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Lyrics & meaning

Ennena Seidhom Ingu

From Mayakkam Enna · 2011

Lyricist
Selvaraghavan
Singer
Harish Raghavendra
Music director
G. V. Prakash Kumar
Movie name
Mayakkam Enna
Movie release year
2011
Lyrics added on
13 Dec 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Ennena seithom ingu
Ithuvarai vaazhvilae
Engengu ponom vandhom
Vithi ennum perilae..
Kaanatha thuyaram kannilae..ae…
Oyatha salanam nenjilae….
Iraivaa
Sila neram enniyathu undu
Unnai thedi vanthathum undu
Sannathiyil salanam velluma..
Iraivaa..
Anbaana punnaigai seivaai
Azhagaana paarvayil kolvaai
Nee enbathu naan allava..
Vidai solgiraai
Kallaaga irupavan neeya
Kaneerai thudaipavan poiya
Un nenjilae unai vaanginaal
Karai serkiraai
Vaazhkaiyin porulthaan enna
Vaazhnthuthaan paathaal enna
Kathai solgiraai bayam kolgiraai
Kaalai sooriyanin aathikama..
Paadum paravaigalum bothikuma
Kaalai sooriyanin aathikama..
Paadum paravaigalum bothikuma
Unathu arasaangam perun kaadu
Ulagam athilae oru siru koodu
Unnai annaithukondu
Ullam marugi nindraal
Sudum theeyum sugamaai theendidum
Iraivaa …..
Sila neram enniyathu undu
Unnai thedi vanthathum undu
Sannathiyil salanam velluma..
Iraivaa..
Ullirukkum unnai thedi
Oyamal alaivoar kodi
Karuvaraiya nee kadal alaiyaa
Malaigal yerivarum oru kootam
Nathiyil moozhgi ezhum perum kootam..
Malaigal yerivarum oru kootam
Nathiyil moozhgi ezhum perum kootam..
Ennil kadavul yaar thedugirom
Poiyai avarin pin odugirom
Kannai paarka vaitha kallai pesa vaitha
Perunthaayin karunai marakirom..
Iraivaa …..
Sila neram enniyathu undu
Unnai thedi vanthathum undu
Sannathiyil salanam velluma..
Iraivaa..
Anbaana punnaigai seivaai
Azhagaana paarvayil kolvaai
Nee enbathu naan allava..
Vidai solgiraai
Kallaaga irupavan neeya
Kaneerai thudaipavan poiya
Un nenjilae unai vaanginaal
Karai serkiraai
What all have we done here,
in this life so far?
Where all did we wander,
in the name of fate?
Unseen sorrow in the eyes...
Endless turmoil in the heart...
Oh God...
Sometimes I have wondered,
and I have come searching for you.
Will this restlessness be silenced in your sanctuary?
Oh God...
You offer a loving smile,
you captivate with a beautiful gaze,
and say, "Aren't you and I one and the same?"
You give the answer.
Are you the one standing as stone?
Is the one wiping tears an illusion?
If one receives you into their heart,
you guide them safely to shore.
What is the true meaning of life?
Why not simply live and see?
You make up stories, yet you live in fear.
Is it the reign of the morning sun?
Do the singing birds teach us too?
Is it the reign of the morning sun?
Do the singing birds teach us too?
Your kingdom is a vast forest,
and the world is just a little nest within it.
Holding on to you,
if the heart yearns deeply,
even scorching fire touches with gentle comfort.
Oh God...
Sometimes I have wondered,
and I have come searching for you.
Will this restlessness be silenced in your sanctuary?
Oh God...
Searching for you who resides within,
millions wander without rest.
Are you the inner sanctum, or the ocean wave?
A crowd climbs up the mountains,
a vast crowd bathes and rises from the river...
A crowd climbs up the mountains,
a vast crowd bathes and rises from the river...
We search for who God is inside us,
yet we run after illusions behind others.
The One who gave sight to our eyes and voice to stone—
we forget the grace of that great Mother...
Oh God...
Sometimes I have wondered,
and I have come searching for you.
Will this restlessness be silenced in your sanctuary?
Oh God...
You offer a loving smile,
you captivate with a beautiful gaze,
and say, "Aren't you and I one and the same?"
You give the answer.
Are you the one standing as stone?
Is the one wiping tears an illusion?
If one receives you into their heart,
you guide them safely to shore.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song is a soul-stirring philosophical reflection on life, suffering, and the nature of God. The narrator questions human existence, suffering, and the futile rituals people perform in search of the Divine. Through imagery of mountains, rivers, and forests, the song illustrates how humans wander externally to find peace, forgetting that divinity resides within every individual.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Rhetorical Question (Advaita Philosophy)

Nee enbathu naan allava..

Poses a profound philosophical question asking if God and the self are one and the same.

Metaphor

Unathu arasaangam perun kaadu / Ulagam athilae oru siru koodu

Compares God's domain to a vast forest and the world to a small nest inside it.

Contrast / Juxtaposition

Kallaaga irupavan neeya / Kaneerai thudaipavan poiya

Contrasts the unfeeling nature of an idol carved of stone with the deeply compassionate nature of God wiping away tears.

Monai (Initial Alliteration)

Vaazhkaiyin porulthaan enna / Vaazhnthuthaan paathaal enna

Repetition of the initial sound 'Vaa' across adjacent lines.

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Trivia

Composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar with lyrics by director Selvaraghavan for the 2011 Tamil psychological drama Mayakkam Enna, this song explores Advaita philosophy—the idea that the seeker, the seeking, and the Divine are non-dual.

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