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Idhu Enna Mudhal Irava

From Inaindha Kaigal · 1990

Lyricist
Aabavanan
Singers
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, B. Sasirekha
Music director
Manoj Gyan Varma
Details
Inaindha Kaigal1990

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Female
Idhu enna mudhal iravaa ammadiIs this a first night, oh my?
Ilamaikku pudhu varavaaIs it a new arrival for youthfulness?
Male :Haan haanMale: Haan haan
Female :Idhu enna mudhal iravaa ammadiFemale: Is this a first night, oh my?
Ilamaikku pudhu varavaaIs it a new arrival for youthfulness?
Indha iravu podhaadhu vidiya koodathuThis night is not enough, dawn shouldn't break
Vilakkam naan kooravaShall I give an explanation?
Female
Idhu enna mudhal iravaa ammadiIs this a first night, oh my?
Ilamaikku pudhu varavaaIs it a new arrival for youthfulness?
Male :Haan haanMale: Haan haan
Female :Idhu enna mudhal iravaa ammadiFemale: Is this a first night, oh my?
Ilamaikku pudhu varavaaIs it a new arrival for youthfulness?
Male
………………………[Music Interlude]
Male
Sevvazhai neeradudhuThe red banana tree bathes
Sevvanam pol naanudhuBlushing like the crimson evening sky
Sillendra neer aanadhuThe water that was chilly
Yen indru soodanathuWhy did it turn warm today?
Female
Indha piravi podhadhuThis lifetime is not enough
Piriya koodathuWe shouldn't ever part ways
Thodarum kadhaiyallavaIsn't this a continuing story?
Male
Idhu enna mudhal iravaa ammadiIs this a first night, oh my?
Ilamaikku pudhu varavaaIs it a new arrival for youthfulness?
Female :Haan haanFemale: Haan haan
Male :Idhu enna mudhal iravaa ammadiMale: Is this a first night, oh my?
Ilamaikku pudhu varavaaIs it a new arrival for youthfulness?
Female
…………………….[Music Interlude]
Female
Vizhi moodum imaiyaanadhuThe eyelid that closes the eye
Vizhi paarka thadaiyaanadhuBecame an obstacle to gazing
Idhazh sera thunaiyaanadhuBecame a support in uniting lips
Ilamaikku vinaiyaanadhuBecame a thrilling act for youth
Male :Indha ilamai thoongathuMale: This youth will not sleep
Iniyum thaangaathu paruvam sumaiyallavaaIt cannot bear any longer, isn't youthful passion a burden?
Female
Idhu enna mudhal iravaa ammadiIs this a first night, oh my?
Ilamaikku pudhu varavaaIs it a new arrival for youthfulness?
Male :Haan haanMale: Haan haan
Idhu enna mudhal iravaa ammadiIs this a first night, oh my?
Ilamaikku pudhu varavaaIs it a new arrival for youthfulness?
Male
Indha iravu podhaadhu vidiya koodathuThis night is not enough, dawn shouldn't break
Vilakkam naan koorava ha haaShall I give an explanation? Ha haa
Female
Idhu enna mudhal iravaa ammadiIs this a first night, oh my?
Ilamaikku pudhu varavaaIs it a new arrival for youthfulness?
Male :Lalalalalal …………………….Male: Lalalalalal...

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

'Idhu Enna Mudhal Iravaa' is a sensual and romantic duet from the 1990 Tamil action movie 'Inaindha Kaigal'. The song articulates the intimacy, wonder, and passion shared by lovers during a magical night. They express a desire for time to freeze so that the night never ends and dawn never breaks, feeling that even a single lifetime is not enough to experience their deep affection.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai)

Sevvanam pol naanudhu

Compares the woman's bashful blushing to the deep crimson color of the twilight sky ('Sevvanam pol naanudhu').

Epistrophe (Iyaibu)

Vizhi moodum imaiyaanadhu / Vizhi paarka thadaiyaanadhu / Idhazh sera thunaiyaanadhu

Repetition of the ending sound '-aanadhu' across multiple consecutive lines to build rhythm and lyrical continuity.

Rhetorical Question

Vilakkam naan koorava

Playfully asking if an explanation is needed for the intimacy they share, highlighting unspoken romance.

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Trivia

'Inaindha Kaigal' (1990) was an iconic Tamil action thriller featuring Ramki and Arun Pandian. The film's music was composed by Gyan Varma, while multi-talented producer-writer Aabavanan penned the lyrics for this track.

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