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Lyrics & meaning

Enna Vilai Azhagae

From Kadhalar Dhinam · 1999

Lyricist
Vaali
Singer
Unni Menon
Music director
A. R. Rahman
Movie name
Kadhalar Dhinam
Movie release year
1999
Lyrics added on
15 Jan 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Enna vilai azhagae…
Enna vilai azhagae
Sonna vilaikku vaanga varuven
Vilai uyir endraalum tharuven
Indha azhagai kandu viyandhu pogiren..
Enna vilai azhagae
Sonna vilaikku vaanga varuven
Vilai uyir endraalum tharuven
Indha azhagai kandu viyandhu pogiren
Ohh… oru mozhiyillaamal
Oru mozhiyillaamal mounam maagiren
Oru mozhiyillaamal mounam maagiren
……..
Padaithaan iraivan unaiyae malaithaan udanae avanae
Azhagai padaikkum thiramai muzhukka
Unnudan saarndhadhu.. en vizhi serndhadhu
Vidiya vidiya madiyil kidakkum
Pon veenai un meni meettattum en meni
Viraivinil vandhu kalandhidu viralpada mella kanindhidu
Udal mattum ingu kidakkudhu udan vandhu neeyum uyir kodu
{ Pallavan sirpigal andru
Panniya sirpathil ondru
Pennena vandhadhu indru silaiyae} (2)
Undhan azhagukkillai eedu
Enna vilai azhagae
Sonna vilaikku vaanga varuven
Vilai uyir endraalum tharuven
Indha azhagai kandu viyandhu pogiren
Ohhh… oru mozhiyillaamal
Oru mozhiyillaamal mounam maagiren
Uyirae unaiyae ninaithu
Vizhineer mazhaiyil nanaindhu
Imaiyil irukkum iravu urakkam
Kan vittu poyaachu kaaranam neeyaachu
Nilavu erikka ninaivu kodhikka
Aaraadha nenjaachu aagaaram nanjaachu
Dhinam dhinam unai ninaikkiren
Thurumbena udal ilaikkiren
Uyir kondu varum padhumaiyae unaivida illai pudhumaiyae
Un pugazh vaiyamum solla
Sitrana vaasalil ulla
Chithiram vetkudhu mella…nalla naal
Unai naanum serum naal dhaan
Enna vilai azhagae …enna vilai azhagae
Sonna vilaikku vaanga varuven
Vilai uyir endraalum tharuven
Indha azhagai kandu viyandhu pogiren
Ohhh.. oru mozhiyillaamal
Oru mozhiyillaamal mounam maagiren
Oru mozhiyillaamal mounam maagiren
Oru mozhiyillaamal mounam maagiren….
What is your price, beautiful one?…
What is your price, beautiful one?
I will come to buy you at whatever price you name.
Even if the price is my life, I will pay it.
Looking at this beauty, I am lost in wonder...
What is your price, beautiful one?
I will come to buy you at whatever price you name.
Even if the price is my life, I will pay it.
Looking at this beauty, I am lost in wonder.
Oh... without any words,
Without any words, I fall into silence.
Without any words, I fall into silence.
...
God created you, and was stunned at once by his own creation.
All the craft of creating beauty
belongs to you... and has caught my eyes.
Lying in my lap all night until dawn,
your body is a golden veena; let my body play it.
Come quickly and unite with me; soften gently at the touch of my fingers.
Only my body lies here; come right away and breathe life into it.
Among the sculptures that the Pallava sculptors
carved long ago in the past,
one has come today as a woman, oh living sculpture!
Nothing can match your beauty.
What is your price, beautiful one?
I will come to buy you at whatever price you name.
Even if the price is my life, I will pay it.
Looking at this beauty, I am lost in wonder.
Oh... without any words,
Without any words, I fall into silence.
My darling, thinking only of you,
drenched in a rain of tears,
the night's sleep upon my eyelids
has abandoned my eyes, and you are the reason.
As the moonlight burns and memories boil within,
my heart remains unhealed, and food tastes like poison.
Every single day I think of you,
and my body wastes away thin as a straw.
Oh living doll, there is no wonder greater than you.
As the whole world sings your praise,
even the ancient cave paintings of Sittannavasal
blush shyly before you... A truly blessed day,
is only the day I unite with you.
What is your price, beautiful one? What is your price, beautiful one?
I will come to buy you at whatever price you name.
Even if the price is my life, I will pay it.
Looking at this beauty, I am lost in wonder.
Oh... without any words,
Without any words, I fall into silence.
Without any words, I fall into silence.
Without any words, I fall into silence...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Enna Vilai Azhagae from Kadhalar Dhinam is a soulful Tamil romantic ballad expressing profound adoration, poetic fascination, and intense longing. The protagonist marvels at the heroine's peerless beauty, proclaiming that he would willingly give his very life to possess her love. He compares her to an exquisite sculpture carved by ancient Pallava artisans brought to life, and a masterwork so breathtaking that even the historical cave paintings of Sittanavasal blush in comparison. The song also captures the torment of separation. Tormented by memories, sleepless nights, and grief, the protagonist feels his body wasting away without her presence. Yet, his devotion remains unwavering, anchored by the hopeful anticipation of the day they will finally unite.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Pon veenai un meni meettattum en meni

The lover's body is directly compared to a golden Veena (musical instrument) played by the protagonist.

Personification

Sitrana vaasalil ulla Chithiram vetkudhu mella

The ancient cave paintings of Sittanavasal are given human emotion, depicted as feeling shy and blushing before the heroine's superior beauty.

Iyaipu (End Rhyme)

Aaraadha nenjaachu aagaaram nanjaachu

The lines end with rhyming phonetic structures ('nenjaachu' and 'nanjaachu'), adding a rhythmic emotional resonance.

Hyperbole

Padaithaan iraivan unaiyae malaithaan udanae avanae

An poetic exaggeration stating that even God was stunned and mesmerized by his own creation after sculpting the heroine.

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