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Lyrics & meaning

Kadhal Endral

From Goa · 2010

Lyricist
Gangai Amaran
Singer
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Details
Goa2010

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Male
Hmmmm…idhuvaraiHmmmm... until now,
Illaatha unarvidhuThis is a feeling that never existed.
Idhayathai thundaakkum ninaividhuThis is a memory that breaks the heart into pieces.
Manadhinai mannoduThe mind into the earth,
Pudhaithidum pennai nambaathaeDo not trust a woman who buries it.
Male
Kaadhal endraalIf this is love,
Athanaiyum kanavuAll of it is merely a dream.
Kann moodiyaeWith eyes closed,
Vaazhgindra uravuIt is a relationship lived in delusion.
Pengal endraalWhen it comes to women,
Aanai kollum noiyaanathaeThey are a disease that kills a man.
Male
Aiyyo inthaAlas, this
Ilamaiyin thodakkamBeginning of youth
Indrae muttrupulliReaches a full stop today itself.
Adhai sollaamal solliExpressing it without speaking,
Nammai paiththiyam aakkumMaking us go insane,
Pennai thedi tholaiyaathae…Do not lose yourself searching for a woman...

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

This melancholy verse expresses deep anguish caused by heartbreaks and warns men against falling into the trap of love. The speaker describes an unbearable pain—a feeling never experienced before—that tears the heart apart and buries the mind in sorrow. Love is depicted as an illusion lived blindly, and women are metaphorically termed a fatal disease that destroys men.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Pengal endraal Aanai kollum noiyaanathae

Describing women or love as a 'disease that kills men' (Aanai kollum noiyaanathae).

Hyperbole / Vivid Imagery

Idhayathai thundaakkum ninaividhu Manadhinai mannodu Pudhaithidum

Describing pain so intense that memories shatter the heart into pieces and bury the mind in soil.

Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)

Illaatha unarvidhu / Idhayathai thundaakkum ninaividhu

Repetition of initial vowel sounds in consecutive lines ('Illaatha' / 'Idhayathai').

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Trivia

While the movie 'Goa' (2010) features the widely popular romantic duet 'Idhu Varai' composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and written by Gangai Amaran, this specific stanza serves as a tragic male variation/refrain expressing heartbreak and betrayal.

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