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Unakkum Enakkum Song Lyrics – Varnashramam

From Varnashramam · 2023

Lyricist
Uma Devi
Singers
Saindhavi, Balaji Sree
Music director
Deepan Chakravarthy
Movie name
Varnashramam
Movie release year
2023
Lyrics added on
2 Jan 2023

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Unakkum enakkum irukkum uravai
Kaatru vandhu kadhai ezhudhaadho
Manadhil kidakkum ninaivin alaiyai
Kaadhal vandhu thaazh thiravaadho
Irul vandhu thazhuvugaiyil
Nizhal vittu vilagidalaam
Sithathilae padhindhadhellaam
Nithairaiyil kalaindhiduma
Malaigal irandu
Viralgal pidithu nadanthu poguthae
Pogaadha dhooram poaga
Kaalgal yengudhae
Mazhaiyin thuligal tharaiyil vilundhu
Tholaindhu poguma
Un thozhlil saayum
Indha nodiyum tholaiyuma
Oororam vandhu unai thedi ninnu
Kaalamum kaaval naan kaathidanum
Nee illaiyendraal en vaazhvu
Poyinnu angaeyae kallaganum
Kannae nee anga kallaagum podhu
Unai yendhi thaangum naan mannaaganum
Kaathodu kaatha moochodu moochaagi
Onnodu onnaaganum
Andha yezhu jenmam kooda edhukku
Haa..aaa..aaa…
Andha yezhu jenmam kooda edhukku
Ada indha nodi podhum enakku
Uyir vittu pogum podhum
Unna mattum sumakk avenum
Indha vaeli thaandi odum kilaiya
Indha jaadhi sanam killi eriyum
Mannil paayum kaadhal vaera
Indha ooru enna senjidum
Malaigal irandu viralagl pidithu
Nadanthu poguthae
Poagaadha dhooram poga
Kaalgal yengudhae
Mazhaiyin thuligal tharaiyil vilundhu
Tholaindhu poguma
Un thozhlil saayum
Indha nodiyum tholaiyuma
About the bond between you and me,
Won't the wind come and write a story?
To the waves of memories resting in the heart,
Won't love come and unlock the door?
When darkness comes to embrace,
Even our shadows may drift away.
But can all that is etched in the soul
Ever fade away in sleep?
Two mountains,
Are walking along, holding hands!
To travel distances never reached before,
The feet are longing to go!
When raindrops fall upon the ground,
Do they ever get lost?
Leaning upon your shoulder,
Will this moment ever be lost?
Coming to the edge of the village, searching for you,
I must stand guard for all of time.
If you are not there, my life is a lie,
And I should turn to stone right there.
My darling, when you turn to stone there,
I must become the earth that cradles you.
As wind in the wind, as breath in breath,
I must become one with you.
Why do we even need seven lifetimes...
Ha... aa...
Why do we even need seven lifetimes?
This single moment is enough for me.
Even when life leaves my body,
I only want to carry you with me.
A branch that grows beyond this fence,
These caste folk might snap and throw away.
Yet against the passion of love taking root in the earth,
What can this village ever do?
Holding hands, two mountains
Are walking along!
To travel distances never reached before,
The feet are longing to go!
When raindrops fall upon the ground,
Do they ever get lost?
Leaning upon your shoulder,
Will this moment ever be lost?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

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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