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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
Movie name
Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven
Movie release year
2000
Lyrics added on
4 Apr 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
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Unnai kodu ennai tharuven
Idhuthaan kaadhaladi
Kanneer kodu punnagai tharuven
Idhuvum kaadhaladi
Thaalaatai ketkaadha
Oru jeevan naanamma
Thaayaagi naanpaada seyaagi
Kelamma thaalam poovae
En thol saayamma
Ennai thandhu unnai
Peruven kaadhal idhuthaanae
Unnai thandhu kanavai peruven
Kaadhal idhuthaanae
………………………..
Undhan perai endhan
Pena ezhudhum podhu
Valikaamal anbea naan ezhudhuven
Uyire undhan kangal
Kaanum kanavil kooda
Naan vandhu thaalaatu paaduven
En nizhalai yarumthaan
Mithidhu poga vidamataai
Enai killa enakaethaan
Sammadhangal tharamataai
Mookuthi nee kuthaathadi
En kanmani andha vali
Kooda ennaithaakumae
Unnnaikodu ennai tharuven
Kaadhal idhuthaanae
Kanneer kodu punnagai tharuven
Kaadhal idhuthaanae
………………………………
…………………………
Veyil kaalam vanthaal
Kannin imaigal rendai
Unakaaga kudaiyaaga maatruven
Kaatril thoosum vandhu
Undhan kannil pattaal
Poonkaatrai naan koondil yetruven
Endhan veetu thottathil
Nadanthu vandha boogambam
Boogambathin pinnaalum
Boomi mella poo pookum
Karai rendumae
Kaanatha oar neerodai naan
Anaikum anaikattu naan aagiren
Unnai kodu ennai tharuven
Idhuthaan kaadhaladi
Kanneer kodu punnagai tharuven
Idhuvum kaadhaladi
Aan oruvan thaayaana
Adhisayathai paarthenae
Kaadhaliyai thaalaatum
Kaadhalanai kandenae
Endhan aayul regai
Un kaiyilae
Unnai kodu ennai tharuven
Idhuthaan kaadhaladi
Ennai thandhu unnai
Peruven kaadhal idhuthaanae
………………………….
...
Give me yourself, and I will give you myself.
This is true love, my dear.
Give me your tears, and I will give you smiles.
This too is love, my dear.
I am a soul who has never heard
a lullaby, my dear.
As a mother, I will sing; as a child,
listen to the rhythm, my flower-like girl.
Lean on my shoulder, my dear.
Giving myself, I shall attain
you; is this not what love is?
Giving yourself, I shall gain dreams;
is this not what love is?
...
When my pen
writes your name,
I will write it gently without causing pain, my love.
My life, even in the dreams
that your eyes behold,
I will come and sing a lullaby.
You will not let anyone
step on my shadow.
Even to pinch myself, you will not give
permission to me.
Do not pierce your nose for a nose-ring,
my darling, for even that pain
would strike my own heart.
Give me yourself, and I will give you myself.
Is this not what love is?
Give me your tears, and I will give you smiles.
Is this not what love is?
...
...
When the hot summer comes,
I will turn both my eyelids
into an umbrella for you.
If dust carried by the wind
falls into your eyes,
I will lock that gentle breeze in a cage.
An earthquake that walked into
the garden of my home,
yet even after an earthquake,
the earth slowly blooms with flowers.
I was a stream that never saw
both of its banks.
I now become the dam that embraces it.
Give me yourself, and I will give you myself.
This is true love, my dear.
Give me your tears, and I will give you smiles.
This too is love, my dear.
I have seen the wonder
of a man becoming a mother.
I have seen a lover
who lulls his beloved to sleep.
The line of my lifetime
is in your hand.
Give me yourself, and I will give you myself.
This is true love, my dear.
Giving myself, I shall attain
you; is this not what love is?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

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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