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Lyrics & meaning

Then Mozhi

From Solla Thudikuthu Manasu · 1988

Lyricist
Vaali
Singer
Mano
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Solla Thudikuthu Manasu
Movie release year
1988
Lyrics added on
9 May 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Hmmm…mmm…mmm…
Mmmm….mmm….mmm….mmm….
Thaenmozhi enthan thaenmozhi
Nenjam yen unnai theduthu
Anbu thaenmozhi enthan thaenmozhi
Inbam yen ennai vaattuthu
Azhagae nee thaan enbaen enbaen
Anbu thaenmozhi enthan thaenmozhi
Nenjam yen unnai theduthu…
Devaloga thaeril
Ival paarijaatha poovaa
Paasa deebam yenthum
Oru aasai poovil thaanaa
Paatham mugam pothum
Oru bothai valai veesum
Koonthal oru vaanam
Adhu kodai mazhai megam
Yaaradi nee….
Chorus :Aaaa….aaaa…
Male :Yaaradi nee devathaiyaa
Kanavu unathu udal aanathae
Kaatrinilae paarvaigalaal
Kavithai ezhuthi varum paavaiyae
Thaaimaiyin vaanam aayiram kaalam
Valara valarum nilavae…
Thaenmozhi enthan thaenmozhi
Nenjam yen unnai theduthu
Anbu thaenmozhi enthan thaenmozhi
Inbam yen ennai vaattuthu
Azhagae nee thaan enbaen enbaen
Anbu thaenmozhi enthan thaenmozhi
Nenjam yen unnai theduthu…
{Madhana vizhigal
Mayanga mayanga
Aadattum dum dum
Inba kanavu ingu vanthu vanthu
Pogattum dum dum} (2)
{Unathu vathanam
Amudhai pozhiyattum
Enathu ninaivu
Muzhuthum azhiyattum} (2)
Kamban unnai paartha pothu
Vaarthai indri oduvaan
Kalangi kalangi paaduvaan
Kanni thamizhai chaaduvaan
Kaviyarasan thotraanae
Kudi muzhuthum unathadimai….
Thaenmozhi enthan thaenmozhi
Nenjam yen unnai theduthu
Anbu thaenmozhi enthan thaenmozhi
Inbam yen ennai vaattuthu
Azhagae nee thaan enbaen enbaen
Anbu thaenmozhi enthan thaenmozhi
Nenjam yen unnai theduthu…
Mmm... mmm... mmm...
Mmmm... mmm... mmm... mmm...
Thenmozhi, my sweet Thenmozhi,
why is my heart searching for you?
My beloved Thenmozhi, my sweet Thenmozhi,
why is this joy tormenting me?
I will keep saying that you are beauty itself!
My beloved Thenmozhi, my sweet Thenmozhi,
why is my heart searching for you...?
Arriving on a chariot from heaven,
is she a divine Parijatha flower?
Holding up a lamp of love,
is she a blooming flower of longing?
Just a glance of her feet and face
casts an intoxicating spell.
Her hair is like the vast sky,
gathering clouds of summer rain.
Who are you...?
Chorus: Aaaa... aaaa...
Male: Who are you, an angel?
Has a dream taken shape as your body?
Writing poems across the breeze
with your glances, lovely girl!
In the eternal sky of motherhood,
you are the moon that keeps glowing and growing...
Thenmozhi, my sweet Thenmozhi,
why is my heart searching for you?
My beloved Thenmozhi, my sweet Thenmozhi,
why is this joy tormenting me?
I will keep saying that you are beauty itself!
My beloved Thenmozhi, my sweet Thenmozhi,
why is my heart searching for you...?
May your charming eyes
drift into a sweet daze
and dance away, dum dum!
May delightful dreams keep coming
and going here, dum dum!
Let your face
shower pure sweetness,
and let my memories
completely fade away!
If the great poet Kamban ever saw you,
he would run away, lost for words!
Deeply overwhelmed, he would sing,
and blame his own Tamil for lacking words!
Even the king of poets has lost to you,
and all the land is surrendered at your feet...
Thenmozhi, my sweet Thenmozhi,
why is my heart searching for you?
My beloved Thenmozhi, my sweet Thenmozhi,
why is this joy tormenting me?
I will keep saying that you are beauty itself!
My beloved Thenmozhi, my sweet Thenmozhi,
why is my heart searching for you...?
Chorus
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Thaenmozhi Enthan Thaenmozhi is a soulful and poetic love song from the film Solla Thudikuthu Manasu. The song portrays a lover expressing his intense adoration and yearning for his beloved, named Thaenmozhi (meaning 'one whose voice is sweet like honey'). He praises her captivating features, comparing her hair to summer rain clouds and her presence to a celestial angel formed from a dream. As the song progresses, the lyricist Vaali uses hyperbole and deep classical reverence to illustrate the heroine's matchless beauty. He declares that even legendary Tamil epic poets like Kamban or Kaviyarasan (Kannadasan) would stand defeated and speechless in front of her grandeur, leaving the protagonist completely intoxicated and devoted to her love.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Koonthal oru vaanam / Adhu kodai mazhai megam

Compares her hair directly to a sky and a summer rain cloud without using explicit comparison words.

Hyperbole (Uyarnavu Navitchi)

Kamban unnai paartha pothu / Vaarthai indri oduvaan

Exaggerates her beauty by stating that even the greatest Tamil poet Kamban would run away speechless upon seeing her.

Anaphora / Repetition (Aduku Thodar)

Mayanga mayanga / Inba kanavu ingu vanthu vanthu

Repeats words like 'mayanga' and 'vanthu' for rhythmic emphasis and emotional intensity.

Personification / Metaphor

Kanavu unathu udal aanathae

Describes her body as a dream that physically materialized.

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Trivia

The film 'Solla Thudikuthu Manasu' (1988) featured iconic music composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics penned by Vaali. This solo melody was rendered by K. J. Yesudas (with a popular alternate version sung by Mano) and remains one of the classic romantic Tamil songs of the late 1980s.

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