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Loosu Penne

From Vallavan · 2006

Lyricist
Silambarasan
Singers
Silambarasan, Blaaze
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie name
Vallavan
Movie release year
2006
Lyrics added on
21 Feb 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
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{ Loosu pennae loosu pennae loosu pennae
Loosu paiyan unmelathaan loosa suthuraan } (2)
{ Kaadhal varathaa kaadhal varathaa
En mel en mel unaku kaadhal varathaa } (2)
Kaalaimudhal maalaivarai dhinamum
Naanum unna dhaanae nenachu vaazhuren
Kangal moodi iravu thoongum bodhae
En bedroom fanum kilae vanthu enna ezhupudhae
Unna nenaika solludhae
{ Loosu pennae loosu pennae loosu pennae
Loosu paiyan unmelathaan loosa suthuraan } (2)
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Thanimaiyai thedudhae idhayamum odudhae
Ennai nanae ennai nanae thedi thedi paarkiren
Thedi thedi paarkiren paarkiren paarkiren
Unakae ennai koduka ninaithu
Manasai naan anupinen romba aasaiyaai
Unakae ennai ennai koduka ninaithu
Manasai naan anupinen romba aasaiyaai
Vaalipolae paatezhutha enaku theriyalayae
Unna pathi paadaamathaan iruka mudiyalayae
Enna nanae thitti thitti paarthen manasa
Thirunthavilla enmanasu unnavitu maaravilla
Loosu pennae loosu pennae loosu paiyan loosa suthuraan
Loosu loosu pennae loosu pennae loosu loosu pennae
Loosu paiyan unmelathaan loosa loosa loosa suthuraan
{ Kaadhal varathaa kaadhal varathaa
En mel en mel unaku kaadhal varathaa } (2)
Kaalaimudhal maalaivarai dhinamum
Naanum unna dhaanae nenachu vaazhuren
Kangal moodi iravu thoongum bodhae
En bedroom fanum kilae vanthu enna ezhupudhae
Unna nenaika solludhae
...
Crazy girl, crazy girl, crazy girl,
this crazy boy is roaming around crazy for you!
Won't love come to you? Won't love come?
Won't you ever fall in love with me?
From morning until evening every day,
I live my life thinking only of you.
Even when I close my eyes and sleep at night,
my bedroom fan comes down to wake me up,
telling me to think of you!
Crazy girl, crazy girl, crazy girl,
this crazy boy is roaming around crazy for you!
...
...
Craving solitude, my heart races away,
and I keep searching, searching for myself,
searching, searching, looking, looking!
Thinking of giving myself entirely to you,
I sent my heart with so much longing.
Thinking of giving myself, all of me, to you,
I sent my heart with so much longing.
I don't know how to write lyrics like Vaali (legendary Tamil lyricist),
yet I cannot keep from singing about you!
I scolded myself again and again trying to tame my heart,
but my heart refused to change, it would never leave you.
Crazy girl, crazy girl, this crazy boy is roaming crazy for you,
Crazy, crazy girl, crazy girl, crazy, crazy girl!
This crazy boy is roaming around crazy, crazy, crazy for you!
Won't love come to you? Won't love come?
Won't you ever fall in love with me?
From morning until evening every day,
I live my life thinking only of you.
Even when I close my eyes and sleep at night,
my bedroom fan comes down to wake me up,
telling me to think of you!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Loosu Penne is a playful and youthfully passionate love song where the protagonist expresses his deep infatuation for his beloved. Adopting a casual and colloquial tone, he calls her a 'crazy girl' while acknowledging that he has gone completely crazy in love with her. The song depicts how his thoughts are consumed by her round the clock, even hilariously claiming that his ceiling fan wakes him up at night just to remind him of her. In the second section, he self-deprecatingly admits that he lacks the grand poetic literary skill of legendary lyricist Vaali, yet he feels compelled to express his genuine emotions. Despite scolding himself to stay sensible, his heart stubbornly refuses to let go of her, rendering him completely helpless in love.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Adukku Thodar (Repetition for Emphasis)

“Loosu pennae loosu pennae loosu pennae”

The deliberate repetition of words like 'Loosu pennae' and 'Thedi thedi' creates a rhythmic cadence and underscores the intensity of the protagonist's obsessive emotions.

Hyperbole (Uyarthunavirtchi)

“En bedroom fanum kilae vanthu enna ezhupudhae”

The imaginative claim that his bedroom fan lowers itself to wake him up is an exaggerated poetic device highlighting his non-stop obsession.

Cultural Allusion

“Vaalipolae paatezhutha enaku theriyalayae”

Direct reference to 'Vaali', one of Tamil cinema's most famous lyricists, serves as a humble meta-commentary on the singer's own simplistic songwriting style.

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Trivia

Composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja for the film Vallavan (2006), 'Loosu Penne' was penned and sung by Silambarasan (Simbu) himself alongside rapper Blaze. The track became an instant youth anthem across Tamil Nadu upon release and remains one of Simbu and Yuvan's most iconic chartbusters.

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