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Un Perai Sonnale

From Dumm Dumm Dumm · 2001

Lyricist
Na. Muthu Kumar
Singers
Unnikrishnan, Sadhana Sargam
Music director
Karthik Raja
Movie name
Dumm Dumm Dumm
Movie release year
2001
Lyrics added on
19 Jul 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Un perai sonnalae
Ulnaakil thithikkumae
Pogaathae pogaathae
Unnodu sendraalae
Vazhiyellaam poopookumae
Varaaiyo varaaiyoo
Un perai sonnalae
Ulnaakil thithikkumae
Pogaathae pogaathae
Unnodu sendraalae
Vazhiyellaam poopookumae
Varaaiyo varaaiyoo
Ondraa irandaa
Oru kodi nyaabagam
Uyir thinna paarkuthae kannae
Thundai thundai
Bhoomiyil vizhunthen
Engae nee en kannae…
Jimtaara jimtaara jimthaa
Jimtaara jimtaara jimthaa
Jimtaara jimtaara jimthaa
Jimtaara jimtaara jimthaa
Mei ezhuthum marandhen
Uyir ezhuthum marandhen
Oomaiyai naanum aaginen
Kaiyasudum endraalum
Theeyai thodum pillaipol
Unnaiyae meendum ninaikkiren
Ohoho oh ohoho…
Ohoho oh ohoho…
Kaiyaisudum endraalum
Theeyai thodum pillaipol
Unnaiyae meendum ninaikkiren
Adimel adiyaai
Melam pol manadhaal
Uyir vero… udal vero
Vidhiyaa.. vidhaiyaa..
Chedi mel idiyaa
Sellaathae sellaathae
Un perai sonnalae
Ulnaakil thithikkumae
Nee engae nee engae
Unnodu sendraalae
Vazhiyellaam poopookumae
Varaaiyo varaaiyoo
Nee engae nee engae
Ondraa irandaa
Oru kodi nyaabagam
Uyir thinna paarkuthae nanbaa
Thundai thundai
Bhoomiyil vizhunthen
Engae nee en nanbaa
Ninaivillai enbaayaa
Nijamillai enbaayaa
Nee enna solvaai anbae
Uyir thozhan enbaayaa
Vazhipokan enbaayaa
Vidai enna solvaai anbae
Uyir thozhan enbaayaa
Vazhipokan enbaayaa
Vidai enna solvaai anbae
Saanjaadum sooriyanae
Chandhranai azhavaithaai
Sogam yen solvaayaa
Senthaalam poovukkul
Puyalondru varavaithaal
Ennaagum solvaayaa
Un perai sonnalae
Ulnaakil thithikkumae
Nee engae nee engae
Unnodu sendraalae
Vazhiyellaam poopookumae
Varaaiyo varaaiyoo
Nee engae nee engae
Ondraa irandaa
Oru kodi nyaabagam
Uyir thinna paarkuthae nanbaa
Thundai thundai
Bhoomiyil vizhunthen
Engae nee en nanbaa
Aaaa….aaaa….aaa….
Aaaaaaa…..aaaa….
Just saying your name
Leaves a sweetness on my tongue
Don't go, please don't go
If I just walk with you
Flowers bloom all along the path
Won't you come? Won't you come?
Just saying your name
Leaves a sweetness on my tongue
Don't go, please don't go
If I just walk with you
Flowers bloom all along the path
Won't you come? Won't you come?
Is it just one or two?
Millions of memories
Are eating away at my soul, my dear
Broken into pieces
I fell to the ground
Where are you, my dear?
Jimthara jimthara jimtha
Jimthara jimthara jimtha
Jimthara jimthara jimtha
Jimthara jimthara jimtha
I forgot all the consonants
I forgot all the vowels
And I have become completely mute
Even knowing it will burn my hand
Like a child reaching for fire
I keep thinking only of you
Ohoho o ohoho...
Ohoho o ohoho...
Even knowing it will burn my hand
Like a child reaching for fire
I keep thinking only of you
Blow after blow
My heart is beaten like a drum
Is the soul torn from the body?
Is this fate? Is this a seed?
Is it lightning striking a tender plant?
Don't go away, don't go away
Just saying your name
Leaves a sweetness on my tongue
Where are you? Where are you?
If I just walk with you
Flowers bloom all along the path
Won't you come? Won't you come?
Where are you? Where are you?
Is it just one or two?
Millions of memories
Are eating away at my soul, my friend
Broken into pieces
I fell to the ground
Where are you, my friend?
Will you say you don't remember?
Will you say it was not real?
What will you say, my love?
Will you call me your closest friend?
Will you call me just a passerby?
What answer will you give, my love?
Will you call me your closest friend?
Will you call me just a passerby?
What answer will you give, my love?
O setting sun sinking low
You made the moon weep
Will you tell me why this sorrow exists?
Inside a fragrant screwpine flower
If a storm is brought in
Will you tell me what will happen?
Just saying your name
Leaves a sweetness on my tongue
Where are you? Where are you?
If I just walk with you
Flowers bloom all along the path
Won't you come? Won't you come?
Where are you? Where are you?
Is it just one or two?
Millions of memories
Are eating away at my soul, my friend
Broken into pieces
I fell to the ground
Where are you, my friend?
Aahaa... aahaa... aahaa...
Aahaaaaaa... aahaa...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Un Perai Sonnalae' captures deep longing, nostalgia, and emotional turmoil caused by separation. The protagonist expresses how merely uttering the beloved's name brings intense sweetness, while their absence brings overwhelming pain that feels like memories consuming one's soul.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Uvamaani)

Theeyai thodum pillaipol

The protagonist compares returning to painful memories to an innocent child who repeatedly touches fire despite knowing it will burn.

Double Entendre / Linguistic Play

Mei ezhuthum marandhen / Uyir ezhuthum marandhen

Na. Muthukumar cleverly plays on 'Mei ezhuthu' (consonants / body) and 'Uyir ezhuthu' (vowels / life), expressing loss of language and loss of self simultaneously.

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi)

Oru kodi nyaabagam / Uyir thinna paarkuthae

Exaggerating the count of memories to ten million (a crore) to emphasize the overwhelming weight of recollection.

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Trivia

This iconic track from Dumm Dumm Dumm (2001) was composed by Karthik Raja (Ilaiyaraaja's eldest son) and featured lyrics by Na. Muthukumar. The film was produced by Mani Ratnam under Madras Talkies and starred Madhavan and Jyothika.

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