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Ennooru Aandukalil

From Idhayam Parkiradhu · 1974

Lyricist
Kannadasan
Singers
Kovai Soundararajan, P. Susheela
Music director
T. R. Pappa
Details
Idhayam Parkiradhu1974

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Female
Ennooru aandugalilIn eight hundred years,
Ennugindra ennangalThe thoughts that one thinks,
Ezhunthana oru naal unai paarththuRose up all at once the day I saw you.
Male
Kannae idhu kanavallavaeMy darling, isn't this a dream?
Kanavil vantha kadhaiyallavae….Isn't this a story that came in a dream?
Female
Ennooru aandugalilIn eight hundred years,
Ennugindra ennangalThe thoughts that one thinks,
Ezhunthana oru naal unai paarththuRose up all at once the day I saw you.
Female
Kadhal ennum uravum sugamumWhen the relationship and bliss called love,
Kannil vantha pothu thookkam enbathaethuCame into the eyes, where is sleep?
Thookkam enbathaethuWhere is sleep?
Male
Kovai ennum idhazhum suvaiyumWhen the red lip like a Kovai fruit and its taste,
Kollai konda pothuPlundered and robbed the heart,
Yaekkam enbathaethu yaekkam enbathethuWhere is longing? Where is longing?
Female
Pangu vaiththa paavaiyin angam undu ingaeThe body of the maiden who shared a part is right here,
Paavai unnai thedum aasaiyil vaadumThe maiden wilts in desire searching for you.
Male :Iravum pagalum arivom arivomMale: We shall know day and night, we shall know,
Ilamai muzhuthm peruvom peruvomWe shall enjoy the fullness of youth, we shall enjoy,
Female
Ennooru aandugalilIn eight hundred years,
Ennugindra ennangalThe thoughts that one thinks,
Ezhunthana oru naal unai paarththuRose up all at once the day I saw you.
Female
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Female
Maalai vantha nilavum paniyumWhen the evening moon and cool dew,
Ennai thotta pothuTouched me softly,
Thendral vitta thoothuIt felt like a message sent by the gentle breeze,
Thendral vitta thoothuA message sent by the gentle breeze.
Male
Kaalai konda manamum niraivumThe fulfillment and joy the mind attained in the morning,
Gangai konda vellamIs like the overflowing flood of the Ganges,
Inbam konjum illamA home where joy babbles and plays,
Inbam konjum illamA home where joy babbles and plays.
Female
Mangai konda vedhanai konjamalla andruThe agony the young woman held back then was not small,
Vaasal varai vanthathu aasai konda nenjuThe loving heart came all the way to the doorstep.
Male : Mudhalil kavithai ezhuthu ezhuthuMale: First, write a poem, write,
Female : Mudivil malarum uravu uravuFemale: In the end, a relationship will blossom, blossom,
Female
Ennooru aandugalilIn eight hundred years,
Ennugindra ennangalThe thoughts that one thinks,
Ezhunthana oru naal unai paarththuRose up all at once the day I saw you.
Male
Kannae idhu kanavallavaeMy darling, isn't this a dream?
Kanavil vantha kadhaiyallavae….Isn't this a story that came in a dream?
Female
Ennooru aandugalilIn eight hundred years,
Ennugindra ennangalThe thoughts that one thinks,
Ezhunthana oru naal unai paarththuRose up all at once the day I saw you.
Female
Ennooru aandugalilIn eight hundred years,
Ennugindra ennangalThe thoughts that one thinks,
Ezhunthana oru naal unai paarththuRose up all at once the day I saw you.

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

The song 'Ennooru Aandugalil' expresses the intense emotion of love that feels as grand and vast as eight hundred years of accumulated thoughts suddenly coming alive in a single instant upon seeing the beloved. The lovers share their passion, explaining how love robs them of sleep and fills their lives with immense joy and fulfillment akin to the flooding waters of the river Ganges. Through poetic dialogues between the male and female lead, the lyrics convey the transition from longing and emotional pain to complete contentment and romantic union. It celebrates the bliss of youth and the deep, blossoming bond between two souls.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Monae (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)

Ennooru aandugalil / Ennugindra ennangal / Ezhunthana oru naal unai paarththu

Repetition of the initial vowel sound 'E' across consecutive lines (Ennooru / Ennugindra / Ezhunthana).

Edhugai (Second-letter Rhyme)

Ennooru / Ennugindra

Matching of the second consonant cluster 'nn' in adjacent lines.

Metaphor / Simile (Uvamai)

Gangai konda vellam / Inbam konjum illam

Comparing the abundance of joy in the heart to the immense floods carried by the holy river Ganges.

Repetition for Emphasis (Adukkuthodai)

Iravum pagalum arivom arivom / Ilamai muzhuthm peruvom peruvom

Repetition of words like 'arivom arivom' and 'peruvom peruvom' to emphasize enthusiastic eagerness.

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Trivia

The song features music composed by T. R. Pappa for the 1974 film 'Idhayam Parkiradhu'. The lyrics were penned by the legendary poet Kannadasan and sung as a duet by Kovai Soundararajan and P. Susheela.

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