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Ennai Kollathey

From Geethaiyin Raadhai · 2016

Lyricist
Lyricist Not Known
Singers
Kumaresh, Keshvini Saravanan
Music director
Ztish
Movie name
Geethaiyin Raadhai
Movie release year
2016
Lyrics added on
2 May 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Ennai kollathae
Thalli poogathae
Nenjai killathae
Kanmani..
Sonna en sollil
Illai unmaigal
Yeno kobangal
Solladi..
Unnai theendaamal
Unnai paarkaamal
Konji pesamal
Kannil thookamillai
Ennul nee vanthaai
Nenjil vaazhgindraai
Vittu chellaathae
Ithu nyayam illai..
{Ahaaa…aaahaaa…aahaaa…
Ahaaaa…aaaaaa..} (2)
Kannai moodi kondaalum
Unnai kanden
Meendum enn intha yekkam
Vellai mega thundukkul
Ezhum minnal pol
Enthan vaazhvengum minnaal..
En ithazh mel indru
Vaazhum maunangal
En manam pesuthae
Nooru ennangal
Sonna sollin arthangal
Ennul vaazhuthae
Thooram thalli sendraalum
Uyir theduthae..
Asai vaarthai ellamae
Indru keeralaai
Enthan nenjin oorathil
Paaya seigiraai..
Ennul nee vanthaai
Innum vaazhgindraai
Unthan sollaalae
Thooram undaakinaai
Ennai theendathae
Ennai paarkathae
Ondrum pesaathae
Pothum thunbangal..
{Thiranathomtha thiranathomtha thirana
Thiranathomtha thiranathomtha thirana
Thiranathomtha thiranathomtha thirana
Thiranathomtha thiranathomtha thirana} (2)
Ennai vittu sellathae
Enthan anbae
Vendum un kaadhal
Ondrae…
Unnai mattum nesithen
Ithu unmai
Innum yen intha oodal..
En uyir kaadhalai
Unthan kaathoram
Orumuraiyaavathu solla
Nee vendum
Enthan aasai muthangal
Unnai serumoo
Illai kaadhal yuthangal
Innum neelumoo..
Unthan kannil nee sindhum
Eeram yenadi
Nenjil baaram vendamae
Ennai paaradi..
Ennai kollathae
Thalli poogathae
Nenjai killathae
Kanmani..
Sonna en sollil
Illai unmaigal
Yeno kobangal
Solladi..
{Ahaaa…aaahaaa…aahaaa…
Ahaaaa…aaaaaa..} (2)
Ennai kollathae
Thalli poogathae
Nenjai killathae
Kanmani..
Sonna en sollil
Illai unmaigal
Yeno kobangal
Solladi..iii…
Don't kill me,
don't walk away,
don't hurt my heart,
my darling...
In the words I said,
there was no truth;
why this anger?
Tell me, my girl...
Without touching you,
without seeing you,
without talking sweetly with you,
there is no sleep in my eyes.
You came inside me,
you live in my heart,
don't leave me and go,
this is not fair...
{Aha… aaha… aaha…
Ahaha… aaaaa..} (2)
Even when I close my eyes,
I saw only you.
Why this longing all over again?
Like lightning that flashes
from within a patch of white clouds,
shine across my whole life...
Upon my lips today,
silence resides,
while my heart speaks
a hundred thoughts.
The meanings of the words spoken
still live inside me;
even if you move far away,
my soul searches for you...
All those words of love,
turning into painful scratches today,
against the corner of my heart,
you make them pierce...
You came into my life,
you still live within me,
yet with your words,
you created this distance.
Don't touch me,
don't look at me,
don't say anything,
this pain is enough...
{Thiranathomtha thiranathomtha thirana
Thiranathomtha thiranathomtha thirana
Thiranathomtha thiranathomtha thirana
Thiranathomtha thiranathomtha thirana} (2)
Don't leave me,
my love,
I need your love
alone...
I loved only you,
and that is the truth;
why is there still this lovers' quarrel?...
To tell you my deep soul's love
whispered close to your ears,
at least just once,
I need you.
Will my kisses of longing
ever reach you,
or will these battles of love
continue to drag on?...
Why the wetness of tears
that you shed from your eyes?
Do not carry this weight in your heart,
look at me, my girl...
Don't kill me,
don't walk away,
don't hurt my heart,
my darling...
In the words I said,
there was no truth;
why this anger?
Tell me, my girl...
{Aha… aaha… aaha…
Ahaha… aaaaa..} (2)
Don't kill me,
don't walk away,
don't hurt my heart,
my darling...
In the words I said,
there was no truth;
why this anger?
Tell me, my girl...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Ennai Kollathey' is a poignant romantic track from the Malaysian Tamil film Geethaiyin Raadhai. The song explores the emotional turmoil and pain of a lovers' quarrel (oodal), where misunderstanding creates temporary distance between the couple. The protagonist pleads with his beloved not to walk away or hurt him, confessing that any harsh words spoken previously were untruthful and born out of temporary anger.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Iyaipu (Rhyming end-words)

Ennai kollathae / Thalli poogathae / Nenjai killathae

The lines end with the matching suffix sound '-athae', creating a rhythmic, pleading tone.

Simile (Upamai)

Vellai mega thundukkul / Ezhum minnal pol

Compares the sudden arrival of love and feelings to a sudden flash of lightning emerging from a white cloud.

Metaphor

Asai vaarthai ellamae / Indru keeralaai

Words of love and desire are metaphorically described as scratches or wounds on the heart.

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Trivia

'Ennai Kollathey' became an immense viral hit across Malaysia, Singapore, and South India, garnering tens of millions of views on YouTube and putting Malaysian Tamil cinema on the global map.

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