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Lyrics & meaning

En Vanam

From Bottle Radha · 2024

Lyricist
Uma Devi
Singer
Sean Roldan
Music director
Sean Roldan
Movie name
Bottle Radha
Movie release year
2024
Lyrics added on
18 Oct 2024

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
En vaanam nee
En vaana thooral nee
En verum nee
En verin eeram nee
Aalilaadha ooril
Odi paainthidum
Aatru neerukaedhu
Sondha banthame
En yaavum nee
En vaanam nee
En vaana thooral nee
En verum nee
En verin eeram nee
Poonjiripai puzhuthiyile
Yerinthu vitta paadhagan naan
Uyir siluvai sumandhu kondu
Nadai pinamaai naan alaiya
Pacha naathu pola kooda vandha
Paavi unna kanneeril moozhga vitten
Kaadhalin saabangal theernthu poguma
Ini melum thodaruma …kaalame
En vaanam nee
En vaana thooral nee
En verum nee
En verin eeram nee
Kaadizhandha yaanai indru
Yaasagithu ponadhenna
Naadizhandha raajan indru
Naadhiyattru veezhvadhenna
Un eera mutham
En aayul pasiyai aatrum
Un vervai vaasam
En vaazhvai muzhumai aakkum
Kaalathin ootangal irulil moozhguma
Illai oliyai theenduma..kooradi
En vaanam nee
En vaana thooral nee
En verum nee
En verin eeram nee
Aalilaadha ooril
Odi paainthidum
Aatru neerukaedhu
Sondha banthame
En yaavum nee
You are my sky
You are the gentle rain from my sky
You are my root
You are the moisture in my root
In an empty town,
rushing and flowing along,
what loved ones or ties
does river water have?
You are my everything
You are my sky
You are the gentle rain from my sky
You are my root
You are the moisture in my root
Your flower-like smile into the dust,
I am the sinner who threw away
Carrying the cross of my life,
as I wander like a walking corpse,
You walked with me like a tender young sapling,
yet sinner that I am, I drowned you in tears
Will the curses of love ever come to an end,
or will they keep continuing... O Time?
You are my sky
You are the gentle rain from my sky
You are my root
You are the moisture in my root
An elephant that lost its forest,
why is it reduced to begging today?
A king who lost his kingdom,
why has he fallen all alone today?
Your loving kiss
soothes my lifelong hunger
The scent of your sweat
makes my life complete
Will the march of time drown in darkness,
or will it reach the light... tell me?
You are my sky
You are the gentle rain from my sky
You are my root
You are the moisture in my root
In an empty town,
rushing and flowing along,
what loved ones or ties
does river water have?
You are my everything
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song from 'Bottle Radha' is a poignant, emotion-drenched expression of remorse, deep love, and existential despair. The speaker addresses their beloved as the core foundation of their life—comparing her to the sky, gentle rain, roots, and essential moisture. Overwhelmed by guilt for causing pain to someone as innocent as a tender sapling, the protagonist views themselves as a tragic sinner wandering aimlessly like a walking corpse. Through metaphors of displaced kings and landless elephants, the lyrics highlight the protagonist's severe fall from grace and emotional destitution. Despite the lingering despair and uncertain future, the speaker continues to find life's true completion and solace in the memory and presence of their beloved's affection.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

“En vaanam nee / En verin eeram nee”

Directly equates the beloved to nature's elements essential for life (sky, rain, root, moisture).

Simile (Uvamai)

“Pacha naathu pola kooda vandha”

Compares the beloved's gentle arrival and purity to a tender green crop sapling.

Parallelism and Rhyme (Ethirai / Monai)

“Kaadizhandha yaanai indru / Naadizhandha raajan indru”

Uses parallel structures contrasting a grand past with a destitute present using matching initial sounds.

Imagery

“Uyir siluvai sumandhu kondu / Nadai pinamaai naan alaiya”

Evokes vivid visual imagery of a living corpse carrying a burden of sin and guilt.

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Trivia

Composed and sung by Sean Roldan with lyrics by Uma Devi, 'Bottle Radha' stars Guru Somasundaram in the lead role. The film centers around themes of alcoholism, redemption, and emotional recovery, which Sean Roldan captures through soulful acoustic arrangements and raw vocal delivery.

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