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Unakkulle Mirugam

From Billa II · 2012

Lyricist
Na. Muthu Kumar
Singer
Ranjith
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie name
Billa II
Movie release year
2012
Lyrics added on
27 Jun 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Unakkullae Mirugam
Thoongivida ninaikum
Ezhundhu adhu nadandhaal
Erimalaigal vedikum
Kanavugalai unavaai
Kettu adhu thudikum
Unnai adhu vilungi
Undhan kaiyil kodum
Erikaamal thaen-adai kidaikaadhu
Udhaikaamal pandhu adhu ezhumbaadhu
Vali adhudhaan uyir pilaikkum
Idhu varai iyarkayin vidhi idhuthaan
Idhuthaan idhuthaan idhuthaan….
Naragam adhil
Neeyum vazhndhaal
Mirugamena maara vendum
Bali koduthu bayamuruthu
Vetta vetta thalai nimirthu
Ulagamadhu urundai illai
Nizhlal ulagil vadivam illai
Ilakanathai nee udaithu
Thatti thatti adhai nimirthu
Ingu nanban yaarum illayae
Edhirkum pagaivan yaarum illayae
Endrum neethaan unaku nanbanae
Endrum neethaan unaku pagaivanae
Vali adhudhaan uyir pilaikkum
Idhu varai iyarkayin vidhi idhuthaan
Mudhal adiyil nadunga vendum
Maru adiyil adanga vendum
Meendu vandhaal meendum adi
Marupadi marana adi…
Adikadi nee irakka vendum
Marupadiyum pirakka vendum
Urakathilum vizhithiru nee
Iru vizhiyum thirandha padi
Ini neethaan unnaku thollayae
Endrum neethan unaku ellayae
Nee thottaai kilikum ullayae
Valigal irundhum valikka villayae
Vali adhudhaan uyir pilaikkum
Idhu varai iyarkayin vidhi idhuthaan
The beast inside you
wants to stay asleep.
If it wakes up and walks,
volcanoes will erupt.
Demanding your dreams as food,
it hungers restlessly.
It will swallow you whole
and place you back into your own hands.
You cannot get the honeycomb without burning the hive,
without a kick, a ball will not bounce back up.
Only through pain does life survive.
This has always been nature's law.
This is it, this is it, this is it...
In that hell,
if you must live,
you have to turn into a beast.
Strike fear by making a sacrifice,
raise your head every time you are cut down.
The world is not round,
and the shadow world has no shape.
Break all the written rules,
and hammer them into shape.
There is no friend here,
and no enemy standing against you.
You are always your own friend,
and you are always your own enemy.
Only through pain does life survive.
This has always been nature's law.
At the first strike, they must tremble;
at the next strike, they must submit.
If they rise again, strike them again,
strike them once more with a deadly blow...
You must die again and again,
and be born all over again.
Stay awake even in your sleep,
keeping both your eyes wide open.
From now on, you are your own trouble,
and you are forever your own limit.
A single touch tears you up inside,
yet despite all the pain, it hurts no more.
Only through pain does life survive.
This has always been nature's law.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Unakkullae Mirugam from Billa II is an intense character theme that explores the dark, survivalist mindset of David Billa as he rises through the underworld. The song argues that to survive in a ruthless, lawless environment ('hell'), one must awaken the dormant 'beast' within, break societal rules, and embrace pain as an essential law of nature.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

“Unakkullae Mirugam”

Compares inner potential and destructive power to a sleeping beast ('Mirugam') and erupting volcanoes ('Erimalaigal vedikum').

Analogy

“Erikaamal thaen-adai kidaikaadhu”

Uses real-world analogies (smoking out bees for honey, kicking a ball to make it bounce) to illustrate that progress and growth require suffering and force.

Edhugai (Second Letter Rhyming)

“Erikaamal thaen-adai kidaikaadhu”

The second consonant sound matches across adjacent lines ('ri' in Erikaamal and 'dhai' / 'dh' sound pairing in Udhaikaamal).

Paradox

“Valigal irundhum valikka villayae”

Presents a philosophical paradox where one feels pain yet becomes numb to it through sheer willpower.

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

“Ingu nanban yaarum illayae”

Rhyming line endings using 'illayae' and 'vane' to create rhythmic emphasis.

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Trivia

The track was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja for Billa II (2012), sung by Ranjith with lyrics penned by Na. Muthu Kumar. It serves as the defining theme song for Ajith Kumar's character David Billa, showcasing his transformation into an unstoppable underworld don.

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