Kanagathe Gugai Lyrics Meaning: Digambara Samiyar | A. P. Komala

“Kanagathe Gugai” by A. P. Komala is from the album Digambara Samiyar. Lyricist Ka. Mu. Sherif and composer G. Ramanathan created the track. It opens with the image of a deer trapped by a tiger inside a golden cave, establishing a sense of confinement and danger.

Kanagathe Gugai Lyrics Meaning: Digambara Samiyar | A. P. Komala

Kanagathe Gugai

A. P. Komala • From “Digambara Samiyar”

Lyricist
Ka. Mu. Sherif
Composer
G. Ramanathan

Kanagathe Gugai Lyrics Translation – Digambara Samiyar Soundtrack

The lyrics later shift from the cave to a vast, hostile ocean. The speaker compares her state to a boat battered by waves in a cyclone, unable to find the shore. She then directly asks God why she was given a female birth, connecting her struggle to her identity.

Kanagathe Gugai Naduve Man OndruLike a deer inside a golden cave
Puliyidathe Agappattar PolaThat has been cornered by a tiger
Nanum Inge NaligindreneI too am wasting away in this place
Yenindha Penn Jenmam Eduthen JagadeesaWhy was I born a woman, O Jagadeesa?
Yenindha Penn Jenmam Eduthen JagadeesaWhy was I born a woman, O Jagadeesa?
Yenindha Penn JenmamWhy this life as a woman?
Perum Kadalil Soorai KatrilOn the great ocean, in a cyclone’s wind
Alai Modhum Thoni PolaLike a boat battered by the waves
Perum Kadalil Soorai KatrilOn the great ocean, in a cyclone’s wind
Alai Modhum Thoni PolaLike a boat battered by the waves
Karai Serum Margam KanadhuSeeing no path to reach the shore
Gathi KalangugindreneMy spirit is in turmoil
En Ennam Yavum PazhadainthuAll of my hopes have turned to ruin
Mannum AgumoWill they just become dust?
Yenindha Penn Jenmam Eduthen JagadeesaWhy was I born a woman, O Jagadeesa?

Kanagathe Gugai Music Video

The song builds through the repetition of its central question. Its structure alternates between images of entrapment: the cave and the storm-tossed boat. This method ties the speaker’s personal crisis to metaphors of both isolation and overwhelming force.