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Lyrics & meaning

Kaatru Veesum

From Neram · 2010

Lyricist
Vel Murugan
Singer
Haricharan
Music director
Rajesh Murugesan
Movie name
Neram
Movie release year
2010
Lyrics added on
12 Dec 2016

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kaatru veesum un vaasam
Kaaichal vanthathu yeno
Vaanam engengum eeram
Saaral vanthatheno
Kaatru veesum un vaasam
Kaaichal vanthathu yeno
Vaanam engengum eeram
Saaral vanthatheno
Nee nadanthu sellum paadhaiyil
En kangal ennai vittu unnai sutrudhaeee
Nee pesum azhagai ketkaiyil
Konji pesum mazhaiyin azhagum thottru ponathae
Kaatru veesum un vaasam
Kaaichal vanthathu yeno
Vaanam engengum eeram
Saaral vanthatheno
The wind carries your fragrance,
Why did a fever come over me?
There is dampness all across the sky,
Why did this drizzle arrive?
The wind carries your fragrance,
Why did a fever come over me?
There is dampness all across the sky,
Why did this drizzle arrive?
Along the path where you walk,
My eyes leave me and follow you everywhere.
When I listen to the sweet way you speak,
Even the beauty of the playful rain is defeated.
The wind carries your fragrance,
Why did a fever come over me?
There is dampness all across the sky,
Why did this drizzle arrive?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This romantic song expresses the overwhelming feelings of love and yearning brought on by the mere presence or thought of a beloved. The protagonist feels a sweet, physical reaction like a fever when the breeze carries the lover's fragrance, and nature itself seems to align with this mood through gentle drizzling rains. The protagonist describes how their gaze compulsively follows the beloved along their path, and how the lover's sweet, gentle voice surpasses even the rhythmic beauty of rain.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Monai (Initial Alliteration)

Kaatru veesum un vaasam / Kaaichal vanthathu yeno

Repetition of the initial 'Ka' sound in 'Kaatru' and 'Kaaichal'.

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

Kaaichal vanthathu yeno / Saaral vanthatheno

The rhyming pattern created by ending lines with the sound 'yeno' / 'vanthatheno'.

Personification

Konji pesum mazhaiyin azhagum thottru ponathae

Attributing the human trait of affectionately lisping or talking ('Konji pesum') to the rain.

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Trivia

While 'Neram' is widely recognized as the 2013 bilingual hit film directed by Alphonse Puthren with music by Rajesh Murugesan, independent romantic tracks and short film compositions with lyrics by Vel Murugan also gained popularity under similar titles during this era.

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