L. R. Eswari and A. L. Ragavan perform ‘Ondru Irandu Ena’ from the album ‘Veettu Mappillai.’ Vaali’s lyrics and A. M. Raja’s composition create a playful duet framed around counting as a metaphor for life stages.
Ondru Irandu Ena
A. L. Ragavan | L. R. Eswari • From “Veettu Mappillai”
Ondru Irandu Ena Lyrics Translation (from “Veettu Mappillai”)
Vaali structures verses with numbered sequences like ‘get acquainted in three hundred ways,’ urging bold action. The lines ‘reach for the thoughts that rise like a river’ mirror the song’s carpe-diem urgency.
OndruOne.
Ondru Rendu EnaCounting one and two,
Ododi Parakkuthu VayathuOur youth just flies away.
Moondru Naangu EnaCounting three and four,
Munnooru Vithangalil PazhaguGet to know me in three hundred different ways.
Ondru Rendu EnaCounting one and two,
Ododi Parakkuthu VayathuOur youth just flies away.
Moondru Naangu EnaCounting three and four,
Munnooru Vithangalil PazhaguGet to know me in three hundred different ways.
Anjaatha Nenjathil Aaraaga PerugiDesires swell like a river in a fearless heart,
Ezhugira Ennathai EttuSo reach out and grasp those rising thoughts.
Onbathu Ragathil Oorugindra SilaiyaiLike a statue soaking in the nine moods of love,
Paththu Viralaale PattruHold me close with all ten fingers.
Idhuve IyarkaiThis is just nature’s way,
Sollaamal Solgindra KanakkuThe math that solves itself without a word.
Ondru Rendu EnaCounting one and two,
Ododi Parakkuthu VayathuOur youth just flies away.
Moondru Naangu EnaCounting three and four,
Munnooru Vithangalil PazhaguGet to know me in three hundred different ways.
Ondru Irandu Ena Music Video
The Ondru Irandu Ena lyrics translation positions youthful romance as natural arithmetic, blending Tamil folk rhythms with timeless advice about fleeting opportunities.