Unakkum Enakkum Song Lyrics – Varnashramam
From Varnashramam · 2023
- Lyricist
- Uma Devi
- Singers
- Saindhavi, Balaji Sree
- Music director
- Deepan Chakravarthy
- Details
- Varnashramam2023
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Unakkum enakkum irukkum uravai | About the relationship between you and me |
| Kaatru vandhu kadhai ezhudhaadho | Won't the wind come and write a story? |
| Manadhil kidakkum ninaivin alaiyai | The wave of memories lying in the heart |
| Kaadhal vandhu thaazh thiravaadho | Won't love come and unlock it? |
| Female | |
| Irul vandhu thazhuvugaiyil | When darkness comes and embraces |
| Nizhal vittu vilagidalaam | The shadow may leave and part ways |
| Sithathilae padhindhadhellaam | Everything that is imprinted in the soul |
| Nithairaiyil kalaindhiduma | Will it dissolve in sleep? |
| Female | |
| Malaigal irandu | Two mountains |
| Viralgal pidithu nadanthu poguthae | Are walking together holding fingers |
| Pogaadha dhooram poaga | To go to untraveled distances |
| Kaalgal yengudhae | The feet yearn |
| Female | |
| Mazhaiyin thuligal tharaiyil vilundhu | Will raindrops falling on the ground |
| Tholaindhu poguma | Get lost and vanish? |
| Un thozhlil saayum | Leaning on your shoulder |
| Indha nodiyum tholaiyuma | Will this moment also get lost? |
| Female | |
| Oororam vandhu unai thedi ninnu | Coming to the edge of the village, searching for you and standing |
| Kaalamum kaaval naan kaathidanum | I must stand guard for all eternity |
| Nee illaiyendraal en vaazhvu | Without you, my life... |
| Poyinnu angaeyae kallaganum | Calling it a lie, I should turn into stone right there |
| Male | |
| Kannae nee anga kallaagum podhu | My dear, when you turn into stone there |
| Unai yendhi thaangum naan mannaaganum | I should become the soil that holds and supports you |
| Kaathodu kaatha moochodu moochaagi | Merging wind with wind, breath with breath |
| Onnodu onnaaganum | We should become one with each other |
| Female | |
| Andha yezhu jenmam kooda edhukku | Why do we even need those seven lifetimes? |
| Haa..aaa..aaa… | Haa..aaa..aaa… |
| Andha yezhu jenmam kooda edhukku | Why do we even need those seven lifetimes? |
| Ada indha nodi podhum enakku | Hey, this single moment is enough for me |
| Uyir vittu pogum podhum | Even when life leaves my body |
| Unna mattum sumakk avenum | I must carry only you |
| Male | |
| Indha vaeli thaandi odum kilaiya | A branch growing beyond this fence |
| Indha jaadhi sanam killi eriyum | These caste-minded people will pluck and discard |
| Mannil paayum kaadhal vaera | But love's root running deep into the earth |
| Indha ooru enna senjidum | What can this town do to it? |
| Female | |
| Malaigal irandu viralagl pidithu | Two mountains holding fingers |
| Nadanthu poguthae | Are walking along |
| Poagaadha dhooram poga | To go to untraveled distances |
| Kaalgal yengudhae | The feet yearn |
| Female | |
| Mazhaiyin thuligal tharaiyil vilundhu | Will raindrops falling on the ground |
| Tholaindhu poguma | Get lost and vanish? |
| Un thozhlil saayum | Leaning on your shoulder |
| Indha nodiyum tholaiyuma | Will this moment also get lost? |
உனக்கும் எனக்கும் இருக்கும் உறவை
காற்று வந்து கதை எழுதாதோ!
மனதில் கிடக்கும் நினைவின் அலையை
காதல் வந்து தாழ் திறவாதோ!
About the relationship between you and me
Won't the wind come and write a story?
The wave of memories lying in the heart
Won't love come and unlock it?
இருள் வந்து தழுவகையில்
நிழல் விட்டு விலகிடலாம்
சித்தத்தில் பதிந்ததெல்லாம்
நித்திரையில் கலைந்திடுமா!
When darkness comes and embraces
The shadow may leave and part ways
Everything that is imprinted in the soul
Will it dissolve in sleep?
மலைகள் இரண்டு
விரல்கள் பிடித்து நடந்து போகுதே!
போகாத தூரம் போக
கால்கள் ஏங்குதே!
Two mountains
Are walking together holding fingers
To go to untraveled distances
The feet yearn
மழையின் துளிகள் தரையில் விழுந்து
தொலைந்து போகுமா!
உன் தோளில் சாயும்
இந்த நொடியும் தொலையுமா!
Will raindrops falling on the ground
Get lost and vanish?
Leaning on your shoulder
Will this moment also get lost?
ஊரோரம் வந்து உனைத் தேடி நின்னு
காலமும் காவல் நான் காத்திடனும்
நீ இல்லையென்றால் என் வாழ்வு
பொய்யென்னு அங்கே கல்லாகனும்
Coming to the edge of the village, searching for you and standing
I must stand guard for all eternity
Without you, my life...
Calling it a lie, I should turn into stone right there
கண்ணே! நீ அங்க கல்லாகும் போது
உனை எந்தி தாங்கும் மண்ணாகனும்
காத்தோடு காத்தா மூச்சோடு மூச்சாகி
ஒன்னோடு ஒன்னாகனும்
My dear, when you turn into stone there
I should become the soil that holds and supports you
Merging wind with wind, breath with breath
We should become one with each other
அந்த ஏழு ஜென்மம் கூட எதுக்கு….
ஹா .ஆ
அந்த ஏழு ஜென்மம் கூட எதுக்கு
இந்த நொடி போதும் எனக்கு
உயிர் விட்டு போகும் போதும்
உன்ன மட்டும் சுமக்க வேணும்
Why do we even need those seven lifetimes?
Haa..aaa..aaa…
Why do we even need those seven lifetimes?
Hey, this single moment is enough for me
Even when life leaves my body
I must carry only you
இந்த வேலி தாண்டி ஓடும் கிளைய
இந்த சாதி ஜனம் கிள்ளி எறியும்
மண்ணில் பாயும் காதல் வெற
இந்த ஊரு என்ன செஞ்சிடும்
A branch growing beyond this fence
These caste-minded people will pluck and discard
But love's root running deep into the earth
What can this town do to it?
மலைகள் இரண்டு விரல்கள் பிடித்து
நடந்து போகுதே!
போகாத தூரம் போக
கால்கள் ஏங்குதே!
Two mountains holding fingers
Are walking along
To go to untraveled distances
The feet yearn
மழையின் துளிகள் தரையில் விழுந்து
தொலைந்து போகுமா!
உன் தோளில் சாயும்
இந்த நொடியும் தொலையுமா!
Will raindrops falling on the ground
Get lost and vanish?
Leaning on your shoulder
Will this moment also get lost?
Unakkum enakkum irukkum uravai
About the relationship between you and me
Kaatru vandhu kadhai ezhudhaadho
Won't the wind come and write a story?
Manadhil kidakkum ninaivin alaiyai
The wave of memories lying in the heart
Kaadhal vandhu thaazh thiravaadho
Won't love come and unlock it?
Irul vandhu thazhuvugaiyil
When darkness comes and embraces
Nizhal vittu vilagidalaam
The shadow may leave and part ways
Sithathilae padhindhadhellaam
Everything that is imprinted in the soul
Nithairaiyil kalaindhiduma
Will it dissolve in sleep?
Malaigal irandu
Two mountains
Viralgal pidithu nadanthu poguthae
Are walking together holding fingers
Pogaadha dhooram poaga
To go to untraveled distances
Kaalgal yengudhae
The feet yearn
Mazhaiyin thuligal tharaiyil vilundhu
Will raindrops falling on the ground
Tholaindhu poguma
Get lost and vanish?
Un thozhlil saayum
Leaning on your shoulder
Indha nodiyum tholaiyuma
Will this moment also get lost?
Oororam vandhu unai thedi ninnu
Coming to the edge of the village, searching for you and standing
Kaalamum kaaval naan kaathidanum
I must stand guard for all eternity
Nee illaiyendraal en vaazhvu
Without you, my life...
Poyinnu angaeyae kallaganum
Calling it a lie, I should turn into stone right there
Kannae nee anga kallaagum podhu
My dear, when you turn into stone there
Unai yendhi thaangum naan mannaaganum
I should become the soil that holds and supports you
Kaathodu kaatha moochodu moochaagi
Merging wind with wind, breath with breath
Onnodu onnaaganum
We should become one with each other
Andha yezhu jenmam kooda edhukku
Why do we even need those seven lifetimes?
Haa..aaa..aaa…
Haa..aaa..aaa…
Andha yezhu jenmam kooda edhukku
Why do we even need those seven lifetimes?
Ada indha nodi podhum enakku
Hey, this single moment is enough for me
Uyir vittu pogum podhum
Even when life leaves my body
Unna mattum sumakk avenum
I must carry only you
Indha vaeli thaandi odum kilaiya
A branch growing beyond this fence
Indha jaadhi sanam killi eriyum
These caste-minded people will pluck and discard
Mannil paayum kaadhal vaera
But love's root running deep into the earth
Indha ooru enna senjidum
What can this town do to it?
Malaigal irandu viralagl pidithu
Two mountains holding fingers
Nadanthu poguthae
Are walking along
Poagaadha dhooram poga
To go to untraveled distances
Kaalgal yengudhae
The feet yearn
Mazhaiyin thuligal tharaiyil vilundhu
Will raindrops falling on the ground
Tholaindhu poguma
Get lost and vanish?
Un thozhlil saayum
Leaning on your shoulder
Indha nodiyum tholaiyuma
Will this moment also get lost?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
The song 'Unakkum Enakkum' from the film 'Varnashramam' is a poignant, soulful expression of eternal love bound by nature and challenged by societal divisions. The lovers reflect on the permanence of their emotional bond compared to the impermanence of physical life. Even as caste and village barriers attempt to sever their relationship like trimming branches off a fence, they find solace in knowing that their love is rooted deeply within the earth and beyond mortal life. In a profound exchange of devotion, the lyricist Uma Devi captures how the protagonists do not seek multiple lifetimes to prove their love; a single fleeting moment together is sufficient. They express a desire to merge into nature itself—turning to stone and soil, wind and breath—defying all human constructs of separation and mortality.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (உருவகம்)
“Malaigal irandu viralgal pidithu nadanthu poguthae”
Comparing the two resilient lovers to two mountains walking hand in hand ('Malaigal irandu viralgal pidithu').
Metaphor (உருவகம்)
“Mannil paayum kaadhal vaera indha ooru enna senjidum”
Comparing caste barriers to a fence ('vaeli') and love to roots deep in the soil ('kaadhal vaeru') that societal forces cannot uproot.
Alliteration & Assonance (மோனை / எதுகை)
“Kaathodu kaatha moochodu moochaagi”
Rhythmic repetition of 'Kaathodu kaatha moochodu moochaagi' creating a breathless, wind-like poetic cadence.
Rhetorical Question (வினா அணி)
“Andha yezhu jenmam kooda edhukku”
The lyricist uses poetic questions to question the need for traditional concepts like seven births when a single divine moment suffices.
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Trivia
'Varnashramam' (2023) features a critically acclaimed social narrative centered around caste discrimination and romantic devotion. Lyricist Uma Devi, known for her deeply emotional and socially charged Tamil poetry in films like 'Kabal' and '96', wrote these lyrics to evoke both nature imagery and resistance against oppressive societal norms.
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