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Lyrics & meaning

Thai Sollum

From Kana Kandaen · 2005

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singer
Manikka Vinayagam
Music director
Vidyasagar
Movie name
Kana Kandaen
Movie release year
2005
Lyrics added on
3 Mar 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
{Thai sollum uravai vaithu
Ulagam sontham
Thai ulla varayil thanae
Gramam sontham} (2)
17 vayasu varaikum
Nee vazhum vazhkai thanae
Palottum kalam varaikum
Kuda varum
Kadalora upan galiyum
Kathodu pesum alaiyum
500 mile ponalum
Thedi varum
Thai sollum uravai vaithu
Ulagam sontham
Thai ulla varayil thanae
Gramam sontham
Gramam than madiyil katti
Valathathu unnai
Gramatha madiyila katti
Povathu enna
Sathi thandiyae
Natpum uravum
Malarnthathu angae
Samayatha pengal pathu
Mayangiyathu angae
Uppu medilae adi mudithu
Sainthathum angae
Aagayam iruttu pothi
Thungiyathangae
Kaiyodu alliya thanni
Viralodu kasivathu pola
Kannodu ninaivugal ellam
Kasigirathae…..
Thai sollum uravai vaithu
Ulagam sontham
Thai ulla varayil thanae
Gramam sontham
Nellikai adiyil
Ulla thithipagaa
Varumayin keezh latchiyam
Onnu vanthathu angae
Thuku vali thalayil matti
Greedam endrai
Sontha selavil suriyan vanga
Asai kondai
Sontha uravugal ilaigalai polae
Uthirnthida kandai
Vantha uravugal valar pirayaga
Valarnthida kandai
Manam konda kanavugal ellam
Man panai sillugal agaa
Maru vazhvin vetriyai
Thedi odugiraiii…
Thai sollum uravai vaithu
Ulagam sontham
Thai ulla varayil thanae
Gramam sontham
17 vayasu varaikum
Nee vazhum vazhkai thanae
Palottum kalam varaikum
Kuda varum
Kadalora upan galiyum
Kathodu pesum alaiyum
500 mail ponalum
Thedi varum
Through the bonds a mother points out,
the world becomes your family.
Only as long as a mother is alive,
does the village truly belong to you.
The life you live
until the age of seventeen,
will stay with you
until your final days.
The seaside goddess Uppankali,
and the waves that whisper in your ear,
even if you go five hundred miles away,
will come searching for you.
Through the bonds a mother points out,
the world becomes your family.
Only as long as a mother is alive,
does the village truly belong to you.
The village held you in its lap
and raised you.
Tucking that village into your pouch,
why are you leaving now?
Beyond caste boundaries,
friendships and kinship
blossomed there.
Catching sight of young girls,
your heart was captivated there.
Resting your tired feet on the salt mounds,
you leaned back to relax there.
Blanketed by the darkness of the sky,
you slept peacefully there.
Just like water scooped up in the hand
slips through the fingers,
all those memories
are trickling from your eyes...
Through the bonds a mother points out,
the world becomes your family.
Only as long as a mother is alive,
does the village truly belong to you.
Like the sweetness that follows
the bite of a gooseberry,
beneath the hardships of poverty,
an ambition was born there.
Placing a lunch pail on your head,
you claimed it was a crown.
To buy the sun with your own hard work,
you nurtured a burning desire.
You saw your own relatives
fall away like withered leaves.
You saw the new bonds that entered your life
grow like the waxing moon.
As all the dreams you carried in your heart
shattered like pieces of a clay pot,
seeking victory in a fresh chapter of life,
you keep running ahead...
Through the bonds a mother points out,
the world becomes your family.
Only as long as a mother is alive,
does the village truly belong to you.
The life you live
until the age of seventeen,
will stay with you
until your final days.
The seaside goddess Uppankali,
and the waves that whisper in your ear,
even if you go five hundred miles away,
will come searching for you.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Thai Sollum Uravai Vaithu' from Kana Kandaen (2005) is a deeply emotional reflection on roots, motherly affection, childhood innocence, and the relentless pursuit of ambition. Lyricist Vairamuthu explores how a mother anchors one's connection to family and society, and how memories from one's formative years up to youth remain etched in the soul regardless of how far one travels. The song highlights rural life, childhood friendships, early struggles against poverty, and the longing for success. As life progresses, early ties shed like dried leaves while new relationships take shape like a waxing moon. Despite dreams shattering like fragile clay pots along the journey, the protagonist continues to run towards modern success, carrying the foundational sensory memories—the sea wind, the salt mounds, and childhood tears—wherever he goes.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Uvamai Ani)

“Kaiyodu alliya thanni / Viralodu kasivathu pola”

Compares memories leaking out through tears to water scooped in one's palm slipping out through the fingers.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

“Thuku vali thalayil matti / Greedam endrai”

Metaphorically equates a simple tiffin box carried during hard work to a royal crown, exalting dignity of labor.

Simile (Uvamai Ani)

“Sontha uravugal ilaigalai polae / Uthirnthida kandai”

Compares original blood relatives drifting away to leaves shedding from a tree.

Personification

“Kathodu pesum alaiyum”

Personifies the ocean waves as whispering secrets into one's ear.

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Trivia

Kana Kandaen (2005) marked the directorial debut of renowned cinematographer K. V. Anand. The film's soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar, with lyrics by Vairamuthu.

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