Unnai Naan Parkkaiyil (Solo)
From Kannukkoru Vannakili · 1991
- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singer
- K. J. Yesudas
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Details
- Kannukkoru Vannakili1991
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Unnai naan paarkkaiyil | When I look at you |
| Oomaiyaai pogiren | I become mute |
| Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam | A love melody searching for words |
| Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam | A love melody searching for words |
| Engengumae oo… oo… | Everywhere, oh... oh... |
| Pogindradhae oo… oo… | It goes on, oh... oh... |
| Male | |
| Unnai naan paarkkaiyil | When I look at you |
| Oomaiyaai pogiren | I become mute |
| Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam | A love melody searching for words |
| Male | |
| Pon maanai pen endru | Did you come to tell a lie |
| Poi solla vandhaayo | That a golden deer is a woman? |
| Vin meenai kan endru | Did you apply kohl to your eyes |
| Mai theetti kondaayo | Calling stars your eyes? |
| Male | |
| En kanmani veedhiyil | When my beloved walks |
| Pogum nerangal | In the streets |
| Un kaalgalil pon mani | The golden bells on your feet |
| Paadum raagangal | Sing melodies |
| Male | |
| Nee pesinaal ketkum | When you speak, one hears |
| Naadhaswaram | The auspicious music of Naadhaswaram |
| Neeyallavo endhan | Aren't you my |
| Kaadhal varam | Boon of love? |
| Nee mangaiyaa aasaiyin gangaiyaa | Are you a maiden or the Ganges of desire? |
| Male | |
| Unnai naan paarkkaiyil | When I look at you |
| Oomaiyaai pogiren | I become mute |
| Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam | A love melody searching for words |
| Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam | A love melody searching for words |
| Male | |
| Engengu paarthaalum | Wherever I look |
| Angangu un kolam | There is your presence |
| Ennenna kettaalum | Whatever I hear |
| Ellaamum un naadham | Everything is your sound |
| Male | |
| Oraayiram jenmamaai | Relationships lived |
| Vaazhndha sondhangal | Across a thousand births |
| Or paarvaiyl vandhadhae | Came in a single glance |
| Andha ennangal | Those deep thoughts |
| Male | |
| Un paarvaiyil thaanae | Only through your gaze |
| Naan paarkkiren | Do I see |
| Un vaazhkkaiyil thaanae | Only in your life |
| Naan vaazhgiren | Do I live |
| En kannilum nenjilum un mugam | Your face is in my eyes and my heart |
| Male | |
| Unnai naan paarkkaiyil | When I look at you |
| Oomaiyaai pogiren | I become mute |
| Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam | A love melody searching for words |
| Engengumae oo… oo… | Everywhere, oh... oh... |
| Pogindradhae oo… oo… | It goes on, oh... oh... |
| Male | |
| Unnai naan paarkkaiyil | When I look at you |
| Oomaiyaai pogiren | I become mute |
| Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam | A love melody searching for words |
| Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam | A love melody searching for words |
உன்னை நான் பார்க்கையில்
ஊமையாய் போகிறேன்
வார்த்தை தேடும் காதல் ராகம்
வார்த்தை தேடும் காதல் ராகம்
When I look at you
I become mute
A love melody searching for words
A love melody searching for words
Everywhere, oh... oh...
It goes on, oh... oh...
எங்கெங்குமே ஓ... ஓ...
போகின்றதே ஓ... ஓ...
When I look at you
I become mute
A love melody searching for words
உன்னை நான் பார்க்கையில்
ஊமையாய் போகிறேன்
வார்த்தை தேடும் காதல் ராகம்
Did you come to tell a lie
That a golden deer is a woman?
Did you apply kohl to your eyes
Calling stars your eyes?
பொன் மானை பெண் என்று
பொய் சொல்ல வந்தாயோ
விண்மீனை கண் என்று
மை தீட்டிக் கொண்டாயோ
When my beloved walks
In the streets
The golden bells on your feet
Sing melodies
என் கண்மணி வீதியில்
போகும் நேரங்கள்
உன் கால்களில் பொன் மணி
பாடும் ராகங்கள்
When you speak, one hears
The auspicious music of Naadhaswaram
Aren't you my
Boon of love?
Are you a maiden or the Ganges of desire?
நீ பேசினால் கேட்கும் நாதஸ்வரம்
நீயல்லவோ எந்தன் காதல் வரம்
நீ மங்கையா ஆசையின் கங்கையா
When I look at you
I become mute
A love melody searching for words
A love melody searching for words
உன்னை நான் பார்க்கையில்
ஊமையாய் போகிறேன்
வார்த்தை தேடும் காதல் ராகம்
வார்த்தை தேடும் காதல் ராகம்
Wherever I look
There is your presence
Whatever I hear
Everything is your sound
எங்கெங்கு பார்த்தாலும்
அங்கங்கு உன் கோலம்
என்னென்ன கேட்டாலும்
எல்லாமும் உன் நாதம்
Relationships lived
Across a thousand births
Came in a single glance
Those deep thoughts
ஓராயிரம் ஜென்மமாய்
வாழ்ந்த சொந்தங்கள்
ஓர் பாவையில் வந்ததே
அந்த எண்ணங்கள்
Only through your gaze
Do I see
Only in your life
Do I live
Your face is in my eyes and my heart
உன் பார்வையில் தானே
நான் பார்க்கிறேன்
உன் வாழ்க்கையில் தானே
நான் வாழ்கிறேன்
என் கண்ணிலும் நெஞ்சிலும்
உன் முகம்
When I look at you
I become mute
A love melody searching for words
Everywhere, oh... oh...
It goes on, oh... oh...
உன்னை நான் பார்க்கையில்
ஊமையாய் போகிறேன்
வார்த்தை தேடும் காதல் ராகம்
When I look at you
I become mute
A love melody searching for words
A love melody searching for words
எங்கெங்குமே ஓ... ஓ...
போகின்றதே ஓ... ஓ...
உன்னை நான் பார்க்கையில்
ஊமையாய் போகிறேன்
வார்த்தை தேடும் காதல் ராகம்
வார்த்தை தேடும் காதல் ராகம்
Unnai naan paarkkaiyil
When I look at you
Oomaiyaai pogiren
I become mute
Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam
A love melody searching for words
Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam
A love melody searching for words
Engengumae oo… oo…
Everywhere, oh... oh...
Pogindradhae oo… oo…
It goes on, oh... oh...
Unnai naan paarkkaiyil
When I look at you
Oomaiyaai pogiren
I become mute
Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam
A love melody searching for words
Pon maanai pen endru
Did you come to tell a lie
Poi solla vandhaayo
That a golden deer is a woman?
Vin meenai kan endru
Did you apply kohl to your eyes
Mai theetti kondaayo
Calling stars your eyes?
En kanmani veedhiyil
When my beloved walks
Pogum nerangal
In the streets
Un kaalgalil pon mani
The golden bells on your feet
Paadum raagangal
Sing melodies
Nee pesinaal ketkum
When you speak, one hears
Naadhaswaram
The auspicious music of Naadhaswaram
Neeyallavo endhan
Aren't you my
Kaadhal varam
Boon of love?
Nee mangaiyaa aasaiyin gangaiyaa
Are you a maiden or the Ganges of desire?
Unnai naan paarkkaiyil
When I look at you
Oomaiyaai pogiren
I become mute
Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam
A love melody searching for words
Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam
A love melody searching for words
Engengu paarthaalum
Wherever I look
Angangu un kolam
There is your presence
Ennenna kettaalum
Whatever I hear
Ellaamum un naadham
Everything is your sound
Oraayiram jenmamaai
Relationships lived
Vaazhndha sondhangal
Across a thousand births
Or paarvaiyl vandhadhae
Came in a single glance
Andha ennangal
Those deep thoughts
Un paarvaiyil thaanae
Only through your gaze
Naan paarkkiren
Do I see
Un vaazhkkaiyil thaanae
Only in your life
Naan vaazhgiren
Do I live
En kannilum nenjilum un mugam
Your face is in my eyes and my heart
Unnai naan paarkkaiyil
When I look at you
Oomaiyaai pogiren
I become mute
Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam
A love melody searching for words
Engengumae oo… oo…
Everywhere, oh... oh...
Pogindradhae oo… oo…
It goes on, oh... oh...
Unnai naan paarkkaiyil
When I look at you
Oomaiyaai pogiren
I become mute
Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam
A love melody searching for words
Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam
A love melody searching for words
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This soulful track expresses the speechlessness that true love brings upon a lover when gazing at his beloved. He compares his emotion to a musical melody searching for lyrics, signifying how love transcends articulate language and turns silence into music.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Etukai (Second letter rhyming)
“Pon maanai / Vin meenai”
The second consonant 'n' aligns in 'Pon maanai' and 'Vin meenai', creating a rhythmic flow.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Vin meenai kan endru”
Comparing the lover's eyes to stars in the sky ('Vin meen') and her grace to a golden deer ('Pon maan').
Hyperbole (Athyukthi)
“Oraayiram jenmamaai vaazhndha sondhangal”
Comparing the bond to relationships enduring across a thousand past births.
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Trivia
The song from the film 'Kannukkoru Vannakili' (1991) features poetic lyrics composed by the legendary lyricist Vaali, set to the background of early 90s Tamil romantic melody tropes.
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