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Mazhai Varum Arikuri Female

From Veppam · 2011

Lyricist
Na. Muthu Kumar
Singer
Suzanne D’Mello
Music director
Joshua Sridhar
Movie name
Veppam
Movie release year
2011
Lyrics added on
20 Dec 2016

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Mazhai varum arikuri.. en vizhigalil theriyuthae
Manam indru ninaiyuthae.. .ithu enna kaadhala saadhala
Pazhagiya kaalangal.. en paarvayil viriyuthae
Paadhaigal nazhuvuthae.. ithu yeno yeno..
Un thoolil saayum pothu.. urchagam kollum kangal
Nee enge enge endru unaithedi thedi paarkirathu
Unnodu poogumpothu poo pookum saalai yaavum
Nee enge endru ennai ketta pinbu vaadiduthae
Mazhai varum arikuri.. en vizhigalil theriyuthae
Manam indru ninaiyuthae.. .ithu enna kaadhala saadhala
Pazhagiya kaalangal.. en paarvayil viriyuthae
Paadhaigal nazhuvuthae.. ithu yeno yeno..
Ariyaadha vayadhil vidhaithathu
Oh ho ho ho oo oo oo
Athuvaagavae thaanai valarnthathu
Oh ho ho ho
Pudhidhaai oru poovum pookaiyil
Oh ho ho ho oo oo oo
Ada yaaradhai yaaradhai parithathu
Oh ho ho ho
Un kaal thadam sendra vazhi
Paarthu naanum vandhaenae
Athu padhiyil tholainthadaa….
Naan kaettadhu azhagiya nerangal
Oh ho ho ho oo oo oo
Yaar thanthadhu vizhigalil eerangal…
Oh ho ho ho
Naan kaettadhu vaanavil maayangal
Oh ho ho ho oo oo oo
Yaar thanthadhu vazhigalil kaayangal..
Oh ho ho ho
Intha kaadhalum oruvagai
Ohoooo..ohohohooo..ooooooooh
Mazhai varum arikuri.. en vizhigalil theriyuthae
Manam indru ninaiyuthae.. .ithu enna kaadhala saadhala
Pazhagiya kaalangal.. en paarvayil viriyuthae
Paadhaigal nazhuvuthae.. ithu yeno yeno..
Un thoolil saayum pothu.. urchagam kollum kangal
Nee enge enge endru unaithedi thedi paarkirathu
Unnodu poogumpothu poo pookum saalai yaavum
Nee enge endru ennai ketta pinbu vaadiduthae
Mazhai varum arikuri.. en vizhigalil theriyuthae
Manam indru ninaiyuthae.. .ithu enna kaadhala saadhala
Pazhagiya kaalangal.. en paarvayil viriyuthae
Paadhaigal nazhuvuthae.. ithu yeno yeno..
Signs of rain are showing in my eyes...
My heart gets drenched today... is this love or is this death?
The familiar days unfold before my eyes...
The paths are slipping away... why is this so, why?
The eyes that used to light up while resting on your shoulder...
Now keep searching everywhere, asking, "Where are you, where are you?"
All the streets that blossomed with flowers as I walked with you...
Wither away after asking me, "Where are you?"
Signs of rain are showing in my eyes...
My heart gets drenched today... is this love or is this death?
The familiar days unfold before my eyes...
The paths are slipping away... why is this so, why?
Sown in the years of innocence...
Oh ho ho ho oo oo oo
It grew all on its own...
Oh ho ho ho
Just as a flower bloomed afresh...
Oh ho ho ho oo oo oo
Oh, who was it that plucked it away?
Oh ho ho ho
The path marked by your footprints...
I followed it and came along...
Only for it to disappear midway...
All I asked for were beautiful moments...
Oh ho ho ho oo oo oo
Who brought these tears into my eyes?...
Oh ho ho ho
All I asked for was the magic of rainbows...
Oh ho ho ho oo oo oo
Who inflicted these wounds along my path?...
Oh ho ho ho
This love too is a kind of...
Oho-ooo.. oho-ho-ho-ooo.. ooooooh
Signs of rain are showing in my eyes...
My heart gets drenched today... is this love or is this death?
The familiar days unfold before my eyes...
The paths are slipping away... why is this so, why?
The eyes that used to light up while resting on your shoulder...
Now keep searching everywhere, asking, "Where are you, where are you?"
All the streets that blossomed with flowers as I walked with you...
Wither away after asking me, "Where are you?"
Signs of rain are showing in my eyes...
My heart gets drenched today... is this love or is this death?
The familiar days unfold before my eyes...
The paths are slipping away... why is this so, why?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Mazhai Varum Arikuri from the movie Veppam is a poignant track expressing the raw grief and heartbreak of losing a lifelong companion and lover. The protagonist compares the tears filling her eyes to signs of an impending storm, reflecting how her heart is drenched in sorrow. Memories of their past together resurface vividly, making the sudden absence of the loved one feel agonizingly incomprehensible.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Mazhai varum arikuri.. en vizhigalil theriyuthae

The oncoming tears in the singer's eyes are poetically compared to the signs of approaching rain (Mazhai varum arikuri), symbolizing emotional overflowing.

Personification

Nee enge endru ennai ketta pinbu vaadiduthae

The roads that once bloomed are given human-like attributes, asking where the lover has gone and withering in sorrow upon hearing the answer.

End Rhyme (Iyaibu)

Naan kaettadhu azhagiya nerangal / Yaar thanthadhu vizhigalil eerangal

Matching rhyming suffixes used across lines to build a rhythmic cadence reflecting grief (nerangal, eerangal, maayangal, kaayangal).

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Trivia

Mazhai Varum Arikuri was composed by Joshua Sridhar for the 2011 Tamil film Veppam, directed by Anjana Ali Khan. The soulful track was rendered by Suzanne D'Mello with lyrics written by the acclaimed late lyricist Na. Muthukumar.

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