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En Ullam Thaan

From Veettukku Vandha Varalakshmi · 1958

Lyricist
Kuyilan
Singers
Nageswara Rao, P. Susheela
Music director
Pendyala Nageswara Rao
Movie name
Veettukku Vandha Varalakshmi
Movie release year
1958
Lyrics added on
4 Mar 2025

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Ennullam than sondhamae
En swaami
Naanundhan thaal thanjamae
Kankanda devan un pol
Kaarunya moorthy undoo
My heart belongs to you alone,
my lord,
I take refuge at your feet.
Is there a god before my eyes like you,
an embodiment of such compassion?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This excerpt portrays profound devotion and unconditional surrender of a woman to her beloved lord. She considers her heart as his exclusive realm and surrenders herself at his feet for ultimate protection. She praises him as a tangible, living god on earth, rhetorically asking if anyone else could possess such boundless compassion.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Rhetorical Question (Vinaa Ani)

Kaarunya moorthy undoo

The speaker asks 'undoo' (is there one?), not to receive an answer, but to assert that no one is as compassionate as her lord.

Alliteration (Mona)

Kankanda devan un pol

The repetition of the consonant sound 'K' in 'Kankanda' and 'Kaarunya' adds melodic rhythm to the Tamil lyrics.

Rhyme (Edhugai)

Ennullam than sondhamae

The second letter harmony 'n' in 'Ennullam' and 'Naanundhan' links the two core declarative lines together musically.

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Trivia

Veettukku Vandha Varalakshmi (1958) is the Tamil version of the blockbuster Telugu film 'Inti Guttu' starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR) and Savitri. The soundtrack composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao was celebrated for its classical Telugu-Tamil melody adaptations.

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