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Lyrics & meaning

I Love You

From Vedan · 1993

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singers
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra
Music director
Deva
Movie name
Vedan
Movie release year
1993
Lyrics added on
3 Jun 2021

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
I love you i loveyou i love you
I love you i loveyou i love you
I love you
Female :En kadhalaa meendum nee sollaiyaa
Male :I love you
Female :En kadhugal ketpathu unmaiyaa
Male :I love you
Naan pooththathu indruthaan illaiyaa
Male :I love you
Female :I love you sweet heart
I love you sweet heart
Male :I love you
En kadhalaa meendum nee sollaiyaa
Male :I love you
Female :En kadhugal ketpathu unmaiyaa
Kanni pennin kannaadi maeni
Un kann theenda udaigindrathu
Male :Kangal theenda udaigindra maeni
En kai theenda uruvaanathu
Kanni pennin kannaadi maeni
Un kann theenda udaigindrathu
Male :Kangal theenda udaigindra maeni
En kai theenda uruvaanathu
Rendu sooriyan unthan kangal allavaa
Male :Nooru vennilaa intha penmai allavaa
Male :I love you darling
Female :I love you sweet heart
Male :I love you
En kadhalaa meendum nee sollaiyaa
Male :I love you
Female :En kadhugal ketpathu unmaiyaa
………………
Female :……………..
Vaanil yaeri nam kadhal paadi
Intha bhoomikku sonnaal enna
Male :Innum konjam vinn meedhu yari
Antha saamikku sonnaal enna
Vaanil yaeri nam kadhal paadi
Intha bhoomikku sonnaal enna
Male :Innum konjam vinn meedhu yari
Antha saamikku sonnaal enna
Maalai soodiyae thanga thaali kattungal
Male :Mannil pookkalae konjam kaigal thattungal
Female :I love you sweet heart
Male :I love you darling
Female :I love you
En kadhilae thenalai paainthathaa
Female :I love you
Male :En kaigalil pournami saainthathaa
Female :I love you
Male :Un vaai mozhi vaan varai kettathaa
Female :I love you
I love you darling
Female :I love you sweet heart
Male :I love you sweet heart
Female :I love you darling
I love you darling
Female :I love you sweet heart
Male :I love you sweet heart
Female :I love you sweet heart….
I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you
Female: My love, won't you say it again?
Male: I love you
Female: Is what my ears are hearing real?
Male: I love you
Didn't I truly blossom only today?
Male: I love you
Female: I love you, sweetheart
I love you, sweetheart
Male: I love you
My love, won't you say it again?
Male: I love you
Female: Is what my ears are hearing real?
A young girl's glass-like body
shatters when your eyes touch it
Male: The body that shatters at the glance of eyes
is remade when my hands touch it
A young girl's glass-like body
shatters when your eyes touch it
Male: The body that shatters at the glance of eyes
is remade when my hands touch it
Aren't your eyes like two blazing suns?
Male: Isn't your feminine grace like a hundred bright moons?
Male: I love you, darling
Female: I love you, sweetheart
Male: I love you
My love, won't you say it again?
Male: I love you
Female: Is what my ears are hearing real?
...
Female: ...
Climbing into the sky and singing of our love,
what if we tell it to this earth?
Male: Climbing a little higher into the heavens,
what if we tell God above?
Climbing into the sky and singing of our love,
what if we tell it to this earth?
Male: Climbing a little higher into the heavens,
what if we tell God above?
Garland me and tie the golden thali (sacred wedding thread)!
Male: Oh flowers of the earth, clap your hands for us!
Female: I love you, sweetheart
Male: I love you, darling
Female: I love you
Did a wave of honey rush into my ears?
Female: I love you
Male: Has the full moon rested in my arms?
Female: I love you
Male: Did the words from your lips reach the sky?
Female: I love you
I love you, darling
Female: I love you, sweetheart
Male: I love you, sweetheart
Female: I love you, darling
I love you, darling
Female: I love you, sweetheart
Male: I love you, sweetheart
Female: I love you, sweetheart...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This playful duet from the 1993 movie Vedan depicts two lovers rejoicing in their affection for each other. The song opens with conversational repetitions of the phrase 'I love you', as the woman repeatedly seeks reassurance and marvels at how her world feels renewed and blossomed upon hearing his feelings.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Uvamai (Metaphor/Simile)

Kanni pennin kannaadi maeni

Comparing a young woman's delicate physique to glass ('kannaadi maeni') and her womanhood to a hundred full moons ('nooru vennilaa').

Ushuyarvu Navorchi (Hyperbole)

Innum konjam vinn meedhu yari Antha saamikku sonnaal enna

Exaggerating the power of a gaze to shatter a body like glass, and suggesting their love song should be heard directly by God in the heavens.

Edhukai (Second Letter Rhyme)

Kanni pennin kannaadi maeni / Kangal theenda udaigindra maeni

Rhyming patterns using matching second consonants across lines, such as 'Kanni' and 'Kangal'.

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Trivia

The film Vedan (1993) starring Sathyaraj and Kushboo features music composed by Deva with lyrics written by Vairamuthu. The song blends contemporary English pop refrains with classical Tamil romantic imagery.

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