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Lyrics & meaning

Un Kannukullara

From Kaaval · 2015

Lyricist
Snehan
Singers
G. V. Prakash Kumar, Priya Himesh
Music director
G. V. Prakash Kumar
Movie name
Kaaval
Movie release year
2015
Lyrics added on
23 Mar 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Un kannukullara
Naan kaanaponenae
Unna thottu pesa thaan
Naan kaathanenae
Unn nenjukullara
Naan nendhi ponenae
Un moochchumothi thaan
Naan keethananae
Manasu unna suthi
Sozhi aattam adudhada
Vayassu vanmurayai
Thedudhada
Pudhusa vekkam vandhu
Posukunudhan pookuthada
Onnum puriyama nikurenae
Hey kalavani payala
Ne kalavadita
Kattaayam avana ne kapathanum
Thalayaatti bommaiya
Enna mathita
Manassu mela manasa ne
Endi vecchi thechaa…
Un kannukullara
Naan kaanaponenae
Unna thottu pesa thaan
Naan kaathanenae
Unn nenjukullara
Naan nendhi ponenae
Un moochchumothi thaan
Naan keethananae..ae…ae…
Ancharu venila
Nenjukulla
Vandhuthaan pogudhae
Endi pulla
Kann moodi pathalae
Vanathula
Ne thanda neendhura
Megathula
Ayyaiyo ayyaiyo
Colourah theriyura
Female : Ayyaiyo ayyaiyo
Kuthira oottura
Ennamo pannudhae
Ullukulla unnanala
Unn pattampochi kannu rendu
Vettudhadi
Hey kalavani payala
Ne kalavadita
Kattaayam avana ne kapathanum
Thalayaatti bommaiya
Enna mathita
Manassu mela manasa ne
Endi vecchi thechaa…
Sollama naan
Unna adakathendi
Sollitae naan unna
Thoda paathendi
Naan thungum arai ellam
Una pathenda
Mundhanaal kanavil thaan
Kai korthenda
Sathamae illama
Sandaya mootura
Female : Rathathil rocketa
Yenda ne ootura
Mothathil enna ne
Paithyam aakura
Unn anghathula kadai pottu
Enna vanghura
Hey kalavani payala
Ne kalavadita
Kattaayam avana ne kapathanum
Thalayaatti bommaiya
Enna mathita
Manassu mela manasa ne
Endi vecchi thechaa…
Inside your eyes
I got completely lost
Just to touch you and talk
I kept waiting
Inside your heart
I drifted and floated away
When your warm breath touched me
I fell completely apart
My heart spins around you
like a game of cowrie shells
My young heart
seeks wild thrills
A brand new shyness
suddenly blooms in me
I just stand here, unable to understand anything
Hey, you little thief
you have stolen me away
Now you definitely have to save this boy
Into a nodding bobblehead doll
you have turned me
Heart pressed against heart,
why did you rub against mine, girl?
Inside your eyes
I got completely lost
Just to touch you and talk
I kept waiting
Inside your heart
I drifted and floated away
When your warm breath touched me
I fell completely apart... oh...
Five or six bright moons
deep inside my heart
keep coming and going,
why is that, my girl?
Whenever I close my eyes,
up in the sky
you are the one swimming
among the clouds!
Oh my, oh my,
you appear so full of colors!
Female: Oh my, oh my,
you are galloping like a wild horse!
Something stirs
deep inside me because of you
Both of your butterfly eyes
cut right through me, girl!
Hey, you little thief
you have stolen me away
Now you definitely have to save this boy
Into a nodding bobblehead doll
you have turned me
Heart pressed against heart,
why did you rub against mine, girl?
Without saying a word,
I tried to hold you close, girl!
Even while talking to you,
I looked for a chance to touch you!
All over the bedroom where I sleep,
I saw only you!
In my dream the night before last,
I held your hands!
Without making any sound,
you ignite a fiery battle within me!
Female: Like a rocket in my bloodstream,
why are you racing, boy?
At the end of the day,
you are driving me crazy!
Setting up a shop over your body,
what are you trying to buy from me?
Hey, you little thief
you have stolen me away
Now you definitely have to save this boy
Into a nodding bobblehead doll
you have turned me
Heart pressed against heart,
why did you rub against mine, girl?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Un Kannukullara from the 2015 movie Kaaval is an energetic romantic duet expressing playful affection and intense longing between lovers. The lyrics written by Snehan capture the playful teasing and emotional frenzy experienced when falling deeply in love, using vibrant colloquial Tamil metaphors of stolen hearts, colorful skies, and internal fireworks.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Sozhi aattam adudhada

Comparing the mind/heart's playful restlessness to a game played with cowrie shells (Sozhi aattam).

Metaphor

Unn pattampochi kannu rendu

Comparing eyes to butterflies that flutter and cut through the protagonist.

Hyperbole

Rathathil rocketa

Describing excitement as launching a rocket in one's blood stream.

Simile / Personification

Thalayaatti bommaiya

Comparing oneself to a nodding bobblehead doll under the spell of the lover.

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Trivia

Kaaval (2015) features music composed by Dharan Kumar, with lyricist Snehan providing youthful, urban folk-infused romantic lyrics for this catchy track.

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