Ingae Naan Kandaen
From Saadhanai · 1986
- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singers
- Vani Jairam, Malaysia Vasudevan
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Details
- Saadhanai1986
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Anaarkali…anaarkali…anaarkalii…anaarkaliii | Anarkali... Anarkali... Anarkali... Anarkali... |
| Female | |
| Engae naan kaanben | Where will I find... |
| En kaadhalan | ...my beloved lover, |
| Ennathai meettum isai paadagan | The musical singer who plucks the strings of my thoughts? |
| Poovai pol poovai puyal kaattrilae | Like a flower tossed in a stormy wind, |
| Theevai pol thogai nadu aattrilae | Like a peacock stranded on an island in the middle of a river. |
| Male | |
| Ingae naan kanden | Here I have found... |
| Kadhai naayagi | ...the heroine of the story, |
| Endrendrum vaazhum anaarkali | The eternally living Anarkali. |
| Female | |
| Aa….aaa…aa…aaa…aaa…aa… | Ah... Ah... Ah... |
| Aaa…aa…aaa..aaa..aaa..aa.. | Ah... Ah... Ah... |
| Aaa…aaa…aa…aaa..aaa..aaa..aaa..aaa..aaa… | Ah... Ah... Ah... |
| Female | |
| Nillungal neengal | Stop, all of you... |
| Mazhai megangalae | ...O rain clouds! |
| Kelungal ingae naan paadum paadal | Listen to the song I sing here. |
| Sollungal neengal ival sogangalai | Convey her sorrows... |
| Ennai pol poraadum mannan kaadhil | ...into the ears of the king who struggles like me. |
| Vaaraadhadhaen poomagal kaadhalan | Why hasn't the flower-like maiden's lover arrived? |
| Vaaraadhadhaen poomagal kaadhalan | Why hasn't the flower-like maiden's lover arrived? |
| Podhaadho innum indha | Is it not enough, even now... |
| Paavai ilamaiyil thavippadhu | ...for this young maiden to suffer in her youth? |
| Female | |
| Engae naan kaanben | Where will I find... |
| En kaadhalan | ...my beloved lover, |
| Ennathai meettum isai paadagan | The musical singer who plucks the strings of my thoughts? |
| Female | |
| Aa….aaa…aa… | Ah... Ah... Ah... |
| Aaa…aa…aaa..aaa.. | Ah... Ah... Ah... |
| Aaa…aaa…aa…aaa.. | Ah... Ah... Ah... |
| Haa..aaa..aaa..aaa…. | Ha... Ah... Ah... |
| Male | |
| Kaalangal thorum | Through all ages... |
| Unai vaazha vaippen | ...I will make you live forever. |
| Pennellaam pennalla unnai polae | No other woman is a true woman like you. |
| Kaadhal thaan vaedham ena paadi vaippen | I will sing declaring that love itself is the sacred scripture. |
| Baedhangal saagattum mannin melae | Let all social divisions perish on this earth! |
| Nee thaanammaa naan thozhum naayagi | You alone, my lady, are the heroine I worship. |
| Nee thaanammaa naan thozhum naayagi | You alone, my lady, are the heroine I worship. |
| Neengaamal nenjil nindru | Without ever leaving, remaining in the heart, |
| Vaazhum adhisaya ilakkiyam | A miraculous piece of living literature! |
| Male | |
| Ingae naan kanden | Here I have found... |
| Kadhai naayagi | ...the heroine of the story, |
| Endrendrum vaazhum anaarkali | The eternally living Anarkali. |
| Poovai pol poovai puyal kaattrilae | Like a flower tossed in a stormy wind, |
| Theevai pol thogai nadu aattrilae | Like a peacock stranded on an island in the middle of a river. |
| Male | |
| Ingae naan kanden | Here I have found... |
| Kadhai naayagi | ...the heroine of the story, |
| Endrendrum vaazhum anaarkali | The eternally living Anarkali. |
அனார்கலி........அனார்கலி........அனார்கலி........
Anarkali... Anarkali... Anarkali... Anarkali...
எங்கே நான் காண்பேன்
என் காதலன்
எண்ணத்தை மீட்டும் இசை பாடகன்
பூவை போல் பூவை
புயல் காற்றிலே
தீவை போல் தோகை
நடு ஆற்றிலே
Where will I find...
...my beloved lover,
The musical singer who plucks the strings of my thoughts?
Like a flower tossed in a stormy wind,
Like a peacock stranded on an island in the middle of a river.
இங்கே நான் கண்டேன்
கதை நாயகி
என்றென்றும் வாழும் அனார்கலி
Here I have found...
...the heroine of the story,
The eternally living Anarkali.
ஆ.....ஆஅ.....ஆ.....ஆஅ......ஆஅ....ஆ....
ஆஅ......ஆ......ஆஅ.....ஆஅ.....ஆஅ......ஆ.....
ஆஅ......ஆ......ஆஅ.....ஆஅ.....ஆஅ......ஆஆ.....
Ah... Ah... Ah...
Ah... Ah... Ah...
Ah... Ah... Ah...
நில்லுங்கள் நீங்கள்
மழை மேகங்களே
கேளுங்கள் இங்கே நான் பாடும் பாடல்
சொல்லுங்கள் நீங்கள் இவள் சோகங்களை
என்னை போல் போராடும் மன்னன் காதில்
வாராததேன் பூமகள் காதலன்
வாராததேன் பூமகள் காதலன்
போதாதோ இன்னும் இந்த
பாவை இளமையில் தவிப்பது
Stop, all of you...
...O rain clouds!
Listen to the song I sing here.
Convey her sorrows...
...into the ears of the king who struggles like me.
Why hasn't the flower-like maiden's lover arrived?
Why hasn't the flower-like maiden's lover arrived?
Is it not enough, even now...
...for this young maiden to suffer in her youth?
எங்கே நான் காண்பேன்
என் காதலன்
எண்ணத்தை மீட்டும் இசை பாடகன்
Where will I find...
...my beloved lover,
The musical singer who plucks the strings of my thoughts?
ஆ.......ஆஅ......ஆ....
ஆஅ.....ஆ.....ஆஅ.....ஆஅ......
ஆஅ.....ஆ.....ஆஅ.....ஆஅ......
ஹ......ஆஅ.....ஆ.....ஆஅ.....ஆஅ......
Ah... Ah... Ah...
Ah... Ah... Ah...
Ah... Ah... Ah...
Ha... Ah... Ah...
காலங்கள் தோறும்
உன்னை வாழ வைப்பேன்
பெண்ணெல்லாம் பெண்ணல்ல உன்னை போலே
காதல்தான் வேதம் என பாடி வைப்பேன்
பேதங்கள் சாகட்டும் மண்ணின் மேலே
நீ தானம்மா நான் தொழும் நாயகி
நீ தானம்மா நான் தொழும் நாயகி
நீங்காமல் நெஞ்சில் நின்று வாழும் அதிசய இலக்கியம்
Through all ages...
...I will make you live forever.
No other woman is a true woman like you.
I will sing declaring that love itself is the sacred scripture.
Let all social divisions perish on this earth!
You alone, my lady, are the heroine I worship.
You alone, my lady, are the heroine I worship.
Without ever leaving, remaining in the heart,
A miraculous piece of living literature!
இங்கே நான் கண்டேன்
கதை நாயகி
என்றென்றும் வாழும் அனார்கலி
பூவை போல் பூவை புயல் காற்றிலே
தீவை போல் தோகை நடு ஆற்றிலே
Here I have found...
...the heroine of the story,
The eternally living Anarkali.
Like a flower tossed in a stormy wind,
Like a peacock stranded on an island in the middle of a river.
இங்கே நான் கண்டேன்
கதை நாயகி
என்றென்றும் வாழும் அனார்கலி
Here I have found...
...the heroine of the story,
The eternally living Anarkali.
Anaarkali…anaarkali…anaarkalii…anaarkaliii
Anarkali... Anarkali... Anarkali... Anarkali...
Engae naan kaanben
Where will I find...
En kaadhalan
...my beloved lover,
Ennathai meettum isai paadagan
The musical singer who plucks the strings of my thoughts?
Poovai pol poovai puyal kaattrilae
Like a flower tossed in a stormy wind,
Theevai pol thogai nadu aattrilae
Like a peacock stranded on an island in the middle of a river.
Ingae naan kanden
Here I have found...
Kadhai naayagi
...the heroine of the story,
Endrendrum vaazhum anaarkali
The eternally living Anarkali.
Aa….aaa…aa…aaa…aaa…aa…
Ah... Ah... Ah...
Aaa…aa…aaa..aaa..aaa..aa..
Ah... Ah... Ah...
Aaa…aaa…aa…aaa..aaa..aaa..aaa..aaa..aaa…
Ah... Ah... Ah...
Nillungal neengal
Stop, all of you...
Mazhai megangalae
...O rain clouds!
Kelungal ingae naan paadum paadal
Listen to the song I sing here.
Sollungal neengal ival sogangalai
Convey her sorrows...
Ennai pol poraadum mannan kaadhil
...into the ears of the king who struggles like me.
Vaaraadhadhaen poomagal kaadhalan
Why hasn't the flower-like maiden's lover arrived?
Vaaraadhadhaen poomagal kaadhalan
Why hasn't the flower-like maiden's lover arrived?
Podhaadho innum indha
Is it not enough, even now...
Paavai ilamaiyil thavippadhu
...for this young maiden to suffer in her youth?
Engae naan kaanben
Where will I find...
En kaadhalan
...my beloved lover,
Ennathai meettum isai paadagan
The musical singer who plucks the strings of my thoughts?
Aa….aaa…aa…
Ah... Ah... Ah...
Aaa…aa…aaa..aaa..
Ah... Ah... Ah...
Aaa…aaa…aa…aaa..
Ah... Ah... Ah...
Haa..aaa..aaa..aaa….
Ha... Ah... Ah...
Kaalangal thorum
Through all ages...
Unai vaazha vaippen
...I will make you live forever.
Pennellaam pennalla unnai polae
No other woman is a true woman like you.
Kaadhal thaan vaedham ena paadi vaippen
I will sing declaring that love itself is the sacred scripture.
Baedhangal saagattum mannin melae
Let all social divisions perish on this earth!
Nee thaanammaa naan thozhum naayagi
You alone, my lady, are the heroine I worship.
Nee thaanammaa naan thozhum naayagi
You alone, my lady, are the heroine I worship.
Neengaamal nenjil nindru
Without ever leaving, remaining in the heart,
Vaazhum adhisaya ilakkiyam
A miraculous piece of living literature!
Ingae naan kanden
Here I have found...
Kadhai naayagi
...the heroine of the story,
Endrendrum vaazhum anaarkali
The eternally living Anarkali.
Poovai pol poovai puyal kaattrilae
Like a flower tossed in a stormy wind,
Theevai pol thogai nadu aattrilae
Like a peacock stranded on an island in the middle of a river.
Ingae naan kanden
Here I have found...
Kadhai naayagi
...the heroine of the story,
Endrendrum vaazhum anaarkali
The eternally living Anarkali.
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This song draws a poignant parallel between the protagonist's deep romantic plight and the legendary tragic saga of Anarkali. The singer searches for their beloved musician whose melodies resonate with their soul, describing the maiden's vulnerability using evocative imagery—such as a helpless flower caught in a storm or a peacock isolated on an island in a rushing river. In a moment of dramatic emotional plea, the singer addresses the passing rain clouds, urging them to act as messengers and carry the tale of agony to the lover's ears. The lyrics celebrate love as a timeless, divine truth that transcends societal divides and elevates the beloved to an immortal status in living literature. Lyricist Vaali masterfully blends classical tragic motifs with grand poetic devotion.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Poovai pol poovai puyal kaattrilae / Theevai pol thogai nadu aattrilae”
Compares the helpless state of the maiden to a flower caught in a storm and a peacock stranded on a river island.
Personification
“Nillungal neengal mazhai megangalae / Kelungal ingae naan paadum paadal”
Addresses the rain clouds as living messengers, asking them to stop and listen to the song of agony.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Neengaamal nenjil nindru vaazhum adhisaya ilakkiyam”
Refers to the beloved Anarkali as an eternal piece of literature living in the heart.
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Trivia
'Saadhanai' (1986) featured music composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja with lyrics written by Vaali. The film starred legendary actor Sivaji Ganesan alongside Prabhu and K. R. Vijaya.
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