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Inikka Inikka

From Naiyaandi · 2013

Lyricist
Karthik Netha
Singers
Suzanne D’Mello, Padmalatha
Music director
Ghibran
Movie name
Naiyaandi
Movie release year
2013
Lyrics added on
31 Dec 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Inikka inikka paarpathenna
Irandu nadhigal paaivathenna
Paniyil kadalum thoongiyathae
Thavika thavika thedal enna
Thavanai muraiyil oodal enna
Kaatru mazhaiyai saaikiradhae
Silanthi valaiyil velicham pola
Enakkul paravuvaai
Nagangal verkum iniya pozhudhu
Salanam koottuvaai..
Inikka inikka paarpathenna
Irandu nadhigal paaivathenna
Paniyil kadalum thoongiyathae
Oh oh oh ooo
Marana nera vazhkai
Ithu madiyil karaiyum vetkai
Nam azhuthu sirikum settai
Ada thimiri thaniyum vettai…eeee…
Yaarin tholil yaaro
Adi yaarin kaalil yaaro
Naamum irandu pero
Adi kizhintha ottrai thaalo…oo….
Sathaiyae.. sithaiyaa..
Adada.. vithaiyaa..
Female :Oru jodi kamam koodi koodi
Kottru mettil gyanam kaanuthoo..
Inikka inikka paarpathenna
Irandu nadhigal paaivathenna
Paniyil kadalum thoongiyathae
Thavika thavika thedal enna
Thavanai muraiyil oodal enna
Kaatru mazhaiyai saaikiradhae
Silanthi valaiyil velicham pola
Enakkul paravuvaai
Nagangal verkum iniya pozhudhu
Salanam koottuvaai..
Inikka inikka paarpathenna
Irandu thadavai ketpathenna
Vervai kulamaai aagirathu
Why do you look at me so sweetly?
Why are two rivers flowing?
Even the ocean has fallen asleep in the mist.
Why this restless searching and longing?
Why this playful sulking, little by little?
The wind is bending the rain.
Like light caught in a spider's web,
you spread inside me.
In this sweet moment when even fingernails sweat,
you stir a restless longing in me...
Why do you look at me so sweetly?
Why are two rivers flowing?
Even the ocean has fallen asleep in the mist.
Oh oh oh ohoh
A rush of life at the edge of death,
this is a desire melting in the lap.
Our playful mischief of crying and laughing,
ah, a wild hunt that struggles and settles...
Who is resting on whose shoulder?
Oh, whose legs are tangled with whose?
Are we really two separate people,
or just a single torn page?
Is this mere flesh... or a funeral pyre?
Oh, could it be a seed?
When the passion of a couple unites and builds,
does it discover enlightenment on the peak?
Why do you look at me so sweetly?
Why are two rivers flowing?
Even the ocean has fallen asleep in the mist.
Why this restless searching and longing?
Why this playful sulking, little by little?
The wind is bending the rain.
Like light caught in a spider's web,
you spread inside me.
In this sweet moment when even fingernails sweat,
you stir a restless longing in me...
Why do you look at me so sweetly?
Why do you ask me twice?
Sweat is turning into a pool.
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Chorus
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song from 'Naiyaandi' captures the deep emotional and physical intimacy shared between two lovers. Through surreal imagery—such as the ocean sleeping in a drop of dew or light spreading across a spider's web—lyricist Karthik Netha expresses how overwhelming romantic desire blurs the boundary between the physical and the spiritual. The lyrics reflect on how passionate love melts ego, merges separate identities into one single soul, and elevates physical intimacy into an act of supreme realization and oneness.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai)

“Silanthi valaiyil velicham pola”

Compares the way feelings spread inside the lover to light capturing and shimmering inside a delicate spiderweb.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

“Irandu nadhigal paaivathenna”

Metaphorically describes the lovers merging together as two rivers flowing into one.

Paradox (Muran)

“Paniyil kadalum thoongiyathae”

Presents a poetic impossibility—a massive ocean sleeping inside a tiny drop of dew—to convey immense depth within intimacy.

Repetition / Anaphora (Adukku Thodar)

“Inikka inikka paarpathenna”

Repeats words like 'Inikka inikka' and 'Thavika thavika' to emphasize intensity and rhythmic flow.

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Trivia

Composed by Ghibran for the 2013 Tamil film 'Naiyaandi', the song highlights lyricist Karthik Netha's signature literary style, blending raw sensuality with philosophical spiritual ideas.

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