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Lyrics & meaning

En Vaazhkkai Mannavane

From Gopura Deepam · 1997

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singer
K. S. Chitra
Music director
Soundaryan
Movie name
Gopura Deepam
Movie release year
1997
Lyrics added on
13 Mar 2026

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
En vaazhkkai mannavanae
Unnai endru naan adaivaen
En vaazhvin iniyavanae
Unnai enga naan inaivaen
Ullam neruppena sudukirathae
Unnai paarththida thudikkirathae
Uyir unakkena vaazhgirathae
Intha ulagaththai verukkirathae
Ulagaththai verukkirathae
Ulagaththai verukkirathae
En vaazhkkai mannavanae
Unnai endru naan adaivaen
En vaazhvin iniyavanae
Unnai enga naan inaivaen
Unnaiyae paarththa kangal
Indru oliyattru kidakkirathu
Unnaiyae ninaiththa manam
Indru unarvattru puralgirathu
Enakku sonthamum banthamum
Suttram soozhum yaavum neethaanae
Naan pesida pechchum
Naan suvaasikkum moochchum edhuvum neethaanae
Pongum kadalukkum anaiyundu
Unmai anbukku anaiyundaa
En vaazhkkai mannavanae
Unnai endru naan adaivaen
En vaazhvin iniyavanae
Unnai enga naan inaivaen
Edhuvarai porukkanumo
Naanum athuvarai poruththuvittaen
Piranthitta paasaththirkku
Intha naal varai sirai kidanthan
Ivargal panaththirkkum pagattukkum
Panpattara gunaththirkkum iniyum paniveno
Ivargal kaattiya varanukku thalaiyai neetti
Pali ena aavenaa
Un uyirukku ondrendraal
Intha ulagaiyae kozhuththiduvaen
En vaazhkkai mannavanae
Unnai endru naan adaivaen
En vaazhvin iniyavanae
Unnai enga naan inaivaen
Ullam neruppena sudukirathae
Unnai paarththida thudikkirathae
Uyir unakkena vaazhgirathae
Intha ulagaththai verukkirathae
Ulagaththai verukkirathae
Ulagaththai verukkirathae
En vaazhkkai mannavanae
Unnai endru naan adaivaen
En vaazhvin iniyavanae
Unnai enga naan inaivaen
O king of my life,
when will I reach you?
Sweet love of my life,
where will I unite with you?
My heart burns like fire,
yearning to see you!
My soul lives only for you,
and it hates this world.
It hates this world.
It hates this world.
O king of my life,
when will I reach you?
Sweet love of my life,
where will I unite with you?
The eyes that looked only at you
lie dim and lifeless today.
The heart that thought only of you
tosses and turns numbly today.
All my ties and kin,
and the world around me, are you alone.
The words that I speak
and the breath that I take, are you alone.
Even the surging sea has a boundary,
can there be any limit to true love?
O king of my life,
when will I reach you?
Sweet love of my life,
where will I unite with you?
As long as I had to endure,
I too have endured it all.
For the family love I was born into,
I stayed imprisoned until this day.
To their money and vanity,
and their crude ways, will I ever bow again?
Stretching out my neck for the groom they chose,
will I become a sacrifice?
If anything happens to your life,
I will set this entire world on fire!
O king of my life,
when will I reach you?
Sweet love of my life,
where will I unite with you?
My heart burns like fire,
yearning to see you!
My soul lives only for you,
and it hates this world.
It hates this world.
It hates this world.
O king of my life,
when will I reach you?
Sweet love of my life,
where will I unite with you?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

En Vaazhkkai Mannavanae is a poignant emotional track from the 1997 Tamil film Gopura Deepam, composed by Soundaryan and sung by K. S. Chithra with lyrics by Vairamuthu. The song captures a woman's intense longing, grief, and unyielding devotion toward her lover while resisting forced marriage arrangements and societal pressure. She laments her separation and expresses that her whole existence—her breath, speech, and soul—belongs solely to him.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Uvamai)

“Ullam neruppena sudukirathae”

Compares the burning anguish in her heart directly to fire using the comparative suffix 'ena'.

Initial Rhyme (Monai)

“Ullam neruppena sudukirathae / Unnai paarththida thudikkirathae / Uyir unakkena vaazhgirathae”

Repetition of the initial vowel 'U' across consecutive lines (Ullam, Unnai, Uyir).

Rhetorical Question

“Pongum kadalukkum anaiyundu / Unmai anbukku anaiyundaa”

Uses a rhetorical contrast between physical dams built for roaring seas and the boundless nature of genuine love.

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navortchi)

“Un uyirukku ondrendraal / Intha ulagaiyae kozhuththiduvaen”

An extreme expression of tragic love where she threatens to burn down the entire world if harm comes to her beloved.

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Trivia

Gopura Deepam (1997) starred Ramarajan and Meena. The soundtrack was composed by Soundaryan, who was well known in the 1990s for melody-driven film scores such as Cheran Pandian and Sindhu Nathi Poo. K. S. Chithra's soulful rendition vividly captures the protagonist's agony during the film's dramatic climax.

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