Naan Kaanum Ulagangal
From Kasi · 2001
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Oo oo….ohho ho oo…. | Oo oo... ohho ho oo... |
| Oo oo…..hho ho oo….oo…. | Oo oo... hho ho oo... oo... |
| Oo….oo….oo….aaa….aa….aa….aa….. | Oo... oo... oo... aaa... aa... aa... aa... |
| Male | |
| Naan kaanum ulagangal | The worlds that I behold, |
| Yaar kaana koodum | Who else could behold them? |
| Naan kaanum ulagangal | The worlds that I behold, |
| Yaar kaana koodum | Who else could behold them? |
| Male | |
| Solvathu yaar sol | Tell me, who is to tell? |
| Pen panith thuliyae | O feminine dewdrop! |
| Mellena paer sol | Softly whisper your name, |
| Pasum pulveliyae | O green meadow! |
| Ennai kaanum annai bhoomi | O Mother Earth who beholds me, |
| Male | |
| Unnai kaanavae ingae | Just to behold you here, |
| Vendum innum oor jenmam | I need another birth! |
| Vaanampaadi pol paadum | Singing like a skylark, |
| Vaazhakkai endrumae vendum | I desire a life forever. |
| Male | |
| Naan kaanum ulagangal | The worlds that I behold, |
| Yaar kaana koodum…. | Who else could behold them... |
| Male | |
| Pooththidum pookkalai paarththathillai | I have never seen the blooming flowers, |
| Adhan punnagai manam arivaen | Yet I know the fragrance of their smile. |
| Kottidum aruviyai paarththathillai | I have never seen the cascading waterfall, |
| Kai thottathan unaivarivaen | Yet I feel its emotion through my touch. |
| Male | |
| Kukukkuk koovena koovum kuyilgalin | In the flock of cuckoos that coo 'kuku koo', |
| Koottaththila naan inaivaen | I join as one among them. |
| Kattukkadangaa ninaivil karpanai | In uncontrolled memories, imagination |
| Rekkai viriththiduvaen | Spreads its wings. |
| Male | |
| Ungal mugam paarththathillai | I have never seen your faces, |
| Varunthavillai naan | Yet I do not grieve. |
| En mugaththai neengal ellaam | Because all of you |
| Paarppathinaalthaan | Look at my face, |
| Ungal maedai paadagan naan | I am the singer on your stage. |
| Oo….oo….ooo….. | Oo... oo... ooo... |
| Male | |
| Naan kaanum ulagangal | The worlds that I behold, |
| Yaar kaana koodum | Who else could behold them? |
| Naan kaanum ulagangal | The worlds that I behold, |
| Yaar kaana koodum | Who else could behold them? |
| Male | |
| Raaththiri pechchinil ammaa kadhaigalil | In night talks and mother's stories, |
| Pooththathu pala ninaivu | Many memories blossomed. |
| Kettidum kadhaikalil kalanthae ulavida | To mingle and wander in those heard tales, |
| Suttri varum kanavu | Dreams swirl around me. |
| Male | |
| Kattravar pesida kaadhil kettathil | From listening to the learned speak, |
| Pettrathellaam varavu | Whatever I gained was a blessing. |
| Vaattiya varumaiyil enakkul thiranthathu | In the midst of scorching poverty, |
| Karpanaiyin kadhavu | The doors of imagination opened inside me. |
| Male | |
| Vaazhvinai naan | My life, I |
| Kandukondaen thaedalilthaanae | Found it through my search alone; |
| Vaazhakkai padum paattinilae | In the song sung by life itself, |
| Paadagan aanaenae | I became a singer. |
| Paattil vaazhum poonguyil naan | I am a sweet cuckoo living in song. |
| Oo….oo….ooo….. | Oo... oo... ooo... |
| Male | |
| Naan kaanum ulagangal | The worlds that I behold, |
| Yaar kaana koodum | Who else could behold them? |
| Naan kaanum ulagangal | The worlds that I behold, |
| Yaar kaana koodum | Who else could behold them? |
| Male | |
| Solvathu yaar sol | Tell me, who is to tell? |
| Pen panith thuliyae | O feminine dewdrop! |
| Mellena paer sol | Softly whisper your name, |
| Pasum pulveliyae | O green meadow! |
| Ennai kaanum annai bhoomi | O Mother Earth who beholds me, |
| Male | |
| Unnai kaanavae ingae | Just to behold you here, |
| Vendum innum oor jenmam | I need another birth! |
| Vaanampaadi pol paadum | Singing like a skylark, |
| Vaazhakkai endrumae vendum | I desire a life forever. |
| Male | |
| Naan kaanum ulagangal | The worlds that I behold, |
| Yaar kaana koodum…. | Who else could behold them... |
ஓ ஓ.....ஓஹோ ஹோ ஓ......
ஓ ஓ.....ஓஹோ ஹோ ஓ......ஓ....
ஓஓ.....ஓஒ.....ஓஒ......ஆஅ.....ஆ.....அ......ஆ.....
Oo oo... ohho ho oo...
Oo oo... hho ho oo... oo...
Oo... oo... oo... aaa... aa... aa... aa...
நான் காணும் உலகங்கள்
யார் காண கூடும்
நான் காணும் உலகங்கள்
யார் காண கூடும்
The worlds that I behold,
Who else could behold them?
The worlds that I behold,
Who else could behold them?
சொல்வது யார் சொல்
பெண் பனித்துளியே
மெல்லென பேர் சொல்
பசும் புல்வெளியே
என்னை காணும் அன்னை பூமி
Tell me, who is to tell?
O feminine dewdrop!
Softly whisper your name,
O green meadow!
O Mother Earth who beholds me,
உன்னை காணவே இங்கே
வேண்டும் இன்னும் ஓர் ஜென்மம்
வானம்பாடி போல் பாடும்
வாழ்க்கை என்றுமே வேண்டும்
Just to behold you here,
I need another birth!
Singing like a skylark,
I desire a life forever.
நான் காணும் உலகங்கள்
யார் காணக் கூடும்......
The worlds that I behold,
Who else could behold them...
பூத்திடும் பூக்களை பார்த்ததில்லை
அதன் புன்னகை மணம் அறிவேன்
கொட்டிடும் அருவியை பார்த்ததில்லை
கை தொட்டதன் உணர்வறிவேன்
I have never seen the blooming flowers,
Yet I know the fragrance of their smile.
I have never seen the cascading waterfall,
Yet I feel its emotion through my touch.
குக்குக்குக் கூவென கூவும் குயில்களின்
கூட்டத்தில் நான் இணைவேன்
கட்டுக்கடங்கா நினைவில் கற்பனை
ரெக்கை விரித்திடுவேன்
In the flock of cuckoos that coo 'kuku koo',
I join as one among them.
In uncontrolled memories, imagination
Spreads its wings.
உங்கள் முகம் பார்த்ததில்லை
வருந்தவில்லை நான்
என் முகத்தை நீங்கள் எல்லாம்
பார்ப்பதினால்தான்
உங்கள் மேடை பாடகன் நான்
ஓஒ.....ஓ.....ஓஒ........
I have never seen your faces,
Yet I do not grieve.
Because all of you
Look at my face,
I am the singer on your stage.
Oo... oo... ooo...
நான் காணும் உலகங்கள்
யார் காணக் கூடும்......
நான் காணும் உலகங்கள்
யார் காணக் கூடும்......
The worlds that I behold,
Who else could behold them?
The worlds that I behold,
Who else could behold them?
ராத்திரி பேச்சினில் அம்மா கதைகளில்
பூத்தது பல நினைவு
கேட்டிடும் கதைகளில் கலந்தே உலவிட
சுற்றி வரும் கனவு
In night talks and mother's stories,
Many memories blossomed.
To mingle and wander in those heard tales,
Dreams swirl around me.
கற்றவர் பேசிட காதில் கேட்டதில்
பெற்றதெல்லாம் வரவு
வாட்டிய வறுமையில் எனக்குள் திறந்தது
கற்பனையின் கதவு
From listening to the learned speak,
Whatever I gained was a blessing.
In the midst of scorching poverty,
The doors of imagination opened inside me.
வாழ்வினை நான்
கண்டுக்கொண்டேன் தேடலில்தானே
வாழ்க்கை படும்பாட்டினிலே
பாடகன் ஆனேனே
பாட்டில் வாழும் பூங்குயில் நான்
ஓஒ.....ஓ.....ஓஒ........
My life, I
Found it through my search alone;
In the song sung by life itself,
I became a singer.
I am a sweet cuckoo living in song.
Oo... oo... ooo...
நான் காணும் உலகங்கள்
யார் காண கூடும்
நான் காணும் உலகங்கள்
யார் காண கூடும்
The worlds that I behold,
Who else could behold them?
The worlds that I behold,
Who else could behold them?
சொல்வது யார் சொல்
பெண் பனித்துளியே
மெல்லென பேர் சொல்
பசும் புல்வெளியே
என்னை காணும் அன்னை பூமி
Tell me, who is to tell?
O feminine dewdrop!
Softly whisper your name,
O green meadow!
O Mother Earth who beholds me,
உன்னை காணவே இங்கே
வேண்டும் இன்னும் ஓர் ஜென்மம்
வானம்பாடி போல் பாடும்
வாழ்க்கை என்றுமே வேண்டும்
Just to behold you here,
I need another birth!
Singing like a skylark,
I desire a life forever.
நான் காணும் உலகங்கள்
யார் காணக் கூடும்......
The worlds that I behold,
Who else could behold them...
Oo oo….ohho ho oo….
Oo oo... ohho ho oo...
Oo oo…..hho ho oo….oo….
Oo oo... hho ho oo... oo...
Oo….oo….oo….aaa….aa….aa….aa…..
Oo... oo... oo... aaa... aa... aa... aa...
Naan kaanum ulagangal
The worlds that I behold,
Yaar kaana koodum
Who else could behold them?
Naan kaanum ulagangal
The worlds that I behold,
Yaar kaana koodum
Who else could behold them?
Solvathu yaar sol
Tell me, who is to tell?
Pen panith thuliyae
O feminine dewdrop!
Mellena paer sol
Softly whisper your name,
Pasum pulveliyae
O green meadow!
Ennai kaanum annai bhoomi
O Mother Earth who beholds me,
Unnai kaanavae ingae
Just to behold you here,
Vendum innum oor jenmam
I need another birth!
Vaanampaadi pol paadum
Singing like a skylark,
Vaazhakkai endrumae vendum
I desire a life forever.
Naan kaanum ulagangal
The worlds that I behold,
Yaar kaana koodum….
Who else could behold them...
Pooththidum pookkalai paarththathillai
I have never seen the blooming flowers,
Adhan punnagai manam arivaen
Yet I know the fragrance of their smile.
Kottidum aruviyai paarththathillai
I have never seen the cascading waterfall,
Kai thottathan unaivarivaen
Yet I feel its emotion through my touch.
Kukukkuk koovena koovum kuyilgalin
In the flock of cuckoos that coo 'kuku koo',
Koottaththila naan inaivaen
I join as one among them.
Kattukkadangaa ninaivil karpanai
In uncontrolled memories, imagination
Rekkai viriththiduvaen
Spreads its wings.
Ungal mugam paarththathillai
I have never seen your faces,
Varunthavillai naan
Yet I do not grieve.
En mugaththai neengal ellaam
Because all of you
Paarppathinaalthaan
Look at my face,
Ungal maedai paadagan naan
I am the singer on your stage.
Oo….oo….ooo…..
Oo... oo... ooo...
Naan kaanum ulagangal
The worlds that I behold,
Yaar kaana koodum
Who else could behold them?
Naan kaanum ulagangal
The worlds that I behold,
Yaar kaana koodum
Who else could behold them?
Raaththiri pechchinil ammaa kadhaigalil
In night talks and mother's stories,
Pooththathu pala ninaivu
Many memories blossomed.
Kettidum kadhaikalil kalanthae ulavida
To mingle and wander in those heard tales,
Suttri varum kanavu
Dreams swirl around me.
Kattravar pesida kaadhil kettathil
From listening to the learned speak,
Pettrathellaam varavu
Whatever I gained was a blessing.
Vaattiya varumaiyil enakkul thiranthathu
In the midst of scorching poverty,
Karpanaiyin kadhavu
The doors of imagination opened inside me.
Vaazhvinai naan
My life, I
Kandukondaen thaedalilthaanae
Found it through my search alone;
Vaazhakkai padum paattinilae
In the song sung by life itself,
Paadagan aanaenae
I became a singer.
Paattil vaazhum poonguyil naan
I am a sweet cuckoo living in song.
Oo….oo….ooo…..
Oo... oo... ooo...
Naan kaanum ulagangal
The worlds that I behold,
Yaar kaana koodum
Who else could behold them?
Naan kaanum ulagangal
The worlds that I behold,
Yaar kaana koodum
Who else could behold them?
Solvathu yaar sol
Tell me, who is to tell?
Pen panith thuliyae
O feminine dewdrop!
Mellena paer sol
Softly whisper your name,
Pasum pulveliyae
O green meadow!
Ennai kaanum annai bhoomi
O Mother Earth who beholds me,
Unnai kaanavae ingae
Just to behold you here,
Vendum innum oor jenmam
I need another birth!
Vaanampaadi pol paadum
Singing like a skylark,
Vaazhakkai endrumae vendum
I desire a life forever.
Naan kaanum ulagangal
The worlds that I behold,
Yaar kaana koodum….
Who else could behold them...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Naan Kaanum Ulagangal expresses the profound inner vision and emotional world of a visually impaired singer (played by Vikram in the movie Kasi). Rather than lamenting his lack of physical sight, the protagonist celebrates his heightened sensory perception, imagination, and deep spiritual connection with nature, music, and his audience. He perceives the fragrance of blooming flowers, the touch of cascading waterfalls, and the joy of nature through his heart and remaining senses.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Personification (Tharkurippettra Ani)
“Adhan punnagai manam arivaen”
Attributing a 'smile' to blooming flowers and addressing dewdrops and meadows as living companions.
Simile (Uvamai Ani)
“Vaanampaadi pol paadum”
Comparing the longing for a joyful, singing life to that of a free skylark.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Paattil vaazhum poonguyil naan”
Describing oneself as a songbird whose very existence is rooted inside music.
Alliteration (Monai)
“Kattukkadangaa ninaivil karpanai”
Repetition of consonant sounds ('ka') at the beginning of words for melodic rhythm.
Did you know?
Trivia
Kasi (2001) is a remake of the Malayalam hit Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum. Vikram delivered a career-defining performance as the blind village singer, earning the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. The soundtrack was composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja, and this particular song was rendered by Hariharan with lyrics by Mu. Metha.
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