Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven
From Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven · 2000
- Lyricist
- Lyricist Not Known
- Singers
- P. Unnikrishnan, K. S. Chithra
- Music director
- S. A. Rajkumar
- Details
- Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven2000
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| ……………………………. | |
| Male | |
| Unnai kodu ennai tharuven | Give me yourself, and I will give you myself |
| Idhuthaan kaadhaladi | This is love, my dear |
| Kanneer kodu punnagai tharuven | Give me your tears, and I will give you smiles |
| Idhuvum kaadhaladi | This too is love, my dear |
| Male | |
| Thaalaatai ketkaadha | Never having heard a lullaby |
| Oru jeevan naanamma | I am a soul, my dear |
| Thaayaagi naanpaada seyaagi | As I sing like a mother, become the child |
| Kelamma thaalam poovae | And listen to the rhythm, flower-like lady |
| En thol saayamma | Lean on my shoulder, my dear |
| Female | |
| Ennai thandhu unnai | By giving myself, you |
| Peruven kaadhal idhuthaanae | I shall gain; is this not love? |
| Unnai thandhu kanavai peruven | By giving you, I shall gain a dream |
| Kaadhal idhuthaanae | Is this not love? |
| Female | |
| ……………………….. | |
| Male | |
| Undhan perai endhan | When my pen writes |
| Pena ezhudhum podhu | Your name |
| Valikaamal anbea naan ezhudhuven | I will write gently without causing pain, my love |
| Female | |
| Uyire undhan kangal | My life, even in the dream |
| Kaanum kanavil kooda | That your eyes behold |
| Naan vandhu thaalaatu paaduven | I will come and sing a lullaby |
| Male | |
| En nizhalai yarumthaan | You would not allow anyone |
| Mithidhu poga vidamataai | To step on my shadow |
| Female | |
| Enai killa enakaethaan | Even to pinch me gently |
| Sammadhangal tharamataai | You will not give permission to me |
| Male | |
| Mookuthi nee kuthaathadi | Do not pierce your nose ring, my dear |
| En kanmani andha vali | My darling, even that pain |
| Kooda ennaithaakumae | Will hurt me too |
| Female | |
| Unnnaikodu ennai tharuven | Give me yourself, and I will give you myself |
| Kaadhal idhuthaanae | Is this not love? |
| Kanneer kodu punnagai tharuven | Give me your tears, and I will give you smiles |
| Kaadhal idhuthaanae | Is this not love? |
| Male | |
| ……………………………… | |
| Female | |
| ………………………… | |
| Female | |
| Veyil kaalam vanthaal | If the summer season arrives |
| Kannin imaigal rendai | Both the eyelids of my eyes |
| Unakaaga kudaiyaaga maatruven | I will turn into an umbrella for you |
| Male | |
| Kaatril thoosum vandhu | If dust in the wind comes |
| Undhan kannil pattaal | And falls into your eyes |
| Poonkaatrai naan koondil yetruven | I will imprison the gentle breeze in a cage |
| Female | |
| Endhan veetu thottathil | An earthquake that walked into |
| Nadanthu vandha boogambam | The garden of my house |
| Male | |
| Boogambathin pinnaalum | Even after an earthquake |
| Boomi mella poo pookum | The earth slowly blooms with flowers |
| Female | |
| Karai rendumae | A stream without seeing |
| Kaanatha oar neerodai naan | Both its banks, I am |
| Male | |
| Anaikum anaikattu naan aagiren | I am becoming the dam that holds you |
| Male | |
| Unnai kodu ennai tharuven | Give me yourself, and I will give you myself |
| Idhuthaan kaadhaladi | This is love, my dear |
| Kanneer kodu punnagai tharuven | Give me your tears, and I will give you smiles |
| Idhuvum kaadhaladi | This too is love, my dear |
| Female | |
| Aan oruvan thaayaana | I witnessed the wonder |
| Adhisayathai paarthenae | Of a man becoming a mother |
| Kaadhaliyai thaalaatum | I saw a lover who sings a lullaby |
| Kaadhalanai kandenae | To his beloved |
| Female | |
| Endhan aayul regai | My lifespan line is |
| Un kaiyilae | In your hands |
| Male | |
| Unnai kodu ennai tharuven | Give me yourself, and I will give you myself |
| Idhuthaan kaadhaladi | This is love, my dear |
| Female | |
| Ennai thandhu unnai | By giving myself, you |
| Peruven kaadhal idhuthaanae | I shall gain; is this not love? |
| Female | |
| …………………………. | |
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உன்னை கொடு
என்னை தருவேன் இதுதான்
காதலடி கண்ணீர் கொடு
புன்னகை தருவேன் இதுவும்
காதலடி
Give me yourself, and I will give you myself
This is love, my dear
Give me your tears, and I will give you smiles
This too is love, my dear
தாலாட்டை கேட்காத
ஒரு ஜீவன் நானம்மா தாயாகி
நான் பாட சேயாகி கேளம்மா
தாளம் பூவே என் தோள்
சாயம்மா
Never having heard a lullaby
I am a soul, my dear
As I sing like a mother, become the child
And listen to the rhythm, flower-like lady
Lean on my shoulder, my dear
என்னை தந்து
உன்னை பெறுவேன்
காதல் இதுதானே
உன்னை தந்து கனவை
பெறுவேன் காதல் இது
தானே
By giving myself, you
I shall gain; is this not love?
By giving you, I shall gain a dream
Is this not love?
..............................
உந்தன் பேரை
எந்தன் பேனா எழுதும்
போது வலிக்காமல்
அன்பே நான் எழுதுவேன்
When my pen writes
Your name
I will write gently without causing pain, my love
உயிரே உந்தன்
கண்கள் காணும் கனவில்
கூட நான் வந்து தாலாட்டு
பாடுவேன்
My life, even in the dream
That your eyes behold
I will come and sing a lullaby
என் நிழலை யாரும்
தான் மிதித்து போக விட
மாட்டாய்
You would not allow anyone
To step on my shadow
என்னை கிள்ள
எனக்கேதான் சம்மதங்கள்
தர மாட்டாய்
Even to pinch me gently
You will not give permission to me
மூக்குத்தி நீ குத்தாதடி
என் கண்மணி அந்த வலி கூட
என்னை தாக்குமே
Do not pierce your nose ring, my dear
My darling, even that pain
Will hurt me too
உன்னை கொடு
என்னை தருவேன் காதல்
இது தானே கண்ணீர் கொடு
புன்னகை தருவேன் காதல்
இது தானே
Give me yourself, and I will give you myself
Is this not love?
Give me your tears, and I will give you smiles
Is this not love?
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வெயில் காலம்
வந்தால் கண்ணின் இமைகள்
ரெண்டை உனக்காக குடையாக
மாற்றுவேன்
காற்றில் தூசும் வந்து
உந்தன் கண்ணில் பட்டால்
பூங்காற்றை நான் கூண்டில்
ஏற்றுவேன்
If the summer season arrives
Both the eyelids of my eyes
I will turn into an umbrella for you
எந்தன் வீட்டு
தோட்டத்தில் நடந்து
வந்தா பூகம்பம்
If dust in the wind comes
And falls into your eyes
I will imprison the gentle breeze in a cage
பூகம்பத்தின்
பின்னாலும் பூமி
மெல்ல பூ பூக்கும்
An earthquake that walked into
The garden of my house
கரை ரெண்டுமே
காணாத ஓர் நீரோடை
நான்
Even after an earthquake
The earth slowly blooms with flowers
அணைக்கும்
அணைக்கட்டு நான்
ஆகிறேன்
A stream without seeing
Both its banks, I am
உன்னை கொடு
என்னை தருவேன் இதுதான்
காதலடி கண்ணீர் கொடு
புன்னகை தருவேன் இதுவும்
காதலடி
I am becoming the dam that holds you
ஆண் ஒருவன்
தாயான அதிசயத்தை
பார்த்தேனே காதலியை
தாலாட்டும் காதலனை
கண்டேனே
Give me yourself, and I will give you myself
This is love, my dear
Give me your tears, and I will give you smiles
This too is love, my dear
எந்தன் ஆயுள்
ரேகை உன் கையிலே
I witnessed the wonder
Of a man becoming a mother
I saw a lover who sings a lullaby
To his beloved
உன்னை கொடு
என்னை தருவேன்
இதுதான் காதலடி
My lifespan line is
In your hands
என்னை தந்து
உன்னை பெறுவேன்
காதல் இது தானே
Give me yourself, and I will give you myself
This is love, my dear
.................................
By giving myself, you
I shall gain; is this not love?
…………………………….
Unnai kodu ennai tharuven
Give me yourself, and I will give you myself
Idhuthaan kaadhaladi
This is love, my dear
Kanneer kodu punnagai tharuven
Give me your tears, and I will give you smiles
Idhuvum kaadhaladi
This too is love, my dear
Thaalaatai ketkaadha
Never having heard a lullaby
Oru jeevan naanamma
I am a soul, my dear
Thaayaagi naanpaada seyaagi
As I sing like a mother, become the child
Kelamma thaalam poovae
And listen to the rhythm, flower-like lady
En thol saayamma
Lean on my shoulder, my dear
Ennai thandhu unnai
By giving myself, you
Peruven kaadhal idhuthaanae
I shall gain; is this not love?
Unnai thandhu kanavai peruven
By giving you, I shall gain a dream
Kaadhal idhuthaanae
Is this not love?
………………………..
Undhan perai endhan
When my pen writes
Pena ezhudhum podhu
Your name
Valikaamal anbea naan ezhudhuven
I will write gently without causing pain, my love
Uyire undhan kangal
My life, even in the dream
Kaanum kanavil kooda
That your eyes behold
Naan vandhu thaalaatu paaduven
I will come and sing a lullaby
En nizhalai yarumthaan
You would not allow anyone
Mithidhu poga vidamataai
To step on my shadow
Enai killa enakaethaan
Even to pinch me gently
Sammadhangal tharamataai
You will not give permission to me
Mookuthi nee kuthaathadi
Do not pierce your nose ring, my dear
En kanmani andha vali
My darling, even that pain
Kooda ennaithaakumae
Will hurt me too
Unnnaikodu ennai tharuven
Give me yourself, and I will give you myself
Kaadhal idhuthaanae
Is this not love?
Kanneer kodu punnagai tharuven
Give me your tears, and I will give you smiles
Kaadhal idhuthaanae
Is this not love?
………………………………
…………………………
Veyil kaalam vanthaal
If the summer season arrives
Kannin imaigal rendai
Both the eyelids of my eyes
Unakaaga kudaiyaaga maatruven
I will turn into an umbrella for you
Kaatril thoosum vandhu
If dust in the wind comes
Undhan kannil pattaal
And falls into your eyes
Poonkaatrai naan koondil yetruven
I will imprison the gentle breeze in a cage
Endhan veetu thottathil
An earthquake that walked into
Nadanthu vandha boogambam
The garden of my house
Boogambathin pinnaalum
Even after an earthquake
Boomi mella poo pookum
The earth slowly blooms with flowers
Karai rendumae
A stream without seeing
Kaanatha oar neerodai naan
Both its banks, I am
Anaikum anaikattu naan aagiren
I am becoming the dam that holds you
Unnai kodu ennai tharuven
Give me yourself, and I will give you myself
Idhuthaan kaadhaladi
This is love, my dear
Kanneer kodu punnagai tharuven
Give me your tears, and I will give you smiles
Idhuvum kaadhaladi
This too is love, my dear
Aan oruvan thaayaana
I witnessed the wonder
Adhisayathai paarthenae
Of a man becoming a mother
Kaadhaliyai thaalaatum
I saw a lover who sings a lullaby
Kaadhalanai kandenae
To his beloved
Endhan aayul regai
My lifespan line is
Un kaiyilae
In your hands
Unnai kodu ennai tharuven
Give me yourself, and I will give you myself
Idhuthaan kaadhaladi
This is love, my dear
Ennai thandhu unnai
By giving myself, you
Peruven kaadhal idhuthaanae
I shall gain; is this not love?
………………………….
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven is a soulful romantic duet that celebrates the concept of selfless exchange and protective love between two soulmates. The song depicts lovers who willingly trade tears for smiles, shield one another from every minor distress, and find a profound maternal tenderness in each other's affection. Through poetic imagery of eyelids serving as umbrellas and gentle breeze being caged for protection, the song illustrates how true love turns life's disruptions into moments of flowering beauty and eternal devotion.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Kanneer kodu punnagai tharuven”
Exchanging tears for smiles serves as a metaphor for selfless emotional exchange and mutual healing in love.
Hyperbole
“Kannin imaigal rendai / Unakaaga kudaiyaaga maatruven”
Exaggerating the ability to transform eyelids into an umbrella to protect the beloved from summer heat.
Role Reversal / Metaphor
“Aan oruvan thaayaana / Adhisayathai paarthenae”
Comparing a male lover's deep care to maternal affection, describing a man fulfilling the role of a mother.
Alliteration (Monai)
“Boogambathin pinnaalum / Boomi mella poo pookum”
Repetition of the initial 'B/P' sound across consecutive lines creating poetic harmony.
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Trivia
The song is the title track from the 2000 Tamil romantic drama film 'Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven' starring Ajith Kumar and Simran. The soundtrack was composed by SA Rajkumar, known for his signature melodic duets in the late 1990s and early 2000s Tamil cinema.
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