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Lyrics & meaning

Unnai Naan Parkkaiyil (Solo)

From Kannukkoru Vannakili · 1991

Lyricist
Vaali
Singer
K. J. Yesudas
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Kannukkoru Vannakili
Movie release year
1991
Lyrics added on
27 Jan 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Unnai naan paarkkaiyil
Oomaiyaai pogiren
Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam
Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam
Engengumae oo… oo…
Pogindradhae oo… oo…
Unnai naan paarkkaiyil
Oomaiyaai pogiren
Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam
Pon maanai pen endru
Poi solla vandhaayo
Vin meenai kan endru
Mai theetti kondaayo
En kanmani veedhiyil
Pogum nerangal
Un kaalgalil pon mani
Paadum raagangal
Nee pesinaal ketkum
Naadhaswaram
Neeyallavo endhan
Kaadhal varam
Nee mangaiyaa aasaiyin gangaiyaa
Unnai naan paarkkaiyil
Oomaiyaai pogiren
Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam
Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam
Engengu paarthaalum
Angangu un kolam
Ennenna kettaalum
Ellaamum un naadham
Oraayiram jenmamaai
Vaazhndha sondhangal
Or paarvaiyl vandhadhae
Andha ennangal
Un paarvaiyil thaanae
Naan paarkkiren
Un vaazhkkaiyil thaanae
Naan vaazhgiren
En kannilum nenjilum un mugam
Unnai naan paarkkaiyil
Oomaiyaai pogiren
Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam
Engengumae oo… oo…
Pogindradhae oo… oo…
Unnai naan paarkkaiyil
Oomaiyaai pogiren
Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam
Vaarthai thaedum kaadhal raagam
Whenever I look at you,
I become speechless.
A melody of love searching for words,
A melody of love searching for words,
Everywhere, oh... oh...
It drifts along, oh... oh...
Whenever I look at you,
I become speechless.
A melody of love searching for words.
Claiming a golden deer is a woman,
did you come to lie to me?
Claiming the stars in the sky are eyes,
did you line them with kohl?
Whenever my darling
walks down the street,
the golden bells on your feet
sing sweet melodies.
When you speak, I hear
the music of the nadaswaram (traditional wind instrument).
Aren't you
the blessing of my love?
Are you a woman, or the Ganga of my desires?
Whenever I look at you,
I become speechless.
A melody of love searching for words,
A melody of love searching for words.
Wherever I look,
your form is all I see.
Whatever I hear,
it is all the sound of your music.
Bonds we shared
across a thousand lifetimes—
all those feelings returned
in just a single glance.
Isn't it through your eyes
that I see the world?
Isn't it through your life
that I truly live?
Your face fills my eyes and my heart.
Whenever I look at you,
I become speechless.
A melody of love searching for words,
Everywhere, oh... oh...
It drifts along, oh... oh...
Whenever I look at you,
I become speechless.
A melody of love searching for words,
A melody of love searching for words.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

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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