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Daavu

From Saregama Tamil · 2024

Lyricist
Velan Udhayakumar
Singer
Nilukshan Yogeshwaran
Music director
Nilukshan Yogeshwaran
Movie name
Saregama Tamil
Movie release year
2024
Lyrics added on
6 May 2026

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Life-ey
Ennenna pesittaa
Ena vex-ah maathittaa
Ava vittaa vaadi
Ponavan poguren
Hey
Venaandaa love match-uh
Athu same side goal machi
Ada venam indha
Modhale thaangala
Ava pesa pesa aasa patten
Chat-ah pottu thookkam ketten
Nee than vaazhkka koatta vitten
Daavu
Athu kannu full-ah novu
Adha kandukkaadha podhu
Ava enna kaavu koduthu puttaa
Daavu
Ava enna konnaa novu
Adha panna panna saavu
En love-ah senji sedhachi putaa
Yen nozhainjaa
Dhinam yen nerainjaa
Avadhaan tholainjaa
Adi vaanguren naan
Poganumaa
Manam maaranum dhaan
Sonna kaaranam dhaan
Veri aakkudhadaa
Kanna moodi kadhara vittaa
Manna pola sedhara vittaa
Ava pesa pesa aasa patten
Chat-ah pottu thookkam ketten
Nee than vaazhkka koatta vitten
Daavu
Athu kannu full-ah novu
Adha kandukkaadha podhu
Ava enna kaavu koduthu puttaa
Daavu
Ava enna konnaa novu
Adha panna panna saavu
En love-ah senji sedhachi putaa
Oh, this life!
Look at all the things she said,
She completely frustrated me.
Left behind by her, all withered,
I am just walking away broken.
Hey!
I don't want this love game, bro,
It's an own goal, man!
Oh, I don't want this,
I can't take this conflict anymore.
The more she spoke, the more I longed for her,
Texting all night, I lost my sleep,
Believing you were my whole life, I blew it all!
Falling in love...
It is just pain filling my eyes.
When she simply didn't care,
She sacrificed me without a second thought.
Falling in love...
When she hurts me, it is sheer pain,
As she keeps doing it, it feels like death.
She tore my love apart and wrecked it completely!
Why did she ever enter my life?
Why did she fill all my days?
She is the one who vanished,
Yet I am the one taking all the hits.
Did she really have to leave?
My heart needs to move on, yes,
But the reason she gave...
...is driving me crazy, bro!
She left me closing my eyes and crying in pain,
She scattered me like dust on the ground.
The more she spoke, the more I longed for her,
Texting all night, I lost my sleep,
Believing you were my whole life, I blew it all!
Falling in love...
It is just pain filling my eyes.
When she simply didn't care,
She sacrificed me without a second thought.
Falling in love...
When she hurts me, it is sheer pain,
As she keeps doing it, it feels like death.
She tore my love apart and wrecked it completely!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song portrays the raw emotional aftermath of a heartbreak, blending modern slang with deep sorrow. The protagonist laments how falling in love and spending late nights chatting ultimately led to betrayal and emotional devastation. He feels sacrificed and discarded, comparing the painful experience of dating to scoring an own goal.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

“Athu same side goal machi”

Compares an unrequited or toxic love relationship to an 'own goal' (same side goal) in sports, signifying self-inflicted harm.

Simile

“Manna pola sedhara vittaa”

Uses 'pola' (like) to compare the shattered emotional state of the speaker to sand scattered across the ground.

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Trivia

Released by Saregama Tamil in 2024, 'Daavu' is an independent Tamil track composed and sung by Nilukshan Yogeshwaran with lyrics penned by Velan Udhayakumar.

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