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Enna Solla Pogirai

From Kandukondain Kandukondain · 2000

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singer
Shankar Mahadevan
Music director
A. R. Rahman
Movie name
Kandukondain Kandukondain
Movie release year
2000
Lyrics added on
30 Dec 2016

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Illai illai solla
Oru kanam podhum
Illai endru sollai
Thanghuvathendraal
Innum innum enakkor
Jenmam vendum
Enna solla pogiraai
Sandhana thendralai
Jannalgal thandithal
Nyaayamaa  nyaayamaa
Kaadhalin kelvikku
Kangalin badhil enna
Maunamaa  maunamaa
Anbae endhan kaadhal solla
Nodi ondru pothumae
Adhai naanum
Meippikkathanae
Oru aayul vendumae
Illai illai solla
Oru kanam podhum
Illai endru sollai
Thanghuvathendraal
Innum innum enakkor
Jenmam vendum
Enna solla pogiraai
Enna solla pogiraai
Sandhana thendralai
Jannalgal thandithal
Nyaayamaa  nyaayamaa
Kaadhalin kelvikku
Kangalin badhil enna
Maunamaa  maunamaa
Anbae endhan kaadhal solla
Nodi ondru pothumae
Adhai naanum
Meippikkathanae
Oru aayul vendumae
Illai illai solla
Oru kanam podhum
Illai endru sollai
Thanghuvathendraal
Innum innum enakkor
Jenmam vendum
Enna solla pogiraai
Enna solla pogiraai
Idhayam oru kannaadi
Unadhu bimbam vizhunthathadi
Idhuthaan un sondham
Idhayam sonnathadi
Kannaadi bimbam katta
Kayir ondrum illaiyadi
Kannaadi oonchal
Bimbam aadudhadi
Nee ondru solladi pennae
Illai nindru kolladi kannae
Endhan vaazhkkaiyae
Undhan vizhivilimbil ennai
Thurathaathae
Uyir karaiyeraadhae
Illai illai solla
Oru kanam podhum
Illai endru sollai
Thanghuvathendraal
Innum innum enakkor
Jenmam vendum
Enna solla pogiraai
Sandhana thendralai
Jannalgal thandithal
Nyaayamaa  nyaayamaa
Kaadhalin kelvikku
Kangalin badhil enna
Maunamaa  maunamaa
Vidiyal vandha pinnaalum
Vidiyaadha iravu edhu
Poovaasam veesum
Undhan koondhaladi
Ivvulagam irunda pinnum
Irulaadha baagam edhu
Kadhir vandhu paayum
Undhan kangaladi
Pala uzhaga azhagigal koodi
Un paadham kazhuvalaam vaadi
Yen thalirmalarae
Innum thayakkamenna
Yennai puriyaadha
Idhu vaazhvaa saavaa
Enna solla pogiraai
Enna solla pogiraai
Enna solla pogiraai
Enna solla pogiraai
To say "no", to say "no",
a single moment is enough.
But to endure that word
"no",
I will need another,
and yet another lifetime.
What are you going to say?
If the sandalwood breeze
is punished by closed windows,
is it fair? Is it fair?
To the question of love,
what is your eyes' answer?
Is it silence? Is it silence?
My love, to confess my love,
a single second is enough.
Yet for me
to prove that love,
I need an entire lifetime!
To say "no", to say "no",
a single moment is enough.
But to endure that word
"no",
I will need another,
and yet another lifetime.
What are you going to say?
What are you going to say?
If the sandalwood breeze
is punished by closed windows,
is it fair? Is it fair?
To the question of love,
what is your eyes' answer?
Is it silence? Is it silence?
My love, to confess my love,
a single second is enough.
Yet for me
to prove that love,
I need an entire lifetime!
To say "no", to say "no",
a single moment is enough.
But to endure that word
"no",
I will need another,
and yet another lifetime.
What are you going to say?
What are you going to say?
The heart is a mirror,
and your reflection has fallen on it.
"She is yours,"
my heart told me.
To bind a mirror's reflection,
there is no rope.
Like a swing made of glass,
your reflection sways.
Say something to me, girl,
or just stand there and kill me, my love!
My entire life rests
on the edge of your glance; do not
chase me away,
or my life will never reach the shore.
To say "no", to say "no",
a single moment is enough.
But to endure that word
"no",
I will need another,
and yet another lifetime.
What are you going to say?
If the sandalwood breeze
is punished by closed windows,
is it fair? Is it fair?
To the question of love,
what is your eyes' answer?
Is it silence? Is it silence?
Even after dawn arrives,
which night never turns to day?
It is your fragrant,
flower-scented hair.
Even after this world goes dark,
which part never loses light?
It is your eyes,
radiating rays of light.
Beauties from across the world could gather
to wash your feet; come to me!
Why, my tender flower,
why this hesitation still?
Without understanding me,
is this life or death?
What are you going to say?
What are you going to say?
What are you going to say?
What are you going to say?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Enna Solla Pogiraai is an emotionally charged declaration of love and anxious anticipation. The protagonist seeks a response from his beloved, expressing that while rejecting him takes only a split second, surviving that rejection would take him an entire extra lifetime. He passionately argues that her silence is unjust, comparing her to windows blocking a gentle sandalwood breeze. Through vivid imagery, he praises her beauty, describing her hair as an endless fragrant night and her eyes as bright rays of light that illuminate the darkest world. He implores her to answer his proposal, suspended between the hope of life and the agony of emotional death.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Idhayam oru kannaadi / Unadhu bimbam vizhunthathadi

Compares the human heart to a mirror that catches and reflects the image of the beloved.

Rhetorical Question (Vinaa)

Sandhana thendralai / Jannalgal thandithal / Nyaayamaa nyaayamaa

Asks if it is fair for windows to block a pleasant sandalwood breeze, symbolizing how her silence unjustly blocks his affection.

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navortchi)

Vidiyal vandha pinnaalum / Vidiyaadha iravu edhu / Poovaasam veesum / Undhan koondhaladi

Exaggerates the beauty of her hair as a night that never ends even after dawn, and her feet as deserving of service from all the world's beauties.

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Trivia

Composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics written by Vairamuthu, this iconic song from 'Kandukondain Kandukondain' (2000) earned singer Shankar Mahadevan the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer.

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