Karuve
From Karu · 2018
- Lyricist
- Madhan Karky
- Singer
- K. S. Chithra
- Music director
- Sam C. S
- Details
- Karu2018
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Yaaro yaaro | Who is it? Who is it? |
| Unai vidhaithathu yaaro | Who was it that sowed you? |
| Yaaro yaaro | Who is it? Who is it? |
| Unai sidhaithathu yaaro | Who was it that destroyed you? |
| Female | |
| Yaaro yaaro | Who is it? Who is it? |
| Unai ezhuthiyathu yaaro | Who was it that wrote your fate? |
| Yaaro yaaro | Who is it? Who is it? |
| Unai azhithathu yaaro | Who was it that erased you? |
| Female | |
| Theeyae theeyae | Oh fire, oh fire! |
| Unai anaithathu yaaro | Who was it that extinguished you? |
| Poovae poovae | Oh flower, oh flower! |
| Unai nasukiya thaaro | Who was it that crushed you? |
| Female | |
| Thondrum unnai | You who were just being born, |
| Kondrathaaradi karuvae… | Who killed you, oh embryo? |
| Female | |
| Ahaaa….aaa……aaa….aahaa… | Ahaaa....aaa...aaa...aahaa... |
| Female | |
| Neel thuyarum | Endless sorrow, |
| Piravi thuyarum | And the misery of birth, |
| Enavae uravae kalainthayadi | Fearing thus, oh my kin, you dispersed! |
| Female | |
| Paazh ulagam | This ruined world, |
| Suzhalum naragam | Is a spinning hell, |
| Enavae azhagae karainthaayadi | Realizing thus, oh beautiful one, you melted away! |
| Female | |
| Thaayin theeyil | In the mother's fire, |
| Theeinthu theeinthidu | Burn and wear away, |
| Karuvae… | Oh embryo... |
| Female | |
| Nee urangu | You sleep, |
| Uyirae urangu | Oh my life, sleep, |
| Idhuvae kadaisi thaalaattena | Let this be your final lullaby, |
| Aaaaa….aaaa… | Aaaaa....aaaa... |
| Female | |
| Thaai vizhiyil | From the mother's eye, |
| Vazhiyum thuliyil | In the overflowing teardrop, |
| Karaivaai kadaisi neeraattena | Dissolve, as your final bath, |
| Pulli unnil kolli vaikkirom | In you, a mere dot, we lay the funeral pyre, |
| Karuvae… | Oh embryo... |
| Female | |
| Hmmm…mm….mmm.. | Hmmm...mm...mmm.. |
| Hmm..mm…mmm…mmm….. | Hmm..mm...mmm...mmm..... |
யாரோ யாரோ
உன்னை விதைத்தது
யாரோ யாரோ யாரோ
உன்னை சிதைத்தது
யாரோ
Who is it? Who is it?
Who was it that sowed you?
Who is it? Who is it?
Who was it that destroyed you?
யாரோ யாரோ
உன்னை எழுதியது
யாரோ யாரோ யாரோ
உன்னை அழித்தது
யாரோ
Who is it? Who is it?
Who was it that wrote your fate?
Who is it? Who is it?
Who was it that erased you?
தீயே தீயே
உன்னை அணைத்தது
யாரோ பூவே பூவே
உன்னை நசுக்கிய தாரோ
Oh fire, oh fire!
Who was it that extinguished you?
Oh flower, oh flower!
Who was it that crushed you?
தோன்றும்
உன்னை கொன்றதாரடி
கருவே
You who were just being born,
Who killed you, oh embryo?
ஆஹா ஆஆ
ஆஆ ஆஹா
Ahaaa....aaa...aaa...aahaa...
நீள் துயரும்
பிறவி துயரும் எனவே
உறவே கலைந்தாயடி
Endless sorrow,
And the misery of birth,
Fearing thus, oh my kin, you dispersed!
பாழ் உலகம்
சுழலும் நரகம் எனவே
அழகே கரைந்தாயடி
This ruined world,
Is a spinning hell,
Realizing thus, oh beautiful one, you melted away!
தாயின் தீயில்
தீய்ந்து தீய்ந்திடு கருவே
In the mother's fire,
Burn and wear away,
Oh embryo...
நீ உறங்கு உயிரே
உறங்கு இதுவே கடைசி
தாலாட்டென ஆஆ ஆஆ
You sleep,
Oh my life, sleep,
Let this be your final lullaby,
Aaaaa....aaaa...
தாய் விழியில்
வழியும் துளியில்
கரைவாய் கடைசி
நீராட்டென புள்ளி
உன்னில் கொள்ளி
வைக்கிறோம் கருவே
From the mother's eye,
In the overflowing teardrop,
Dissolve, as your final bath,
In you, a mere dot, we lay the funeral pyre,
Oh embryo...
ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம்ம்
ம்ம்ம் ஹ்ம்ம் ம்ம்ம்
ம்ம் ம்ம்ம்
Hmmm...mm...mmm..
Hmm..mm...mmm...mmm.....
Yaaro yaaro
Who is it? Who is it?
Unai vidhaithathu yaaro
Who was it that sowed you?
Yaaro yaaro
Who is it? Who is it?
Unai sidhaithathu yaaro
Who was it that destroyed you?
Yaaro yaaro
Who is it? Who is it?
Unai ezhuthiyathu yaaro
Who was it that wrote your fate?
Yaaro yaaro
Who is it? Who is it?
Unai azhithathu yaaro
Who was it that erased you?
Theeyae theeyae
Oh fire, oh fire!
Unai anaithathu yaaro
Who was it that extinguished you?
Poovae poovae
Oh flower, oh flower!
Unai nasukiya thaaro
Who was it that crushed you?
Thondrum unnai
You who were just being born,
Kondrathaaradi karuvae…
Who killed you, oh embryo?
Ahaaa….aaa……aaa….aahaa…
Ahaaa....aaa...aaa...aahaa...
Neel thuyarum
Endless sorrow,
Piravi thuyarum
And the misery of birth,
Enavae uravae kalainthayadi
Fearing thus, oh my kin, you dispersed!
Paazh ulagam
This ruined world,
Suzhalum naragam
Is a spinning hell,
Enavae azhagae karainthaayadi
Realizing thus, oh beautiful one, you melted away!
Thaayin theeyil
In the mother's fire,
Theeinthu theeinthidu
Burn and wear away,
Karuvae…
Oh embryo...
Nee urangu
You sleep,
Uyirae urangu
Oh my life, sleep,
Idhuvae kadaisi thaalaattena
Let this be your final lullaby,
Aaaaa….aaaa…
Aaaaa....aaaa...
Thaai vizhiyil
From the mother's eye,
Vazhiyum thuliyil
In the overflowing teardrop,
Karaivaai kadaisi neeraattena
Dissolve, as your final bath,
Pulli unnil kolli vaikkirom
In you, a mere dot, we lay the funeral pyre,
Karuvae…
Oh embryo...
Hmmm…mm….mmm..
Hmmm...mm...mmm..
Hmm..mm…mmm…mmm…..
Hmm..mm...mmm...mmm.....
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
The song 'Yaaro' from the film Karu (Diya) is a deeply heartbreaking lament sung for an unborn child whose life was terminated in the womb. Lyricist Madhan Karky crafts a poignant narrative questioning who is responsible for bringing a soul into existence only to extinguish it before it could bloom. The lyrics address the embryo as a tender flower and a flame, grieving the tragic end of a life that never had the chance to be lived. The mother bids farewell to her unborn baby, describing the world as a desolate, spinning hell full of sorrow. She offers her tears as the child's final ritual bath and sings a sorrowful last lullaby, tragically placing the burden of a funeral pyre onto a tiny dot of life. It serves as a powerful thematic piece about loss, maternal grief, and the haunting reality of abortion.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uruvagamm)
“Theeyae theeyae... Poovae poovae...”
Addressing the unborn embryo directly as 'Theeyae' (fire) and 'Poovae' (flower) to symbolize warmth, potential, and delicate purity.
Anaphora / Repetition (Adukku Thodar)
“Yaaro yaaro / Unai vidhaithathu yaaro”
The deliberate repetition of 'Yaaro yaaro' creates a haunting, rhythmic inquiry emphasizing anguish, mystery, and blame.
Contrast / Antithesis
“Pulli unnil kolli vaikkirom”
Contrasting 'Pulli' (a tiny dot/embryo) with 'Kolli' (the heavy funeral pyre fire), highlighting the tragedy of mourning a life that barely started.
Rhyme & Assonance (Emonai / Ethirhai)
“Neel thuyarum / Piravi thuyarum”
Matching end-rhymes like 'Neel thuyarum / Piravi thuyarum' and 'Paazh ulagam / Suzhalum naragam' create a mournful, song-like cadence.
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Trivia
The song features in the 2018 horror drama 'Karu' (released as 'Diya' in Telugu), directed by A. L. Vijay and starring Sai Pallavi. The movie's core theme revolves around female foeticide and the spirit of an unborn child. Madhan Karky penned the lyrics specifically to highlight the raw emotion of maternal regret and grief.
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