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Lyrics & meaning

Manasu Rendum

From Kaadhal Kondein · 2003

Lyricist
Pazhani Bharathi
Singer
Shankar Mahadevan
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie name
Kaadhal Kondein
Movie release year
2003
Lyrics added on
27 Aug 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
{Manasu rendum paarkka
Kangal rendum theenda
Udhadu rendum urasa
Kaadhal vellam ingu ponguthae} (2)
Narambil oru nadhi paayuthae
Idhu enna vetkai
Kaadhal vali udal kaayuthae
Idhu enna vaazhkkai
Oru paarvaiyil oru vaarthaiyil
Oru theendalil naan meendum pirappenae
Manasu rendum paarkka
Kangal rendum theenda
Udhadu rendum urasa
Kaadhal vellam ingu ponguthae
Kaadhal sarugaana pinbu
Mogam vandhaalae saabam
Kannil mul vaithu moodi
Thoonga sonnaalae paavam
Un maarbil vazhigindra neer alli
Marundhu pola kudippaen
En piththam konjam thanippen
Un paadha suvadukkul
Surungi vizhundhu marippen
Udal seeruthae
Niram maaruthae
Vali yeruthae
Idhu enna kalavaramoo
{Manasu rendum paarkka
Kangal rendum theenda
Udhadu rendum urasa
Kaadhal vellam ingu ponguthae} (2)
Nilavin oliyil alaigal eriyuma
Alaiyin vedhanai nilavu ariyuma
Vedhanaigal nenjil sugama
Engum paravudhadee
Udalae udalae uraindhu poividu
Manamae manamae irandhu poividu
Paadhaiyilae siru kallaai
Ennai kidakka vidu
Un paarvaiyil ennai
Kondruvidu pennae
Un koondhalil ennai
Pudhaithu vidu pennae
Un paarvaiyil ennai
Kondruvidu pennae
Un koondhalil ennai
Pudhaithu vidu pennae
Kolvadharku munnae
Oru muththamidu pennae
Adhai marakkaadhae…
Oru paarvaiyil oru vaarthaiyil
Oru theendalil naan meendum pirappenae
Manasu rendum paarkka
Kangal rendum theenda
Udhadu rendum urasa
Kaadhal vellam ingu ponguthae
Narambil oru nadhi paayuthae
Idhu enna vetkai
Kaadhal vali udal kaayuthae
Idhu enna vaazhkkai
Oru paarvaiyil oru vaarthaiyil
Oru theendalil naan meendum pirappenae
When two hearts look at each other,
When two pairs of eyes touch,
When two pairs of lips brush,
A flood of love overflows here.
A river rushes through my veins,
What is this burning heat?
The pain of love scorches my body,
What kind of life is this?
With a single glance, with a single word,
With a single touch, I would be reborn.
When two hearts look at each other,
When two pairs of eyes touch,
When two pairs of lips brush,
A flood of love overflows here.
After love has withered away like dry leaves,
If desire comes, it is only a curse.
Placing thorns over the eyes and closing them,
And asking one to sleep is a sin.
Gathering the water that trickles down your chest,
I will drink it like medicine,
To soothe my madness a little.
Inside your footprints,
I will shrink, fall, and die.
My body is raging,
My color is changing,
The pain keeps rising,
What kind of chaos is this?
When two hearts look at each other,
When two pairs of eyes touch,
When two pairs of lips brush,
A flood of love overflows here.
Do the waves burn in the light of the moon?
Does the moon know the pain of the wave?
Is this ache in my heart a pleasure?
It is spreading all over, girl!
O body, freeze and go numb!
O heart, just die away!
Like a small stone on the path,
Leave me lying there.
With your glance,
Kill me, girl.
In your hair,
Bury me, girl.
With your glance,
Kill me, girl.
In your hair,
Bury me, girl.
Before you kill me,
Give me a kiss, girl.
Do not forget that...
With a single glance, with a single word,
With a single touch, I would be reborn.
When two hearts look at each other,
When two pairs of eyes touch,
When two pairs of lips brush,
A flood of love overflows here.
A river rushes through my veins,
What is this burning heat?
The pain of love scorches my body,
What kind of life is this?
With a single glance, with a single word,
With a single touch, I would be reborn.
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Chorus
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This intense song captures the overwhelming, bordering-on-obsessive, passion and emotional torment of a lover. The lyrics navigate through sensory experiences of intimacy—eyes meeting, lips touching, and blood racing through veins like a river—while contrasting it with the agonizing pain of longing, heartbreak, and unrequited attachment.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

“Kaadhal vellam ingu ponguthae”

Love is conceptualized as a swelling flood ('Kaadhal vellam') and emotions running through veins as a flowing river ('Narambil oru nadhi paayuthae').

Personification & Rhetorical Question

“Alaiyin vedhanai nilavu ariyuma”

The moon and ocean waves are personified to question whether an unfeeling entity (the moon) can feel the suffering of the ocean waves, symbolizing distant lovers.

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

“Udal seeruthae / Niram maaruthae / Vali yeruthae”

The lines end with identical rhyming suffixes ('seeruthae', 'maaruthae', 'yeruthae') creating a rhythmic cadence reflecting escalating despair.

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Trivia

This song features in the psychological romantic thriller film 'Kaadhal Kondein' (2003), directed by Selvaraghavan and starring Dhanush. The soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, whose musical score for this film was critical in establishing both Dhanush and Yuvan as major forces in Tamil cinema.

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