Jikki’s ‘Annaale Nannaale’ from the album ‘Kanavu’ combines hopeful vocals with A. Maruthakasi’s lyrics about an ideal society. Composers G. Ramanathan and V. Dakshinamoorthy craft a musical landscape where poverty and inequality dissolve.

Annaale Nannaale
Jikki • From “Kanavu”
Annaale Nannaale Lyrics Translation Jikki | Kanavu
Maruthakasi’s lines like ‘Illaamai Illai Yaezhigal Illai’ outline a world without deprivation. The song describes shared prosperity where ‘everyone as one community’ enjoys equal treatment, rejecting oppression and deceit.
Annale NannaleOh, what a wonderful day.
Seerum Kundramale Nam NaditheAs we prosper and grow,
Paril Nandragave Inba VazhvurumThe world will find a truly joyful life.
Annale NannaleOh, what a wonderful day.
Annale NannaleOh, what a wonderful day.
Seerum Kundramale Nam NaditheAs we prosper and grow,
Paril Nandragave Inba VazhvurumThe world will find a truly joyful life.
Annale NannaleOh, what a wonderful day.
Illamai Illai Yezhigal IllaiThere isn’t any poverty, there aren’t any poor.
Yettrathazhvu Yedhumillai Yemattram IllaiThere isn’t any inequality, there isn’t any deceit.
Kallathar Illai Kaviya CholaiThere won’t be any illiteracy, but a garden of poetry.
Endru Solla Kettu Ellorum InburumWhen they hear this said, everyone will be happy.
Annale NannaleOh, what a wonderful day.
Seerum Kundramale Nam NaditheAs we prosper and grow,
Paril Nandragave Inba VazhvurumThe world will find a truly joyful life.
Annale NannaleOh, what a wonderful day.
Pollathar Illai PoosalumillaiThere aren’t any bad people, and there aren’t any quarrels.
Pootti Vaththu Pennai KollumThere aren’t any perpetrators who’d lock up and harm women,
Pathagarum IllaiThere won’t be any oppressors.
Ellorum Orinam Izhinthavar IllaiEveryone’s one community, and no one’s looked down upon.
Endru Solla Kettu Ellorum InburumWhen they hear this said, everyone will be happy.
Annale NannaleOh, what a wonderful day.
Seerum Kundramale Nam NaditheAs we prosper and grow,
Paril Nandragave Inba VazhvurumThe world will find a truly joyful life.
Annale NannaleOh, what a wonderful day.
Annaale Nannaale Music Video
Understanding the ‘Annaale Nannaale’ lyrics translation reveals a blueprint for collective joy. Jikki’s delivery and the composers’ arrangements reinforce the vision of unity through Tamil musical traditions.