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En Nizhalil

From Amaran (2024) · 2024

Lyricist
Raja
Singer
S. Sathish Kumar
Music director
G. V. Prakash Kumar
Details
Amaran (2024)2024

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Male
En nizhalil un thedalaeYour search is within my shadow
Un arugil en kadhalaeMy love resides near you
En imaigal kann rendumMy eyelids and both my eyes
Un karam theduthaeAre searching for your hand
Male
Naan ketkum mozhi aagiraaiYou become the language I listen to
En pechil oli aagiraaiYou become the voice in my speech
Puriyaatha penninBy the heart of an enigmatic girl
Manathaal saaigiraenI lean over and yield
Female
Dhinam oru muraiOnce every single day
Unnaal idhayamBecause of you, my heart
Yaenenadru sollaamal sithaiyumShatters without explaining why
Female
Ganam kooda kanamaai nagarumEven a moment moves heavily like a weight
Thaangi kondu irukkaenI am enduring it all
Kaala pokkil vannam maaraAs colors fade with the passage of time
Kaayam patta idhayam meelaAs the wounded heart heals
Kaaththiruntha kaalam pogaAs the time spent waiting passes
Kadhal meetham irukkumLove alone will remain behind
Female
Oh oo ooh oo ooh ooh oo….Oh oo ooh oo ooh ooh oo....
Male
Sediyaa sediyaaLike a thorny plant, oh thorny plant
Nenjula mul kuththuraYou prick thorns in my heart
Uyira uruviUprooting and stripping my life
Nee yaen poguraWhy are you leaving?
Female
Nilaiyae illaathaIn a love that has no stability
Kadhalil thadumaaruraenI am stumbling
Pazhiya en maelThe blame upon me
Nee yaen poduraWhy do you keep putting?
Male
Adi pennaeOh dear girl
Idhu yaar vitta saabamWhose curse is this?
Kannae ini ullukkulla nogumOh my dear, now it will ache deep within
Mannae adhu uram tharaama pogum pogumOh soil, it will go on without providing nourishmnent
Female
En uyiraeOh my life
Adhu unarvattru pogumIt will become completely numb
Uravo athu nilai kettu pogumThe relationship will lose its standing and crumble
Malare adhu pookkaamal pogum pogumOh flower, it will go on without blooming
Male
En nizhalil un thaedalaeYour search is within my shadow
Un arugil en kadhalaeMy love resides near you
En imaigal kann rendumMy eyelids and both my eyes
Un karam theduthaeAre searching for your hand
Male
Naan ketkum mozhi aagiraaiYou become the language I listen to
En pechil oli aagiraaiYou become the voice in my speech
Puriyaatha penninBy the heart of an enigmatic girl
Manathaal saaigiraenI lean over and yield
Male
Adi pennaeOh dear girl
Idhu yaar vitta saabamWhose curse is this?
Kannae ini ullukkulla nogumOh my dear, now it will ache deep within
Mannae adhu uram tharaama pogum pogumOh soil, it will go on without providing nourishmnent
Female
En uyiraeOh my life
Adhu unarvattru pogumIt will become completely numb
Uravo athu nilai kettu pogumThe relationship will lose its standing and crumble
Malare adhu pookkaamal pogum pogumOh flower, it will go on without blooming

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

This song delves into the deep emotional pain and longing resulting from a tumultuous and uncertain love relationship. The protagonist expresses how their partner permeates every facet of their existence—from their voice and thoughts to their daily reality—yet also inflicts immense emotional torment, likened to thorns pricking the heart. Despite the agonizing pain, heartbreaks, and sense of curse surrounding the relationship, the speaker holds onto the belief that true love will ultimately outlast the passing of time and the wounds it causes.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Nenjula mul kuththura

Comparing the pain caused by the lover to thorns being pricked into the heart ('Nenjula mul kuththura').

Metaphor

Ganam kooda kanamaai nagarum

Describing time passing slowly as a heavy weight ('Ganam kooda kanamaai nagarum').

Edhugai (Second Letter Rhyme)

Sediyaa sediyaa / Nenjula mul kuththura

Rhyming pattern on the second letter in consecutive lines: 'Sediyaa' and 'Nenjula'.

Personification

Mannae adhu uram tharaama pogum pogum

Addressing soil ('Mannae') and flowers ('Malare') directly, giving them agency in expressing sorrow.

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Trivia

This emotional song features in the 2024 biographical action film 'Amaran', starring Sivakarthikeyan and Sai Pallavi, directed by Rajkumar Periasamy and produced by Raaj Kamal Films International. The soundtrack is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar.

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