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Injerungo Injerungo

From Thenali · 2000

Lyricists
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Singers
Kamal Haasan, K. S. Chithra
Music director
A. R. Rahman
Movie name
Thenali
Movie release year
2000
Lyrics added on
20 Mar 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
{ Injerungo injerungo } (2)
Sethi keta sandhosango
Pathu kilo yerudhungo
{ Ojaayae ojaayae
Ojaayae ojaayae ojaayae } (3)
{ Injerungo injerungo } (2)
Sethi keta sandhosangoMale :Ai ai
Pathu kilo yerudhungo
Kaalkal rendum tharaiyidam
Kobam konda kalavaram midhandhu
Pogum pennaai aanenunga
Boomiyae thurumbunga
Vaanamae thoosunga
Unga moochu pattadhumae thonudhunga
Mm thandanaigal inikudhu
Thavaru seiya thudikudhu
Senjadhellaam ninaika ninaika
Sirika thonudhu
Ojaayae ojaayae
Ojaayae ojaayae ojaayae
{ Endra kilikunjae } (2)
Ennai enna seidhaai
Ennavellam seidhaai
Putham pudhu manusanaai maari ponenae
Ungappanuku marumaganaai aanenae
Uyirelae velli jarikaiyum kalandhu thaan odudhae
Uruvamae thanga chaayalaai maarithaan ponadhae
Kaal irundha idathil ippo
Kaatru vandhu kudiruku
Nadakavae thonalainga
Midhakathaan thonudhunga
Ojaayae ojaayae
Ojaayae ojaayae ojaayae
Ojaayae ojaayae
Ojaayae ojaayae ojaayae
Ojaayae ojaayae
Ojaayae ojaa ojaa ojaayae
Adikadi kaanum ragasiya kanavai
Ambalamaakum naal vara vendum
Sirikavum rasikavum rusikavum o ho
Andha naal vandhadhae vandhadhae
Vaanavillai kaanavillai
Vidumuraiyil ingae vandhutudhae
{ Injerungo injerungo } (2)
Chella konji neenga azhaikum …
Naaikutti aanenunga
{ Ojaayae ojaayae
Ojaayae ojaayae ojaayae } (2)
{ Injerungo injerungo } (2)
Sethi keta sandhosango
Pathu kilo yerudhungo
Kaalkal rendum tharaiyidam
Kobam konda kalavaram midhandhu
Pogum pennaai aanenunga
Boomiyae thurumbunga
Vaanamae thoosunga
Unga moochu pattadhumae thonudhunga
Mm thandanaigal inikudhu
Thavaru seiya thudikudhu
Senjadhellaam ninaika ninaika
Sirika thonudhu
Ojaayae ojaayae
Ojaayae ojaayae ojaayae
Ojaayae ojaayae
Ojaayae ojaa ojaa ojaayae
{ Look here, listen here! } (2)
Hearing this news brings such joy!
I feel like I have gained ten kilos in joy!
{ Ojaye, ojaye,
Ojaye, ojaye, ojaye! } (3)
{ Look here, listen here! } (2)
Hearing this news brings such joy! (Ay ay!)
I feel like I have gained ten kilos in joy!
My two feet fought with the ground,
and in that flurry of anger,
I became a girl floating away in the air!
The earth feels like a tiny blade of grass,
the sky feels like a speck of dust,
the moment your breath touches me!
Mmm, your punishments taste so sweet,
my heart is eager to make more mistakes!
Whenever I think of all the things we did,
I cannot help but laugh!
Ojaye, ojaye,
Ojaye, ojaye, ojaye!
{ Oh, my little baby parrot! } (2)
What have you done to me?
What all have you done to me?
I have turned into a brand-new man,
and become a son-in-law to your father!
Silver threads seem to run through my very life,
and my whole body has taken on a golden glow!
Where my feet used to rest,
the breeze has come to live instead,
I do not feel like walking at all,
I only want to float!
Ojaye, ojaye,
Ojaye, ojaye, ojaye!
Ojaye, ojaye,
Ojaye, ojaye, ojaye!
Ojaye, ojaye,
Ojaye, oja, oja, ojaye!
The secret dream I often see,
the day to bring it out into the open had to come!
To laugh, to admire, and to relish, oh ho,
that day has finally arrived, it has arrived!
The rainbow is missing from the sky,
it has come down here on holiday!
{ Look here, listen here! } (2)
The pet puppy you pamper and call out to...
I have become that puppy for you!
{ Ojaye, ojaye,
Ojaye, ojaye, ojaye! } (2)
{ Look here, listen here! } (2)
Hearing this news brings such joy!
I feel like I have gained ten kilos in joy!
My two feet fought with the ground,
and in that flurry of anger,
I became a girl floating away in the air!
The earth feels like a tiny blade of grass,
the sky feels like a speck of dust,
the moment your breath touches me!
Mmm, your punishments taste so sweet,
my heart is eager to make more mistakes!
Whenever I think of all the things we did,
I cannot help but laugh!
Ojaye, ojaye,
Ojaye, ojaye, ojaye!
Ojaye, ojaye,
Ojaye, oja, oja, ojaye!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Injerungo Injerungo is a lighthearted, joyous romantic song from the 2000 film Thenali, composed by A. R. Rahman and penned by Vaali. Sung in the Jaffna Sri Lankan Tamil dialect by Kamal Haasan and Chitra Sivaraman, the song captures the euphoria and weightlessness experienced when falling in love. The protagonist expresses his overwhelming happiness through playful exaggerations, describing how love makes the earth feel as light as a straw and turns his steps into floating motions.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi Ani)

Boomiyae thurumbunga Vaanamae thoosunga

Exaggerating happiness by claiming that good news added ten kilos of weight, or that earth feels like a straw and sky like dust.

Metaphor (Uruvagaimai)

Chella konji neenga azhaikum … Naaikutti aanenunga

Comparing the feeling of being pampered and loved to becoming a adorable puppy dog.

Rhyme & Alliteration (Ethirai / Monai)

Mm thandanaigal inikudhu / Thavaru seiya thudikudhu

Rhythmic repetition of sounds in consecutive lines like 'thandanaigal' and 'thavaru'.

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Trivia

The song is iconic for featuring the Jaffna Sri Lankan Tamil dialect. Kamal Haasan, who played the titular Sri Lankan Tamil refugee character Thenali, was trained in the dialect specifically for the film by Sri Lankan TV presenter and writer T. Ramachandran.

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