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Manja Colouru Kuruvi

From Dikkiloona · 2020

Lyricist
Saravedi Saran
Singer
Shyam Viswanathan
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie name
Dikkiloona
Movie release year
2020
Lyrics added on
23 Jan 2021

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Ava manja colouru kuruvi
En manasa potta uruvi
Maanja potta noolu
Ippo arundhu pochu da
Ava kutralathu aruvi
Naan dhamma thoondu karuvi
Pattampoochi paadhiyilae
Parandhu pochu da
Indha ponnungallamae
Romba mosam
Chorus :Ha haa
Male :Ava pesum pechellaam
Veli vesam
Chorus :Ha haa
Male :Indha kaadhal ellamae
Sila maasam
Chorus :Ha haa
Male :Ennai kola naasam senji putta
Da da da
………………….
Aasai pattu ketta ava
Aavinu milk-u
Ava veettu pakkam poyi
Naan vangunen bulb-u
Azhaga paathu vizhunthen
Ava halwa pechula
Aandi aagi nikka vacha
Marina beach-la
Ennai suththa vutta
Oru gadigarama
Naan kanneer vitten
Kann vizhiyorama
Ada idhukku mela
Ini evalum vena
Vena vena en kavala theera
Paduren gaana
Indha ponnungallamae
Romba mosam
Chorus :Ha haa
Male :Ava pesum pechellaam
Veli vesam
Chorus :Ha haa
Male :Indha kaadhal ellamae
Sila maasam
Chorus :Ha haa
Male :Ennai kola naasam senji putta
Da da da
She is a bright yellow sparrow,
she snatched my heart clean away!
The kite string coated with glass
has snapped now, man!
She is like the Courtallam waterfall,
and I am just a tiny little thing.
The butterfly, right in the middle,
just flew away, man!
All these girls are
really terrible!
Chorus: Ha ha!
Male: Everything she speaks
is just a fake facade!
Chorus: Ha ha!
Male: All this love lasts
only a few months!
Chorus: Ha ha!
Male: She completely destroyed me,
man, oh man!
...
Longingly she asked
for Aavin milk,
but when I went near her house,
I was left totally humiliated!
Smitten by her beauty
and fooled by her sweet-talking lies,
she left me penniless and stranded
on Marina Beach!
She had me running around in circles
like the hands of a clock,
while I shed tears
from the corners of my eyes.
Ah, from now on,
I don't want any girl at all!
No way, no way! To soothe my sorrow,
I am singing this gaana song!
All these girls are
really terrible!
Chorus: Ha ha!
Male: Everything she speaks
is just a fake facade!
Chorus: Ha ha!
Male: All this love lasts
only a few months!
Chorus: Ha ha!
Male: She completely destroyed me,
man, oh man!
Male
Male
Male
Chorus
Male
Male
Male

Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song is a humorous, upbeat Gaana track expressing heartbreak and frustration after a romantic betrayal. The protagonist laments how he fell for a girl's beauty and sweet talk, only to end up financially broke and emotionally distraught. He compares his heartbreak to a snapped kite string and himself to a clock spinning helplessly in circles. Throughout the track, he warns others that modern love is fleeting and superficial, lasting only a few months. In typical Gaana fashion, he copes with his emotional pain by venting his grievances through music, deciding never to pursue love again.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

Ava manja colouru kuruvi / En manasa potta uruvi / Ava kutralathu aruvi / Naan dhamma thoondu karuvi Siruruvi / Karuvi / Aruvi / Kuruvi / Uruvi rhyme seamlessly across lines to maintain the rhythmic flow of Chennai Gaana folk music.

Slang Rhyme (Modern Rhyming)

Aavinu milk-u / Naan vangunen bulb-u

Simile (Upamaan)

Ennai suththa vutta / Oru gadigarama

Metaphor

Ava kutralathu aruvi

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Trivia

This track highlights Chennai's local dialect (Madras Bashai) and culture, featuring references like 'Aavin milk', 'Marina Beach', and local colloquialisms like 'halwa pechu' (sweet talk/cheating) and 'bulb-u vaanguradhu' (getting rejected or tricked).

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