♫ Tanglish lyrics	↻ English translation
Male
Naan pizhaikiraen yeno	Why do I survive?
Un vizhigalil dhaano	Is it because of your eyes?
Female
Naan unnodu illa	I am not with you,
Male
Naan pizhaikiraen yeno	Why do I survive?
Un vizhigalil dhaano	Is it because of your eyes?
Male
Un kannoram kannoram vizhundhaen	I fell at the corner of your eyes,
Un nenjoram nenjoram pizhaithaen	I survived near your heart,
Un uyirodu uyirodu kalantheno	Did I blend with your soul?
Naan unnodu ondraagi tholainthaen	I became one with you and got lost.
Female
Un kannoram kannoram vizhundhaen	I fell at the corner of your eyes,
Un nenjoram nenjoram pizhaithaen	I survived near your heart,
Un uyirodu uyirodu kalantheno	Did I blend with your soul?
Naan unnodu ondraagi tholainthaen	I became one with you and got lost.
Male
Naan pogindra vazhi ellaam nee allava	Aren't you the path I walk upon?
Uyir summakindra kaadhalum unadhallavaa	Isn't the life-bearing love yours as well?
Female
Un pizhai thaandi naan unnai nesikavaa	Should I love you beyond your mistakes?
Illai nee indri naan vaazha vazhi thedava	Or should I seek a way to live without you?
Male
Naan pizhaikiraen yeno	Why do I survive?
Un vizhigalil dhaano	Is it because of your eyes?
Female :Naan pizhaikiraen yeno	Female: Why do I survive?
Un vizhigalil dhaano	Is it because of your eyes?
Male
Hoo oo ooo….	Hoo oo ooo...
Namm kaadhal paavam endraal	If our love is a sin,
Meendum meendum seiveno	I would commit it again and again.
Nee indri mannil vazha indrae saaveno	To live on this earth without you, I would rather die today.
Female
En idaya silil kooda	Even on my heart's cell,
Anbae undhan perdhaano	My love, is it your name engraved?
Aayiram jenmam serum	Are you the love that unites
Kaadhal needhaano	Across a thousand lifetimes?
Male
Un moochi kaatrinai	Your breath of air,
Naan tholudidavaa	Shall I worship it?
Female :En kaadhal yaavaiyum	Female: All of my love,
Vadagai vidavaa	Shall I put it up for rent?
Male
Kaadhalin aazhkadal naan arivenae	I know the deep ocean of love,
Female :Uunnodu moolgida thavam kidapenae	Female: I lie in penance to drown with you.
Male
Naan unnadhillai endraal	If I am not yours,
Irakavaa uyirae	Should I die, my life?
Unadhai naan pirakavaa	Or should I be reborn as yours?
Female
Naan pizhaikiraen yeno	Why do I survive?
Un vizhigalil dhaano	Is it because of your eyes?
Naan pizhaikiraen yeno	Why do I survive?
Un vizhigalil dhaano	Is it because of your eyes?
Male
Naan pizhaikiraen yeno	Why do I survive?
Un vizhigalil dhaano	Is it because of your eyes?
Naan pizhaikiraen yeno	Why do I survive?
Un vizhigalil vizhigalil dhaano	Is it because of your eyes, your eyes?
Dhaano…(4)	Is it...
Female
Haaa…aaa…	Haaa...aaa...
Male
Solladha kaadhal ellaam	All unsaid love
Kallaraiyilla serum	Will rest in the grave.
Nee vittu pora dhooram ellaam theeyagum	Every distance you leave behind turns to fire.
Female
Unnaalae ullukullae	Because of you, deep inside,
Kaneeroda porattom	There is a struggle with tears.
Aaradha un nenapu enna kollatum	Let unhealing memories of you consume me.
Male
Nee nenjin orathil valikindra paadhiyo	Are you the painful half lingering at the edge of my heart?
Female :Un mudhal kavithaiyil naan ini illaiyo	Female: Am I no longer part of your first poem?
Male
Aayulai manathinai arinthavan yevano	Who is he that understood the mind's lifespan?
Female :Nee arivaai ena thavithu nindreno	Female: Did I stand agonizing thinking you would understand?
Female
Naan unnadhillai endraal	If I am not yours,
Irakavaa uyirae	Should I die, my life?
Unadhai naan pirakavaa	Or should I be reborn as yours?
Pirakavaa pirakavaa	Be reborn, be reborn?
Female
Naan pizhaikiraen yeno	Why do I survive?
Un vizhigalil dhaano	Is it because of your eyes?
Male
Un kannoram kannoram vizhundhaen	I fell at the corner of your eyes,
Un nenjoram nenjoram pizhaithaen	I survived near your heart,
Un uyirodu uyirodu kalantheno	Did I blend with your soul?
Naan unnodu ondraagi tholainthaen	I became one with you and got lost.
Female
Naan pogindra vazhi ellaam nee allava	Aren't you the path I walk upon?
Uyir summakindra kaadhalum unadhallavaa	Isn't the life-bearing love yours as well?
Male
Un sirai meetu dhinam	Rescuing you from captivity daily,
Unnainaan kaakava	Shall I protect you?
Illai nee indri naan vaazha vazhi thedava	Or should I seek a way to live without you?
Male
Naan pizhaikiraen yeno	Why do I survive?
Un vizhigalil dhaano	Is it because of your eyes?
Female :Naan pizhaikiraen yeno	Female: Why do I survive?
Un vizhigalil vizhigalil dhaano	Is it because of your eyes, your eyes?
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