Unakkum Enakkum Uravu Kaatti
From Illara Jothi · 1954
- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singer
- Jikki
- Music director
- G. Ramanathan
- Details
- Illara Jothi1954
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Unakkum enakkum uravu kaatti | Showing a relationship between you and me, |
| Ulagam sonnathu kadhaiyaa | Is what the world told merely a story? |
| Unakkum enakkum uravu kaatti | Showing a relationship between you and me, |
| Ulagam sonnathu kadhaiyaa | Is what the world told merely a story? |
| Ninaithu ninaithu magizhum vidhathil | In a way that brings joy upon thinking again and again, |
| Ninaithu ninaithu magizhum vidhathil | In a way that brings joy upon thinking again and again, |
| Nesam kondathu kanavaa | Was the love we cherished just a dream? |
| Female | |
| Unakkum enakkum uravu kaatti | Showing a relationship between you and me, |
| Ulagam sonnathu kadhaiyaa | Is what the world told merely a story? |
| Female | |
| Inikka inikka kavidhai pesi | Speaking poetry delightfully sweet, |
| Inikka inikka kavidhai pesi | Speaking poetry delightfully sweet, |
| Irundhadhellam kadhaiyaa | Was everything that existed just a story? |
| Inikka inikka kavidhai pesi | Speaking poetry delightfully sweet, |
| Irundhadhellam kadhaiyaa | Was everything that existed just a story? |
| Edukka edukka kuraivillaamal | Without diminishing no matter how much was taken, |
| Edukka edukka kuraivillaamal | Without diminishing no matter how much was taken, |
| Valarnthathellam kanavaa | Was everything that grew just a dream? |
| Valarnthathellam kanavaa | Was everything that grew just a dream? |
| Female | |
| Unakkum enakkum uravu kaatti | Showing a relationship between you and me, |
| Ulagam sonnathu kadhaiyaa | Is what the world told merely a story? |
| Female | |
| Sirithu sirithu malarntha mugathai | The face that blossomed with gentle smiles, |
| Sirithu sirithu malarntha mugathai | The face that blossomed with gentle smiles, |
| Sivakka veithathum kadhaiyaa | Was making it turn red with grief just a story? |
| Sirithu sirithu malarntha mugathai | The face that blossomed with gentle smiles, |
| Sivakka veithathum kadhaiyaa | Was making it turn red with grief just a story? |
| Vadithu vadithu kodutha yaavum | Everything poured out and given with love, |
| Vadithu vadithu kodutha yaavum | Everything poured out and given with love, |
| Vaai pugandrathum kanavaa | Was the oral praise spoken just a dream? |
| Vaai pugandrathum kanavaa | Was the oral praise spoken just a dream? |
| Female | |
| Unakkum enakkum uravu kaatti | Showing a relationship between you and me, |
| Ulagam sonnathu kadhaiyaa | Is what the world told merely a story? |
உனக்கும் எனக்கும் உறவு காட்டி
உலகம் சொன்னது கதையா
உனக்கும் எனக்கும் உறவு காட்டி
உலகம் சொன்னது கதையா
நினைத்து நினைத்து மகிழும் விதத்தில்
நினைத்து நினைத்து மகிழும் விதத்தில்
நேசம் கொண்டது கனவா
Showing a relationship between you and me,
Is what the world told merely a story?
Showing a relationship between you and me,
Is what the world told merely a story?
In a way that brings joy upon thinking again and again,
In a way that brings joy upon thinking again and again,
Was the love we cherished just a dream?
உனக்கும் எனக்கும் உறவு காட்டி
உலகம் சொன்னது கதையா
Showing a relationship between you and me,
Is what the world told merely a story?
இனிக்க இனிக்க கவிதை பேசி
இனிக்க இனிக்க கவிதை பேசி
இருந்ததெல்லாம் கதையா
இனிக்க இனிக்க கவிதை பேசி
இருந்ததெல்லாம் கதையா
எடுக்க எடுக்க குறைவில்லாமல்
எடுக்க எடுக்க குறைவில்லாமல்
வளர்ந்ததெல்லாம் கனவா
வளர்ந்ததெல்லாம் கனவா
Speaking poetry delightfully sweet,
Speaking poetry delightfully sweet,
Was everything that existed just a story?
Speaking poetry delightfully sweet,
Was everything that existed just a story?
Without diminishing no matter how much was taken,
Without diminishing no matter how much was taken,
Was everything that grew just a dream?
Was everything that grew just a dream?
உனக்கும் எனக்கும் உறவு காட்டி
உலகம் சொன்னது கதையா
Showing a relationship between you and me,
Is what the world told merely a story?
சிரித்து சிரித்து மலர்ந்த முகத்தை
சிரித்து சிரித்து மலர்ந்த முகத்தை
சிவக்க வைத்ததும் கதையா
சிரித்து சிரித்து மலர்ந்த முகத்தை
சிவக்க வைத்ததும் கதையா
வடித்து வடித்துக் கொடுத்த யாவும்
வடித்து வடித்துக் கொடுத்த யாவும்
வாய் புகன்றதும் கனவா
வாய் புகன்றதும் கனவா
The face that blossomed with gentle smiles,
The face that blossomed with gentle smiles,
Was making it turn red with grief just a story?
The face that blossomed with gentle smiles,
Was making it turn red with grief just a story?
Everything poured out and given with love,
Everything poured out and given with love,
Was the oral praise spoken just a dream?
Was the oral praise spoken just a dream?
உனக்கும் எனக்கும் உறவு காட்டி
உலகம் சொன்னது கதையா
Showing a relationship between you and me,
Is what the world told merely a story?
Unakkum enakkum uravu kaatti
Showing a relationship between you and me,
Ulagam sonnathu kadhaiyaa
Is what the world told merely a story?
Unakkum enakkum uravu kaatti
Showing a relationship between you and me,
Ulagam sonnathu kadhaiyaa
Is what the world told merely a story?
Ninaithu ninaithu magizhum vidhathil
In a way that brings joy upon thinking again and again,
Ninaithu ninaithu magizhum vidhathil
In a way that brings joy upon thinking again and again,
Nesam kondathu kanavaa
Was the love we cherished just a dream?
Unakkum enakkum uravu kaatti
Showing a relationship between you and me,
Ulagam sonnathu kadhaiyaa
Is what the world told merely a story?
Inikka inikka kavidhai pesi
Speaking poetry delightfully sweet,
Inikka inikka kavidhai pesi
Speaking poetry delightfully sweet,
Irundhadhellam kadhaiyaa
Was everything that existed just a story?
Inikka inikka kavidhai pesi
Speaking poetry delightfully sweet,
Irundhadhellam kadhaiyaa
Was everything that existed just a story?
Edukka edukka kuraivillaamal
Without diminishing no matter how much was taken,
Edukka edukka kuraivillaamal
Without diminishing no matter how much was taken,
Valarnthathellam kanavaa
Was everything that grew just a dream?
Valarnthathellam kanavaa
Was everything that grew just a dream?
Unakkum enakkum uravu kaatti
Showing a relationship between you and me,
Ulagam sonnathu kadhaiyaa
Is what the world told merely a story?
Sirithu sirithu malarntha mugathai
The face that blossomed with gentle smiles,
Sirithu sirithu malarntha mugathai
The face that blossomed with gentle smiles,
Sivakka veithathum kadhaiyaa
Was making it turn red with grief just a story?
Sirithu sirithu malarntha mugathai
The face that blossomed with gentle smiles,
Sivakka veithathum kadhaiyaa
Was making it turn red with grief just a story?
Vadithu vadithu kodutha yaavum
Everything poured out and given with love,
Vadithu vadithu kodutha yaavum
Everything poured out and given with love,
Vaai pugandrathum kanavaa
Was the oral praise spoken just a dream?
Vaai pugandrathum kanavaa
Was the oral praise spoken just a dream?
Unakkum enakkum uravu kaatti
Showing a relationship between you and me,
Ulagam sonnathu kadhaiyaa
Is what the world told merely a story?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This poignant song expresses profound heartbreak and disbelief over a fading or broken relationship. The protagonist questions whether the deep affection, sweet poetic words, and boundless joy shared in the past were real or merely an illusion. Through rhetorical questions, the lyrics mourn the transience of love, wondering if the bond acknowledged by the world was just a story ('kadhaiyaa') or a fleeting dream ('kanavaa').
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Adukkuthodar (Reduplication)
“Ninaithu ninaithu magizhum vidhathil”
Repetition of words like 'Ninaithu ninaithu', 'Inikka inikka', 'Edukka edukka', 'Sirithu sirithu', and 'Vadithu vadithu' to emphasize the continuity and intensity of feelings.
Rhetorical Questioning (Vina)
“Ulagam sonnathu kadhaiyaa”
Repeated use of the questioning suffix '-aa' in 'kadhaiyaa' (a story?) and 'kanavaa' (a dream?) underscores the speaker's emotional despair and disbelief.
Refrain (Anaphora)
“Unakkum enakkum uravu kaatti”
The signature opening refrain recurs throughout the song to anchor the central theme of questioned reality and sorrow.
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Trivia
Illara Jothi (1954) featured music composed by G. Ramanathan, with lyrics written by Kaviarasu Kannadasan during the early phase of his legendary career in Tamil cinema.
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