Skip to content
Isaimozhi
Kayal album cover
Lyrics & meaning

Unna Ippo Paakkanum

From Kayal · 2014

Lyricist
Yugabharathi
Singers
Haricharan, Vandana Srinivasan
Music director
D. Imman
Movie name
Kayal
Movie release year
2014
Lyrics added on
22 Feb 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Unna ippo paakanum onnu pesanum…
Enna kotti theekanum anba kaatanum …
Uravae …ae manam thembudhae
Usura …aa thara yengudhae
Nee engayum pogaatha naan varen vaadaatha
Unna ippo paakanum onnu pesanum …
Enna kotti theekanum anba kaatanum
Ingae kadal angae nadhi inainthida nadai podudhae
Angae veyil ingae nizhal vizhundhida idam thedudhae
Kanneerilae kaaviyam thaneerilae oviyam
Varayum vidhi ennena seithidumo
Mudivil uyir vannangal maaridumo … ooo oh
Unna ippo paakanum … onnu pesanum
Enna kotti theekanum … anba kaatanum
Ingae udal angae uyir idhayathil vali koodudhae
Engae nila endrae vizhi pagalilum alainthodudhae
Kaayum irul naanadi paayum oli neeyadi
Kathirae vanthu kannodu kalandhu vidu
Kalandhae ivan nenjodu irundhu vidu ….
Unna ippo paakanum onnu pesanum ….
Enna kotti theekanum anba kaatanum ….
Uravae … ae manam thembudhae
Usura …aa thara yengudhae
Nee engayum kaanaama engae thaan ponaayo
Unna ippo paakanum
I need to see you right now, I have something to say...
I want to pour my heart out, I want to show my love...
My beloved... my heart is weeping,
It longs to give you my very life.
Don't go anywhere, I'm coming, don't wither away.
I need to see you right now, I have something to say...
I want to pour my heart out, I want to show my love.
Here is the sea and there is the river, journeying to become one.
There is the sunlight, here is the shade, searching for a place to fall.
An epic written in tears, a painting drawn on water,
What all will fate do as it sketches them?
In the end, will the true colors of life change? Oh...
I need to see you right now... I have something to say.
I want to pour my heart out... I want to show my love.
Here is my body, there is my soul, the ache in my heart only grows.
Asking 'Where is the moon?', my eyes search even in daylight.
I am the barren darkness, you are the streaming light.
Come, my ray of light, and blend into my eyes.
Blend in and stay forever within this heart of mine...
I need to see you right now, I have something to say...
I want to pour my heart out, I want to show my love...
My beloved... my heart is weeping,
It longs to give you my very life.
Nowhere to be seen, wherever have you gone?
I need to see you right now.
Male
Female
Male
Female
Female
Female
Male
Male
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female

Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Unna Ippo Paakanum from the movie Kayal is a deeply emotional romantic song expressing intense grief, yearning, and separation between lovers. The protagonist desperately longs to meet their partner to express their overwhelming love and pour out the emotional distress building inside them. Using vivid imagery of nature, fate, and light, the song highlights how physical distance cannot sever their soulmate connection.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagaim)

Ingae kadal angae nadhi inainthida nadai podudhae

Compares the separated lovers to a river journeying to merge with the sea, illustrating the natural inevitability of their union.

Antithesis (Muran)

Kaayum irul naanadi paayum oli neeyadi

Contrasts darkness (Kaayum irul) with light (Paayum oli) to emphasize the transforming effect the beloved has on the protagonist.

Rhyme and Parallelism (Edhukai)

Kanneerilae kaaviyam thaneerilae oviyam

Uses parallel structure and rhyming words Kanneerilae and Thanneerilae to create a rhythmic expression of sorrow.

Did you know?

Trivia

The soundtrack for Kayal (2014) was composed by D. Imman with lyrics written by Yugabharathi. The film, directed by Prabhu Solomon, is set against the backdrop of the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Keep listening

Songs with a similar feeling

From the same album

More songs from Kayal

View album

Spot an issue?

Help us improve the lyrics or English translation.