Engade Nee Ponae
From Dev · 2018
- Lyricist
- Kabilan
- Singer
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- Music director
- Harris Jayaraj
- Details
- Dev2018
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Enna vittu engadi nee pona | Where did you go, leaving me behind? |
| Kaadhal illa kaadhalana aanen | I became a lover without love. |
| Enna vittu engadi nee pona | Where did you go, leaving me behind? |
| Kaadhal illa kaadhalana aanen | I became a lover without love. |
| Male | |
| Thanneer illamal | Without water, |
| Naanal illaiyae | There are no reeds. |
| Kanneer illaamal | Without tears, |
| Kaadhal illaiyae | There is no love. |
| Male | |
| Enna vittu…aaa..haa…aa… | Leaving me... ah... haa... aa... |
| Unnai vittu…aaahaa…aaa….. | Leaving you... aahaa... aaa... |
| Male | |
| Enna vittu engadi nee pona | Where did you go, leaving me behind? |
| Kaadhal illa kaadhalana aanen | I became a lover without love. |
| Female | |
| Huuu uuu uuu uuu | Huuu uuu uuu uuu |
| Huu uu uu uu | Huu uu uu uu |
| Huuu uuu uuu uuu | Huuu uuu uuu uuu |
| Huu uu uu uu | Huu uu uu uu |
| Huuu uuu uuu uuu | Huuu uuu uuu uuu |
| Huu uu uu uu | Huu uu uu uu |
| Huuu uuu uuu uuu | Huuu uuu uuu uuu |
| Huu uu uu uu | Huu uu uu uu |
| Male | |
| Andha vaanam | That sky, |
| Paarthathu unnaalae | I saw it because of you. |
| Naan paartha vaanavil engae | Where is the rainbow I once saw? |
| Adi neril vandhu nee ninnaalae | Hey girl, if you come and stand before me, |
| En ennam vannamaagum | My thoughts will turn colorful. |
| Male | |
| Perum paavam enbathu | What is considered a great sin? |
| Yaar endraal | If you ask who or what it is, |
| Pala kaalam kaalamaai kaadhal | It is love that has existed for ages and ages. |
| Idhu aanum pennukkum | This clash between a man and a woman, |
| Endrendrum | Forever, |
| Oru moondram ulagam modhal | Is like a collision in a third world. |
| Male | |
| Naan enna thappu | What wrong did I do, |
| Senjen pulla | My girl, |
| Un kaadhal vittu enna kolla | For your love to leave and kill me? |
| Nee unna thaandi vaadi mella | Cross your boundaries and come to me slowly, |
| Enakku endrum un mel kovam illa | I am never angry with you. |
| Male | |
| Enna vittu engadi nee pona | Where did you go, leaving me behind? |
| Kaadhal illa kaadhalana aanen | I became a lover without love. |
| Enna vittu engadi nee pona | Where did you go, leaving me behind? |
| Kaadhal illa kaadhalana aanen | I became a lover without love. |
| Female | |
| Hoo oo aa aaa aa aaa | Hoo oo aa aaa aa aaa |
| Hoo oo aa aaa aa aaa | Hoo oo aa aaa aa aaa |
| Hoo oo aaa..aaa…aa…aaa… | Hoo oo aaa..aaa…aa…aaa… |
| Haa…aaa….aaa…haa…aa…aaa…aaa… | Haa…aaa….aaa…haa…aa…aaa…aaa… |
| Chorus | |
| Mm…mmm..mm…mm…mm.. | Mm…mmm..mm…mm…mm.. |
| Mm…mmm..mm…mm…mm.. | Mm…mmm..mm…mm…mm.. |
| Mm…mmm..mm… | Mm…mmm..mm… |
| Male | |
| En vaththikuchiyin | On the tip of my matchstick head, |
| Thala melae | You set the fire of love. |
| Nee kaadhal theeyai veithaaiyae | And the one who got burned in it, |
| Athil vendhu ponathu | Was only me. |
| Naanthaanae | Oh my loveless darling, |
| En kaadhal illa kannae | Like a page on a daily calendar, |
| Male | |
| Enai thedhi polae | Even if you tear me away, |
| Nee kilithaalum | I am the text that still wishes you well, |
| Dhinam vaazhthum | Every single day. |
| Vaasagam naanae | Because of you, my seven days of the week, |
| En vaaram ezhu naal unnaalae | Have felt like a whole year, darling. |
| Oru varusham aachu darling | What can I say about my love? |
| Male | |
| En kaadhal paththi enna solla | Female: Na na na na na |
| Female :Na na na na na | Male: It doesn't listen to anything in its ears. |
| Male :Athu kaadhil onnum keppathilla | Female: Na na na na na |
| Female :Na na na na na | Male: Before I go into the earth (die), |
| Male :Naan mannukulla pogum munnae | Female: Na na na na na |
| Female :Na na na na na | Male: Tell me that you are my love, girl. |
| Male :En kaadhal neethan sollu pennae | Female: Haa…aa…aaa |
| Female :Haa…aa…aaa | Where did you go, leaving me behind? |
| Male | |
| Enna vittu engadi nee pona | I became a lover without love. |
| Kaadhal illa kaadhalana aanen | Without water, |
| Male | |
| Thanneer illamal | There are no reeds. |
| Naanal illaiyae | Without tears, |
| Kanneer illaamal | There is no love. |
| Kaadhal illaiyae | Leaving me... |
| Male | |
| Enna vittu… | Female: Hmm mm mm |
| Female :Hmm mm mm | Male: Aaaa..haa…aa… |
| Male :Aaaa..haa…aa… | Leaving me... |
| Enna vittu… | Female: Hmm mm |
| Female :Hmm mm | Male: Oh oo oo oo |
| Male :Oh oo oo oo | Leaving me... |
| Enna vittu… | Female: Hmm mm mm |
| Female :Hmm mm mm | Male: Hmm mmm |
| Male :Hmm mmm | Where did you go... |
| Engadi nee pona… | Where did you go... |
| Engadi nee pona… | Leaving me... |
| Enna vittu… | Huuu uuu uuu uuu |
| Female | |
| Huuu uuu uuu uuu | Huu uu uu uu |
| Huu uu uu uu | Huuu uuu uuu uuu |
| Huuu uuu uuu uuu | Huu uu uu uu |
| Huu uu uu uu | Huuu uuu uuu uuu |
| Huuu uuu uuu uuu | Huu uu uu uu |
| Huu uu uu uu | Huuu uuu uuu uuu |
| Huuu uuu uuu uuu | Huu uu uu uu |
| Huu uu uu uu | |
என்ன விட்டு எங்கடி நீ போன
காதல் இல்லா காதலனா ஆனேன்
என்ன விட்டு எங்கடி நீ போன
காதல் இல்லா காதலனா ஆனேன்
Where did you go, leaving me behind?
I became a lover without love.
Where did you go, leaving me behind?
I became a lover without love.
தண்ணீர் இல்லாமல்
நாணல் இல்லையே
கண்ணீர் இல்லாமல்
காதல் இல்லையே
Without water,
There are no reeds.
Without tears,
There is no love.
என்ன விட்டு...ஆஆஆ...ஹா...ஆஆஆ...
உன்னை விட்டு....ஆஆஹா...ஆஆஆ....
Leaving me... ah... haa... aa...
Leaving you... aahaa... aaa...
என்ன விட்டு எங்கடி நீ போன
காதல் இல்லா காதலனா ஆனேன்
Where did you go, leaving me behind?
I became a lover without love.
..................
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huu uu uu uu
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huu uu uu uu
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huu uu uu uu
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huu uu uu uu
அந்த வானம்
பார்த்தது உன்னாலே
நான் பார்த்த வானவில் எங்கே
அடி நேரில் வந்து நீ நின்னாலே
என் எண்ணம் வண்ணமாகும்
That sky,
I saw it because of you.
Where is the rainbow I once saw?
Hey girl, if you come and stand before me,
My thoughts will turn colorful.
பெரும் பாவம் என்பது
யார் என்றால்
பல காலம் காலமாய் காதல்
இது ஆணும் பெண்ணுக்கும்
என்றென்றும்
ஒரு மூன்றாம் உலகம் மோதல்
What is considered a great sin?
If you ask who or what it is,
It is love that has existed for ages and ages.
This clash between a man and a woman,
Forever,
Is like a collision in a third world.
நான் என்ன தப்பு
செஞ்சேன் புள்ள
உன் காதல் விட்டு என்ன கொல்ல
நீ உன்ன தாண்டி வாடி மெல்ல
எனக்கு என்றும் உன்மேல் கோவம் இல்ல
What wrong did I do,
My girl,
For your love to leave and kill me?
Cross your boundaries and come to me slowly,
I am never angry with you.
என்ன விட்டு எங்கடி நீ போன
காதல் இல்லா காதலனா ஆனேன்
என்ன விட்டு எங்கடி நீ போன
காதல் இல்லா காதலனா ஆனேன்
Where did you go, leaving me behind?
I became a lover without love.
Where did you go, leaving me behind?
I became a lover without love.
ஹோ ஊ ஆ ஆஅ ஆ ஆஅ
ஹோ ஊ ஆஅ ஆஅ ஆ ஆஅ
ஹோ ஊ ஆஅ...ஆஅ....ஆஅ...ஆஅ...
ஹா....ஆஅ....ஆஅ...ஹா....ஆஅ.....ஆஅ....
Hoo oo aa aaa aa aaa
Hoo oo aa aaa aa aaa
Hoo oo aaa..aaa…aa…aaa…
Haa…aaa….aaa…haa…aa…aaa…aaa…
ம்ம்....ம்ம்ம்...ம்ம்...ம்ம்ம்....ம்ம்ம்
ம்ம்ம்...ம்ம்ம்....ம்ம்ம்...ம்ம்...ம்ம்ம்
ம்ம்...ம்ம்ம்...ம்ம்...
Mm…mmm..mm…mm…mm..
Mm…mmm..mm…mm…mm..
Mm…mmm..mm…
என் வத்திகுச்சியின்
தல மேலே
நீ காதல் தீயை வைத்தையே
அதில் வெந்து போனது
நான்தானே
என் காதல் இல்ல கண்ணே
On the tip of my matchstick head,
You set the fire of love.
And the one who got burned in it,
Was only me.
Oh my loveless darling,
Like a page on a daily calendar,
எனை தேதி போல
நீ கிழித்தாலும்
தினம் வாழ்த்தும்
வாசகம் நானே
என் வாரம் ஏழு நாள் உன்னாலே
ஒரு வருஷம் ஆச்சு டார்லிங்
Even if you tear me away,
I am the text that still wishes you well,
Every single day.
Because of you, my seven days of the week,
Have felt like a whole year, darling.
What can I say about my love?
என் காதல் பத்தி என்ன சொல்ல
ன ன ன ன ன
அது காதில் ஒன்னும் கேப்பதில்ல
ன ன ன ன ன
நான் மண்ணுக்குள்ள போகும் முன்னே
ன ன ன ன ன
என் காதல் நீதான் சொல்லு பெண்ணே
ஹா...ஆ...ஆஅ
Female: Na na na na na
Male: It doesn't listen to anything in its ears.
Female: Na na na na na
Male: Before I go into the earth (die),
Female: Na na na na na
Male: Tell me that you are my love, girl.
Female: Haa…aa…aaa
Where did you go, leaving me behind?
என்ன விட்டு எங்கடி நீ போன
காதல் இல்லா காதலனா ஆனேன்
I became a lover without love.
Without water,
தண்ணீர் இல்லாமல்
நாணல் இல்லையே
கண்ணீர் இல்லாமல்
காதல் இல்லையே
There are no reeds.
Without tears,
There is no love.
Leaving me...
என்ன விட்டு....
ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம் ம்ம்ம்
ஆஅ...ஹா...ஆஅ...
என்ன விட்டு.....
ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம்
ஓ ஓ ஓ ஓ
என்ன விட்டு....
ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம் ம்ம்ம்
ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம்ம்
எங்கடி நீ போன...
எங்கடி நீ போன...
என்ன விட்டு....
Female: Hmm mm mm
Male: Aaaa..haa…aa…
Leaving me...
Female: Hmm mm
Male: Oh oo oo oo
Leaving me...
Female: Hmm mm mm
Male: Hmm mmm
Where did you go...
Where did you go...
Leaving me...
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
................
Huu uu uu uu
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huu uu uu uu
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huu uu uu uu
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huu uu uu uu
Enna vittu engadi nee pona
Where did you go, leaving me behind?
Kaadhal illa kaadhalana aanen
I became a lover without love.
Enna vittu engadi nee pona
Where did you go, leaving me behind?
Kaadhal illa kaadhalana aanen
I became a lover without love.
Thanneer illamal
Without water,
Naanal illaiyae
There are no reeds.
Kanneer illaamal
Without tears,
Kaadhal illaiyae
There is no love.
Enna vittu…aaa..haa…aa…
Leaving me... ah... haa... aa...
Unnai vittu…aaahaa…aaa…..
Leaving you... aahaa... aaa...
Enna vittu engadi nee pona
Where did you go, leaving me behind?
Kaadhal illa kaadhalana aanen
I became a lover without love.
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huu uu uu uu
Huu uu uu uu
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huu uu uu uu
Huu uu uu uu
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huu uu uu uu
Huu uu uu uu
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huu uu uu uu
Huu uu uu uu
Andha vaanam
That sky,
Paarthathu unnaalae
I saw it because of you.
Naan paartha vaanavil engae
Where is the rainbow I once saw?
Adi neril vandhu nee ninnaalae
Hey girl, if you come and stand before me,
En ennam vannamaagum
My thoughts will turn colorful.
Perum paavam enbathu
What is considered a great sin?
Yaar endraal
If you ask who or what it is,
Pala kaalam kaalamaai kaadhal
It is love that has existed for ages and ages.
Idhu aanum pennukkum
This clash between a man and a woman,
Endrendrum
Forever,
Oru moondram ulagam modhal
Is like a collision in a third world.
Naan enna thappu
What wrong did I do,
Senjen pulla
My girl,
Un kaadhal vittu enna kolla
For your love to leave and kill me?
Nee unna thaandi vaadi mella
Cross your boundaries and come to me slowly,
Enakku endrum un mel kovam illa
I am never angry with you.
Enna vittu engadi nee pona
Where did you go, leaving me behind?
Kaadhal illa kaadhalana aanen
I became a lover without love.
Enna vittu engadi nee pona
Where did you go, leaving me behind?
Kaadhal illa kaadhalana aanen
I became a lover without love.
Hoo oo aa aaa aa aaa
Hoo oo aa aaa aa aaa
Hoo oo aa aaa aa aaa
Hoo oo aa aaa aa aaa
Hoo oo aaa..aaa…aa…aaa…
Hoo oo aaa..aaa…aa…aaa…
Haa…aaa….aaa…haa…aa…aaa…aaa…
Haa…aaa….aaa…haa…aa…aaa…aaa…
Mm…mmm..mm…mm…mm..
Mm…mmm..mm…mm…mm..
Mm…mmm..mm…mm…mm..
Mm…mmm..mm…mm…mm..
Mm…mmm..mm…
Mm…mmm..mm…
En vaththikuchiyin
On the tip of my matchstick head,
Thala melae
You set the fire of love.
Nee kaadhal theeyai veithaaiyae
And the one who got burned in it,
Athil vendhu ponathu
Was only me.
Naanthaanae
Oh my loveless darling,
En kaadhal illa kannae
Like a page on a daily calendar,
Enai thedhi polae
Even if you tear me away,
Nee kilithaalum
I am the text that still wishes you well,
Dhinam vaazhthum
Every single day.
Vaasagam naanae
Because of you, my seven days of the week,
En vaaram ezhu naal unnaalae
Have felt like a whole year, darling.
Oru varusham aachu darling
What can I say about my love?
En kaadhal paththi enna solla
Female: Na na na na na
Female :Na na na na na
Male: It doesn't listen to anything in its ears.
Male :Athu kaadhil onnum keppathilla
Female: Na na na na na
Female :Na na na na na
Male: Before I go into the earth (die),
Male :Naan mannukulla pogum munnae
Female: Na na na na na
Female :Na na na na na
Male: Tell me that you are my love, girl.
Male :En kaadhal neethan sollu pennae
Female: Haa…aa…aaa
Female :Haa…aa…aaa
Where did you go, leaving me behind?
Enna vittu engadi nee pona
I became a lover without love.
Kaadhal illa kaadhalana aanen
Without water,
Thanneer illamal
There are no reeds.
Naanal illaiyae
Without tears,
Kanneer illaamal
There is no love.
Kaadhal illaiyae
Leaving me...
Enna vittu…
Female: Hmm mm mm
Female :Hmm mm mm
Male: Aaaa..haa…aa…
Male :Aaaa..haa…aa…
Leaving me...
Enna vittu…
Female: Hmm mm
Female :Hmm mm
Male: Oh oo oo oo
Male :Oh oo oo oo
Leaving me...
Enna vittu…
Female: Hmm mm mm
Female :Hmm mm mm
Male: Hmm mmm
Male :Hmm mmm
Where did you go...
Engadi nee pona…
Where did you go...
Engadi nee pona…
Leaving me...
Enna vittu…
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huu uu uu uu
Huu uu uu uu
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huu uu uu uu
Huu uu uu uu
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huu uu uu uu
Huu uu uu uu
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huuu uuu uuu uuu
Huu uu uu uu
Huu uu uu uu
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
The song 'Enna Vittu Engadi Nee Pona' portrays the intense grief and vulnerability of a heartbroken lover who feels completely abandoned. Reeling from separation, the protagonist laments how he has become a 'lover without love,' finding a poetic parallel between tears and true love, just as reeds cannot thrive without water. Throughout the track, he uses poignant imagery—comparing himself to a matchstick consumed by the fire of love, and to a daily calendar page that gets torn off each day yet continues to wish her well. Despite the pain and longing that make each week feel like an agonizing year, he harbors no anger towards her, desperately hoping for a sign of affection before his days are over.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Iyaipu (End Rhyme)
“Thanneer illamal / Kanneer illaamal”
The words 'illamal' and 'illaamal' create a rhythmic end rhyme across parallel lines.
Metaphor
“En vaththikuchiyin / Thala melae / Nee kaadhal theeyai veithaaiyae / Athil vendhu ponathu / Naanthaanae”
The protagonist compares himself to a matchstick head that was lit by the flame of love, symbolizing how his love completely burned and consumed him.
Metaphor & Personification
“Enai thedhi polae / Nee kilithaalum / Dhinam vaazhthum / Vaasagam naanae”
The speaker compares himself to a tear-off daily calendar. Even when torn away by her, he personifies himself as the daily positive quote printed on the calendar page that wishes her well every day.
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Trivia
The track is composed by veteran music director Harris Jayaraj for the 2018 action-adventure film 'Dev', starring Karthi and Rakul Preet Singh. Sung eloquently by legendary vocalist Hariharan, the lyrics penned by Kabilan vividly capture emotional agony using simple yet deeply metaphorical everyday objects like matchsticks and wall calendars.
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