Unnai Enakku Pidiththirukirathu
From Agni Sakshi · 1982
- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singer
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- Music director
- M. S. Vishwanathan
- Details
- Agni Sakshi1982
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Unnai enakku pidiththirukkirathu | I like you. |
| Ennai unakku pidiththirukkiratho….illiyo | Whether you like me or not... |
| Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu | I definitely like you. |
| Male | |
| Unnai enakku pidiththirukkirathu | I like you. |
| Ennai unakku pidiththirukkiratho….illiyo | Whether you like me or not... |
| Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu | I definitely like you. |
| Male | |
| Vaanaththil niram kaattum | Showing the colors of the sky, |
| Un vizhigal ennai paarkkaiyil mattum | Only when your eyes look at me, |
| Yaen…..varumaiyin niram kaattugindrana | Why do they show the color of poverty? |
| Male | |
| Unnai enakku pidiththirukkirathu | I like you. |
| Ennai unakku pidiththirukkiratho….illiyo | Whether you like me or not... |
| Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu | I definitely like you. |
| Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu | I definitely like you. |
| Male | |
| En vizhigalae viralgalaaga neendu | My eyes stretching out like fingers, |
| Un iduppu madippugalai | The folds around your waist, |
| Varuda ninaikkumpothu | When wanting to caress, |
| Un maeni veettai munthaanai kadhavaal | The house of your body, with the pallu as a door, |
| Moodi kolgiraayae | You close it up. |
| Male | |
| Thendralukku lanjang koduththu | Bribing the gentle breeze, |
| Thirakka solla maattaenaa | Won't I ask it to open it? |
| Thinak thinak thirakathinak aa aah aahha | Thinak thinak thirakathinak aa aah aahha |
| Thendralukku lanjang koduththu | Bribing the gentle breeze, |
| Thirakka solla maattaenaa | Won't I ask it to open it? |
| Male | |
| Unnai enakku pidiththirukkirathu | I like you. |
| Ennai unakku pidiththirukkiratho….illiyo | Whether you like me or not... |
| Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu | I definitely like you. |
| Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu | I definitely like you. |
| Male | |
| Adhu enna un udhadugalil | What is that on your lips? |
| Oru kadhakkali nadakkindrathu | Is a Kathakali dance happening there? |
| Adhu enna un udhadugalil | What is that on your lips? |
| Oru kadhakkali nadakkindrathu | Is a Kathakali dance happening there? |
| Male | |
| Vasai maariyo | Is it a shower of scoldings? |
| Thittu oo yes thittu | Scold me, oh yes, scold me! |
| Un thittukkalai | Your scoldings, |
| Varna mettukkalaai maattri | Converting them into colorful musical tunes, |
| Male | |
| Aasai manathai | My longing heart, |
| Orr harmoniyamaakki vaasiththu vaasiththu | Making it a harmonium and playing it repeatedly, |
| Ninaivu naadaakkalil oli padhivu seithu kolven | I will record it onto the audio tapes of memory. |
| Male | |
| Adiyae nee kadiththu thuppiya | Hey girl, even the bitten nails, |
| Nagangalai kooda | That you bit and spat out, |
| Un uhattu muththirai | With your lip impression, |
| Kuththappatta stampugalaaga | Like stamped postage stamps, |
| Naan sekariththu vaiththirukkiraen | I have collected and stored them! |
| Male | |
| Kadhal cricket-il veesugindra | Bowled in the cricket match of love, |
| Vizhi panthukalukellaam | For all those eye-ball deliveries, |
| Wicket vizhugirathaa enna | Does a wicket fall or what? |
| Male | |
| Un paadhaigal ennai | Even if your paths, |
| Pirinthu ponaalum | Depart and go away from me, |
| Un paadhangal ennavo | Somehow, your feet, |
| Niththamum ennai | Every day to me, |
| Muththamittu konduthaan | Keep kissing me, |
| Irukkindrana | Continuously! |
| Ohh puriyavillaiyo | Oh, don't you understand? |
| Male | |
| Un veettu vaasalil | At the entrance of your house, |
| Midhiyadiyaai kidappathu | Lying down as a doormat, |
| En ullam allavo…. | Is it not my heart? |
| En ullam allavo…. | Is it not my heart? |
| Male | |
| Unnai enakku pidiththirukkirathu | I like you. |
| Ennai unakku pidiththirukkiratho….illiyo | Whether you like me or not... |
| Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu | I definitely like you. |
| Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu | I definitely like you. |
| Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu | I definitely like you. |
| Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu | I definitely like you. |
உன்னை எனக்கு பிடித்திருகிறது
என்னை உனக்கு பிடித்திருக்கிறதோ..... இல்லையோ
உன்னை எனக்கு பிடிக்கவே செய்கிறது
I like you.
Whether you like me or not...
I definitely like you.
உன்னை எனக்கு பிடித்திருகிறது
என்னை உனக்கு பிடித்திருக்கிறதோ..... இல்லையோ
உன்னை எனக்கு பிடிக்கவே செய்கிறது
I like you.
Whether you like me or not...
I definitely like you.
வானத்தில் நிறம் காட்டும்
உன் விழிகள் என்னை பார்க்கையில் மட்டும்
ஏன்......வறுமையின் நிறம் காட்டுகின்றன
Showing the colors of the sky,
Only when your eyes look at me,
Why do they show the color of poverty?
உன்னை எனக்கு பிடித்திருகிறது
என்னை உனக்கு பிடித்திருக்கிறதோ..... இல்லையோ
உன்னை எனக்கு பிடிக்கவே செய்கிறது
உன்னை எனக்கு பிடிக்கவே செய்கிறது
I like you.
Whether you like me or not...
I definitely like you.
I definitely like you.
என் விழிகளே விரல்களாக நீண்டு
உன் இடுப்பு மடிப்புகளை
வருட நினைக்கும்போது
உன் மேனி வீட்டை முந்தானை கதவால்
மூடி கொள்கிறாயே
My eyes stretching out like fingers,
The folds around your waist,
When wanting to caress,
The house of your body, with the pallu as a door,
You close it up.
தென்றலுக்கு லஞ்சங் கொடுத்து
திறக்க சொல்ல மாட்டேனா
தின தினக் திர்கதினக் ஆ ஆஆஹ் ஆஹ்ஹ
தென்றலுக்கு லஞ்சங் கொடுத்து
திறக்க சொல்ல மாட்டேனா.......................
Bribing the gentle breeze,
Won't I ask it to open it?
Thinak thinak thirakathinak aa aah aahha
Bribing the gentle breeze,
Won't I ask it to open it?
உன்னை எனக்கு பிடித்திருகிறது
என்னை உனக்கு பிடித்திருக்கிறதோ..... இல்லையோ
உன்னை எனக்கு பிடிக்கவே செய்கிறது
உன்னை எனக்கு பிடிக்கவே செய்கிறது
I like you.
Whether you like me or not...
I definitely like you.
I definitely like you.
அது என்ன உன் உதடுகளில்
ஒரு கதக்களி நடக்கின்றது
அது என்ன உன் உதடுகளில்
ஒரு கதக்களி நடக்கின்றது
What is that on your lips?
Is a Kathakali dance happening there?
What is that on your lips?
Is a Kathakali dance happening there?
வசை மாறியோ
திட்டு ஓ எஸ் திட்டு
உன் திட்டுக்களை
வர்ண மெட்டுக்களாய் மாற்றி
Is it a shower of scoldings?
Scold me, oh yes, scold me!
Your scoldings,
Converting them into colorful musical tunes,
ஆசை மனதை
ஓர் ஆர்மோனியமாக்கி வாசித்து வாசித்து
நினைவு நாடாக்களில் ஒளி பதிவு செய்து கொள்வேன்
My longing heart,
Making it a harmonium and playing it repeatedly,
I will record it onto the audio tapes of memory.
அடியே நீ கடித்து துப்பிய
நகங்களை கூட
உன் உதட்டு முத்திரை
குத்தப்பட்ட ஸ்டாம்ப்புகளாக
நான் சேகரித்து வைத்திருக்கிறேன்
Hey girl, even the bitten nails,
That you bit and spat out,
With your lip impression,
Like stamped postage stamps,
I have collected and stored them!
காதல் கிரிக்கெட்டில் வீசுகின்ற
விழி பந்துக்களுக்கெல்லாம்
விக்கெட் விழுகிறதா என்ன
Bowled in the cricket match of love,
For all those eye-ball deliveries,
Does a wicket fall or what?
உன் பாதைகள் என்னை
பிரிந்து போனாலும்
உன் பாதங்கள் என்னவோ
நித்தமும் என்னை
முத்தமிட்டு கொண்டுதான்
இருக்கின்றன
ஓஹ் புரியவில்லையோ
Even if your paths,
Depart and go away from me,
Somehow, your feet,
Every day to me,
Keep kissing me,
Continuously!
Oh, don't you understand?
உன் வீட்டு வாசலில்
மிதியடியாய் கிடப்பது
என் உள்ளம் அல்லவோ.....
என் உள்ளம் அல்லவோ.....
At the entrance of your house,
Lying down as a doormat,
Is it not my heart?
Is it not my heart?
உன்னை எனக்கு பிடித்திருகிறது
என்னை உனக்கு பிடித்திருக்கிறதோ..... இல்லையோ
உன்னை எனக்கு பிடிக்கவே செய்கிறது
உன்னை எனக்கு பிடிக்கவே செய்கிறது
உன்னை எனக்கு பிடிக்கவே செய்கிறது
உன்னை எனக்கு பிடிக்கவே செய்கிறது
I like you.
Whether you like me or not...
I definitely like you.
I definitely like you.
I definitely like you.
I definitely like you.
Unnai enakku pidiththirukkirathu
I like you.
Ennai unakku pidiththirukkiratho….illiyo
Whether you like me or not...
Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu
I definitely like you.
Unnai enakku pidiththirukkirathu
I like you.
Ennai unakku pidiththirukkiratho….illiyo
Whether you like me or not...
Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu
I definitely like you.
Vaanaththil niram kaattum
Showing the colors of the sky,
Un vizhigal ennai paarkkaiyil mattum
Only when your eyes look at me,
Yaen…..varumaiyin niram kaattugindrana
Why do they show the color of poverty?
Unnai enakku pidiththirukkirathu
I like you.
Ennai unakku pidiththirukkiratho….illiyo
Whether you like me or not...
Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu
I definitely like you.
Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu
I definitely like you.
En vizhigalae viralgalaaga neendu
My eyes stretching out like fingers,
Un iduppu madippugalai
The folds around your waist,
Varuda ninaikkumpothu
When wanting to caress,
Un maeni veettai munthaanai kadhavaal
The house of your body, with the pallu as a door,
Moodi kolgiraayae
You close it up.
Thendralukku lanjang koduththu
Bribing the gentle breeze,
Thirakka solla maattaenaa
Won't I ask it to open it?
Thinak thinak thirakathinak aa aah aahha
Thinak thinak thirakathinak aa aah aahha
Thendralukku lanjang koduththu
Bribing the gentle breeze,
Thirakka solla maattaenaa
Won't I ask it to open it?
Unnai enakku pidiththirukkirathu
I like you.
Ennai unakku pidiththirukkiratho….illiyo
Whether you like me or not...
Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu
I definitely like you.
Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu
I definitely like you.
Adhu enna un udhadugalil
What is that on your lips?
Oru kadhakkali nadakkindrathu
Is a Kathakali dance happening there?
Adhu enna un udhadugalil
What is that on your lips?
Oru kadhakkali nadakkindrathu
Is a Kathakali dance happening there?
Vasai maariyo
Is it a shower of scoldings?
Thittu oo yes thittu
Scold me, oh yes, scold me!
Un thittukkalai
Your scoldings,
Varna mettukkalaai maattri
Converting them into colorful musical tunes,
Aasai manathai
My longing heart,
Orr harmoniyamaakki vaasiththu vaasiththu
Making it a harmonium and playing it repeatedly,
Ninaivu naadaakkalil oli padhivu seithu kolven
I will record it onto the audio tapes of memory.
Adiyae nee kadiththu thuppiya
Hey girl, even the bitten nails,
Nagangalai kooda
That you bit and spat out,
Un uhattu muththirai
With your lip impression,
Kuththappatta stampugalaaga
Like stamped postage stamps,
Naan sekariththu vaiththirukkiraen
I have collected and stored them!
Kadhal cricket-il veesugindra
Bowled in the cricket match of love,
Vizhi panthukalukellaam
For all those eye-ball deliveries,
Wicket vizhugirathaa enna
Does a wicket fall or what?
Un paadhaigal ennai
Even if your paths,
Pirinthu ponaalum
Depart and go away from me,
Un paadhangal ennavo
Somehow, your feet,
Niththamum ennai
Every day to me,
Muththamittu konduthaan
Keep kissing me,
Irukkindrana
Continuously!
Ohh puriyavillaiyo
Oh, don't you understand?
Un veettu vaasalil
At the entrance of your house,
Midhiyadiyaai kidappathu
Lying down as a doormat,
En ullam allavo….
Is it not my heart?
En ullam allavo….
Is it not my heart?
Unnai enakku pidiththirukkirathu
I like you.
Ennai unakku pidiththirukkiratho….illiyo
Whether you like me or not...
Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu
I definitely like you.
Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu
I definitely like you.
Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu
I definitely like you.
Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu
I definitely like you.
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This song from the film Agni Sakshi (1982) is a playful, romantic confession of unconditional love. The protagonist declares his unshakeable affection for his beloved, stating that regardless of whether she reciprocates or rejects his feelings, his admiration for her remains completely intact.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uvamai)
“Un maeni veettai munthaanai kadhavaal / Moodi kolgiraayae”
Compares the heroine's body to a house ('maeni veedu') and her saree drape (munthaanai) to its door.
Modern Imagery & Metaphor
“Kadhal cricket-il veesugindra / Vizhi panthukalukellaam / Wicket vizhugirathaa enna”
Compares love to a game of cricket, where her glances are bowling deliveries taking his wicket.
Simile (Uvamai)
“Nagangalai kooda / Un uhattu muththirai / Kuththappatta stampugalaaga”
Compares discarded bitten fingernails to lip-stamped postage stamps collected lovingly by a stamp collector.
Self-Deprecating Metaphor
“Un veettu vaasalil / Midhiyadiyaai kidappathu / En ullam allavo….”
Describes the lover's heart as a humble doormat ('midhiyadi') placed at her doorstep.
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Trivia
Composed by M. S. Viswanathan with lyrics by Vaali for K. Balachander's drama film 'Agni Sakshi' (1982). Sung by K. J. Yesudas, this track is famous for Vaali's contemporary 1980s pop-culture references such as cricket, postage stamp collection, harmoniums, and audio recording tapes.
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