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Lyrics & meaning

Manasa Madichi Neethan

From Kannupada Poguthaiya · 1999

Lyricist
Kalai Kumar
Singers
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
Music director
S. A. Rajkumar
Movie name
Kannupada Poguthaiya
Movie release year
1999
Lyrics added on
31 Jul 2021

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Manasa madichchu needhaan un iduppil sorugura
Udhattai kadichchi needhaan ennai usuppu yaeththura
Female :Orakkannula needhaan ennai edhukku paakkura
Odhungi nikkura pothum ennai urasi pesura
Thottu thottu rasippomaa
Thotti katta ninaippomaa
Female :Ottikittu siththammaa
Onnaa saernthu nirpomaa
Male :Kattikkittu kaaththulathaan
Karainji povomaa
Manasa madichchu needhaan un iduppil sorugura
Female :Odhungi nikkura pothum ennai urasi pesura
Ammammaa kundumalli aala ippo thookkuthu
Azhagaa kitta vanthu moodu yaeththuthu
Female :Silirkkum kolusu ippo aththaan perai solluthu
Adhukkum idhukkum saerththu aattam poduthu
Saelai poththiththaan sengarumbu aaduthaa
Female :Kadichchi thinaththaan katterumbu theduthaa
Male :Kadhal regaththaan ullanaiyil oduthaa
Female :Kattil kachcheri kadhoduthaan kekkuthaa
Kuttraalamae kulunguthaa pakkam vanthu sinunguthaa
Iravae paththaathammaa pagalum unakkuththaan
Orakkannula needhaan ennai edhukku paakkura
Male :Udhattai kadichchi needhaan ennai usuppu yaeththura
Aahaa neeyum kudichchaa aaththu thanni alliththaan
Kudichchu paarththaen adhu romba inikuthu
Female: Iravil mama una nenaippula naan thoonginaa
Nilavil paai virichchaa sugamum kidaikkuthu
Kadhal sooriyanthaan kannukkullae karaiyumae
Female :Mama paarththaalae manal kooda sivakkumae
Male: Kannai paarththaalae kal kudichcha podhaithaan
Female :Unnai ninaichchaalae sorkkaththukku paadhaithaan
Kuttraalamae kulunguthaa pakkam vanthu sinunguthaa
Iravae paththaathammaa pagalum unakkuththaan
Manasa madichchu needhaan un iduppil sorugura
Udhattai kadichchi needhaan ennai usuppu yaeththura
Thottu thottu rasippomaa
Thotti katta ninaippomaa
Male :Ottikittu siththammaa
Onnaa saernthu nirpomaa
Female :Kattikkittu kaaththulathaan
Karainji povomaa
Manasa madichchu needhaan un iduppil sorugura
Female :Odhungi nikkura pothum ennai urasi pesura
You fold my heart and tuck it into your waist.
Biting your lip, you stir up a fire in me.
Why are you looking at me from the corner of your eye?
Even when I step aside, you brush against me as you speak.
Shall we touch each other and relish the joy?
Shall we dream of hanging a cradle?
Holding on close for a little while,
Shall we stand together as one?
Embracing each other in the gentle breeze,
Shall we melt away?
You fold my heart and tuck it into your waist.
Even when I step aside, you brush against me as you speak.
Oh my, the scent of round jasmine sweeps me off my feet!
Drawing close so sweetly, it sets the mood on fire.
My jingling anklet now calls out my lover's name,
Dancing with joy for every little reason.
Wrapped in a saree, is this sweet red sugarcane swaying?
Is the big black ant searching around to take a sweet bite?
Does the line of love run through your warm embrace?
Do you hear the secret melody of love right in your ear?
Is the waterfall of Courtallam trembling, drawing close with a playful murmur?
The night is not enough, darling, the whole day is yours too!
Why are you looking at me from the corner of your eye?
Biting your lip, you stir up a fire in me.
I scooped up the river water you drank from,
I tasted it, and it was so sweet!
At night, my love, when I sleep thinking of you,
Spreading a mat beneath the moon brings such sweet joy.
The sun of love melts right inside our eyes;
If you just look at me, my love, even the sand blushes red!
Just looking into your eyes feels like being drunk on sweet toddy;
Just thinking of you is a pathway to heaven.
Is the waterfall of Courtallam trembling, drawing close with a playful murmur?
The night is not enough, darling, the whole day is yours too!
You fold my heart and tuck it into your waist.
Biting your lip, you stir up a fire in me.
Shall we touch each other and relish the joy?
Shall we dream of hanging a cradle?
Holding on close for a little while,
Shall we stand together as one?
Embracing each other in the gentle breeze,
Shall we melt away?
You fold my heart and tuck it into your waist.
Even when I step aside, you brush against me as you speak.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Manasa Madichchu is a playful romantic duet from the 1999 Tamil film Kannupada Poguthaiya. The song depicts two lovers engaged in sweet, seductive banter, expressing their overwhelming attraction, passion, and longing for each other. Using vivid folk-inspired imagery—such as jasmine flowers, red sugarcane, moonlight, and Courtallam waterfalls—the lyrics illustrate how their love turns every ordinary moment into a celebration.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Urvagam)

Saelai poththiththaan sengarumbu aaduthaa

The heroine draped in a saree is poetically compared to sweet red sugarcane ('sengarumbu').

Hyperbole (Ushuyardhi)

Mama paarththaalae manal kooda sivakkumae

An exaggeration describing how even the sand blushes red when the hero glances at his beloved.

Second-letter Rhyme (Edhukai)

Udhattai kadichchi needhaan ennai usuppu yaeththura / Odhungi nikkura pothum ennai urasi pesura

The Tamil poetic tradition of rhyming the second consonant in consecutive lines ('da' in Udhattai and Odhungi).

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Trivia

Kannupada Poguthaiya (1999) stars Vijayakanth, Simran, and Soundarya. The soundtrack for the film was composed by S. A. Rajkumar with lyrics penned by lyricist Kalai Kumar.

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