Ennai Thalatta
From Kadhalukku Mariyadhai · 1997
- Lyricist
- Pazhani Bharathi
- Singers
- Hariharan, Bhavatharani
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Details
- Kadhalukku Mariyadhai1997
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Thanana nananaa … thanana nananaa | Thanana nananaa … thanana nananaa |
| Male | |
| Ennai thalaatta varuvalo | Will she come to sing me a lullaby? |
| Nenjil poo manjam tharuvalo | Will she give me a bed of flowers in her heart? |
| Thanga theraattam varuvalo..oo | Will she come like a golden chariot? |
| Illai yematram tharuvalo | Or will she give me disappointment? |
| Male | |
| Thathalikum manamae thathai varuvala | Oh faltering heart, will the parrot-like maiden come? |
| Mottu idhazh mutham ondru tharuvala | Will she give a kiss with her bud-like lips? |
| Konjam poru kolusoli ketkiradhae | Wait a moment, I hear the sound of anklets! |
| Male | |
| Ennai thalaatta varuvalo | Will she come to sing me a lullaby? |
| Nenjil poo manjam tharuvalo | Will she give me a bed of flowers in her heart? |
| Thanga theraattam varuvalo | Will she come like a golden chariot? |
| Illai yematram tharuvalo | Or will she give me disappointment? |
| Male | |
| Poo vizhi paarvaiyil minnal kaatinaal | She showed lightning in her flower-eyed gaze |
| Aayiram aasaigal ennil ootinaal | She poured a thousand desires into me |
| Yeno yeno nenjai pootinaal | For some unknown reason, she locked my heart |
| Iravum pagalum ennai vaatinaal | She tormented me night and day |
| Idhayam aval peyaril maatrinaal | She changed my heart into her name |
| kaadhal theeyai vandhu mootinaal | She came and sparked the fire of love |
| Male | |
| Naan ketkum badhil indru vaaradha | Won't the answer I ask come today? |
| Naan thoonga madi ondru thaaradha | Won't she give her lap for me to sleep? |
| Thaagangal thabangal theeradha | Won't these longings and yearnings be quenched? |
| Thaalangal raagangal seradha | Won't the rhythms and melodies align? |
| Vazhiyoram vizhi vaikiren | I keep my eyes fixed along the pathway |
| Female | |
| ……………………………….. | ... |
| Male | |
| Enadhu iravu aval koondhalil | My night rests in her dark tresses |
| Enadhu pagalgal aval paarvaiyil | My days pass in her gentle gaze |
| Kaalam ellam aval kaadhalil | My entire lifetime resides in her love |
| Kanavu kalaiyavillai kangalil | Dreams have not faded from my eyes |
| Idhayam thudikavillai aasaiyil | My heart skips beats out of intense desire |
| Vaazhvum thaazhvum aval vaarthaiyil | My life's rise and fall depend on her word |
| Male | |
| Kannukul imaiyaga irukindral | She stays inside my eyes like an eyelid |
| Nenjukul isaiyaga thudikindral | She throbs inside my heart like music |
| Naalaiku naan kaana varuvalo | Will she come for me to see her tomorrow? |
| Pathaiku neerootri povalo | Will she nourish my path with life-giving water? |
| Vazhiyoram vizhi vaikiren | I keep my eyes fixed along the pathway |
| Male | |
| Ennai thalaatta varuvalo | Will she come to sing me a lullaby? |
| Nenjil poo manjam tharuvalo | Will she give me a bed of flowers in her heart? |
| Thanga theraattam varuvalo | Will she come like a golden chariot? |
| Illai yematram tharuvalo | Or will she give me disappointment? |
| Male | |
| Thathalikum manamae thathai varuvala | Oh faltering heart, will the parrot-like maiden come? |
| Mottu idhazh mutham ondru tharuvala | Will she give a kiss with her bud-like lips? |
| Konjam poru kolusoli ketkiradhae | Wait a moment, I hear the sound of anklets! |
| Male | |
| Ennai thalaatta varuvalo …varuvalo | Will she come to sing me a lullaby... will she come? |
| Nenjil poo manjam tharuvalo …. tharuvalo | Will she give me a bed of flowers in her heart... will she give? |
| Thanga theraattam varuvalo …..varuvalo | Will she come like a golden chariot... will she come? |
| Illai yematram tharuvalo ….tharuvalo | Or will she give me disappointment... will she give? |
...........................................
Thanana nananaa … thanana nananaa
என்னை தாலாட்ட
வருவாளோ நெஞ்சில் பூ
மஞ்சம் தருவாளோ தங்க
தேராட்டம் வருவாளோ
இல்லை ஏமாற்றம் தருவாளோ
Will she come to sing me a lullaby?
Will she give me a bed of flowers in her heart?
Will she come like a golden chariot?
Or will she give me disappointment?
தத்தளிக்கும் மனமே
தத்தை வருவாளா மொட்டு
இதழ் முத்தம் ஒன்று தருவாளா
கொஞ்சம் பொறு கொலுசொலி
கேட்கிறதே
Oh faltering heart, will the parrot-like maiden come?
Will she give a kiss with her bud-like lips?
Wait a moment, I hear the sound of anklets!
என்னை தாலாட்ட
வருவாளோ நெஞ்சில் பூ
மஞ்சம் தருவாளோ தங்க
தேராட்டம் வருவாளோ
இல்லை ஏமாற்றம் தருவாளோ
Will she come to sing me a lullaby?
Will she give me a bed of flowers in her heart?
Will she come like a golden chariot?
Or will she give me disappointment?
பூ விழி பாா்வையில்
மின்னல் காட்டினாள் ஆயிரம்
ஆசைகள் என்னில் ஊட்டினாள்
ஏனோ ஏனோ நெஞ்சை பூட்டினாள்
இரவும் பகலும் என்னை வாட்டினாள்
இதயம் அவள் பெயாில் மாற்றினாள்
காதல் தீயை வந்து மூட்டினாள்
She showed lightning in her flower-eyed gaze
She poured a thousand desires into me
For some unknown reason, she locked my heart
She tormented me night and day
She changed my heart into her name
She came and sparked the fire of love
நான் கேட்கும் பதில்
இன்று வாராத நான் தூங்க
மடி ஒன்று தாராத தாகங்கள்
தாபங்கள் தீராத தாளங்கள்
ராகங்கள் சேராத வழியோரம்
விழி வைக்கிறேன்
Won't the answer I ask come today?
Won't she give her lap for me to sleep?
Won't these longings and yearnings be quenched?
Won't the rhythms and melodies align?
I keep my eyes fixed along the pathway
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...
எனது இரவு அவள்
கூந்தலில் எனது பகல்கள்
அவள் பாா்வையில் காலம்
எல்லாம் அவள் காதலில்
கனவு கலையவில்லை கண்களில்
இதயம் துடிக்கவில்லை ஆசையில்
வாழ்வும் தாழ்வும் அவள் வாா்த்தையில்
My night rests in her dark tresses
My days pass in her gentle gaze
My entire lifetime resides in her love
Dreams have not faded from my eyes
My heart skips beats out of intense desire
My life's rise and fall depend on her word
கண்ணுக்குள் இமையாக
இருக்கின்றாள் நெஞ்சுக்குள்
இசையாக துடிக்கின்றாள் நாளைக்கு
நான் காண வருவாளோ பாதைக்கு
நீரூற்றி போவாளோ வழியோரம்
விழி வைக்கிறேன்
She stays inside my eyes like an eyelid
She throbs inside my heart like music
Will she come for me to see her tomorrow?
Will she nourish my path with life-giving water?
I keep my eyes fixed along the pathway
என்னை தாலாட்ட
வருவாளோ நெஞ்சில் பூ
மஞ்சம் தருவாளோ தங்க
தேராட்டம் வருவாளோ
இல்லை ஏமாற்றம் தருவாளோ
Will she come to sing me a lullaby?
Will she give me a bed of flowers in her heart?
Will she come like a golden chariot?
Or will she give me disappointment?
தத்தளிக்கும் மனமே
தத்தை வருவாளா மொட்டு
இதழ் முத்தம் ஒன்று தருவாளா
கொஞ்சம் பொறு கொலுசொலி
கேட்கிறதே
Oh faltering heart, will the parrot-like maiden come?
Will she give a kiss with her bud-like lips?
Wait a moment, I hear the sound of anklets!
என்னை தாலாட்ட
வருவாளோ ....... வருவாளோ
நெஞ்சில் பூ மஞ்சம்
தருவாளோ ....... தருவாளோ
தங்க தேராட்டம்
வருவாளோ ....... வருவாளோ
இல்லை ஏமாற்றம்
தருவாளோ ....... தருவாளோ
Will she come to sing me a lullaby... will she come?
Will she give me a bed of flowers in her heart... will she give?
Will she come like a golden chariot... will she come?
Or will she give me disappointment... will she give?
Thanana nananaa … thanana nananaa
Thanana nananaa … thanana nananaa
Ennai thalaatta varuvalo
Will she come to sing me a lullaby?
Nenjil poo manjam tharuvalo
Will she give me a bed of flowers in her heart?
Thanga theraattam varuvalo..oo
Will she come like a golden chariot?
Illai yematram tharuvalo
Or will she give me disappointment?
Thathalikum manamae thathai varuvala
Oh faltering heart, will the parrot-like maiden come?
Mottu idhazh mutham ondru tharuvala
Will she give a kiss with her bud-like lips?
Konjam poru kolusoli ketkiradhae
Wait a moment, I hear the sound of anklets!
Ennai thalaatta varuvalo
Will she come to sing me a lullaby?
Nenjil poo manjam tharuvalo
Will she give me a bed of flowers in her heart?
Thanga theraattam varuvalo
Will she come like a golden chariot?
Illai yematram tharuvalo
Or will she give me disappointment?
Poo vizhi paarvaiyil minnal kaatinaal
She showed lightning in her flower-eyed gaze
Aayiram aasaigal ennil ootinaal
She poured a thousand desires into me
Yeno yeno nenjai pootinaal
For some unknown reason, she locked my heart
Iravum pagalum ennai vaatinaal
She tormented me night and day
Idhayam aval peyaril maatrinaal
She changed my heart into her name
kaadhal theeyai vandhu mootinaal
She came and sparked the fire of love
Naan ketkum badhil indru vaaradha
Won't the answer I ask come today?
Naan thoonga madi ondru thaaradha
Won't she give her lap for me to sleep?
Thaagangal thabangal theeradha
Won't these longings and yearnings be quenched?
Thaalangal raagangal seradha
Won't the rhythms and melodies align?
Vazhiyoram vizhi vaikiren
I keep my eyes fixed along the pathway
………………………………..
...
Enadhu iravu aval koondhalil
My night rests in her dark tresses
Enadhu pagalgal aval paarvaiyil
My days pass in her gentle gaze
Kaalam ellam aval kaadhalil
My entire lifetime resides in her love
Kanavu kalaiyavillai kangalil
Dreams have not faded from my eyes
Idhayam thudikavillai aasaiyil
My heart skips beats out of intense desire
Vaazhvum thaazhvum aval vaarthaiyil
My life's rise and fall depend on her word
Kannukul imaiyaga irukindral
She stays inside my eyes like an eyelid
Nenjukul isaiyaga thudikindral
She throbs inside my heart like music
Naalaiku naan kaana varuvalo
Will she come for me to see her tomorrow?
Pathaiku neerootri povalo
Will she nourish my path with life-giving water?
Vazhiyoram vizhi vaikiren
I keep my eyes fixed along the pathway
Ennai thalaatta varuvalo
Will she come to sing me a lullaby?
Nenjil poo manjam tharuvalo
Will she give me a bed of flowers in her heart?
Thanga theraattam varuvalo
Will she come like a golden chariot?
Illai yematram tharuvalo
Or will she give me disappointment?
Thathalikum manamae thathai varuvala
Oh faltering heart, will the parrot-like maiden come?
Mottu idhazh mutham ondru tharuvala
Will she give a kiss with her bud-like lips?
Konjam poru kolusoli ketkiradhae
Wait a moment, I hear the sound of anklets!
Ennai thalaatta varuvalo …varuvalo
Will she come to sing me a lullaby... will she come?
Nenjil poo manjam tharuvalo …. tharuvalo
Will she give me a bed of flowers in her heart... will she give?
Thanga theraattam varuvalo …..varuvalo
Will she come like a golden chariot... will she come?
Illai yematram tharuvalo ….tharuvalo
Or will she give me disappointment... will she give?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
'Ennai Thalaatta Varuvalo' is a poignant, expressive melody centered on the emotional suspense and longing of a lover waiting for his lady love. The protagonist fluctuates between hopeful romantic fantasies and the agonizing fear of rejection, wondering if she will soothe his restless soul like a tender lullaby or leave him in despair. Through vivid imagery, he articulates how his entire existence, day and night, revolves around her presence and approval. Ultimately, the song captures the bittersweet pain of waiting, highlighting the power love holds over a person's thoughts and heartbeat.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Thanga theraattam varuvalo”
Compares the graceful arrival of the beloved to the majestic movement of a golden temple chariot.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Mottu idhazh mutham ondru tharuvala”
Compares her delicate lips directly to an unopened flower bud ('mottu idhazh').
Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Thathalikum manamae thathai varuvala”
Repetition of the initial 'th' sound across words ('Thathalikum', 'thathai') creates a rhythmic melodic flow.
Iyaipu (End Rhyme)
“Ennai thalaatta varuvalo / Nenjil poo manjam tharuvalo”
Matching end rhymes with 'varuvalo' and 'tharuvalo' across consecutive stanzas.
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Trivia
'Ennai Thalaatta Varuvalo' is one of the most celebrated romantic tracks from the blockbuster 1997 movie 'Kadhalukku Mariyadhai', starring Vijay and Shalini. The song was composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja and famously rendered by Hariharan (and a solo version by Ilaiyaraaja himself). Lyricist Pazhani Bharathi won critical acclaim for capturing sweet tender anxiety in his lyrics.
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