Mundhinam Parthene
From Vaaranam Aayiram · 2008
- Lyricist
- Thamarai
- Singers
- Naresh Iyer, Prashanthini
- Music director
- Harris Jayaraj
- Details
- Vaaranam Aayiram2008
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Hi malini..I am krishnan | Hi Malini.. I am Krishnan |
| Naan itha solliyae aaganum | I must say this to you |
| Nee avvalavu azhagu | You are so beautiful |
| Inga yevanum ivvalo azhagaa oru.. | No one here could have ever... |
| Ivalo azhaga paarthirukka maattaanga.. | ...seen someone so beautiful |
| And i am in love with you.. | And I am in love with you.. |
| Male | |
| Mundhinam paarthenae | I saw you the day before yesterday |
| Paarthathum thotrenae | The moment I saw you, I lost myself |
| Salladai kannaaga | Like the mesh of a sieve |
| Nenjamum punnaanathae | My heart has been pierced and wounded |
| Male | |
| Ithanai naalaaga | All these days |
| Unnai naan paaraamal | Without seeing you |
| Enguthaan poneno | Where on earth did I go? |
| Naatkalum veenanathae | My days have gone to waste |
| Male | |
| Vaanathil nee vennilaa | You are the white moon in the sky |
| Yekkathil naan theivathaa | Should I erode away in longing? |
| {Ippozhuthae ennodu vanthaal enna | What if you come with me right now? |
| Oor paarka ondraga sendraal enna} (2) | What if we go together for the world to see? |
| Male | |
| Mundhinam paarthenae | I saw you the day before yesterday |
| Paarthathum thotrenae | The moment I saw you, I lost myself |
| Salladai kannaaga | Like the mesh of a sieve |
| Nenjamum punnaanathae | My heart has been pierced and wounded |
| Male | |
| Ithanai naalaaga | All these days |
| Unnai naan paaraamal | Without seeing you |
| Enguthaan poneno | Where on earth did I go? |
| Naatkalum veenanathae | My days have gone to waste |
| Chorus | |
| Kaadhalae… | My love... |
| Swasamae….. | My breath... |
| Male | |
| Thulaa thottil unnai vaithu | If you are placed on one side of a weighing scale |
| Nigar seiya ponnai veithaal | And gold equal to your weight is placed on the other side |
| Thulaabaaram thorkaatho | Wouldn't the weighing scale lose to your worth? |
| Perazhagae… | Oh supreme beauty... |
| Female | |
| Mugam paarthu pesum unnai | You who speaks looking directly into my face |
| Mudhal kaadhal sinthum kannai | Your eyes that pour first love |
| Annaikkaamal poveno | Will I leave without embracing you? |
| Aaruyirae…. | Oh my precious soul... |
| Male | |
| Oh nizhal pola | Oh, like a shadow |
| Vidaamal unnai thodarvenadi | I will follow you relentlessly, my dear |
| Pugai pola padaamal pattu | Like smoke, touching gently without weighing down |
| Nagarvenadi | I will move along, my dear |
| Vinaa nooru kanaavum nooru | A hundred questions, a hundred dreams |
| Vidai solladi… | Give me an answer, my dear... |
| Female | |
| Mundhinam paarthenae | I saw you the day before yesterday |
| Paarthathum thotrenae | The moment I saw you, I lost myself |
| Salladai kannaaga | Like the mesh of a sieve |
| Ullamum punnaanathae | My inner heart has been wounded |
| Female | |
| Ithanai naalaaga | All these days |
| Male :Oh my love.. | Male : Oh my love.. |
| Unnai naan paaraamal | Without seeing you |
| Male :Yes my love.. | Male : Yes my love.. |
| Enguthaan poneno | Where on earth did I go? |
| Naatkalum veenanathae | My days have gone to waste |
| Female | |
| Kadal neelam mangum nerum | When the blue of the sea fades away |
| Alai vanthu theendum thooram | At the distance where the waves touch |
| Manam sendru muzhgaatho | Won't my heart go and submerge |
| Eerathilae… | In that wetness? |
| Male | |
| Thalai saaika tholum thanthaai | You gave your shoulder for me to rest my head |
| Viral korthu pakkam vanthaai | You came near, intertwining fingers with mine |
| Idhazh mattum innum yen | Why are your lips alone still |
| Dhoorathilae.. | At a distance? |
| Female | |
| Pagal neram | During daytime |
| Kanaakal kanden urangaamalae | I saw dreams without sleeping |
| Uyir rendum uraaya kanden | I saw two souls brush past each other |
| Nerungaamalae | Without even physically coming close |
| Unai indri enakku ethu | Without you, what is there for me |
| Edhirkaalamae | As a future? |
| Male | |
| Mundhinam paarthenae | I saw you the day before yesterday |
| Paarthathum thotrenae | The moment I saw you, I lost myself |
| Salladai kannaaga | Like the mesh of a sieve |
| Nenjamum ponnaanathae | My heart has been pierced and wounded |
| Male | |
| Ithanai naalaaga | All these days |
| Unnai naan paaraamal | Without seeing you |
| Enguthaan poneno | Where on earth did I go? |
| Naatkalum veenanathae | My days have gone to waste |
| Male | |
| Vaanathil nee vennilaa | You are the white moon in the sky |
| Yekkathil naan theivathaa | Should I erode away in longing? |
| {Ippozhuthae ennodu vanthaal enna | What if you come with me right now? |
| Oor paarka ondraga sendraal enna} (2) | What if we go together for the world to see? |
| Male | |
| Vennila.. vennila.. vennila….. | White moon.. white moon.. white moon..... |
ஹாய் மாலினி
ஐ எம் கிருஷ்ணன் நான்
இத சொல்லியே ஆகனும்
நீ அவ்வளவு அழகு இங்க
எவனும் இவ்வளோ அழகா
ஒரு இவ்ளோ அழக பார்த்திருக்க
மாட்டாங்க அண்ட் ஐ எம் இன்
லவ் வித் யூ
Hi Malini.. I am Krishnan
I must say this to you
You are so beautiful
No one here could have ever...
...seen someone so beautiful
And I am in love with you..
முன்தினம்
பார்த்தேனே பார்த்ததும்
தோற்றேனே சல்லடைக்
கண்ணாக நெஞ்சமும்
புண்ணானதே
I saw you the day before yesterday
The moment I saw you, I lost myself
Like the mesh of a sieve
My heart has been pierced and wounded
இத்தனை நாளாக
உன்னை நான் பாராமல்
எங்குதான் போனேனோ
நாட்களும் வீணானதே
All these days
Without seeing you
Where on earth did I go?
My days have gone to waste
வானத்தில் நீ
வெண்ணிலா ஏக்கத்தில்
நான் தேய்வதா
{ இப்பொழுதே என்னோடு
வந்தால் என்ன ஊர்ப்பார்க்க
ஒன்றாக சென்றால் என்ன } (2)
You are the white moon in the sky
Should I erode away in longing?
What if you come with me right now?
What if we go together for the world to see?
முன்தினம்
பார்த்தேனே பார்த்ததும்
தோற்றேனே சல்லடைக்
கண்ணாக நெஞ்சமும்
புண்ணானதே
I saw you the day before yesterday
The moment I saw you, I lost myself
Like the mesh of a sieve
My heart has been pierced and wounded
இத்தனை நாளாக
உன்னை நான் பாராமல்
எங்குதான் போனேனோ
நாட்களும் வீணானதே
All these days
Without seeing you
Where on earth did I go?
My days have gone to waste
காதலே சுவாசமே
My love...
My breath...
துலாத் தட்டில்
உன்னை வைத்து நிகர்
செய்ய பொன்னை
வைத்தால் துலாபாரம்
தோற்காதோ பேரழகே
If you are placed on one side of a weighing scale
And gold equal to your weight is placed on the other side
Wouldn't the weighing scale lose to your worth?
Oh supreme beauty...
முகம் பார்த்து
பேசும் உன்னை முதல்
காதல் சிந்தும் கண்ணை
அணைக்காமல் போவேனோ
ஆருயிரே
You who speaks looking directly into my face
Your eyes that pour first love
Will I leave without embracing you?
Oh my precious soul...
ஓ நிழல் போல
விடாமல் உன்னை
தொடர்வேனடி புகைப்போல
படாமல் பட்டு நகர்வேனடி
வினா நூறு கனாவும் நூறு
விடை சொல்லடி
Oh, like a shadow
I will follow you relentlessly, my dear
Like smoke, touching gently without weighing down
I will move along, my dear
A hundred questions, a hundred dreams
Give me an answer, my dear...
முன்தினம் பார்த்தேனே
பார்த்ததும் தோற்றேனே
சல்லடைக் கண்ணாக
உள்ளமும் புண்ணானதே
I saw you the day before yesterday
The moment I saw you, I lost myself
Like the mesh of a sieve
My inner heart has been wounded
இத்தனை நாளாக
ஆண் : ஓ மை லவ்
உன்னை நான் பாராமல்
ஆண் : எஸ் மை லவ்
எங்குதான் போனேனோ
நாட்களும் வீணானதே
All these days
Male : Oh my love..
Without seeing you
Male : Yes my love..
Where on earth did I go?
My days have gone to waste
கடல் நீலம் மங்கும்
நேரம் அலைவந்து தீண்டும்
தூரம் மனம் சென்று
மூழ்காதோ ஈரத்திலே
When the blue of the sea fades away
At the distance where the waves touch
Won't my heart go and submerge
In that wetness?
தலை சாய்க்க
தோளும் தந்தாய் விரல்
கோர்த்துப் பக்கம் வந்தாய்
இதழ் மட்டும் இன்னும்
ஏன் தூரத்திலே
You gave your shoulder for me to rest my head
You came near, intertwining fingers with mine
Why are your lips alone still
At a distance?
பகல் நேரம்
கனாக்கள் கண்டேன்
உறங்காமலே உயிர்
இரண்டும் உராயக்கண்டேன்
நெருங்காமலே உனையன்றி
எனக்கு ஏது எதிர்காலமே
During daytime
I saw dreams without sleeping
I saw two souls brush past each other
Without even physically coming close
Without you, what is there for me
As a future?
முன்தினம்
பார்த்தேனே பார்த்ததும்
தோற்றேனே சல்லடைக்
கண்ணாக நெஞ்சமும்
புண்ணானதே
I saw you the day before yesterday
The moment I saw you, I lost myself
Like the mesh of a sieve
My heart has been pierced and wounded
இத்தனை நாளாக
உன்னை நான் பாராமல்
எங்குதான் போனேனோ
நாட்களும் வீணானதே
All these days
Without seeing you
Where on earth did I go?
My days have gone to waste
வானத்தில் நீ
வெண்ணிலா ஏக்கத்தில்
நான் தேய்வதா
{ இப்பொழுதே என்னோடு
வந்தால் என்ன ஊர்ப்பார்க்க
ஒன்றாக சென்றால் என்ன } (2)
You are the white moon in the sky
Should I erode away in longing?
What if you come with me right now?
What if we go together for the world to see?
வெண்ணிலா
வெண்ணிலா வெண்ணிலா
White moon.. white moon.. white moon.....
Hi malini..I am krishnan
Hi Malini.. I am Krishnan
Naan itha solliyae aaganum
I must say this to you
Nee avvalavu azhagu
You are so beautiful
Inga yevanum ivvalo azhagaa oru..
No one here could have ever...
Ivalo azhaga paarthirukka maattaanga..
...seen someone so beautiful
And i am in love with you..
And I am in love with you..
Mundhinam paarthenae
I saw you the day before yesterday
Paarthathum thotrenae
The moment I saw you, I lost myself
Salladai kannaaga
Like the mesh of a sieve
Nenjamum punnaanathae
My heart has been pierced and wounded
Ithanai naalaaga
All these days
Unnai naan paaraamal
Without seeing you
Enguthaan poneno
Where on earth did I go?
Naatkalum veenanathae
My days have gone to waste
Vaanathil nee vennilaa
You are the white moon in the sky
Yekkathil naan theivathaa
Should I erode away in longing?
{Ippozhuthae ennodu vanthaal enna
What if you come with me right now?
Oor paarka ondraga sendraal enna} (2)
What if we go together for the world to see?
Mundhinam paarthenae
I saw you the day before yesterday
Paarthathum thotrenae
The moment I saw you, I lost myself
Salladai kannaaga
Like the mesh of a sieve
Nenjamum punnaanathae
My heart has been pierced and wounded
Ithanai naalaaga
All these days
Unnai naan paaraamal
Without seeing you
Enguthaan poneno
Where on earth did I go?
Naatkalum veenanathae
My days have gone to waste
Kaadhalae…
My love...
Swasamae…..
My breath...
Thulaa thottil unnai vaithu
If you are placed on one side of a weighing scale
Nigar seiya ponnai veithaal
And gold equal to your weight is placed on the other side
Thulaabaaram thorkaatho
Wouldn't the weighing scale lose to your worth?
Perazhagae…
Oh supreme beauty...
Mugam paarthu pesum unnai
You who speaks looking directly into my face
Mudhal kaadhal sinthum kannai
Your eyes that pour first love
Annaikkaamal poveno
Will I leave without embracing you?
Aaruyirae….
Oh my precious soul...
Oh nizhal pola
Oh, like a shadow
Vidaamal unnai thodarvenadi
I will follow you relentlessly, my dear
Pugai pola padaamal pattu
Like smoke, touching gently without weighing down
Nagarvenadi
I will move along, my dear
Vinaa nooru kanaavum nooru
A hundred questions, a hundred dreams
Vidai solladi…
Give me an answer, my dear...
Mundhinam paarthenae
I saw you the day before yesterday
Paarthathum thotrenae
The moment I saw you, I lost myself
Salladai kannaaga
Like the mesh of a sieve
Ullamum punnaanathae
My inner heart has been wounded
Ithanai naalaaga
All these days
Male :Oh my love..
Male : Oh my love..
Unnai naan paaraamal
Without seeing you
Male :Yes my love..
Male : Yes my love..
Enguthaan poneno
Where on earth did I go?
Naatkalum veenanathae
My days have gone to waste
Kadal neelam mangum nerum
When the blue of the sea fades away
Alai vanthu theendum thooram
At the distance where the waves touch
Manam sendru muzhgaatho
Won't my heart go and submerge
Eerathilae…
In that wetness?
Thalai saaika tholum thanthaai
You gave your shoulder for me to rest my head
Viral korthu pakkam vanthaai
You came near, intertwining fingers with mine
Idhazh mattum innum yen
Why are your lips alone still
Dhoorathilae..
At a distance?
Pagal neram
During daytime
Kanaakal kanden urangaamalae
I saw dreams without sleeping
Uyir rendum uraaya kanden
I saw two souls brush past each other
Nerungaamalae
Without even physically coming close
Unai indri enakku ethu
Without you, what is there for me
Edhirkaalamae
As a future?
Mundhinam paarthenae
I saw you the day before yesterday
Paarthathum thotrenae
The moment I saw you, I lost myself
Salladai kannaaga
Like the mesh of a sieve
Nenjamum ponnaanathae
My heart has been pierced and wounded
Ithanai naalaaga
All these days
Unnai naan paaraamal
Without seeing you
Enguthaan poneno
Where on earth did I go?
Naatkalum veenanathae
My days have gone to waste
Vaanathil nee vennilaa
You are the white moon in the sky
Yekkathil naan theivathaa
Should I erode away in longing?
{Ippozhuthae ennodu vanthaal enna
What if you come with me right now?
Oor paarka ondraga sendraal enna} (2)
What if we go together for the world to see?
Vennila.. vennila.. vennila…..
White moon.. white moon.. white moon.....
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Mundhinam Paarthenae is a tender, romantic track expressing the overwhelming feeling of falling in love at first sight. The protagonist Krishnan recounts meeting Malini and reflects on how his heart feels completely transformed and pierced with love. He feels every day spent without her in his past was wasted, portraying her as unattainable yet comforting like the white moon in the night sky.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Uvamai)
“Salladai kannaaga”
Compares the heart being pierced into many tiny holes of love to the fine mesh of a sieve ('Salladai kannaaga').
Metaphor (Uvagam)
“Vaanathil nee vennilaa”
Compares the beloved directly to the moon in the night sky ('Vennilaa').
Hyperbole (Adukkuthodai / Udhanthanai)
“Thulaabaaram thorkaatho”
Suggests that even her weight in gold on a weighing scale would fail to measure her true worth and beauty.
Rhyme (Edhugai)
“Paarthathum thotrenae”
Second letter rhyming in consecutive lines ('Paarthenae' and 'Thotrenae' featuring the 'r' sound).
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Trivia
'Mundhinam Paarthenae' from Gautham Vasudev Menon's Vaaranam Aayiram was composed by Harris Jayaraj and sung by Naresh Iyer and Prashanthini. The spoken dialogue intro by Suriya (as Krishnan) introducing himself to Meghna (played by Sameera Reddy, named Malini in his inner monologue/song setup) became iconic among youth in Tamil cinema.
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