♫ Tanglish lyrics	↻ English translation
Male
Ooooh..	Ooooh..
En vaanam vidivathu unnaalae	My sky dawns because of you
En vaasal thirapathu unnaalae	My doorway opens because of you
En veedhi niraivathu unnaalae	My street fills with life because of you
En nilavum veyilum	My moon and my sunshine
Mazhaiyum kulirum	The rain and the cold
Unnaal unnaal unnaal… peranbae	Because of you, because of you, because of you... my great love
Unnaal unnaal unnaal… peranbae	Because of you, because of you, because of you... my great love
Male
Gangaiyil aadiya	All the birds that bathed
Paravaigal ellam	in the holy Ganges
Kanmani paasam pesum	speak of tender love, my darling
Kaasiyil veesiya vaasanai ellam	All the fragrance blowing through Kashi
Kaadhali un kuzhazh vaasam	my beloved, is the scent of your tresses
Male
En vaanathil ilaigindra	The blue that blends into
Neelam unnaal	my sky is because of you
En mounathil kulaigindra	The word that dissolves into
Vaarthai unnaal	my silence is because of you
Male
En mugathinil muzhaikindra	The beard that sprouts on my face
Mudiyum unnaal	is because of you / Can happen because of you
Ennai uchathuku kondu sella	To take me to the highest peak
Mudiyum unnaal	is possible because of you
Naan mudikindra edathilum	Even at the place where I meet my end
Thodakkam unnaal	a new beginning is because of you
Aaa..aaaa… aaa…aaa..aa..aa..	Aaa..aaaa… aaa…aaa..aa..aa..
Female
Nenjukullae kathi veesi	Wielding a dagger inside my heart
Pogiraai	you walk away
Kanna …kanna kanna …peranbae	Oh my dear... my dear, my dear... my great love
Thee polae en ingu santhithom thom	Why did we meet here like fire?
Solindri mounam kondom thunba kandom	We held silence without words and found sorrow
Yen kaadhal sinthithom thom	Why did we contemplate this love?
Yen vandhaai neeyaaga	Why did you come on your own accord?
Panjodu theeyaaga	Like fire catching cotton?
Male
Unnaal	Because of you
Naan paadum paadal unnaal	The song I sing is because of you
Adhil kaayum punnagai unnaal	The faded smile within it is because of you
En urimai kuralum unnaal	My voice asserting rights is because of you
En uyirum unnaal	My very life is because of you
Male
Kanmani kanmani kanmani	My darling, my darling, my darling
Kanmani kanmani kanmani ooo..	My darling, my darling, my darling ooo..
Kanmani kanmani kanmani kanmani	My darling, my darling, my darling, my darling
Kanmani kanmani kanmani kanmani	My darling, my darling, my darling, my darling
Male
Nee amutha mazhaiyaa	Are you a shower of sweet nectar?
Amila mazhaiyaa	Or a shower of burning acid?
Rendum ondraai vanthaaiyaaa….	Or did you arrive as both combined into one?
Male
Enathu vali ariya	To understand my pain
Unathu idhayam kudu	give me your heart
Hey valarpirai azhaginai	Hey, let me touch the beauty of the waxing moon
Oru murai thoda vidu	just once
En per sollum peranbae vaa..aa…	Come, my great love who utters my name...
Male
Ullanbu maraikka mudiyathu..	Deep inner love cannot be hidden...
Un pondra pennal	by a woman like you
Unpaarvai arul seiyya vendum..	Your gaze must bestow grace...
Orae oru kannal	with just a single glance
Male
En kaadhal vendaam endru	If you say 'I do not want your love'
Orr vaarthai sonnaal	with just a single word
Ezh vanna vaanavil kooda	even the seven-colored rainbow
Niram maarum thannaal	will lose its colors on its own
Male
Unnaal unnal unnaal	Because of you, because of you, because of you
En jenmam	my life exists
Unnaal unnal unnaal	Because of you, because of you, because of you
En jenmam	my life exists
Male
Gangaiyil aadiya	All the birds that bathed
Paravaigal ellam	in the holy Ganges
Kanmani paasam pesum	speak of tender love, my darling
Kaasiyil veesiya vaasanai ellam	All the fragrance blowing through Kashi
Kaadhali un kuzhazh vaasam	my beloved, is the scent of your tresses
Male
En vaanathil ilaigindra	The blue that blends into
Neelam unnaal	my sky is because of you
En mounathil kulaigindra	The word that dissolves into
Vaarthai unnaal	my silence is because of you
Male
En mugathinil muzhaikindra	The beard that sprouts on my face
Mudiyum unnaal	is because of you / Can happen because of you
Ennai uchathuku kondu sella	To take me to the highest peak
Mudiyum unnaal	is possible because of you
Naan mudikindra edathilum	Even at the place where I meet my end
Thodakkam unnaal	a new beginning is because of you
Male
Kanmani kanmani kanmani	My darling, my darling, my darling
Kanmani kanmani kanmani ooo..	My darling, my darling, my darling ooo..
Kanmani kanmani kanmani kanmani	My darling, my darling, my darling, my darling
Kanmani kanmani kanmani kanmani	My darling, my darling, my darling, my darling
Male
Naan thanimaiyil	My laughing in solitude
Siripadhu unnaal	is because of you
Sila samayam azhuvadhu unnaal	My weeping at times is because of you
Naan pandhiyil amarvadhu unnaal	My sitting down at a feast is because of you
Siru patini kolvathum unnaal	My going hungry at times is because of you
En chanthiran varuvathum unnaal	The arrival of my moon is because of you
En jananamum maranamum unnaal	My birth and my death are because of you
Male
En uyir en vasam	My life remaining in my control
Nirpathum nirpathum	standing firm and controlled,
En udal en urai	My body obeying my command
Ketpathum ketpathum	listening attentively,
Male
En vazhi nal vazhi	My path finding the right direction
Paarpathum paarpathum	seeing clearly,
En manam nallennam	My mind preserving good thoughts
Kaapathum kaapathum	guarding them faithfully,
Athu unnaal… athu unnaal…	That is because of you... that is because of you...
Athu unnaal…aa……	That is because of you... aa......

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