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Lyrics & meaning

Naan Pizhaippeno

From Enai Noki Paayum Thota · 2017

Lyricist
Thamarai
Singer
Sathya Prakash
Music director
Darbuka Siva
Details
Enai Noki Paayum Thota2017

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Male
Maamu pozhudhu pogalaFriend, time is not passing by at all.
Padam pidikalaI did not even like the movie.
Kannil pasumai kanalaI see no greenery in my eyes.
Katru kooda adikkalaEven the gentle breeze is not blowing.
Male
Oooooooo…oooooo.ohh..(Melodic vocalizing)
Male
Oru thamarai neerinilWhy is a lotus standing here without being in the water?
Illamal ingae yenWhy is it here without water?
Iru megalai padhanggalWhy are those feet clad in anklets getting bruised on the earth?
Man meedhu punnavadhenGetting wounded upon the soil?
Male
Orr oviyam kagidhamWhy is a beautiful painting standing here without paper?
Kollamal ingae yenWhy is it standing here without canvas?
Adhan ayiram ayiramWhy are its thousands upon thousands of colors...
Vannangal pennavadhu yennTurning into a living woman?
Male
Oooooooo…oooooo.ohh..(Melodic vocalizing)
Oooooooo…oooooo.ohh..(Melodic vocalizing)
Male
Nan pizhaipenoWill I survive this sensation?
Moochu vanguthaeI am panting and gasping for breath.
Noorayum thandiCrossing even a hundred degrees,
Kaichchal yerudhaeMy feverish warmth keeps rising.
Male
Nyabagam ellamAll of my memories...
Paavai aguthaeAre turning into the form of this maiden.
Nadagam polaeJust like a theatrical play,
Natkal pogudhaeThe days are passing by.
Male
Ayiram pokkalA thousand flowers,
Thoova thonudhaeI feel like showering upon her.
ThondridumbodhaeThe moment she appears,
Pavam theerudhaeAll my sins and sufferings are cleansed.
Male
Kaarigai yalaeBecause of this beautiful maiden,
Kaatrum marudhaeEven the direction of the wind changes.
Vaanilai veppamThe thermal heat of the climate...
Thottru pogudhaeStands defeated before her.
Male
Kalai vizhippu vandhadhumAs soon as I wake up in the morning,
Kannil aval mugamHer face appears before my eyes.
Ennai pudhiya oruvanaiMaking me a completely new person,
Seiyum seiyum arimugamThis introduction transforms me forever.
Male
Idhunaal varai naalvaraiA flower garden that never existed until today,
Illadha poonthottamA garden never seen before,
Thidu dhippena dhippenaSuddenly and unexpectedly,
Yengengum yen vandhadhuWhy has it bloomed everywhere?
Male
Unnai parpadhu nichayamSeeing you every day has become a certainty,
Endrana andradamA routine occurring day after day.
Ennai sillida vaithidumMaking a thrill run through me,
Boogambam than thandhadhuIt gave me an earthquake-like excitement.
Male
Oooooooo…oooooo.ohh..(Melodic vocalizing)
Oooooooo…oooooo.ohh..(Melodic vocalizing)
Male
Nan pizhaipenoWill I survive this sensation?
Moochu vanguthaeI am panting and gasping for breath.
Noorayum thandiCrossing even a hundred degrees,
Kaichchal yerudhaeMy feverish warmth keeps rising.
Male
Nyabagam ellamAll of my memories...
Paavai aguthaeAre turning into the form of this maiden.
Nadagam polaeJust like a theatrical play,
Natkal pogudhaeThe days are passing by.
Chorus
Yen unnai parthalWhy is it that when I look at you,
Poorva nyabagamMemories of past births awaken?
Yezhettu noolaiPassing through seven or eight eras/lifelines,
Vandhu poganumComing and going in thoughts.
Chorus
Veetukku ponalWhen I return home,
Angum un mugamYour face appears there as well.
Veembudan vandhaeComing with stubborn persistence,
Veezhthi parkanumIt wants to captivate and defeat me.
Male
Vennilaa…Oh Moon...
Dhoorathu parvaigal podhadhaeDistant glances are no longer enough.
Adhai yennidamEven if I tell her to come to me,
Vaa endru sonnalum varadhaeShe will not come easily.
Male
Nangaindhu varthaigalFour or five words,
Naan serkkirenI am carefully assembling.
Vaira kal pola ovvondrumLike precious diamond stones, each word,
Nan korkirenI am stringing them into a poetic necklace.
Male
Yedhenum pesamalWithout speaking something out loud,
TheeradhiniThis sweet ache will not subside.
Uraiyum pani…Like freezing snow...
Chorus
………………………(Trailing musical instrumental fade)

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

This song captures the intense, feverish state of infatuation and love experienced by a young man upon encountering his beloved. He feels disoriented and mesmerized, describing how the mundane world loses its color and time stands still when she is not around. The lyrics weave vivid poetic imagery comparing the heroine to a floating lotus, a painting brought to life, and a soothing breeze that transforms his reality.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Uvamaani (Simile)

Vaira kal pola ovvondrum

Comparing the assembly of words to stringing diamond stones into a necklace in 'Vaira kal pola ovvondrum Naan korkiren'.

Rhetorical Questioning (Vina) & Imagery

Oru thamarai neerinil Illamal ingae yen

Personifying the heroine as a lotus off water and a painting off paper, questioning how colors transformed into a living woman.

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi)

Noorayum thandi Kaichchal yerudhae

Exaggerating the physical symptoms of love as a fever crossing a hundred degrees and an internal earthquake.

Ethukai (Second-letter Rhyme)

Nan pizhaipeno / Moochu vanguthae

Classical Tamil poetic rhythm where the second consonant matches in consecutive lines, such as 'pizhaipeno' / 'moochu' / 'kaichchal'.

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Trivia

This track features poetic Tamil lyrics by lyricist Thamarai, known for her pure Tamil compositions free of English loan words. Composed by Darbuka Siva for Gautham Vasudev Menon's film 'Enai Noki Paayum Thota', the album gained immense viral popularity during its initial uncredited 'Mr. X' promotional campaign.

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