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En Manasukulla

From Maniyaar Kudumbam · 2018

Lyricist
J. Thambi Ramaiah
Singers
D. Imman, Surmukhi
Music director
J. Thambi Ramaiah
Movie name
Maniyaar Kudumbam
Movie release year
2018
Lyrics added on
4 Jul 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
En manasukulla nee
Pugunthu kitta
En usurukulla nee
Pothanjikitta
Uyira kaiyiraaga nee thaan
Thirichi putta
Arana kodi pola idupula thaan
Suththi kitta
Kanna nee kalati erinji
Kaayam thaan panni putta
Enna nee kasakki pulunchi
Juice-ah kuduchu putta
Ippadi panni puttiyae
Ippadi panni puttiyae
Ippadi panni puttiyae
En manasukulla nee
Pugunthu kitta
En usurukulla nee
Pothanjikitta
Uyira kaiyiraaga nee thaan
Thirichi putta
Arana kodi pola idupula thaan
Suththi kitta
Kanna nee kalati erinji
Kaayam thaan panni putta
Enna nee kasakki pulunchi
Juice-ah kuduchu putta
Ippadi panni puttiyae
Ippadi panni puttiyae
Ippadi panni puttiyae
Kuththaala maliyila thaan
Kottuthadi aruvi
Maththaalam poda solli
Paaduthadi kuruvi
Vaadi nee
Kattikalaaam thaluvi
Vaai mel vaaiya vechu
Alavu edukka vaada
Paai mela enna vechi
Paadam solli thaada
Sundari naan
Irukken sooda
Kai thaalam pottu pottu
Kai valichu pochu
Mei thaalam poda ipo
Neram nerungiyachu
Ada neeyum naanum serntha
Male :Adutha paththu maasam
Kuva kuva kuva kuva
Ippadi panni puttiyae
Ippadi panni puttiyae
Ippadi panni puttiyae
Vekkaadu illatha
Yerkaadu mela
Uppu mootai aakki
Unna thooki poren
Muthuguku sugamadi maanae
Nokaadu illatha
Pookaadu ullapoi
Paadam nadathurennu
Nee sonna varen naan
Inikka thudikira thaenae
Oorai ellaam pokku kaati
Orangattalaama
Porvaikulla naamalum thaan
Porai nadatha laama
Ada neeyum naanum serntha
Male :Adutha paththu maasam
Kuva kuva kuva kuva
Ippadi panni puttiyae
Ippadi panni puttiyae
Ippadi panni puttiyae
Ippadi panni puttiyae….hei
Into my heart, you
stepped right inside.
Deep within my soul, you
buried yourself.
You spun my very life
into a tight rope.
Like a waist-cord around the waist,
you wrapped yourself around me.
Darling, you unclasped and threw me off,
and left me with a wound.
Squeezing and crushing me completely,
you drank me all up like juice.
Look what you have done to me!
Look what you have done to me!
Look what you have done to me!
Into my heart, you
stepped right inside.
Deep within my soul, you
buried yourself.
You spun my very life
into a tight rope.
Like a waist-cord around the waist,
you wrapped yourself around me.
Darling, you unclasped and threw me off,
and left me with a wound.
Squeezing and crushing me completely,
you drank me all up like juice.
Look what you have done to me!
Look what you have done to me!
Look what you have done to me!
On Courtallam mountain,
the waterfall pours down, girl.
Asking for a drumbeat,
the little bird sings, girl.
Come here to me,
let us hold each other close and embrace.
Pressing your lips against mine,
come take my measurements, boy!
Laying me down on the mat,
teach me a lesson, boy!
I, your pretty girl,
am burning hot with longing!
Clapping to the rhythm with our hands,
my hands have started aching.
To play the rhythm of our bodies,
the time has finally arrived.
Ah, if you and I unite,
Male: In the next ten months,
a baby's cry, kuva kuva!
Look what you have done to me!
Look what you have done to me!
Look what you have done to me!
Free from the stifling heat,
high up on the hills of Yercaud,
carrying you piggyback,
I will lift you and carry you away.
It is such sweet bliss for my back, my deer!
Free from every pain and hurt,
stepping inside that garden of flowers,
if you promise to teach me a lesson,
then I am ready to come,
my honey yearning with sweetness!
Tricking the whole town,
shall we leave them all behind?
Underneath the blanket,
shall we wage our sweet battle?
Ah, if you and I unite,
Male: In the next ten months,
a baby's cry, kuva kuva!
Look what you have done to me!
Look what you have done to me!
Look what you have done to me!
Look what you have done to me... hey!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This playful folk duet from the Tamil film 'Maniyaar Kudumbam' expresses intense romantic desire and playful teasing between a couple. The lovers describe how deeply they have fallen for each other, using dramatic and hyperbolic village metaphors like twisting life into a waist-cord or squeezing each other like juice. The lyrics shift between lush natural landscapes—such as Courtallam waterfalls and Yercaud hill stations—and intimate romantic banter about closeness, warmth, and starting a family together.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Upamai (Simile)

Arana kodi pola idupula thaan

Compares how the lover encircles life to an 'Arana kodi' (sacred waist thread worn by rural men/children).

Uruvagaim (Metaphor)

Enna nee kasakki pulunchi Juice-ah kuduchu putta

Metaphorically compares crushing romantic feelings to squeezing out juice and drinking it.

Edukku / Monnai (Rhyme & Alliteration)

Vekkaadu illatha Yerkaadu mela / Nokaadu illatha Pookaadu ullapoi

Uses rhythmic Tamil folk rhyming patterns across line pairs ('Kuththaala' and 'Maththaalam', 'Vekkaadu' and 'Nokaadu').

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Trivia

'En Manasukulla Nee' is a high-energy Tamil folk romantic track from 'Maniyaar Kudumbam' (2018), composed by director-actor-lyricist Thambi Ramaiah himself, showcasing his signature earthy folk lyric style and colloquial humor.

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