
K. V. Mahadevan
Movie name
En Annan
Movie release year
1970
Lyrics added on
24 Dec 2023

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kondai oru pakkam sariya sariya
Kottadi selai thazhuva thazhuva
Thandai oru pakkam kulunga kulunga
Salaku salaku singaari
Salaku salaku singaari
Unn saraku ennadi kaigaari
Salaku salaku singaari
Unn saraku ennadi kaigaari
Kendai veti minunga minunga
Keli pechi kulunga kulunga
Thanga kadukan vilanga vilanga
Sarasamaadum rangaiyaa
Sarasamaadum rangaiyaa
Parisampodu engaiyaa
Sarasamaadum rangaiyaa
Parisampodu engaiyaa
Pullukatta thookikitu thulli thulli
Nadakumbodhu
Mallukatta thonudhadi maamanuku
Naama vanakam solla
Venumadi kaamanuku
Potivandi melirundhu thati thati
Ottumbodhu
Kattikolla thonudhaiyaa kangaluku
Unn kattazhagai kaataadhe pengaluku
Salaku salaku singaari
Unn saraku ennadi kaigaari
Female :Sarasamaadum rangaiyaa
Parisampodu engaiyaa
Aalamarathu nizhalapaathu
Adimarathula paai virichi
Paaku vethala poda sonnadhu appodhu
Andha pazhaiya kadhaiya
Ketka vandhen ippodhu
Vethala madichi koduthapodhu
Verala pidichi kadichapodhu
Vetkamaa irundhadhenaku appodhu
Ellam vevaramaaga puriyudhaiyaa ippodhu
Yaayaayaa..
Salaku salaku singaari
Unn saraku ennadi kaigaari
Female :Sarasamaadum rangaiyaa
Parisampodu engaiyaa
Aathil vizhundhu kulichapodhu
Ayira meenu kadichapodhu
Koochalpotu azhaithadhenna valliyamma
Kaiya koduthapodhu izhuthadhenna kalliyamma
Ayirameena veratiputu
Andha idathil nee irundhu
Uyira vaangi geli senje nyaabagamaa
Adhu uravukaara aalu endra naadagamaa
Salaku salaku singaari
Unn saraku ennadi kaigaari
Female :Sarasamaadum rangaiyaa
Parisampodu engaiyaa
Kondai oru pakkam sariya sariya
Kottadi selai thazhuva thazhuva
Female :Thanga kadukan vilanga vilanga
Sarasamaadum rangaiyaa
Male :Salaku salaku singaari
Unn saraku ennadi kaigaari
Female :Sarasamaadum rangaiyaa
Parisampodu engaiyaa
As your hair bun slips to one side,
As your cotton saree hugs your body,
As your anklet jingles with every step,
Swishing and swaying, stylish beauty!
Swishing and swaying, stylish beauty!
What magic is in your charm, you clever girl?
Swishing and swaying, stylish beauty!
What magic is in your charm, you clever girl?
As your calves gleam and show,
As your teasing laughter rings out,
As your gold ear-studs shine brightly,
O playful Rangaiya,
O playful Rangaiya,
Put down the bridal token and claim me, my man!
O playful Rangaiya,
Put down the bridal token and claim me, my man!
Carrying the bundle of grass, bouncing and
walking with a spring in your step,
your sweetheart feels like holding you close!
Should we offer our prayers
to Kama (the god of love)?
Sitting up on the racing cart, spurring the bulls and
driving fast,
my eyes just long to embrace you!
Don't show off your handsome build to other women!
Swishing and swaying, stylish beauty!
What magic is in your charm, you clever girl?
Female: O playful Rangaiya,
Put down the bridal token and claim me, my man!
Finding cool shade under the banyan tree,
spreading a mat at the foot of the trunk,
you asked to chew betel leaf and nut back then,
and about that old story,
I have come to ask you now!
When I folded the betel leaf and gave it to you,
and when you caught my finger and bit it,
I felt so shy back then!
Now I understand the whole meaning of it!
Yayaya...
Swishing and swaying, stylish beauty!
What magic is in your charm, you clever girl?
Female: O playful Rangaiya,
Put down the bridal token and claim me, my man!
When you took a dip to bathe in the river,
and a tiny fish nibbled at you,
why did you scream out for me, Valliyamma?
When I reached out my hand, why did you pull me in, you sly girl?
After chasing that little fish away,
taking its place right there,
you teased the life out of me, remember?
Was that all an act because we are betrothed?
Swishing and swaying, stylish beauty!
What magic is in your charm, you clever girl?
Female: O playful Rangaiya,
Put down the bridal token and claim me, my man!
As your hair bun slips to one side,
As your cotton saree hugs your body,
Female: As your gold ear-studs shine brightly,
O playful Rangaiya,
Male: Swishing and swaying, stylish beauty!
What magic is in your charm, you clever girl?
Female: O playful Rangaiya,
Put down the bridal token and claim me, my man!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Kondai Oru Pakkam is a playful folk duet from the 1970 Tamil film En Annan, featuring romantic banter between a village man (Rangaiya) and a young woman (Valliyamma). Through lighthearted teased memories—such as sharing betel leaves beneath a banyan tree or an incident while bathing in the river—they express their deep mutual attraction while teasingly demanding a formal betrothal (Parisam). The song vividly showcases rural Tamil romantic culture and playful affection, set to energetic traditional rhythms composed by K. V. Mahadevan with clever, rhythmic lyrics penned by Kannadasan.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Onomatopoeia (Enoppuligal)

Salaku salaku singaari

The phrase 'Salaku salaku' mimics the sound of traditional anklet jingles or decorative ornaments.

Rhyme / Alliteration (Monai and Edukai)

Aalamarathu nizhalapaathu / Adimarathula paai virichi

Rhyming structure and initial consonant matching across lines like 'Aalamarathu' / 'Adimarathula' and 'Kondai' / 'Kottadi'.

Repetition / Reduplication (Irattai Kilavi)

Kondai oru pakkam sariya sariya

Use of doubled descriptive words ('sariya sariya', 'thazhuva thazhuva', 'kulunga kulunga') to emphasize rhythm and movement.

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Trivia

En Annan (1970) starred M. G. Ramachandran (MGR) alongside Jayalalithaa. This iconic folk song was rendered by T. M. Soundararajan and P. Susheela under K. V. Mahadevan's music direction, becoming one of the most recognizable duet tracks of that era.

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