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Saalakaara

From Pakkiri · 2019

Lyricist
Madhan Karky
Singers
Anthony Daasan, R. Venkataraman
Music director
Amit Trivedi
Movie name
Pakkiri
Movie release year
2019
Lyrics added on
30 Apr 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Saalakkaaraa
Kannkatti vitha kaattum
Saalakkaaraa
Kaathathaan kaasaa maathum
Saalakkaaraa
Megatha choosaa maathum
Saalakkaaraa
Saalakkaaraa
Aatta ellaam maasula
Maatta maattaan lesula
Ottam paaru chase-ula
Pulimaari urumaari
………………………
Saalakkaaraa
Vaanathil cycle viduvaan
Saalakkaaraa
Malai muzhungi
Yeppam viduvaan
Saalakkaaraa
Un tavusara unakkae vippaan
Saalakkaaraa..ae….ae…ae….
Machaan maaya kannaadi
Nippaan di on munnaadi
Kaanaa povum pinnaadi
Fakkeeru killaadi
Koottan saeppaan koothaadi
Kaattuvaan dee kaathaadi
Yechu poavaan aathaadi
Fakkeeru killaadi…
Pacha ila kasakkuvaan
Keechu kili porakkum
Rekka rendu kirukkuvaan
Pacha kili parakkum
Chekka cheva mookka vechu
Un parsa thorakkum
Thorakkum thorakkum thorakkum
Takkaru aalu fakkeeru
Chikkunaa needhaan jokkeru
Gili gili jee boom baa
Naanga saamiyaara varuvom daa
Indha saalai pathu nadungumdaa
Ipoo aarum illa thadangal daa
Vetti vetti vettiyaaga
Enga vitha illa kannu
Naanga dhoolu paa
Unga pocket kulla login
Panni ella data clean up baa
Phone-u motham ella sothum
Thuru thuru naanga take up paa
Wake up paa
Inga paar kaasu panam engappa
Enga aasa kaasu
Nalla kanakku
Manidhana money illa enakku
Kadasi kooku thaan unakku
Suruttu suruttu
Aandavan thaan thunaikku
Amukku amukku amukku
Aatta ellaam maasula
Maatta maattaan lesula
Ottam paaru chase-ula
Pulimaari urumaari
Grab it grab it rob
Its okay…its okay….its okay
Its okay…its okay….
Saalakkaaraa…aa…aa…
Saalakkaaraa…haaa…aa…aa…
Saalakkaaraa…aaa..aaa..aaa..aa…
Saalakkaaraa…aaa…aaa…aa…
Fakkeeru…(8)…………..
Street magician!
He performs sleight-of-hand tricks,
Street magician!
He turns thin air into cash,
Street magician!
He turns clouds into juice,
Street magician!
Street magician!
His entire game is full of swagger,
He won't get caught that easily,
Just watch him run during a chase,
Shapeshifting like a tiger,
.......................
Street magician!
He can ride a bicycle through the sky,
Street magician!
He can swallow a whole mountain
And let out a burp,
Street magician!
He'll sell your own shorts right back to you,
Street magician... hey... hey... hey...
He is a magic mirror, my friend,
He'll stand right in front of you, girl,
And vanish right behind you,
The Fakir is a master trickster!
This entertainer gathers a crowd,
Shows you a spinning pinwheel,
Tricks you and slips away, oh mama!
The Fakir is a master trickster!
He rubs a green leaf in his palm,
And a chirping parrot is born,
He doodles a pair of wings,
And the green parrot flies away,
With its bright red beak,
It opens your purse,
It opens, it opens, it opens!
He's a dashing guy, this Fakir,
If you get trapped, you're the fool!
Gili gili jee boom baa!
We will show up disguised as holy men, man,
This street will tremble before us, man,
Now there's no obstacle in our path, man,
It is not just idle, useless talk,
Our trick is no joke, dear,
We are simply fantastic, buddy,
We log right into your pocket
And wipe out all your data, buddy!
Your phone and all your wealth,
We will snatch it away in a flash, buddy,
Wake up, buddy!
Look here, where did all your money go, buddy?
All we desire is money,
A neat little calculation,
I'm a man without a single coin to my name,
Only the last crane is left for you,
Roll it up, pocket it away,
Only God is here to save you,
Snatch it, stash it, press it down!
His entire game is full of swagger,
He won't get caught that easily,
Just watch him run during a chase,
Shapeshifting like a tiger,
Grab it, grab it, rob!
It's okay... it's okay... it's okay...
It's okay... it's okay...
Street magician... ah... ah...
Street magician... ha... ah... ah...
Street magician... ah... ah... ah... ah...
Street magician... ah... ah... ah...
Fakir...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Saalakkaaraa' (Street Trickster) energetically celebrates the wily charm, street-smartness, and elusive magic of a street illusionist (the Fakir). Through colorful metaphors and humorous hyperbole, the lyrics describe how the protagonist tricks people, performs surreal illusions like turning air to cash or riding bicycles in the sky, and manages to escape tricky situations unscathed.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Hyperbole (Exaggeration)

Malai muzhungi Yeppam viduvaan

Extravagant exaggeration used to highlight the unbelievable scale of street magic tricks.

Ethugai (Second-letter Rhyme)

Aatta ellaam maasula / Maatta maattaan lesula / Ottam paaru chase-ula

Rhyming of the second letter across consecutive lines ('maasula', 'lesula', 'chase-ula').

Metaphor

Machaan maaya kannaadi

Direct comparison comparing the deceptive street illusionist to a 'magical mirror' that hides reality.

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Trivia

'Pakkiri' (2019) is the Tamil dubbed version of the French-Indian comedy-drama film 'The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir', starring Dhanush in his international film debut. The original soundtrack was composed by Amit Trivedi, with Tamil lyrics penned by Madhan Karky.

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