“Idhudhan Engal Ulagam” from the album Mask features artists G. V. Prakash and Andrea Jeremiah. The song, starring Kavin, begins with lyrics from Kaber Vasuki about a “mask of discipline” vanishing at night. This introduces a world of shadow-dwelling creatures with their own rules.
Released: November 12, 2025
Idhudhan Engal Ulagam
Andrea Jeremiah | G. V. Prakash • From “Mask”
Mask’s Idhudhan Engal Ulagam Lyrics Translation
The lyrics challenge listeners by asking what light is without darkness. Another section describes a hunter who becomes intoxicated by the gaze of the woman he pursued. This shows a place where accepted power dynamics are completely inverted.
Raththiri Attam Vilangu KoottamA dance in the night, a pack of wild things
Paravasam Thedum ThilaiththidumSearching for ecstasy, they revel and overflow
Velichththil Podum Ozhukka VeshamThe mask of discipline worn in the light
Iruttinil Mella MarainthidumSlowly melts away in the darkness
Idhuthan Engal UlagamThis is our world
Vidiyalil KaraiyumIt dissolves with the dawn
Nizhal Vazhum Mirugangal ThiriyumWhere shadow-dwelling creatures wander
Idhuthan Engal UlagamThis is our world
Veruppathu SulabamIt’s easy to hate
Irul Illai Endraal Edhu VelichamBut without darkness, what is light?
Iravinil AttamA dance at night
Pagalinil ThookkamSleep in the day
Pagalinil ThookkamSleep in the day
Iravinil AttamA dance at night
Mudivil MudivilIn the very end
Thuvakkam ThuvangumA beginning will start
Thuruvam IrandumWhen the two poles
Inaiya InikkumMeet, it is sweet
Samaikka SuvaikkaTo prepare and to taste
Irulthean SurakkumThe nectar of darkness flows
Idhzhgal InaiyaWhen lips come together
Anaiththum AdangumEverything surrenders
Thee Vasanja AdaichuStuffed with the scent of fire
En Manaso ParuththiMy heart is like cotton
Adhai Poova Koluththi Yei YeiSet alight like a flower, hey hey
Angaiyum Ingaiyum AsaiyuthuIt sways here and there
Anjadi Kilo Manthira ManganiA five-kilo magical mango
Enthanin Sinthaiyil KalanguthuStirring up my thoughts
Koovura Sevalil Maththala KatcheriA crowing rooster becomes a drum concert
Manvizhi Thediya VeduvanThe hunter who sought the deer-eyed one
Thannai Kangalil Bodhaiyil AduranNow dances, intoxicated by her eyes
Oru Panthaya Kuthira Vatta KulaththilA racehorse in a circular pond
Kundu Mani Kandu PayuthamLeaps at the sight of a tiny bead
Aval Indhira Logaththil IlavarasiShe is a princess from Indra’s realm
Manthira Jalaththil VizhiyarasiA queen of gazes in a world of magic
Mannavan Manamum BothaikkullaguthuThe king’s mind too falls into intoxication
Mangala Madhuvin Madi ThazhuviEmbraced in the auspicious maiden’s lap
Iravinil AttamA dance at night
Iravinil AttamA dance at night
Pagalinil ThookkamSleep in the day
Pagalinil ThookkamSleep in the day
Iravinil AttamA dance at night
Iravinil AttamA dance at night
Pagalinil ThookkamSleep in the day
Pagalinil ThookkamSleep in the day
Iravinil AttamA dance at night
Pagalinil ThookkamSleep in the day
Pagalinil ThookkamSleep in the day
Iravinil AttamA dance at night
Iravinil AttamA dance at night
Pagalinil ThookkamSleep in the day
Pagalinil ThookkamSleep in the day
Raththiri AttamA dance in the night
Pagalinil ThookkamSleep in the day
Idhuthan Engal UlagamThis is our world
Engal UlagamOur world
Raththiri AttamA dance in the night
Raththiri AttamA dance in the night
Raththiri AttamA dance in the night
Mudivil Mudi Mudi MudivilIn the very, very end
Mudivil MudivilIn the very end
Thuvakkam ThuvangumA beginning will start
Thuruvan IrandumWhen the two poles
Iniya InikkumMeet, it is sweet
Samaikka SuvaikkaTo prepare and to taste
Irulthean SurakkumThe nectar of darkness flows
Idhzhgal InaiyaWhen lips come together
Anaiththum AdangumEverything surrenders
Idhuthan Engal UlagamThis is our world
Vidiyalil KaraiyumIt dissolves with the dawn
Nizhal Vazhum Mirugangal ThiriyumWhere shadow-dwelling creatures wander
Idhuthan Engal UlagamThis is our world
Veruppathu SulabamIt’s easy to hate
Irul Illai Endraal Edhu VelichamBut without darkness, what is light?
Idhuthan Engal UlagamThis is our world
Vidiyalil KaraiyumIt dissolves with the dawn
Nizhal Vazhum Mirugangal ThiriyumWhere shadow-dwelling creatures wander
Idhuthan Engal UlagamThis is our world
Veruppathu SulabamIt’s easy to hate
Irul Illai Endraal Edhu VelichamBut without darkness, what is light?
Idhudhan Engal Ulagam Music Video
The song presents this nocturnal life as a balanced counterpart to the day. Its inhabitants follow a simple reverse schedule of “play at night, sleep during the day.” The meaning of the ‘Idhudhan Engal Ulagam’ lyrics is a clear defense of an alternate, instinct-driven existence.