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Unnai Enakku Pidiththirukirathu

From Agni Sakshi · 1982

Lyricist
Vaali
Singer
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Music director
M. S. Vishwanathan
Movie name
Agni Sakshi
Movie release year
1982
Lyrics added on
23 Dec 2021

Lyrics & meaning

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↻ English translation
Unnai enakku pidiththirukkirathu
Ennai unakku pidiththirukkiratho….illiyo
Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu
Unnai enakku pidiththirukkirathu
Ennai unakku pidiththirukkiratho….illiyo
Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu
Vaanaththil niram kaattum
Un vizhigal ennai paarkkaiyil mattum
Yaen…..varumaiyin niram kaattugindrana
Unnai enakku pidiththirukkirathu
Ennai unakku pidiththirukkiratho….illiyo
Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu
Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu
En vizhigalae viralgalaaga neendu
Un iduppu madippugalai
Varuda ninaikkumpothu
Un maeni veettai munthaanai kadhavaal
Moodi kolgiraayae
Thendralukku lanjang koduththu
Thirakka solla maattaenaa
Thinak thinak thirakathinak aa aah aahha
Thendralukku lanjang koduththu
Thirakka solla maattaenaa
Unnai enakku pidiththirukkirathu
Ennai unakku pidiththirukkiratho….illiyo
Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu
Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu
Adhu enna un udhadugalil
Oru kadhakkali nadakkindrathu
Adhu enna un udhadugalil
Oru kadhakkali nadakkindrathu
Vasai maariyo
Thittu oo yes thittu
Un thittukkalai
Varna mettukkalaai maattri
Aasai manathai
Orr harmoniyamaakki vaasiththu vaasiththu
Ninaivu naadaakkalil oli padhivu seithu kolven
Adiyae nee kadiththu thuppiya
Nagangalai kooda
Un uhattu muththirai
Kuththappatta stampugalaaga
Naan sekariththu vaiththirukkiraen
Kadhal cricket-il veesugindra
Vizhi panthukalukellaam
Wicket vizhugirathaa enna
Un paadhaigal ennai
Pirinthu ponaalum
Un paadhangal ennavo
Niththamum ennai
Muththamittu konduthaan
Irukkindrana
Ohh puriyavillaiyo
Un veettu vaasalil
Midhiyadiyaai kidappathu
En ullam allavo….
En ullam allavo….
Unnai enakku pidiththirukkirathu
Ennai unakku pidiththirukkiratho….illiyo
Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu
Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu
Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu
Unnai enakku pidikkavey seigirathu
I really like you
Whether you like me or not...
I just can't help liking you
I really like you
Whether you like me or not...
I just can't help liking you
Full of bright colors like the sky,
why is it that only when your eyes look at me,
they show the bleak color of poverty?
I really like you
Whether you like me or not...
I just can't help liking you
I just can't help liking you
When my eyes stretch out like fingers
and long to stroke
the curves of your waist,
you shut the house of your body
with the door of your sari pallu!
Won't I bribe the gentle breeze
and tell it to open the door?
Dhina dhinak thirghadhinak aa aah aahh
Won't I bribe the gentle breeze
and tell it to open the door...?
I really like you
Whether you like me or not...
I just can't help liking you
I just can't help liking you
What is that on your lips—
is a Kathakali dance happening there?
What is that on your lips—
is a Kathakali dance happening there?
Is it a shower of curses?
Scold me, oh yes, scold me!
Turning your scoldings
into colorful musical tunes,
making my longing heart a harmonium
and playing it again and again,
I will record them on the tapes of my memory!
Hey girl, even the nails
that you bit and spat out,
like postage stamps
sealed with the mark of your lips,
I have collected and kept!
In this cricket match of love,
for every ball bowled by your eyes,
does a wicket fall every single time?
Even if your paths
part away from me,
your feet somehow
are always
kissing me
day after day.
Oh, you didn't understand?
Lying at your doorstep
as a doormat,
isn't that my very heart...?
Isn't that my very heart...?
I really like you
Whether you like me or not...
I just can't help liking you
I just can't help liking you
I just can't help liking you
I just can't help liking you
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

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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