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Hey Ennai Paar

From Nandhini · 1997

Lyricist
Lyricist Not Known
Singer
Mano
Music director
Sirpy
Movie name
Nandhini
Movie release year
1997
Lyrics added on
19 Aug 2026

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Hae ennaippaar
En nenjapaar
En kannai paar
Adhil unnai paar
Chinna ponnu
Ravusu rompa pannaathae
Thalli thalli ponaa
Love-su vaazhaathae hae
Sticker potta
Neththiyaththaan verukkaathe
Thaamaraiya thanniya vittu
Pogaathe
Hae ennaippaar
En nenjapaar
En kannai paar
Adhil unnai paar
Chinna ponnu
Ravusu rompa pannaathae
Thalli thalli ponaa
Love-su vaazhaathae hae
Oh oh haho
Sooriyan ullangaiyil
Maraichchu vachchaalum
Suththi varum kaaththa kooda
Adaichchu vachchaalum
Yaarukkumae theriyaama
Kaadhalikka mudiyaathu
Moodi vachcha malligaippu
Vaasam adikkaathaa
Mutti vachcha aasaiyellaam
Vembi vedikkaathaa
Meenu vitta perumoochchu
Thannikkulla nikkaathu
Kaadhalukku sammatham vaanga koodaathaa
Kaaththirunthaa ragasiyam veliyae pogaathaa hae
Verum vaayai mellum oorai theriyaathaa
Velichchaththai vitti poochchi ariyaathaa
Hae ennaippaar
En nenjapaar
En kannai paar
Adhil unnai paar
Chinna ponnu
Ravusu rompa pannaathae
Thalli thalli ponaa
Love-su vaazhaathae hae
Thulli thulli nadakkaiyil
Sivakkuthu paatham
Velli mani kolusukkul
Therikkuthu kobam
Vennilavae vaan meethu
Kobam kolla koodaathu
Kodai kaala vennilavu
Innum konjam Jolikkum
Kobam konda thaamaraippoo
Kannurendum sivakkum
Kobaththula paarththaalum
Neethaandi perazhagu
Vellai muyal
Thappich sendraal kaattrodu
Thullum nathi
Thappich sendraal kadalodu
Chinnachchittu
Thappichchendraal koottodu
Ennai vittu neeyum sendraal
Yaarodu
Hae ennaippaar
En nenjapaar
En kannai paar
Adhil unnai paar
Hae ennaippaar
En nenjapaar
En kannai paar
Adhil unnai paar
Chinna ponnu
Ravusu rompa pannaathae
Thalli thalli ponaa
Love-su vaazhaathae hae
Sticker potta
Neththiyaththaan verukkaathe
Thaamaraiya thanniya vittu
Pogaathe
Hey, look at me!
Look at my heart!
Look into my eyes!
See yourself in them!
Little girl,
Don't show so much attitude!
If you keep moving away,
Our love won't survive, hey!
Wearing a bindi sticker,
Don't frown with that forehead!
Like a lotus leaving the water,
Don't go away!
Hey, look at me!
Look at my heart!
Look into my eyes!
See yourself in them!
Little girl,
Don't show so much attitude!
If you keep moving away,
Our love won't survive, hey!
Oh oh haho!
Even if you hide the sun
Inside your palm,
Even if you trap the swirling breeze
And lock it away,
Without anyone knowing,
Love cannot stay hidden.
If jasmine flowers are wrapped and hidden,
Won't their fragrance still spread?
Won't all our pent-up desires
Ripen and burst open?
A deep sigh let out by a fish
Cannot stay trapped underwater!
Can't we get approval for our love?
If we keep waiting, won't our secret spill out? Hey!
Don't you know this town gossips without any reason?
Doesn't the moth already know the light?
Hey, look at me!
Look at my heart!
Look into my eyes!
See yourself in them!
Little girl,
Don't show so much attitude!
If you keep moving away,
Our love won't survive, hey!
As you walk with bouncing steps,
Your feet turn red.
Inside your silver bell anklets,
Your anger bursts forth!
O bright moon, you shouldn't
Get angry at the sky!
The summer moon
Shines even a little brighter!
When an angry lotus blooms,
Both its eyes turn red.
Even when you look at me in anger,
You are still incredibly beautiful!
If a white rabbit
Escapes, it joins the forest.
If a leaping river
Escapes, it joins the sea.
If a little sparrow
Escapes, it joins the flock.
If you leave me and go,
Whom will you belong to?
Hey, look at me!
Look at my heart!
Look into my eyes!
See yourself in them!
Hey, look at me!
Look at my heart!
Look into my eyes!
See yourself in them!
Little girl,
Don't show so much attitude!
If you keep moving away,
Our love won't survive, hey!
Wearing a bindi sticker,
Don't frown with that forehead!
Like a lotus leaving the water,
Don't go away!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Hey Ennai Paar is a lighthearted, playful romantic plea where a young man urges his feisty love interest to drop her aloofness and acknowledge the mutual affection between them. He asks her to look into his eyes and heart to see her own reflection, reminding her that love cannot survive distance or excessive posturing. Through vivid analogies of natural elements—such as a sun that cannot be concealed by a hand, wind that cannot be trapped, and jasmine fragrance that cannot be locked in—he argues that genuine love will inevitably reveal itself. He admires even her anger and stomping feet, concluding that every being in nature has a destined haven, and she belongs with him.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Rhetorical Question

“Moodi vachcha malligaippu / Vaasam adikkaathaa”

Uses universal natural phenomena framed as questions to show that concealed love will always spread its scent.

Metaphor & Analogy

“Vellai muyal / Thappich sendraal kaattrodu... Ennai vittu neeyum sendraal / Yaarodu”

Constructs a parallel between animals finding their habitat and the beloved finding her true home with the speaker.

Hyperbole / Paradox

“Sooriyan ullangaiyil / Maraichchu vachchaalum”

Employs an impossible visual exaggeration of hiding the sun in one's palm to stress the futility of hiding love.

Did you know?

Trivia

Featured in the 1997 Tamil film Nandhini with music composed by Sirpy and vocals rendered by Mano, the song embodies late-90s Tamil commercial romantic duets and soliloquies characterized by catchy colloquial phrasing and upbeat rhythmic pacing.

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