Ninaikatha Neramillai Unnai (Sad)
From Thangakkili · 1993
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Hoo ooo hoo ooo | Hoo ooo hoo ooo |
| Hoo ooo | Hoo ooo |
| Aaa….aaa…aaa….aaa..aaa | Aaa....aaa...aaa....aaa..aaa |
| Female | |
| Ninaikkaadha neram illai… | There is no moment I do not think of you... |
| Unnai ninaikkaadha neram illai… | There is no moment I do not think of you... |
| Unnai ninaikkaadha neram illai | There is no moment I do not think of you |
| Iravum pagalum imai yeno moodavillai | Day and night, why do my eyelids fail to close? |
| Female | |
| Ninaikkaadha neram illai | There is no moment I do not think of you |
| Unnai ninaikkaadha neram illai | There is no moment I do not think of you |
| Male | |
| Solaiyil thaen malaril | In the garden's honey-filled flower, |
| Un ninaivu thondrum | Your memory arises. |
| Maalai nan neram vandhu | When the pleasant evening time arrives, |
| Ennai dhinam vaattum | It torments me every single day. |
| Vaan indri vennilavu | Without the sky, why did the bright moon |
| Vandhadhenna veenae | Come in vain? |
| Nee indri naanum illai | Without you, I do not exist either, |
| Kanni ilamaanae | Oh youthful tender deer. |
| Male | |
| Gaana kuyil thanimaiyil | The singing cuckoo in solitude |
| Yengudhingae | Longs right here... |
| Veenai ondru viralgalai | A veena searches for |
| Thedudhingae | Fingers to play it. |
| Iravum pagalum | Day and night, |
| Imai yeno moodavillai | Why do my eyelids fail to close? |
| Male | |
| Ninaikkaadha neram illai | There is no moment I do not think of you |
| Unnai ninaikkaadha neram illai | There is no moment I do not think of you |
| Iravum pagalum imai yeno moodavillai | Day and night, why do my eyelids fail to close? |
| Male | |
| Ninaikkaadha neram illai | There is no moment I do not think of you |
| Unnai ninaikkaadha neram illai | There is no moment I do not think of you |
| Male | |
| Kaadhalin raajiyathil | In the kingdom of love, |
| Thaazhvu uyarvedhu | What is high or low status? |
| Kaaviri gangaiyai pol | Like the rivers Kaveri and Ganga, |
| Anbinaiyum podhu | When love merges together, |
| Kanakkugal paarthu kondaa | Does love's heart unite |
| Kaadhal manam serum | By looking at calculations? |
| Vilakkinai kettuk kondaa | Does a lamp ask permission |
| Muthu chudar veesum | Before radiating its pearl-like glow? |
| Male | |
| Maan vizhiyae | Oh deer-eyed one, |
| Mayangida thevai illai | There is no need to be bewildered. |
| Nam vazhiyo | Our path ahead |
| Innum vegu dhooram illai | Is not very far away anymore. |
| Iravum pagalum | Day and night, |
| Imai yeno moodavillai | Why do my eyelids fail to close? |
| Female | |
| Ninaikkaadha neram illai | There is no moment I do not think of you |
| Unnai ninaikkaadha neram illai | There is no moment I do not think of you |
| Iravum pagalum imai yeno moodavillai | Day and night, why do my eyelids fail to close? |
| Female | |
| Ninaikkaadha neram illai | There is no moment I do not think of you |
| Unnai ninaikkaadha neram illai | There is no moment I do not think of you |
ஓஒ....ஓ.....ஓஒ....ஓ
ஆஅ.....ஆஅ.....ஆஅ.....ஆஆஅ.......
Hoo ooo hoo ooo
Hoo ooo
Aaa....aaa...aaa....aaa..aaa
நினைக்காத நேரம் இல்லை...
உன்னை நினைக்காத நேரம் இல்லை
உன்னை நினைக்காத நேரம் இல்லை
இரவும் பகலும் இமை
ஏனோ மூடவில்லை
There is no moment I do not think of you...
There is no moment I do not think of you...
There is no moment I do not think of you
Day and night, why do my eyelids fail to close?
நினைக்காத நேரம் இல்லை...
உன்னை நினைக்காத நேரம் இல்லை
There is no moment I do not think of you
There is no moment I do not think of you
சோலையில் தேன் மலரில்
உன் நினைவு தோன்றும்
மாலை நன்நேரம் வந்து
என்னை தினம் வாட்டும்
In the garden's honey-filled flower,
Your memory arises.
When the pleasant evening time arrives,
It torments me every single day.
Without the sky, why did the bright moon
Come in vain?
Without you, I do not exist either,
Oh youthful tender deer.
வான் இன்றி வெண்ணிலவு
வந்ததென்ன வீணே
நீ இன்றி நானும் இல்லை
கன்னி இளமானே
The singing cuckoo in solitude
Longs right here...
A veena searches for
Fingers to play it.
Day and night,
Why do my eyelids fail to close?
கானக் குயில்
தனிமையில் வாடுதிங்கே
வீணை ஒன்று
விரல்களைத் தேடுதிங்கே
இரவும் பகலும் இமை
ஏனோ மூடவில்லை
There is no moment I do not think of you
There is no moment I do not think of you
Day and night, why do my eyelids fail to close?
நினைக்காத நேரம் இல்லை...
உன்னை நினைக்காத நேரம் இல்லை
இரவும் பகலும் இமை
ஏனோ மூடவில்லை
நினைக்காத நேரம் இல்லை
உன்னை நினைக்காத நேரம் இல்லை
There is no moment I do not think of you
There is no moment I do not think of you
காதலின் ராஜ்ஜியத்தில்
தாழ்வு உயர்வு ஏது.....
காவிரி கங்கையைப் போல்
அன்பிணையும் போது.....
In the kingdom of love,
What is high or low status?
Like the rivers Kaveri and Ganga,
When love merges together,
Does love's heart unite
By looking at calculations?
Does a lamp ask permission
Before radiating its pearl-like glow?
கணக்குகள் பார்த்துக் கொண்டா
காதல் மனம் சேரும்
விளக்கினைக் கேட்டுக் கொண்டா
முத்துச் சுடர் வீசும்
Oh deer-eyed one,
There is no need to be bewildered.
Our path ahead
Is not very far away anymore.
Day and night,
Why do my eyelids fail to close?
மான் விழியே மயங்கிடத்
தேவை இல்லை
நம் வழியோ இன்னும்
வெகு தூரம் இல்லை
There is no moment I do not think of you
There is no moment I do not think of you
Day and night, why do my eyelids fail to close?
இரவும் பகலும் இமை
ஏனோ மூடவில்லை
There is no moment I do not think of you
There is no moment I do not think of you
நினைக்காத நேரம் இல்லை...
உன்னை நினைக்காத நேரம் இல்லை
இரவும் பகலும் இமை
ஏனோ மூடவில்லை
நினைக்காத நேரம் இல்லை
உன்னை நினைக்காத நேரம் இல்லை
Hoo ooo hoo ooo
Hoo ooo hoo ooo
Hoo ooo
Hoo ooo
Aaa….aaa…aaa….aaa..aaa
Aaa....aaa...aaa....aaa..aaa
Ninaikkaadha neram illai…
There is no moment I do not think of you...
Unnai ninaikkaadha neram illai…
There is no moment I do not think of you...
Unnai ninaikkaadha neram illai
There is no moment I do not think of you
Iravum pagalum imai yeno moodavillai
Day and night, why do my eyelids fail to close?
Ninaikkaadha neram illai
There is no moment I do not think of you
Unnai ninaikkaadha neram illai
There is no moment I do not think of you
Solaiyil thaen malaril
In the garden's honey-filled flower,
Un ninaivu thondrum
Your memory arises.
Maalai nan neram vandhu
When the pleasant evening time arrives,
Ennai dhinam vaattum
It torments me every single day.
Vaan indri vennilavu
Without the sky, why did the bright moon
Vandhadhenna veenae
Come in vain?
Nee indri naanum illai
Without you, I do not exist either,
Kanni ilamaanae
Oh youthful tender deer.
Gaana kuyil thanimaiyil
The singing cuckoo in solitude
Yengudhingae
Longs right here...
Veenai ondru viralgalai
A veena searches for
Thedudhingae
Fingers to play it.
Iravum pagalum
Day and night,
Imai yeno moodavillai
Why do my eyelids fail to close?
Ninaikkaadha neram illai
There is no moment I do not think of you
Unnai ninaikkaadha neram illai
There is no moment I do not think of you
Iravum pagalum imai yeno moodavillai
Day and night, why do my eyelids fail to close?
Ninaikkaadha neram illai
There is no moment I do not think of you
Unnai ninaikkaadha neram illai
There is no moment I do not think of you
Kaadhalin raajiyathil
In the kingdom of love,
Thaazhvu uyarvedhu
What is high or low status?
Kaaviri gangaiyai pol
Like the rivers Kaveri and Ganga,
Anbinaiyum podhu
When love merges together,
Kanakkugal paarthu kondaa
Does love's heart unite
Kaadhal manam serum
By looking at calculations?
Vilakkinai kettuk kondaa
Does a lamp ask permission
Muthu chudar veesum
Before radiating its pearl-like glow?
Maan vizhiyae
Oh deer-eyed one,
Mayangida thevai illai
There is no need to be bewildered.
Nam vazhiyo
Our path ahead
Innum vegu dhooram illai
Is not very far away anymore.
Iravum pagalum
Day and night,
Imai yeno moodavillai
Why do my eyelids fail to close?
Ninaikkaadha neram illai
There is no moment I do not think of you
Unnai ninaikkaadha neram illai
There is no moment I do not think of you
Iravum pagalum imai yeno moodavillai
Day and night, why do my eyelids fail to close?
Ninaikkaadha neram illai
There is no moment I do not think of you
Unnai ninaikkaadha neram illai
There is no moment I do not think of you
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Ninaikkaadha Neram Illai is a soulful Tamil romantic song about longing, devotion, and sleepless nights caused by separation from a beloved. The protagonist reflects on how every moment of the day and night brings thoughts of their lover, rendering them unable to sleep. Through poetic imagery of nature—like honeyed flowers, the evening breeze, a sky without a moon, and a veena waiting for fingers—the song paints a poignant picture of emotional vulnerability.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Ninaikkaadha neram illai / Unnai ninaikkaadha neram illai”
The repetition of the 'Ni' sound at the beginning of key phrases creates a rhythmic and memorable melodic flow.
Metaphor
“Veenai ondru viralgalai Thedudhingae”
Compares the yearning soul to an unplayed veena searching for the touch of its musician's fingers.
Simile (Uvamai Ani)
“Kaaviri gangaiyai pol Anbinaiyum podhu”
Compares the seamless merging of two loving hearts to the confluence of the sacred rivers Kaveri and Ganga.
Rhetorical Question
“Vilakkinai kettuk kondaa Muthu chudar veesum”
Uses a rhetorical question about a lamp shining without permission to symbolize how true love naturally illuminates lives without calculated reasoning.
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Trivia
Thangakkili (1993) features lyrics by the legendary Tamil poet and lyricist Vaali. His lyrics in this song showcase classical literary Tamil imagery blended with tender romantic themes.
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