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Enna Idhu Enna Idhu

From Anadhai Anandhan · 1970

Lyricist
Kannadasan
Singers
T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela
Music director
K. V. Mahadevan
Movie name
Anadhai Anandhan
Movie release year
1970
Lyrics added on
9 Dec 2024

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Enna idhu enna idhu aahaahhaahaa
Chummaa irungalaen konjam
Enna idhu enna idhu aahaahhaahaa
Chummaa irungalaen konjam
Enna idhu enna idhu adadadadaa
Chummaa irukkumaa sontham
Enna idhu enna idhu adadadadaa
Chummaa irukkumaa sontham
Injinilae petti onnu
Female :Inaiyuthu inaiyuthu inaiyuthu
Female :Idaiyinilae kai ireandu
Male :Valaiyuthu valaiyuthu valaiyuthu
Injinilae petti onnu
Female :Inaiyuthu inaiyuthu inaiyuthu
Female :Idaiyinilae kai ireandu
Male :Valaiyuthu valaiyuthu valaiyuthu
Pinju onnu kaayaagi
Kaniyuthu kaniyuthu kaniyuthu
Female :Pennaa porantha sugam
Theriyuthu theriyuthu theriyuthu
Enna idhu
Male :Enna idhu
Female :Aahahahaahaa
Chumma irungalaen konjam
Naalu pakkam veliyittu maraikkuthu
Female :Haei
Male :Naduvilae chinna ponnu sirikkuthu
Female :Haei haei
Naalu pakkam veliyittu maraikkuthu
Female :Haei haei
Male :Naduvilae chinna ponnu sirikkuthu
Female :Haei
Kaalirunthu thalai varaiyil thudikkuthu
Kaalirunthu thalai varaiyil thudikkuthu
Kannam mattum ennavo
Valikkuthu valikkuthu valikkuthu
Male :Adadadadaa
Chummaa irukkumaa sontham
Enna idhu
Male :Enna idhu
Female :Aahahahaahaa
Chumma irungalaen konjam
Ainthadi odambukkullae
Female :Aasai vilaiyuthu vilaiyuthu vilaiyuthu
Ammaadi en manasu
Male :Vandu pol alaiyuthu alaiyuthu alaiyuthu
Ainthadi odambukkullae
Female :Aasai vilaiyuthu vilaiyuthu vilaiyuthu
Ammaadi en manasu
Male :Vandu pol alaiyuthu alaiyuthu alaiyuthu
Kai viralgal mella mella engengo
Neliyuthu neliyuthu neliyuthu
Kai viralgal mella mella engengo
Neliyuthu neliyuthu neliyuthu
Female :Kanavilae paarththathu kannukkae
Theriyuthu theriuthu theriyuthu
Enna idhu
Female :Haang enna idhu
Male :Adadadadadaa
Chummaa irukkumaa sontham
Enna idhu
Male :Enna idhu
Female :Aahahahaahaa
Chumma irungalaen konjam
Adadadadadaa
Chummaa irukkumaa sontham
Female :Vevevevevevae
Chumma irungalaen konjam
What is this? What is this? Ahahaha!
Please be still for a moment!
What is this? What is this? Ahahaha!
Please be still for a moment!
What is this? What is this? Oh my, my!
Can our love ever just stay quiet?
What is this? What is this? Oh my, my!
Can our love ever just stay quiet?
To the engine, a train coach...
Female: is linking, linking, linking!
Female: Around the waist, two arms...
Male: are wrapping, wrapping, wrapping!
To the engine, a train coach...
Female: is linking, linking, linking!
Female: Around the waist, two arms...
Male: are wrapping, wrapping, wrapping!
A tender raw fruit...
is ripening, ripening, ripening!
Female: The bliss of being born a woman...
is felt, is felt, is felt!
What is this?
Male: What is this?
Female: Ahahahaha!
Please be still for a moment!
Four walls screen off the outside world,
Female: Hey!
Male: and in the middle, a young girl smiles!
Female: Hey, hey!
Four walls screen off the outside world,
Female: Hey, hey!
Male: and in the middle, a young girl smiles!
Female: Hey!
From foot to head, the body thrills and throbs,
From foot to head, the body thrills and throbs,
Yet why does the cheek alone...
ache, ache, ache?
Male: Oh my, my!
Can our love ever just stay quiet?
What is this?
Male: What is this?
Female: Ahahahaha!
Please be still for a moment!
Inside this five-foot body,
Female: longing blooms, blooms, blooms!
Oh goodness, my heart...
Male: wanders like a bee, wanders, wanders!
Inside this five-foot body,
Female: longing blooms, blooms, blooms!
Oh goodness, my heart...
Male: wanders like a bee, wanders, wanders!
Slowly, gently, fingertips everywhere...
are gliding, gliding, gliding!
Slowly, gently, fingertips everywhere...
are gliding, gliding, gliding!
Female: What was once seen only in dreams...
appears right before my eyes, appears, appears!
What is this?
Female: Ah, what is this?
Male: Oh my, my!
Can our love ever just stay quiet?
What is this?
Male: What is this?
Female: Ahahahaha!
Please be still for a moment!
Oh my, my!
Can our love ever just stay quiet?
Female: Ve-ve-ve-ve-ve!
Please be still for a moment!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This playful and romantic duet captures the joyful intimacy between lovers as they tease and embrace each other. The heroine playfully asks her partner to remain still and give her space, while the hero affectionately counters that true love and intimacy can never remain passive or silent. Through clever metaphors of a train engine connecting to a carriage, a tender bud ripening into fruit, and a bee buzzing around desire, the song conveys the thrill of youthful passion, romantic physical closeness, and the happiness of womanhood fulfilled.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Injinilae petti onnu / Female :Inaiyuthu inaiyuthu inaiyuthu / Female :Idaiyinilae kai ireandu / Male :Valaiyuthu valaiyuthu valaiyuthu (Lines 9-12 / 13-16 Entire section contextually work together as metaphor for physical union like train compartments linking to an engine.)

Simile

Male :Vandu pol alaiyuthu alaiyuthu alaiyuthu (Line 46 & 50)

Repetition / Anaphora

Inaiyuthu inaiyuthu inaiyuthu (Line 10)

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Trivia

"Enna Idhu Enna Idhu" is a popular romantic duet composed by K. V. Mahadevan for the 1970 Tamil film *Anadhai Anandhan*, starring Jaishankar and Jayalalithaa, featuring lively vocal improvisations by T. M. Soundararajan and P. Susheela.

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