I Love You
From Vedan · 1993
- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singers
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra
- Music director
- Deva
- Details
- Vedan1993
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| I love you i loveyou i love you | I love you, I love you, I love you |
| I love you i loveyou i love you | I love you, I love you, I love you |
| Male | |
| I love you | I love you |
| Female :En kadhalaa meendum nee sollaiyaa | Female: Oh my lover, won't you say it again? |
| Male :I love you | Male: I love you |
| Female :En kadhugal ketpathu unmaiyaa | Female: Is it true, what my ears are hearing? |
| Male :I love you | Male: I love you |
| Female | |
| Naan pooththathu indruthaan illaiyaa | Is it not today that I have truly blossomed? |
| Male :I love you | Male: I love you |
| Female :I love you sweet heart | Female: I love you sweetheart |
| I love you sweet heart | I love you sweetheart |
| Male :I love you | Male: I love you |
| Female | |
| En kadhalaa meendum nee sollaiyaa | Oh my lover, won't you say it again? |
| Male :I love you | Male: I love you |
| Female :En kadhugal ketpathu unmaiyaa | Female: Is it true, what my ears are hearing? |
| Female | |
| Kanni pennin kannaadi maeni | The glass-like body of a young maiden |
| Un kann theenda udaigindrathu | Shatters when touched by your gaze |
| Male :Kangal theenda udaigindra maeni | Male: The body that shatters at the touch of eyes |
| En kai theenda uruvaanathu | Was created to be touched by my hands |
| Female | |
| Kanni pennin kannaadi maeni | The glass-like body of a young maiden |
| Un kann theenda udaigindrathu | Shatters when touched by your gaze |
| Male :Kangal theenda udaigindra maeni | Male: The body that shatters at the touch of eyes |
| En kai theenda uruvaanathu | Was created to be touched by my hands |
| Female | |
| Rendu sooriyan unthan kangal allavaa | Aren't your eyes like two glowing suns? |
| Male :Nooru vennilaa intha penmai allavaa | Male: Isn't this womanhood like a hundred full moons? |
| Male :I love you darling | Male: I love you darling |
| Female :I love you sweet heart | Female: I love you sweetheart |
| Male :I love you | Male: I love you |
| Female | |
| En kadhalaa meendum nee sollaiyaa | Oh my lover, won't you say it again? |
| Male :I love you | Male: I love you |
| Female :En kadhugal ketpathu unmaiyaa | Female: Is it true, what my ears are hearing? |
| Male | |
| ……………… | ... |
| Female :…………….. | Female: ... |
| Female | |
| Vaanil yaeri nam kadhal paadi | What if we climb into the sky and sing of our love |
| Intha bhoomikku sonnaal enna | And tell it to this whole earth? |
| Male :Innum konjam vinn meedhu yari | Male: What if we climb a little higher into the heavens |
| Antha saamikku sonnaal enna | And tell God himself? |
| Female | |
| Vaanil yaeri nam kadhal paadi | What if we climb into the sky and sing of our love |
| Intha bhoomikku sonnaal enna | And tell it to this whole earth? |
| Male :Innum konjam vinn meedhu yari | Male: What if we climb a little higher into the heavens |
| Antha saamikku sonnaal enna | And tell God himself? |
| Female | |
| Maalai soodiyae thanga thaali kattungal | Adorn me with a garland and tie the golden sacred thread |
| Male :Mannil pookkalae konjam kaigal thattungal | Male: Oh flowers on earth, applaud a little! |
| Female :I love you sweet heart | Female: I love you sweetheart |
| Male :I love you darling | Male: I love you darling |
| Female :I love you | Female: I love you |
| Male | |
| En kadhilae thenalai paainthathaa | Did honey waves flow into my ears? |
| Female :I love you | Female: I love you |
| Male :En kaigalil pournami saainthathaa | Male: Did the full moon lean into my hands? |
| Female :I love you | Female: I love you |
| Male :Un vaai mozhi vaan varai kettathaa | Male: Did the words from your mouth reach up to the sky? |
| Female :I love you | Female: I love you |
| Male | |
| I love you darling | I love you darling |
| Female :I love you sweet heart | Female: I love you sweetheart |
| Male :I love you sweet heart | Male: I love you sweetheart |
| Female :I love you darling | Female: I love you darling |
| Male | |
| I love you darling | I love you darling |
| Female :I love you sweet heart | Female: I love you sweetheart |
| Male :I love you sweet heart | Male: I love you sweetheart |
| Female :I love you sweet heart…. | Female: I love you sweetheart... |
ஐ லவ் யூ ஐ லவ் யூ ஐ லவ் யூ
ஐ லவ் யூ ஐ லவ் யூ ஐ லவ் யூ
I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you
ஐ லவ் யூ
என் காதலா மீண்டும் நீ சொல்லய்யா
ஆண் : ஐ லவ் யூ
என் காதுகள் கேட்பது உண்மையா
ஐ லவ் யூ
I love you
Female: Oh my lover, won't you say it again?
Male: I love you
Female: Is it true, what my ears are hearing?
Male: I love you
நான் பூத்தது இன்றுதான் இல்லையா
ஐ லவ் யூ
ஐ லவ் யூ ஸ்வீட் ஹார்ட்
ஐ லவ் யூ ஸ்வீட் ஹார்ட்
ஐ லவ் யூ...
Is it not today that I have truly blossomed?
Male: I love you
Female: I love you sweetheart
I love you sweetheart
Male: I love you
என் காதலா மீண்டும் நீ சொல்லய்யா
ஐ லவ் யூ
என் காதுகள் கேட்பது உண்மையா
Oh my lover, won't you say it again?
Male: I love you
Female: Is it true, what my ears are hearing?
கன்னிப் பெண்ணின் கண்ணாடி மேனி
உன் கண் தீண்ட உடைகின்றது
கண்கள் தீண்ட உடைகின்ற மேனி
என் கை தீண்ட உருவானது
The glass-like body of a young maiden
Shatters when touched by your gaze
Male: The body that shatters at the touch of eyes
Was created to be touched by my hands
கன்னிப் பெண்ணின் கண்ணாடி மேனி
உன் கண் தீண்ட உடைகின்றது
கண்கள் தீண்ட உடைகின்ற மேனி
என் கை தீண்ட உருவானது
The glass-like body of a young maiden
Shatters when touched by your gaze
Male: The body that shatters at the touch of eyes
Was created to be touched by my hands
ரெண்டு சூரியன் உந்தன் கண்கள் அல்லவா
நூறு வெண்ணிலா இந்த பெண்மை அல்லவா
ஐ லவ் யூ டார்லிங்
ஐ லவ் யூ ஸ்வீட் ஹார்ட்
ஐ லவ் யூ...
Aren't your eyes like two glowing suns?
Male: Isn't this womanhood like a hundred full moons?
Male: I love you darling
Female: I love you sweetheart
Male: I love you
என் காதலா மீண்டும் நீ சொல்லய்யா
ஐ லவ் யூ ஐ லவ் யூ லவ் யூ
என் காதுகள் கேட்பது உண்மையா
Oh my lover, won't you say it again?
Male: I love you
Female: Is it true, what my ears are hearing?
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Female: ...
வானில் ஏறி நம் காதல் பாடி
இந்த பூமிக்கு சொன்னால் என்ன
இன்னும் கொஞ்சம் விண் மீது ஏறி
அந்த சாமிக்கு சொன்னால் என்ன
What if we climb into the sky and sing of our love
And tell it to this whole earth?
Male: What if we climb a little higher into the heavens
And tell God himself?
வானில் ஏறி நம் காதல் பாடி
இந்த பூமிக்கு சொன்னால் என்ன
இன்னும் கொஞ்சம் விண் மீது ஏறி
அந்த சாமிக்கு சொன்னால் என்ன
What if we climb into the sky and sing of our love
And tell it to this whole earth?
Male: What if we climb a little higher into the heavens
And tell God himself?
மாலை சூடியே தங்க தாலி கட்டுங்கள்
மண்ணில் பூக்களே கொஞ்சம் கைகள் தட்டுங்கள்
ஐ லவ் யூ ஸ்வீட் ஹார்ட்
ஐ லவ் யூ ஸ்வீட் டார்லிங்
ஐ லவ் யூ
Adorn me with a garland and tie the golden sacred thread
Male: Oh flowers on earth, applaud a little!
Female: I love you sweetheart
Male: I love you darling
Female: I love you
என் காதிலே தேனலை பாய்ந்ததா
ஐ லவ் யூ
என் கைகளில் பௌர்ணமி சாய்ந்ததா
ஐ லவ் யூ
உன் வாய் மொழி வான் வரை கேட்டதா
ஐ லவ் யூ
Did honey waves flow into my ears?
Female: I love you
Male: Did the full moon lean into my hands?
Female: I love you
Male: Did the words from your mouth reach up to the sky?
Female: I love you
ஐ லவ் யூ டார்லிங்
ஐ லவ் யூ ஸ்வீட் ஹார்ட்
ஐ லவ் யூ ஸ்வீட் ஹார்ட்
ஐ லவ் யூ டார்லிங்
I love you darling
Female: I love you sweetheart
Male: I love you sweetheart
Female: I love you darling
ஐ லவ் யூ டார்லிங்
ஐ லவ் யூ ஸ்வீட் ஹார்ட்
ஐ லவ் யூ ஸ்வீட் ஹார்ட்
ஐ லவ் யூ ஸ்வீட் ஹார்ட்.....
I love you darling
Female: I love you sweetheart
Male: I love you sweetheart
Female: I love you sweetheart...
I love you i loveyou i love you
I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you i loveyou i love you
I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you
I love you
Female :En kadhalaa meendum nee sollaiyaa
Female: Oh my lover, won't you say it again?
Male :I love you
Male: I love you
Female :En kadhugal ketpathu unmaiyaa
Female: Is it true, what my ears are hearing?
Male :I love you
Male: I love you
Naan pooththathu indruthaan illaiyaa
Is it not today that I have truly blossomed?
Male :I love you
Male: I love you
Female :I love you sweet heart
Female: I love you sweetheart
I love you sweet heart
I love you sweetheart
Male :I love you
Male: I love you
En kadhalaa meendum nee sollaiyaa
Oh my lover, won't you say it again?
Male :I love you
Male: I love you
Female :En kadhugal ketpathu unmaiyaa
Female: Is it true, what my ears are hearing?
Kanni pennin kannaadi maeni
The glass-like body of a young maiden
Un kann theenda udaigindrathu
Shatters when touched by your gaze
Male :Kangal theenda udaigindra maeni
Male: The body that shatters at the touch of eyes
En kai theenda uruvaanathu
Was created to be touched by my hands
Kanni pennin kannaadi maeni
The glass-like body of a young maiden
Un kann theenda udaigindrathu
Shatters when touched by your gaze
Male :Kangal theenda udaigindra maeni
Male: The body that shatters at the touch of eyes
En kai theenda uruvaanathu
Was created to be touched by my hands
Rendu sooriyan unthan kangal allavaa
Aren't your eyes like two glowing suns?
Male :Nooru vennilaa intha penmai allavaa
Male: Isn't this womanhood like a hundred full moons?
Male :I love you darling
Male: I love you darling
Female :I love you sweet heart
Female: I love you sweetheart
Male :I love you
Male: I love you
En kadhalaa meendum nee sollaiyaa
Oh my lover, won't you say it again?
Male :I love you
Male: I love you
Female :En kadhugal ketpathu unmaiyaa
Female: Is it true, what my ears are hearing?
………………
...
Female :……………..
Female: ...
Vaanil yaeri nam kadhal paadi
What if we climb into the sky and sing of our love
Intha bhoomikku sonnaal enna
And tell it to this whole earth?
Male :Innum konjam vinn meedhu yari
Male: What if we climb a little higher into the heavens
Antha saamikku sonnaal enna
And tell God himself?
Vaanil yaeri nam kadhal paadi
What if we climb into the sky and sing of our love
Intha bhoomikku sonnaal enna
And tell it to this whole earth?
Male :Innum konjam vinn meedhu yari
Male: What if we climb a little higher into the heavens
Antha saamikku sonnaal enna
And tell God himself?
Maalai soodiyae thanga thaali kattungal
Adorn me with a garland and tie the golden sacred thread
Male :Mannil pookkalae konjam kaigal thattungal
Male: Oh flowers on earth, applaud a little!
Female :I love you sweet heart
Female: I love you sweetheart
Male :I love you darling
Male: I love you darling
Female :I love you
Female: I love you
En kadhilae thenalai paainthathaa
Did honey waves flow into my ears?
Female :I love you
Female: I love you
Male :En kaigalil pournami saainthathaa
Male: Did the full moon lean into my hands?
Female :I love you
Female: I love you
Male :Un vaai mozhi vaan varai kettathaa
Male: Did the words from your mouth reach up to the sky?
Female :I love you
Female: I love you
I love you darling
I love you darling
Female :I love you sweet heart
Female: I love you sweetheart
Male :I love you sweet heart
Male: I love you sweetheart
Female :I love you darling
Female: I love you darling
I love you darling
I love you darling
Female :I love you sweet heart
Female: I love you sweetheart
Male :I love you sweet heart
Male: I love you sweetheart
Female :I love you sweet heart….
Female: I love you sweetheart...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
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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