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Lyrics & meaning

Pal Vannam

From Paasam · 1962

Lyricist: Lyricist Not Known
Singers: P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki
Music director: Vishwanathan-Ramamoorthy
Movie name: Paasam
Movie release year: 1962
Lyrics added on: 6 May 2017

Lyrics & meaning

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↻ English translation

Paal vannam

Paruvam kandu vel

Vannam vizhigal kandu

Maan vannam naan

Kandu vaadugiren

Kan

Vannam angae

Kanden kai vannam

Ingae kanden pen

Vannam noi kondu vaadugiren

{ Kannam

Minnum mangai

Vannam undhan

Munnum vandha pinnum

Alli alli nenjil vaika aasaiyillaiyaa } (2)

{ Kaar

Vanna koondhal thottu

Ther vanna meni thottu } (2)

Poo vanna paadam solla

Ennam illaiyaa

Paal vannam

Paruvam kandu vel

Vannam vizhigal kandu

Maan vannam naan

Kandu vaadugiren

{ Manjal

Vanna veyil pattu

Konjum vanna vanji chittu

Anji anji kenjum bodhu

Aasai illaiyaa } (2)

{ Ner sendra

Paadhai vitu naan

Sendra bodhu vandhu } (2)

Vaa vendru

Alli kolla mangai illaiyaa

Kan

Vannam angae

Kanden kai vannam

Ingae kanden pen

Vannam noi kondu vaadugiren

Paruvam

Vandha kaalam thottu

Pazhagum kangal paarvai

Kettu endrum unnai enni

Enni yengavillaiyaa

Naan

Kandu maalai ittu

Naan unnai tholil vaithu

Oorvalam poi vara

Aasai illaiyaa

Kan

Vannam angae

Kanden kai vannam

Ingae kanden pen

Vannam noi kondu vaadugiren

Paal vannam

Paruvam kandu vel

Vannam vizhigal kandu

Maan vannam naan

Kandu vaadugiren

Seeing your milky-fair

youth, seeing your spear-sharp

eyes,

and seeing your deer-like grace,

I am pining away.

The beauty of your eyes

I saw there,

the touch of your hands

I felt here, and for this woman's

charms, I am lovesick and pining.

Even after the girl

with glowing cheeks

and lovely grace

came before you,

don't you desire to hold her close to your chest?

Touching her cloud-dark

hair,

touching her sculpted form,

to teach her gentle lessons of love,

don't you have any desire?

Seeing your milky-fair

youth, seeing your spear-sharp

eyes,

and seeing your deer-like grace,

I am pining away.

Bathed in the golden

sunlight,

when this sweet, tender girl

timidly pleads with you,

don't you feel any desire?

When I wandered away

from the straight path,

didn't a girl come

to say "Come,"

and gather me into her arms?

The beauty of your eyes

I saw there,

the touch of your hands

I felt here, and for this woman's

charms, I am lovesick and pining.

Ever since the time

youth blossomed,

didn't my longing eyes look for yours,

always thinking of you

and yearning with love?

To see you,

place a wedding garland on you,

carry you upon my shoulders,

and take you in a grand procession,

don't you have that desire?

The beauty of your eyes

I saw there,

the touch of your hands

I felt here, and for this woman's

charms, I am lovesick and pining.

Seeing your milky-fair

youth, seeing your spear-sharp

eyes,

and seeing your deer-like grace,

I am pining away.

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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Paal Vannam Paruvam Kandu' is a poetic romantic duet from the 1962 Tamil film Paasam. The song depicts two lovers expressing their deep enchantment and longing for each other. Through rich romantic visual imagery, the male and female characters praise each other's beauty, comparing features like eyes, skin tone, hair, and grace to various natural elements like milk, spears, deer, clouds, and flowers. The song captures the playful banter, romantic vulnerability, and sweet desire for union between the lovers.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Anaphora / Repetition (Vannam)

“Paal vannam / Vel vannam / Maan vannam / Kai vannam”

The word 'Vannam' (meaning color, hue, grace, or character) is repeatedly used across multiple stanzas to create a rhythmic and thematic anchor.

Metaphor & Simile (Upama)

“Paruvam kandu vel vannam vizhigal kandu”

The lyricist compares physical beauty to natural objects: eyes like sharp spears ('Vel vannam vizhigal'), hair like dark clouds ('Kaar vanna koondhal'), and body like a chariot ('Ther vanna meni').

Rhyme & Alliteration (Ethukai & Monai)

“Anji anji kenjum bodhu aasai illaiyaa”

Classical Tamil poetic assonance and internal rhyming, seen in pairs like 'Kannam / Minnum' and 'Anji / Kenjum'.

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Trivia

'Paal Vannam Paruvam Kandu' is a popular vintage Tamil song from the film Paasam (1962), starring M. G. Ramachandran and B. Saroja Devi. The song was composed by the duo Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy, written by Kannadasan, and sung by P. B. Sreenivas and P. Susheela.

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