Aagayam Thaayaga
From Yaadhumaagi Nindraai · 2017
- Lyricist
- Kabilan
- Singer
- Sid Sriram
- Music directors
- Ashwin, Vinayagamoorthy
- Details
- Yaadhumaagi Nindraai2017
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Chorus | |
| Aahaa..haaa…aahaa..haaa… | Aahaa..haaa…aahaa..haaa… |
| Aahaa..haaa…aahaahh.. | Aahaa..haaa…aahaahh.. |
| Male | |
| Aagayam thaaiyaaga | With the sky as a mother, |
| Nee naanum seiyaaga | And you and I as children, |
| Nam kaadhal aarariro | Our love is a lullaby. |
| Male | |
| Kannodu kankoosa | Eye to eye, dazzled, |
| Kaatrodu kaiveesa | Waving hands with the wind, |
| Nam kaadhal theeradhadho | Is our love unending? |
| Male | |
| Aadhaamum evaal | Words that Adam and Eve |
| Pesaadha varthai | Never spoke, |
| Kadhodu nam pesalaam | Let us whisper into each other's ears. |
| Male | |
| Poovodu thaenaai | Like honey in a flower, |
| Neerodu meenaai | Like a fish in water, |
| Ondraaga nam vazhalaam | Let us live together as one. |
| Male | |
| Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo | Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo |
| Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo | Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo |
| Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo | Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo |
| Male | |
| Theeradha thaagam | An unquenchable thirst, |
| Theeyaghum bodhu | When it becomes a fire, |
| Kaadhalthaan kaappaatrumaa.. | Will love alone save us? |
| Neeyaaga thaanae | On your own, |
| Naanaagi ponen | I became you, |
| Kaadhalthaan yematrumaa… | Will love cheat us? |
| Male | |
| Tholodu thol saayum | When shoulder rests on shoulder, |
| Nerathil nam kaadhal | Does our love |
| Iravum pagalum urangidumaa.. | Sleep day and night? |
| Male | |
| Neeyillaa dhoorathai | A distance without you, |
| Eppodhum en paadham | Will my feet always |
| Thaniyaai thaniyaai | All alone, all alone, |
| Kadandhidumaa..ohoo… | Cross it over? Ohoo... |
| Male | |
| Manakulathinil thannaalae | Inside the mind's pond, by itself, |
| Mazhai pozhiyudhu unnaalae | It rains because of you. |
| Iru idhazhinil thalai | On two lips, to dry |
| Thuvattida vaa | My head, come! |
| Male | |
| Iruvarum padhil sollaamal | Without either of us answering, |
| Idaiveligalae illaamal | Without any distance between us, |
| Irundhida edhu | What could stand in the way |
| Vazhi marithidumo..ohoo | To block our path? Ohoo... |
| Ahaaa..ohoooo..oo | Ahaaa..ohoooo..oo |
| Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo | Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo |
| Male | |
| Aagayam thaaiyaaga | With the sky as a mother, |
| Nee naanum seiyaaga | And you and I as children, |
| Nam kaadhal aarariro | Our love is a lullaby. |
| Aararirooo… | Lullaby... |
| Male | |
| Kannodu kankoosa | Eye to eye, dazzled, |
| Kaatrodu kaiveesa | Waving hands with the wind, |
| Nam kaadhal theeradhadho | Is our love unending? |
| Male | |
| Aadhaamum evaal | Words that Adam and Eve |
| Pesaadha varthai | Never spoke, |
| Kadhodu nam pesalaam | Let us whisper into each other's ears. |
| Pesalammm… | Let us speak... |
| Male | |
| Poovodu thaenaai | Like honey in a flower, |
| Neerodu meenaai | Like a fish in water, |
| Ondraaga nam vazhalaam..ohoo. | Let us live together as one..ohoo. |
| Male | |
| Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo | Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo |
| Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo | Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo |
| Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo | Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo |
ஆஹா ஹா
ஆஹா ஹா ஆஹா
ஹா ஆஹா
Aahaa..haaa…aahaa..haaa…
Aahaa..haaa…aahaahh..
ஆகாயம்
தாயாக நீ நானும்
சேயாக நம் காதல்
ஆராரிரோ
With the sky as a mother,
And you and I as children,
Our love is a lullaby.
கண்ணோடு
கண்கூச காற்றோடு
கைவீச நம் காதல்
தீராததோ
Eye to eye, dazzled,
Waving hands with the wind,
Is our love unending?
ஆதாமும்
ஏவாள் பேசாத
வார்த்தை காதோடு
நாம் பேசலாம்
Words that Adam and Eve
Never spoke,
Let us whisper into each other's ears.
பூவோடு தேனாய்
நீரோடு மீனாய் ஒன்றாக
நாம் வாழலாம்
Like honey in a flower,
Like a fish in water,
Let us live together as one.
ஓஹோ ஓ
ஓஹோ ஹோ
ஓஹோ ஓ ஓஹோ
ஹோ ஓஹோ ஓ
ஓஹோ ஹோ
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
தீராத தாகம்
தீயாகும் போது காதல்
தான் காப்பாற்றுமா
நீயாக தானே நானாகி
போனேன் காதல் தான்
ஏமாற்றுமா
An unquenchable thirst,
When it becomes a fire,
Will love alone save us?
On your own,
I became you,
Will love cheat us?
தோளோடு
தோள் சாயும் நேரத்தில்
நம் காதல் இரவும் பகலும்
உறங்கிடுமா
When shoulder rests on shoulder,
Does our love
Sleep day and night?
நீயில்லா தூரத்தை
எப்போதும் என் பாதம்
தனியாய் தனியாய்
கடந்திடுமா ஓஹோ
A distance without you,
Will my feet always
All alone, all alone,
Cross it over? Ohoo...
மனக்குளத்தினில்
தன்னாலே மழை பொழியுது
உன்னாலே இரு இதழினில்
தலை துவட்டிட வா
Inside the mind's pond, by itself,
It rains because of you.
On two lips, to dry
My head, come!
இருவரும் பதில்
சொல்லாமல் இடைவெளிகளே
இல்லாமல் இருந்திட எது வழி
மரித்திடுமோ ஓஹோ ஆஹா
ஓஹோ ஓ ஓஹோ ஓ ஓஹோ
ஹோ
Without either of us answering,
Without any distance between us,
What could stand in the way
To block our path? Ohoo...
Ahaaa..ohoooo..oo
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
ஆகாயம்
தாயாக நீ நானும்
சேயாக நம் காதல்
ஆராரிரோ
With the sky as a mother,
And you and I as children,
Our love is a lullaby.
Lullaby...
கண்ணோடு
கண்கூச காற்றோடு
கைவீச நம் காதல்
தீராததோ
Eye to eye, dazzled,
Waving hands with the wind,
Is our love unending?
ஆதாமும்
ஏவாள் பேசாத
வார்த்தை காதோடு
நாம் பேசலாம்
Words that Adam and Eve
Never spoke,
Let us whisper into each other's ears.
Let us speak...
பூவோடு தேனாய்
நீரோடு மீனாய் ஒன்றாக
நாம் வாழலாம் ஓஹோ
Like honey in a flower,
Like a fish in water,
Let us live together as one..ohoo.
ஓஹோ ஓ
ஓஹோ ஹோ
ஓஹோ ஓ ஓஹோ
ஹோ ஓஹோ ஓ
ஓஹோ ஹோ
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
Aahaa..haaa…aahaa..haaa…
Aahaa..haaa…aahaa..haaa…
Aahaa..haaa…aahaahh..
Aahaa..haaa…aahaahh..
Aagayam thaaiyaaga
With the sky as a mother,
Nee naanum seiyaaga
And you and I as children,
Nam kaadhal aarariro
Our love is a lullaby.
Kannodu kankoosa
Eye to eye, dazzled,
Kaatrodu kaiveesa
Waving hands with the wind,
Nam kaadhal theeradhadho
Is our love unending?
Aadhaamum evaal
Words that Adam and Eve
Pesaadha varthai
Never spoke,
Kadhodu nam pesalaam
Let us whisper into each other's ears.
Poovodu thaenaai
Like honey in a flower,
Neerodu meenaai
Like a fish in water,
Ondraaga nam vazhalaam
Let us live together as one.
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
Theeradha thaagam
An unquenchable thirst,
Theeyaghum bodhu
When it becomes a fire,
Kaadhalthaan kaappaatrumaa..
Will love alone save us?
Neeyaaga thaanae
On your own,
Naanaagi ponen
I became you,
Kaadhalthaan yematrumaa…
Will love cheat us?
Tholodu thol saayum
When shoulder rests on shoulder,
Nerathil nam kaadhal
Does our love
Iravum pagalum urangidumaa..
Sleep day and night?
Neeyillaa dhoorathai
A distance without you,
Eppodhum en paadham
Will my feet always
Thaniyaai thaniyaai
All alone, all alone,
Kadandhidumaa..ohoo…
Cross it over? Ohoo...
Manakulathinil thannaalae
Inside the mind's pond, by itself,
Mazhai pozhiyudhu unnaalae
It rains because of you.
Iru idhazhinil thalai
On two lips, to dry
Thuvattida vaa
My head, come!
Iruvarum padhil sollaamal
Without either of us answering,
Idaiveligalae illaamal
Without any distance between us,
Irundhida edhu
What could stand in the way
Vazhi marithidumo..ohoo
To block our path? Ohoo...
Ahaaa..ohoooo..oo
Ahaaa..ohoooo..oo
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
Aagayam thaaiyaaga
With the sky as a mother,
Nee naanum seiyaaga
And you and I as children,
Nam kaadhal aarariro
Our love is a lullaby.
Aararirooo…
Lullaby...
Kannodu kankoosa
Eye to eye, dazzled,
Kaatrodu kaiveesa
Waving hands with the wind,
Nam kaadhal theeradhadho
Is our love unending?
Aadhaamum evaal
Words that Adam and Eve
Pesaadha varthai
Never spoke,
Kadhodu nam pesalaam
Let us whisper into each other's ears.
Pesalammm…
Let us speak...
Poovodu thaenaai
Like honey in a flower,
Neerodu meenaai
Like a fish in water,
Ondraaga nam vazhalaam..ohoo.
Let us live together as one..ohoo.
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
Ohoo..oo…ohoo..hoo
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
The song 'Yaadhumaagi Nindraai' is a deeply romantic track expressing the intimate bond and spiritual togetherness of two lovers. The lyricist draws poetic imagery from nature, framing the boundless sky as a maternal guardian and love as an eternal lullaby. By referencing Adam and Eve, the song evokes a sense of primordial, unspoken affection that transcends time, comparing their ideal union to honey within a flower and a fish within water. As the verses unfold, the track explores emotional vulnerability—questioning whether love can shield them through life's burning thirsts and solitude, while celebrating the intense warmth of physical and emotional proximity.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Aagayam thaaiyaaga”
Compares the sky to a protective mother ('Aagayam thaaiyaaga') and love to a soothing lullaby ('Nam kaadhal aarariro').
Simile (Uvamai)
“Poovodu thaenaai / Neerodu meenaai”
Compares the togetherness of the lovers to natural elements that exist seamlessly together: honey inside a blossom and a fish in water.
Alliteration (Moonaai)
“Theeradha thaagam / Theeyaghum bodhu”
Repetition of initial consonants 'Th' in 'Theeradha' and 'Theeyaghum'.
Allusion
“Aadhaamum evaal”
References the biblical first humans, Adam and Eve ('Aadhaamum evaal'), to symbolize timeless and pristine love.
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Trivia
The phrase 'Yaadhumaagi Nindraai' originates from Mahakavi Subramania Bharati's famous Tamil poem, which translates to 'You stand as everything'. The song comes from the 2017 Tamil film of the same title, featuring lyrics written by Kabilan.
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