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Lyrics & meaning

En Manasil Neeye Thana

From Kadhal Azhivathillai · 2002

Lyricist
T. Rajendar
Singers
Prasanna Rao, Srivardhini
Music director
T. Rajendar
Movie name
Kadhal Azhivathillai
Movie release year
2002
Lyrics added on
18 Feb 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
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{ En manasil neeyae thaana
Un manasil naanae thaana
Nam manasil kaadhal thaana
Sol anbae unmai thaana } (2)
{ Iruvar ondrai sernthida thaana
Maatri kondom idhayathai thaana } (2)
Adikadi paarthaal thaana
Kaadhal valarum thaana thaana
En Manasil
Un manasil naanae thaana
En manasil neeyae thaana
Nam manasil kaadhal thaana
{ Sol anbae unmai thaana} (2)
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Ullathil kaadhalarai sumapena
Ulaginum perithaai ninaipena
Kanavilum avanathu mugam thaana
Ninaika ninaika sugam thaana
Kaalai maalai varuvathellam
Kaadhalargal santhika thaana
Kana neram kidaithaal kooda
Kaadhal patri sindhikathaana
{ Sorkam iruvar anbil thaana
Naragam kaadhal pirivil thaana } (2)
Mothathil idhayam thudipadhu kaadhalil thaana
En manasil en manasil neeyae thaana
Un manasil naanae thaana
Nam manasil kaadhal thaana
Sol anbae unmai thaana
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Kaadhal yendral aazham thaana
Vizhundhal yezhuvathu kadinam thaana
Kaadhalargal velai thavipathu thaana
Kayavargal velai piripathu thaana
Laila majnu marainthaargal yendral
Puthainthathu antha udalgal thaana
Indrum avargal nyabagam yendral
Vaazhvathu antha kaadhal thaana
{ Kaalam kooda maarum thaana
Kaadhal azhivathillai thaana } (2)
Ulagam ulla matum kaadhal
Vaazhvathu mei thaana
En manasil en manasil neeyae thaana
Un manasil naanae thaana
Nam manasil kaadhal thaana
Sol anbae unmai thaana
{ Iruvar ondrai sernthida thaana
Maatri kondom idhayathai thaana } (2)
{ Adikadi paarthaal thaana
Kaadhal valarum thaana thaana } (2)
En Manasil
En manasil neeyae neeyae thaana
Un manasil naanae naanae thaana
Nam manasil kaadhal kaadhal thaana
Sol anbae unmai thaana
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Are you the only one in my heart?
Am I the only one in your heart?
Is it love that fills our hearts?
Tell me, my love, is it true?
Was it so the two of us could become one
That we exchanged our hearts?
Is it only when we see each other often
That love grows naturally on its own?
In my heart...
Am I the only one in your heart?
Are you the only one in my heart?
Is it love that fills our hearts?
Tell me, my love, is it true?
...
Shall I carry my lover within my heart?
Shall I deem him greater than the world itself?
Is his face the only thing in my dreams?
Is every thought of him pure bliss?
Do morning and evening come and go
Just for lovers to meet?
Even if a fleeting moment is found,
Is it only to think about love?
Is heaven found in mutual love?
Is hell found in love's separation?
In short, does the heart beat only for love?
In my heart, in my heart, are you the only one?
Am I the only one in your heart?
Is it love that fills our hearts?
Tell me, my love, is it true?
...
...
Is love a profound ocean depth?
Once fallen, is it hard to rise again?
Is a lover's role to pine in longing?
Is a wicked person's role to tear lovers apart?
Though Laila and Majnu passed away,
Was it only their physical bodies that were buried?
If their memory lives on even today,
Is it that love of theirs which lives forever?
Even time itself may change,
But love never perishes, does it?
As long as the world endures,
Is it true that love shall live on?
In my heart, in my heart, are you the only one?
Am I the only one in your heart?
Is it love that fills our hearts?
Tell me, my love, is it true?
Was it so the two of us could become one
That we exchanged our hearts?
Is it only when we see each other often
That love grows naturally on its own?
In my heart...
In my heart, is it truly only you?
In your heart, am I truly the only one?
In our hearts, is it truly love and only love?
Tell me, my love, is it true?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This romantic track from 'Kadhal Azhivathillai' explores the profound depth and immortality of true love. The song takes the form of rhetorical questions exchanged between lovers, pondering whether their connection is destiny, whether distance can diminish affection, and how love brings both heavenly joy and unbearable heartache during separation. The lyrics emphasize that while villainous obstacles and time itself may attempt to tear lovers apart, true love endures beyond death, using historical tragic lovers like Laila and Majnu to illustrate that physical death cannot bury immortal love.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Refrain / Epanalepsis

“En manasil neeyae thaana / Un manasil naanae thaana”

The phrase 'thaana' is appended as an emphatic ending to almost every line throughout the song to reinforce certainty and rhetoric.

Antithesis

“Sorkam iruvar anbil thaana / Naragam kaadhal pirivil thaana”

Contrasts Heaven (Sorkam) created by mutual affection with Hell (Naragam) brought by separation.

Allusion

“Laila majnu marainthaargal yendral / Puthainthathu antha udalgal thaana”

References the legendary Arabic tragic lovers Laila and Majnu to prove that true love lives on beyond physical death.

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Trivia

'Kadhal Azhivathillai' (2002) marked the silver screen debut of Silambarasan (Simbu) as a lead actor. The film's story, screenplay, direction, lyrics, and music were all single-handedly handled by his father, T. Rajendar.

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