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Lyrics & meaning

Enathu Gaanam

From Oru Thayin Sabhatham · 1987

Lyricist
T. Rajendar
Singers
S. Janaki, K. J. Yesudas
Music director
T. Rajendar
Movie name
Oru Thayin Sabhatham
Movie release year
1987
Lyrics added on
4 Aug 2022

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Aa…aa…aa…aa…..aa….
Aaa…aa….aa….aa…
Male :Aa…aa…aa…aa…..aa….
Aaa…aa….aa….aa…
Ga ri ga sa ri thaa sa ri sa ri tha sa pa ga
Sa tha sa ga tha ga pa
Aa…aa…aa…aa…..aa…
Male :Aa…aa…aa…aa…..aa…
Female :Aa…aa…aa…aa…..aa…
Male :Aa…aa…aa…aa…..aa…
Male :Aa…aa…aa….
Female :Aa….aa…..aa….
Male :Aa…aa…aa….
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Male :Aa…aa…aa….
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Male :Aa….aa…..aa….aa….aa…
Enathu gaanam un kadhil vizhavillaiyaa
Un nenjai thodavillaiyaa
Ponnukku poovum pottunthaan venum
Pennaaga irunthum adhai nee parippaayo…oo….
Oho…oo….oo….
Enathu gaanam un kadhil vizhavillaiyaa
Un nenjai thodavillaiyaa
Verinai izhantha maram engu vaazhum
Avaraiyum pirinthu naan engu vaazhven oho
Oho…oo…oo…..
Verinai izhanthum aalamaram
Vizhuthugal thaanga vaazhumae
Verinai izhanthum aalamaram
Vizhuthugal thaanga vaazhumae
Vizhuthena kuzhanthaigal iruppathai marappathaa
Idhayaththai izhantha pinnaalae
Thegaththai kaakka mudiyaathae
Neeyae en idhayam Illaiyae illai udhayam
Enathu gaanam un kadhil vizhavillaiyaa
Un nenjai thodavillaiyaa
Pillaigal vaazhvae en kannil irukka
Kalangaathu neeyum aalaakka venum oho oo…oo….
Kannaaga unnai naan mathikkindrapothu
Paarvaiyai thuranthu vaazhvathu yaedhu oho oo….
Kangalai izhantha kurudanum
Koloondri ulagil vaazhgiraan
Kangalai izhantha kurudanum
Koloondri ulagil vaazhgiraan
Nambikkai vaiththidum nam santhathi valarththidu
Amma neeyum azhuvaathae
Unnai naan kaappaen kalangaathae
Thuduppaai iruppen karai naan saerppaen
Enathu gaanam un kadhil vizhavillaiyaa
Un nenjai thodavillaiyaa
Male :Maganae nee valara manam pola vaazhththu
Un kaiyil poruppu kudumpaththai kaappaaththu
Oo ooho….oo…oo…..
Ah... ah... ah... ah... ah...
Aah... ah... ah... ah...
Male: Ah... ah... ah... ah... ah...
Aah... ah... ah... ah...
Ga ri ga sa ri dha sa ri sa ri dha sa pa ga
Sa dha sa ga dha ga pa
Ah... ah... ah... ah... ah...
Male: Ah... ah... ah... ah... ah...
Female: Ah... ah... ah... ah... ah...
Male: Ah... ah... ah... ah... ah...
Male: Ah... ah... ah...
Female: Ah... ah... ah...
Male: Ah... ah... ah...
Female: Ah... ah... ah...
Male: Ah... ah... ah...
Female: Ah... ah... ah...
Male: Ah... ah... ah... ah... ah...
Doesn't my song reach your ears?
Doesn't it touch your heart?
A woman only longs for her flowers and bindi (symbols of a married life),
Being a woman yourself, will you snatch them away?
Oho... oh... oh...
Doesn't my song reach your ears?
Doesn't it touch your heart?
Where can a tree live once it loses its roots?
Separated from him, where can I live? Oho...
Oho... oh... oh...
Even when it loses its main root, a banyan tree
Still lives on, supported by its hanging branches.
Even when it loses its main root, a banyan tree
Still lives on, supported by its hanging branches.
Can you forget that our children are here like those branches?
Once the heart is lost,
The body cannot survive.
You are my heart; without you, there is no dawn.
Doesn't my song reach your ears?
Doesn't it touch your heart?
With our children's future before my eyes,
You must raise them well without breaking down, oh...
When I cherish you as my very eyes,
How can I live after losing my sight? Oho oh...
Even a blind man who has lost his sight
Lives in this world leaning on a walking stick.
Even a blind man who has lost his sight
Lives in this world leaning on a walking stick.
Hold on to hope and raise our children.
Mother, please do not cry,
I will protect you, do not worry.
I will be your oar and row you safely to the shore.
Doesn't my song reach your ears?
Doesn't it touch your heart?
Male: My son, I bless you from my heart to grow well,
The responsibility is in your hands now, protect our family.
Oh oho... oh... oh...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This poignant track from 'Oru Thayin Sabhatham' is an emotionally charged conversational song about marital bond, parental distress, and filial responsibility. Through deeply moving vocal exchanges, the characters lament their grief and impending separations, questioning whether their emotional cries are reaching each other's hearts.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Verinai izhanthum aalamaram vizhuthugal thaanga vaazhumae

The children are poetically compared to the supporting aerial roots ('vizhuthugal') of a banyan tree that keep the family tree alive even when the main root ('ver') is severed.

Metaphor

Thuduppaai iruppen karai naan saerppaen

The child metaphorically promises to be the oar ('thuduppu') that steers the grieving mother safely to the shore ('karai').

Monai (Initial Consonant Harmony)

Verinai izhanthum aalamaram / Vizhuthugal thaanga vaazhumae

Repetition of the initial 'V' sound ('Verinai' / 'Vizhuthugal') creates rhythmic harmony across lines.

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Trivia

T. Rajendar wrote, composed, directed, and acted in 'Oru Thayin Sabhatham' (1987). His song compositions from this era are famous for featuring dialogue-like lyricism and heavy emotional rhyming couplets, rendered magnificently here by legendary vocalists K. J. Yesudas and S. Janaki.

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