Nenja Unakaga
From Sindhubaadh · 2019
- Lyricist
- Vivek
- Singer
- Haricharan
- Music director
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Details
- Sindhubaadh2019
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Venba I love you | Venba, I love you. |
| Aana kalyanathukku appurama | But only after marriage, |
| Pulla peththukalaam | Can we have a baby. |
| Male | |
| Hooo hooo hooo | Hooo hooo hooo |
| Nenja unakaaga naan | My heart, just for you, |
| Padhukki vechen | I kept hidden away. |
| Engum kodukkkama | Without giving it to anyone else, |
| Senjum sethukaama vitta | Left uncarved and unworked, |
| Kora nilavanen | I became an incomplete moon, |
| Nee kidaikaama | Without attaining you. |
| Male | |
| Vandhaa vaettiyila katti | If you come to me, inside my dhoti, |
| Ada kappen | Ah, I will hold you safely! |
| Neththi kottula konja | Right at the temple of your forehead, |
| Edam keppen | I will ask for a little space. |
| Male | |
| Othha nila kenikkulla | Inside a single moon's well, |
| Sitterumbbu seenikkulla | Inside a tiny ant's sugar, |
| Enna vaiya maarukkulla veratatha | Keep me inside your heart, don't chase me away. |
| Male | |
| Maththu vecha morukkulla | Inside buttermilk stirred with a churner, |
| Maattikitta eee ah pola | Like a housefly trapped inside, |
| Unna suththi vaaren pulla mayakkatha | I revolve around you, girl, don't daze me. |
| Male | |
| Nenjukulla unna vechchu | Keeping you inside my heart, |
| Nitham nitham kaadhalichen | Every single day I loved you. |
| Motta veiyil sutta kooda | Even when the blazing sun burned hot, |
| Un theruvil thee kulichen | I took a bath in fire on your street. |
| Male | |
| Kitta thatta unna kaattum | Almost every word that represents you, |
| Ella sollum segarichen | I collected all of them. |
| Maththathellam veesiputtu | Throwing away everything else, |
| Unna peasa arambichen..aaan….aan… | I started speaking about you... aaan... aaan... |
| Male | |
| Vandhaa vaettiyila katti | If you come to me, inside my dhoti, |
| Ada kappen | Ah, I will hold you safely! |
| Neththi kottula konja | Right at the temple of your forehead, |
| Edam keppen | I will ask for a little space. |
| Male | |
| Othha nila kenikkulla | Inside a single moon's well, |
| Sitterumbbu seenikkulla | Inside a tiny ant's sugar, |
| Enna vaiya maarukkulla veratatha | Keep me inside your heart, don't chase me away. |
| Male | |
| Maththu vecha morukkulla | Inside buttermilk stirred with a churner, |
| Maattikitta eee ah pola | Like a housefly trapped inside, |
| Unna suththi vaaren pulla mayakkatha | I revolve around you, girl, don't daze me. |
வெண்பா ஐ லவ் யூ
ஆணா கல்யாணத்துக்கு அப்புறமா
புள்ள பெத்துக்கலாம்
Venba, I love you.
But only after marriage,
Can we have a baby.
ஹோ ஹோ ஹோ
நெஞ்சை உனக்காக நான்
பதுக்கி வச்சேன்
எங்கும் கொடுக்காம
செஞ்சோன் செத்துக்காம விட்டா
கொறை நிலவான நீ கிடைகாமா
Hooo hooo hooo
My heart, just for you,
I kept hidden away.
Without giving it to anyone else,
Left uncarved and unworked,
I became an incomplete moon,
Without attaining you.
வந்தா வேட்டியில கட்டி
அடை காப்பேன்
நெத்தி கோட்டுல நான் கொஞ்சம்
எடம் கேட்ப்பேன்
If you come to me, inside my dhoti,
Ah, I will hold you safely!
Right at the temple of your forehead,
I will ask for a little space.
ஒத்த நிலா கேனிக்குள்ள
சிட்டெரும்பு சீனிக்குள்ள
என்ன வைய மாருகுள்ள வெரட்டாத
Inside a single moon's well,
Inside a tiny ant's sugar,
Keep me inside your heart, don't chase me away.
மத்து வெச்ச மோருக்குள்ள
மாட்டிகிட்ட ஈ ய போல
உன்ன சுத்தி வாரேன் புள்ள மயக்காத
Inside buttermilk stirred with a churner,
Like a housefly trapped inside,
I revolve around you, girl, don't daze me.
நெஞ்சுக்குள்ள உன்ன வெச்சு
நித்தம் நித்தம் காதலிச்சேன்
மொட்ட வெயில் சுட்டா கூட
உன் தெருவில் தீ குளிச்சேன்
Keeping you inside my heart,
Every single day I loved you.
Even when the blazing sun burned hot,
I took a bath in fire on your street.
கிட்ட தட்ட உன்ன காட்டும்
எல்லா சொல்லும் சேகரிச்சேன்
மத்ததெல்லாம் வீசிபுட்டு
உன்ன பேச ஆரம்பிச்சேன்....அஆன்....ஆன்
Almost every word that represents you,
I collected all of them.
Throwing away everything else,
I started speaking about you... aaan... aaan...
வந்தா வேட்டியில கட்டி
அடை காப்பேன்
நெத்தி கோட்டுல கொஞ்சம்
எடம் கேட்ப்பேன்
If you come to me, inside my dhoti,
Ah, I will hold you safely!
Right at the temple of your forehead,
I will ask for a little space.
ஒத்த நிலா கேனிக்குள்ள
சிட்டெரும்பு சீனிக்குள்ள
என்ன வைய மாருகுள்ள வெரட்டாத
Inside a single moon's well,
Inside a tiny ant's sugar,
Keep me inside your heart, don't chase me away.
மத்து வெச்ச மோருக்குள்ள
மாட்டிகிட்ட ஈ ய போல
உன்ன சுத்தி வாரேன் புள்ள மயக்காத
Inside buttermilk stirred with a churner,
Like a housefly trapped inside,
I revolve around you, girl, don't daze me.
Venba I love you
Venba, I love you.
Aana kalyanathukku appurama
But only after marriage,
Pulla peththukalaam
Can we have a baby.
Hooo hooo hooo
Hooo hooo hooo
Nenja unakaaga naan
My heart, just for you,
Padhukki vechen
I kept hidden away.
Engum kodukkkama
Without giving it to anyone else,
Senjum sethukaama vitta
Left uncarved and unworked,
Kora nilavanen
I became an incomplete moon,
Nee kidaikaama
Without attaining you.
Vandhaa vaettiyila katti
If you come to me, inside my dhoti,
Ada kappen
Ah, I will hold you safely!
Neththi kottula konja
Right at the temple of your forehead,
Edam keppen
I will ask for a little space.
Othha nila kenikkulla
Inside a single moon's well,
Sitterumbbu seenikkulla
Inside a tiny ant's sugar,
Enna vaiya maarukkulla veratatha
Keep me inside your heart, don't chase me away.
Maththu vecha morukkulla
Inside buttermilk stirred with a churner,
Maattikitta eee ah pola
Like a housefly trapped inside,
Unna suththi vaaren pulla mayakkatha
I revolve around you, girl, don't daze me.
Nenjukulla unna vechchu
Keeping you inside my heart,
Nitham nitham kaadhalichen
Every single day I loved you.
Motta veiyil sutta kooda
Even when the blazing sun burned hot,
Un theruvil thee kulichen
I took a bath in fire on your street.
Kitta thatta unna kaattum
Almost every word that represents you,
Ella sollum segarichen
I collected all of them.
Maththathellam veesiputtu
Throwing away everything else,
Unna peasa arambichen..aaan….aan…
I started speaking about you... aaan... aaan...
Vandhaa vaettiyila katti
If you come to me, inside my dhoti,
Ada kappen
Ah, I will hold you safely!
Neththi kottula konja
Right at the temple of your forehead,
Edam keppen
I will ask for a little space.
Othha nila kenikkulla
Inside a single moon's well,
Sitterumbbu seenikkulla
Inside a tiny ant's sugar,
Enna vaiya maarukkulla veratatha
Keep me inside your heart, don't chase me away.
Maththu vecha morukkulla
Inside buttermilk stirred with a churner,
Maattikitta eee ah pola
Like a housefly trapped inside,
Unna suththi vaaren pulla mayakkatha
I revolve around you, girl, don't daze me.
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This track from Sindhubaadh is a charmingly quirky and deeply passionate expression of love by the protagonist towards Venba. It begins with a playful line setting humorous boundaries about marriage and children, before transitioning into a poetic confession of how his heart was kept untouched and incomplete like a half-carved moon until she entered his life.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Maattikitta eee ah pola / Unna suththi vaaren pulla”
Compares his helpless obsession and dizzy state around her to a fly trapped inside a pot of churned buttermilk.
Hyperbole (Athisayokthi)
“Motta veiyil sutta kooda / Un theruvil thee kulichen”
Exaggerates his devotion by describing standing in the scorching heat on her street as taking a bath in fire.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Senjum sethukaama vitta / Kora nilavanen”
Refers to himself as an unchiselled stone or an incomplete moon ('kora nilavu') without her presence.
Alliteration & Rhyme (Monai & Ethirhai)
“Othha nila kenikkulla / Sitterumbbu seenikkulla”
Use of matching internal vowel and consonant sounds creating folk rhythm across short lyrical phrases.
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Trivia
The opening line is a humorous monologue delivered in Vijay Sethupathi's distinct, offbeat style. Lyricist Vivek crafted the song to seamlessly blend casual spoken colloquialisms with vivid traditional Tamil rural imagery, paired with Yuvan Shankar Raja's signature folk-acoustic melodies.
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