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Lyrics & meaning

Inneram Indha Neram

From Album Songs 2022 · 2022

Lyricist
Tamilmani
Singer
Adithya RK
Music director
Vijai Bulganin
Details
Album Songs 20222022

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Male
Inneram indha neram pinnae nagara koodathaCouldn't this time move backwards right now?
Un meedhu vandha kadhal ullae pudhayaadhaWon't the love I felt for you stay buried inside?
En kaayam aayul kaalam theerum bodhum aaradhaWon't my wound heal even when my lifetime ends?
Un paadhai nyabagagal nenjil anaiyaadhaWon't the memories of your path remain unextinguished in my heart?
Male
Ariyadha boogabamaagaLike an unknown earthquake,
Ennai or vaarthai rendaakkudhaeA single word splits me into two.
Theriyaadha oru kadhal kooduAn unfamiliar nest of love,
Adhil idhayangal moondrodudhaeIn which three hearts collide together.
Male
Engirandho nee vandhaye uravaeYou came from nowhere, my dear relation;
Kan imai pola servaaiyo pirivaeWill you unite or part like eyes and eyelids?
Male
Inneram indha neram pinnae nagara koodathaCouldn't this time move backwards right now?
Un meedhu vandha kadhal ullae pudhayaadhaWon't the love I felt for you stay buried inside?
En kaayam aayul kaalam theerum bodhum aaradhaWon't my wound heal even when my lifetime ends?
Un paadhai nyabagagal nenjil anaiyaadhaWon't the memories of your path remain unextinguished in my heart?
Male
Kannumuzhucho yengi thavichoWas I awake with eyes open, longing and suffering?
Manam unnai nenacho kaathirunthuchoThinking of you, did my heart wait?
Kaiyil kedachum kaatril vittachoEven after getting you in hand, was it lost to the wind?
Adhil unnai tholacho thorthirunthuchoLosing you in it, was I defeated?
Male
Yen indha kanavu vetta veliyilWhy does this dream spill out
Kotti selludhae…kotti selludhaeInto the open space... spill out?
Yaaritta viragil nenjam neruppaai patri kolludhaeWith whose firewood is my heart catching fire?
Male
Poo innum tholaivaai indha nerukkumThe flower is still far away; this closeness
Ennai thalludhae ennai thalludhaePushes me away, pushes me away.
Nee thandha ninaivu ennai azhagaai sutrikolludhaeThe memories you gave beautifully wrap around me.
Male
Ondru serndhaalum vittu sendraalumWhether we unite or part away,
Endhan kaadhal thaan maaradhaeMy love alone will never change.
Solli kondraalum ullae kondraalumWhether expressed or buried within,
Indha kaadhal thaan theeraadhaeThis love will never end.
Male
Unnai kaana thaan ingae vanthenaeI came here only to see you,
Ennai kaanamal naanum nindranaeWithout finding myself, I stood lost.
Veli kaatamal vesham kondenaeWithout showing it outside, I put on a disguise,
Endhan aasaigal adhai kondrenaeAnd I killed my own desires.
Male
Kannumuzhucho yengi thavichoWas I awake with eyes open, longing and suffering?
Manam unnai nenacho kaathirunthuchoThinking of you, did my heart wait?
Kaiyil kedachum kaatril vittachoEven after getting you in hand, was it lost to the wind?
Adhil unnai tholacho thorthirunthuchoLosing you in it, was I defeated?
Hoo oo oo oo oo….Hoo oo oo oo oo….
Male
Inneram indha neram pinnae nagara koodathaCouldn't this time move backwards right now?
Un meedhu vandha kadhal ullae pudhayaadhaWon't the love I felt for you stay buried inside?
En kaayam aayul kaalam theerum bodhum aaradhaWon't my wound heal even when my lifetime ends?
Un paadhai nyabagagal nenjil anaiyaadhaWon't the memories of your path remain unextinguished in my heart?
Male
Ariyadha boogabamaagaLike an unknown earthquake,
Ennai or vaarthai rendaakkudhaeA single word splits me into two.
Theriyaadha oru kadhal kooduAn unfamiliar nest of love,
Adhil idhayangal moondrodudhaeIn which three hearts collide together.
Male
Engirandho nee vandhaye uravaeYou came from nowhere, my dear relation;
Kan imai pola servaaiyo pirivaeWill you unite or part like eyes and eyelids?
Male
Kannumuzhucho yengi thavichoWas I awake with eyes open, longing and suffering?
Manam unnai nenacho kaathirunthuchoThinking of you, did my heart wait?
Kaiyil kedachum kaatril vittachoEven after getting you in hand, was it lost to the wind?
Adhil unnai tholacho thorthirunthuchoLosing you in it, was I defeated?

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

this emotional song expresses the intense pain, nostalgia, and longing of a lover torn apart by complex relationship dynamics. The protagonist wishes time would reverse so that the deep love and unhealable heartaches wouldn't consume them. Caught in a complicated situation where three hearts are involved, the singer struggles between love, sacrifice, and the enduring nature of their affection, which remains unchanged whether together or apart.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai)

Ariyadha boogabamaaga / Ennai or vaarthai rendaakkudhae

Compares the sudden shock of a single word splitting the speaker's emotional state to an unexpected earthquake.

Simile (Upamai)

Kan imai pola servaaiyo pirivae

Compares union and separation to eyes and eyelids working together or apart.

Metaphor (Uruvagaim)

Theriyaadha oru kadhal koodu / Adhil idhayangal moondrodudhae

Metaphorically describes the complicated love triangle as a 'nest where three hearts collide'.

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi)

En kaayam aayul kaalam theerum bodhum aaradha

Exaggerates the pain as a wound that won't heal even after a lifetime ends.

Rhyme (Edhukai & Monaai)

Kannumuzhucho yengi thavicho

Assonance and rhyme in 'Kannumuzhucho', 'thavicho', 'nenacho', 'kaathirunthucho'.

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