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Adi Penne Song Lyrics – Dad’s Love – Stephen Zechariah

From Naam Tamil Series · 2020

Lyricist
T Suriavelan
Singer
Stephen Zechariah
Music director
Stephen Zechariah
Details
Naam Tamil Series2020

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Male
AarirararooLullaby chant (Aarirararoo)
AarirararooLullaby chant (Aarirararoo)
AaariraarooLullaby chant (Aaariraaroo)
Nee yaaro naan yaaroWho are you, and who am I?
Male
AarirararooLullaby chant (Aarirararoo)
AarirararooLullaby chant (Aarirararoo)
AaariraarooLullaby chant (Aaariraaroo)
Nee yaaro naan yaaroWho are you, and who am I?
Male
Adi pennae oru murai nee sirithaalOh girl, if you smile just once
En nenjin ullae mazhai adikkumIt rains inside my heart
Adi pennae oru murai nee sirithaalOh girl, if you smile just once
En nenjin ullae mazhai adikkumIt rains inside my heart
Male
Nee iraval uyiraAre you a borrowed life?
Uravin veyilaThe warmth of relationship's sunshine?
Mazhaiyin vaasam neeyadiYou are the scent of rain, my girl
Nee kavithai mozhiyaAre you the language of poetry?
Kavingnan vazhiyaThe path of a poet?
Uyirin swasam neeyadiYou are the breath of life, my girl
Male
Unnodu naanum vaazhaTo live together with you
Unnodu naanum saagaTo die together with you
Un madi saayavaShall I rest on your lap?
Un madi saayavaShall I rest on your lap?
Male
Unnodu naanum vaazhaTo live together with you
Unnodu naanum saagaTo die together with you
Un madi saayavaShall I rest on your lap?
Un madi saayavaShall I rest on your lap?
Male
Oh unadhu sirippinilOh, in your smile
Sidharum azhaginaiThe beauty that scatters
Pookkal rasithae vaasam pirandhathoDid flowers admire it and give birth to fragrance?
Enadhu piraviyin artham unaravaeTo realize the purpose of my birth
Unnai enadhu vazhvil thandhathoDid destiny give you to my life?
Male
Iruvar vaazhum ulagilaeIn a world where two people live
Unnai anaithu kolven uyirilaeI will embrace you into my very soul
Iravil theeyum nilavilaeIn the night and the burning moon
Naam sernthu vaazhvom arugilaeWe shall live together side by side
Male
Adi unnodu vaazhum ovvoru naalumOh, every day I live with you
Iragai pola parakkirenI fly like a feather
Naan unnodu vaazhum nodiyil yenoWhy is it that in the moments I live with you
Meendum oru murai pirakkirenI am born once again?
Male
Unnodu naanum vaazhaTo live together with you
Unnodu naanum saagaTo die together with you
Un madi saayavaShall I rest on your lap?
Un madi saayavaShall I rest on your lap?
Male
Unnodu naanum vaazhaTo live together with you
Unnodu naanum saagaTo die together with you
Un madi saayavaShall I rest on your lap?
Un madi saayavaShall I rest on your lap?
Male
Adi pennae oru murai nee sirithaalOh girl, if you smile just once
En nenjin ullae mazhai adikkumIt rains inside my heart
Adi pennae oru murai nee sirithaalOh girl, if you smile just once
En nenjin ullae mazhai adikkumIt rains inside my heart

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

This emotional song from the Singaporean Tamil series 'Naam' (2020) explores deep affection, companionship, and devotion. Beginning with a soothing lullaby refrain ('Aarirararoo'), the singer ponders how two strangers came together to form an inseparable bond. The beloved's smile brings overwhelming joy, likened to rain showering inside the heart and flowers gaining fragrance from her beauty. The protagonist expresses a desire to share life's entire journey—living together, dying together, and finding solace resting on the beloved's lap, while feeling reborn with every shared moment.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagamm)

En nenjin ullae mazhai adikkum

Describing feelings of affection as rain inside the heart ('En nenjin ullae mazhai adikkum') and the lover as the breath of life ('Uyirin swasam neeyadi').

Simile (Uvamai)

Iragai pola parakkiren

Comparing the feeling of happiness and lightness when living with the beloved to a feather flying ('Iragai pola parakkiren').

Anaphora / Emonai

Unnodu naanum vaazha / Unnodu naanum saaga

Repetition of initial words ('Unnodu naanum') across adjacent lines for rhythmic effect and emotional emphasis.

Rhyme (Edhukai)

Unnodu naanum vaazha / Unnodu naanum saaga

Syllabic rhyming of 'vaazha' and 'saaga' creating a harmonious lyric flow.

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Trivia

'Naam' is a highly acclaimed Singaporean Tamil indie series produced by 360 Entertainment Productions and directed by T Suriavelan. Songs from this series, particularly 'Adi Pennae', became major viral hits across Tamil diaspora communities worldwide and garnered tens of millions of views on YouTube.

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