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Takkarunna Takkaru

From Vai Pandal · 1984

Lyricist
Vaali
Singer
S. P. Shailaja
Music director
Shankar Ganesh
Movie name
Vai Pandal
Movie release year
1984
Lyrics added on
29 Jan 2021

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Takkarunnaa takkaru naan taappu takkaru
Nee daavadichchu paarkkaathae summaa utkaaru
Takkarunnaa takkaru naan taappu takkaru
Nee daavadichchu paarkkaathae summaa utkaaru
Mookkirukku muzhiyirukku padaichchu vachchaanae
Ilamayakkam enna kirakkam enna
Maman machchanae naan marachchu vachchenae
Takkarunnaa takkaru naan taappu takkaru
Nee daavadichchu paarkkaathae summaa utkaaru
Hoi hoi hoi hoi
En ooru pazhani en pechu padhani
Ellaamae nee konjam kavani
En ooru pazhani en pechu padhani
Ellaamae nee konjam kavani
Javvaadhu vaadathaan panneerin odathaan
Raasaththi naan kattum kann jaadaithaan
Aavaniyilae thaavaniya pottava naanae
Ahaan aavaniyilae thaavaniya pottava naanae
Kaaleduththu aadugindra kaavadithaan nanae
Takkarunnaa takkaru naan taappu takkaru
Nee daavadichchu paarkkaathae summaa utkaaru
Mookkirukku muzhiyirukku padaichchu vachchaanae
Ilamayakkam enna kirakkam enna
Maman machchanae naan marachchu vachchenae
Takkarunnaa takkaru naan taappu takkaru
Nee daavadichchu paarkkaathae summaa utkaaru
Thottaalum pochu pattaalum pochu
Undaagum ooraarin yaechchu
Thottaalum pochu pattaalum pochu
Undaagum ooraarin yaechchu
Mayilaattam aaduvaen kuyilaattam paaduvaen
Aanaalum maanaattam naan vaazhraen
Thaali ennum veliyillaa thoppirunthaalum
Aahaan thaali ennum veliyillaa thoppirunthaalum
Kaavalum yaevalukkum eththaaiyo aalu
Takkarunnaa takkaru naan taappu takkaru
Nee daavadichchu paarkkaathae summaa utkaaru
Mookkirukku muzhiyirukku padaichchu vachchaanae
Ilamayakkam enna kirakkam enna
Maman machchanae naan marachchu vachchenae
Takkarunnaa takkaru naan taappu takkaru
Nee daavadichchu paarkkaathae summaa utkaaru
If you want someone stunning, I'm absolute top-class!
Don't stare and try to flirt, just sit quietly!
If you want someone stunning, I'm absolute top-class!
Don't stare and try to flirt, just sit quietly!
God gave me a sharp nose and pretty eyes when He created me,
Filled with youthful allure and dizzying charm!
O handsome sweetheart, yet I've kept myself well protected!
If you want someone stunning, I'm absolute top-class!
Don't stare and try to flirt, just sit quietly!
Hoy hoy hoy hoy!
My hometown is Palani, and my speech is sweet as fresh palm sap,
Just pay close attention to everything!
My hometown is Palani, and my speech is sweet as fresh palm sap,
Just pay close attention to everything!
Like the scent of sweet perfume and a stream of rosewater,
Are the playful glances from me, this lovely queen!
I am the girl who stepped into womanhood wearing a half-sari in Aavani,
Aha, I am the girl who stepped into womanhood wearing a half-sari in Aavani,
I dance with rhythmic steps like a lively Kavadi (ritual dance offering)!
If you want someone stunning, I'm absolute top-class!
Don't stare and try to flirt, just sit quietly!
God gave me a sharp nose and pretty eyes when He created me,
Filled with youthful allure and dizzying charm!
O handsome sweetheart, yet I've kept myself well protected!
If you want someone stunning, I'm absolute top-class!
Don't stare and try to flirt, just sit quietly!
If you touch me it's trouble, if you even brush past me it's trouble,
And the whole town will start gossiping and blaming!
If you touch me it's trouble, if you even brush past me it's trouble,
And the whole town will start gossiping and blaming!
I can dance like a peacock and sing like a cuckoo,
Yet I live cautiously and gently like a deer!
Even if I am like an open garden without the fence of a wedding knot,
Aha, even if I am like an open garden without the fence of a wedding knot,
There are still so many people to guard and attend to me!
If you want someone stunning, I'm absolute top-class!
Don't stare and try to flirt, just sit quietly!
God gave me a sharp nose and pretty eyes when He created me,
Filled with youthful allure and dizzying charm!
O handsome sweetheart, yet I've kept myself well protected!
If you want someone stunning, I'm absolute top-class!
Don't stare and try to flirt, just sit quietly!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This upbeat Tamil track features a playful, feisty heroine boasting about her beauty, intelligence, and unmatched stature while warning her admirer to keep his distance. She compares her speech to sweet palm juice and her presence to fragrant civet and rosewater, asserting her independence despite being unmarried. While acknowledging her youthful allure and artistic talents—dancing like a peacock and singing like a cuckoo—she firmly upholds her dignity and warns against line-crossing flirtation that could spark village gossip. Vaali's colloquial lyricism captures folk energy and feminine self-assurance effectively throughout the song.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Edukai (Second-letter Rhyme)

Takkarunnaa takkaru naan taappu takkaru / Mookkirukku muzhiyirukku padaichchu vachchaanae

The second letter 'k' (க) rhymes across lines 'Takkarunnaa' and 'Mookkirukku'.

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

En ooru pazhani en pechu padhani

Rhyming words at the end of consecutive lines ('pazhani' and 'padhani').

Simile (Upamanam)

Aanaalum maanaattam naan vaazhraen

Comparing the heroine's innocent lifestyle to that of a deer ('maanaattam').

Did you know?

Trivia

'Vai Pandal' (1984) is a lesser-known mid-80s Tamil film featuring lyrics by Vaali, who frequently utilized trendy Madras Tamil slang words such as 'takkaru' (top class) and 'daavaddichchu' (flirting) to appeal to youth audiences.

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