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Lyrics & meaning

Engengu Nee Sendra Podhum

From Ninaikka Therindha Maname · 1987

Lyricist
Kamakodi
Singers
K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chithra
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Ninaikka Therindha Maname
Movie release year
1987
Lyrics added on
3 Jul 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Engengu nee sendra podhum
En nenjame unnai thedum
Aanandha geedham aarambamaakum
Kaalangal yaavum nammodu paadum
Poongaatru thaalaattum anbae anbae
Engengu nee sendra podhum
En nenjame unnai thedum
Kangalin paarvai ambugal polae
Nenjinilae..paaivathum yen
Ambugal meendum paainthidum podhu
Kaayangalum aariyathaen
Aaridum nenjam theridum neram
Pirindhadhu yeno un uravu
Nerungidum podhum neengidum podhum
Mayanguvathaeno en manadhu
Irunenjin thunbam idhu kaadhalthaan
Adhu pola inbam edhu kanmani
Poongaatru thaalaattum anbae anbae
Engengu nee sendra podhum
En nenjame unnai thedum
Aanandha geedham aarambamaakum
Kaalangal yaavum nammodu paadum
Poongaatru thaalaattum anbae anbae
Engengu nee sendra podhum
En nenjame unnai thedum
Maalai nanneram maarida vendaam
Maankuyilae maanguyilae
Kaalangal kooda maarida vendaam
Kanmaniyae kanmaniyae
Sooriyan merkinil sendridattum
Chandhiran angae vanthidattum
Megangal vaanathil nilai perattum
Kadalinil kooda alai nirkattum
Unnodu serum oru neramae
Endrendrum ingae nilaiyaagattum
Poongaatru thaalaattum anbae anbae
Engengu nee sendra podhum
En nenjame unnai thedum
Aanandha geedham aarambamaakum
Kaalangal yaavum nammodu paadum
Poongaatru thaalaattum anbae anbae
Engengu nee sendra podhum
En nenjame unnai thedum
Wherever you may go,
My heart will search for you.
A joyful song will begin,
And all of time will sing along with us.
The gentle breeze will sing a lullaby, my love, my love.
Wherever you may go,
My heart will search for you.
Why do the looks from your eyes, like arrows,
Pierce right through my heart?
And when those arrows strike again,
Why do all the wounds heal?
Just when my heart heals and finds peace,
Why did your bond drift apart?
Whether you come near or walk away,
Why does my heart feel so dazed?
This ache between two hearts is love itself;
What greater joy could there be, my dearest?
The gentle breeze will sing a lullaby, my love, my love.
Wherever you may go,
My heart will search for you.
A joyful song will begin,
And all of time will sing along with us.
The gentle breeze will sing a lullaby, my love, my love.
Wherever you may go,
My heart will search for you.
May this lovely evening never fade,
My sweet songbird, my mango cuckoo!
May even the passing of time never change,
My dearest one, my precious one!
Let the sun go down in the west,
Let the moon rise in its place,
Let the clouds stand still in the sky,
Let even the waves pause in the ocean,
May this single moment of uniting with you
Stay forever still right here!
The gentle breeze will sing a lullaby, my love, my love.
Wherever you may go,
My heart will search for you.
A joyful song will begin,
And all of time will sing along with us.
The gentle breeze will sing a lullaby, my love, my love.
Wherever you may go,
My heart will search for you.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song is a tender expression of romantic devotion and the inescapable pull of true love. The speaker describes how their heart persistently seeks out their beloved, regardless of physical separation or distance. The lyrics portray love as a beautiful paradox where the gaze of the lover acts as an arrow that wounds yet heals the heart simultaneously. The song concludes with a passionate plea to freeze time during moments of togetherness, wishing that nature's cycles could pause so that their union remains everlasting.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai Ani)

“Kangalin paarvai ambugal polae”

Compares the sharp, piercing look of the beloved's eyes directly to arrows ('ambugal polae').

Antithesis (Muran Ani)

“Nerungidum podhum neengidum podhum”

Uses contrasting ideas of drawing near ('nerungidum') and drifting away ('neengidum') within the same line to illustrate emotional flux.

Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)

“Engengu nee sendra podhum / En nenjame unnai thedum”

Repetition of the initial 'E' sound ('Engengu' and 'En') across adjacent lines.

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Trivia

The movie 'Ninaikka Therindha Maname' (1987) shares its title with a famous classic Tamil song from 'Anandhi' (1965). The lyrics for this soundtrack were penned by poet Kamakodi.

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