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Lyrics & meaning

Konjam Chellama

From Clap · 2023

Lyricist: Pa. Vijay
Singer: Shaan
Music director: Ilayaraja
Movie name: Clap
Movie release year: 2023
Lyrics added on: 29 Nov 2022

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics

↻ English translation

Konjam chellamma

I love you sollamma

Konjam chellamma

I love you sollamma

Mella mellamma

I miss you sollamma

Raja kaiya vacha

Wrong aaguma yemma

Kekkum satham ellaam

Song aaguma yemma

Istam pola kaadhal solli

Alli unna nenjil vacha

Konjum manasu

Konjam chellamma

I love you sollamma

Mella mellamma

I miss you sollamma.haan ..aaa

Konjam idam thaa

Un nenjathukulla

Andha nodi naan

Vinvili mela

Innum innum alagaa

Imsa pannathae nee

Unnoda kaadhala sollu

Ennoda raani

Sattru munbu maiyam konda

Kaadhal puyal

Thattudhamma nenju tharaiyil

Konjam chellamma

I love you sollavaa

Mella mellamma

I miss you sollavaa

Konjam chellamma

I love you sollavaa

Mella mellamma

I miss you sollavaa

Enna senja nee thaan

Mun pol naanum illa

Unmai sonna un pol

Yarum ingae illai

Kaadhal enum roja vandhu

Nera vandhu kai puduchu

Kai kulukkudhu

Konjam chellamma

I love you sollavaa

Mella mellamma

I miss you sollavaa

Konjam chellamma

I love you sollavaa

Mella mellamma

I miss you sollavaa..

Haa..aaa..heyyy..ohoo

Haa..aaa..heyyy..ohoo

Come on, my darling,

Say "I love you" to me.

Come on, my darling,

Say "I love you" to me.

Slowly, my darling,

Say "I miss you" to me.

If Raja sets his hand to it,

Can it ever go wrong, dear girl?

Doesn't every sound you hear

Turn into a song, dear girl?

Confessing love to my heart's content,

If I scoop you up and hold you in my heart,

My heart will caress you.

Come on, my darling,

Say "I love you" to me.

Slowly, my darling,

Say "I miss you" to me... haan... aa...

Give me a little space

Inside your heart,

And that very moment,

I will be up in outer space.

More and more beautifully,

Do not tease and torment me;

Tell me your love,

My queen!

The love storm that gathered

Just a moment ago

Is pounding on the floor of my heart.

Come on, my darling,

Shall I say "I love you"?

Slowly, my darling,

Shall I say "I miss you"?

Come on, my darling,

Shall I say "I love you"?

Slowly, my darling,

Shall I say "I miss you"?

What did you do to me?

I am not the same as before.

To tell you the truth,

There is nobody like you here.

The rose called love has come,

Reached straight out and held my hand,

And is giving me a handshake.

Come on, my darling,

Shall I say "I love you"?

Slowly, my darling,

Shall I say "I miss you"?

Come on, my darling,

Shall I say "I love you"?

Slowly, my darling,

Shall I say "I miss you"?...

Haa.. aaa.. hey.. oho

Haa.. aaa.. hey.. oho

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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Konjam Chellamma from Clap (2023) is a playful, contemporary romantic track where the protagonist affectionately coaxes his loved one to confess her feelings. He sweetly asks her to say 'I love you' and 'I miss you', describing how even a tiny place in her heart makes him feel like he is floating high above in space. He marvels at how love has completely transformed him into a new person. Written by Pa. Vijay and composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja, the lyrics blend modern romantic phrases with evocative imagery—comparing love to a sudden passing storm hitting the heart and a blooming rose stepping forward to shake hands. The song captures the lighthearted joy, sweet torment, and euphoric magic of falling in love.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Meta-reference / Self-Referential Allusion

“Raja kaiya vacha / Wrong aaguma yemma”

The lyrics playful salute composer Ilaiyaraaja himself, referencing his iconic musical touch.

Metaphor (Uruvam)

“Sattru munbu maiyam konda / Kaadhal puyal / Thattudhamma nenju tharaiyil”

Love is metaphorically depicted as a sudden storm that centers and touches down upon the heart's surface.

Personification / Metaphor

“Kaadhal enum roja vandhu / Nera vandhu kai puduchu / Kai kulukkudhu”

Love is personified as a rose that comes directly to hold and shake hands.

Iyaibu (Rhyme)

“Konjam chellamma / I love you sollamma / Mella mellamma / I miss you sollamma”

End rhymes using rhythmic suffixes like 'sollamma' and 'mellamma', or 'sollavaa' and 'sollavaa'.

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi)

“Konjam idam thaa / Un nenjathukulla / Andha nodi naan / Vinvili mela”

An exaggeration of emotion where getting a small place in the lover's heart makes him feel as if he is floating in outer space.

Did you know?

Trivia

The line 'Raja kaiya vacha / Wrong aaguma yemma' is a tribute to Ilaiyaraaja's legendary classic song 'Raja Kaiya Vachaa' from the 1989 movie Apoorva Sagodharargal starring Kamal Haasan.

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