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Ellam Unnale

From Album Songs 2020 · 2020

Lyricist
Vedhamani
Singer
Godwin Winston
Music directors
Vedhamani, Alwin Paransothi
Movie name
Album Songs 2020
Movie release year
2020
Lyrics added on
8 Nov 2020

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Koormaiyaana paarvai thaakkudhae
Paavaiyodu
Pogum neram vegam aagudhae
Kaanal pola kaatril neeyum maayam aavadhen
Kaanum piraiyil unnai ketkkiren
Kaadum malaiyum kalanthu karaiyum
Megam unai ippodhu varaiyum
Kavidhai iravu eppodhu mudiyumo
{Kaalam kadanthu pogavae
Nee venum enakku puriyudha
En paadham nadanthu pogala
Unakkaaga parakkum theriyudha} (2)
Theanaa sirichi pesi
Poratti potta manasa ippo
Kaana sirikki appo tholachi puttalaa
Megam aval edhiril neendhi
Udhirum velaiyil karaiyudhae
Naanum adhae pola yedho aagiren
Vaanamum moodida nilavum asandhu thoongida
Vaarangal pol oru iravai kadakkindren
Kaadum malaiyum kalandhu karaiyum
Megam unai ippodhu varaiyum
Kavidhai iravu eppodhu mudiyumo
{Kaalam kadanthu pogavae
Nee venum enakku puriyudha
En paadham nadanthu pogala
Unakkaaga parakkum theriyudha} (2)
Your sharp gaze strikes me,
and with you, my girl,
time flies by so fast.
Why do you vanish into the air like a mirage?
I ask the crescent moon about you.
As the forests and mountains blend and dissolve,
the clouds sketch your face right now.
When will this poetic night ever end?
{As time slips away,
I need you, do you understand?
My feet aren't just walking,
they are flying for you, can't you tell?}
Talking and smiling sweetly like honey,
she turned my heart upside down,
did that smiling girl lose it and disappear?
As clouds float before her
and melt away as they fall,
I too am dissolving just like that.
As the sky clouds over and the moon falls fast asleep,
I pass through a single night that feels like weeks.
As the forests and mountains blend and dissolve,
the clouds sketch your face right now.
When will this poetic night ever end?
{As time slips away,
I need you, do you understand?
My feet aren't just walking,
they are flying for you, can't you tell?}
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This romantic track captures the surreal and overwhelming feeling of falling deeply in love. The narrator describes how the beloved's captivating gaze and sweet speech flip his world upside down, making time feel both accelerated and stretched. Nature itself seems to participate in his longing—clouds paint her portrait, mountains dissolve, and a single night stretches out as if it were weeks long. Struggling with her elusive presence that vanishes like a mirage, he expresses that his feet feel as though they are flying rather than walking in pursuit of her love.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Uvamai Ani)

Kaanal pola kaatril neeyum maayam aavadhen

Compares the beloved's disappearance to a mirage ('Kaanal pola') and her speech to sweet honey ('Theanaa sirichi').

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navortchi Ani)

En paadham nadanthu pogala / Unakkaaga parakkum theriyudha

Exaggerates the protagonist's emotional state by stating his feet are flying instead of walking and a single night feels like weeks.

Personification (Tharkiipetru Aniyin Thannmai)

Megam unai ippodhu varaiyum

Attributes human behaviors to nature, such as clouds painting her picture and the moon sleeping soundly.

Alliteration (Moanai)

Kaadum malaiyum kalanthu karaiyum

Repetition of initial consonant sounds in words within the same line, such as 'Kaadum' and 'Kalandhu'.

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Trivia

This track is an independent Tamil romantic single from the 2020 album releases featuring lyricist Vedhamani, known for blending imagery of nature with themes of modern romance.

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