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Naan Yaar Song Lyrics – Vasantha Mullai

From Vasantha Mullai · 2023

Lyricist
Karthik Netha
Singer
Rajesh Murugesan
Music director
Rajesh Murugesan
Movie name
Vasantha Mullai
Movie release year
2023
Lyrics added on
17 Dec 2022

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Yarin kanavu indha anda kolamo?
Neerin kumizhi yaavum endha thalamo?
Yarin yaar naano?
Naanil naan vero?
Savin pinnae yaar nirpadho?
Oh… oh… oh…?
Nalai nalai vandhu indrai thinnutho?
Narambu noiyil motha ulagam suthutho?
Kaanum ellamae manadhin yerpaado?
Kaatchi ellamae pudhirin vesham thano?
Naan yaar?
Naan yaar?
Naan naanum matra
Edhumatra paazho?
Naan yaavum attra
Menmai attra melo?
Naan baedhamattra
Bothamattra vazho?
Naan kaala kaala
Kelvi thano?
Naan…
Velai velai endrae
Veegum valvil ingae?
Kaadhal eeram engae?
Aanmah dhagam engae?
Theerivin padhai engae?…eeeee
Vali endraal edhuvo? edhuvo?
Piral manam unarnthidumo?
Irunilaiyil naan edhuvo?
Irandumae mayaiyoo?
Naan yaar?
Naan yaar?
Unmai undu poiyum undu
Yaaru kannil rendum undu?
Kaanal undu thooral undu
Thoongum bothu yedhu undu
Ullam veru udalum veru
Ulli engum uyirum veru
Naan yaar?
Naan yaar?
Poiyae unmai endraal?
Unmai engae engae
Unmai naandhan endraal?
Isthulam yaaro engae?
Neram polum engae …eeee
Whose dream is this cosmic sphere?
On which surface do all these water bubbles float?
Who am I to whom?
Am I someone different within myself?
Who stands behind death?
Oh... oh... oh...?
Does tomorrow keep arriving only to devour today?
Is the entire world spinning in a nervous breakdown?
Is everything I see just the mind's creation?
Is every sight merely the disguise of a riddle?
Who am I?
Who am I?
Am I myself,
or an empty void stripped of everything?
Am I devoid of all,
a rough shell with no softness?
Am I a life without differences,
without any awareness?
Am I a timeless,
eternal question?
Am I...?
Saying 'work, work' all the time,
in this suffocating life here,
where is the warmth of love?
Where is the longing of the soul?
Where is the path to an answer?...
What is pain? What is it really?
Can an unsettled mind understand it?
In this dual state, which one am I?
Or are both of them an illusion?
Who am I?
Who am I?
There is truth, and there are lies,
in whose eyes do both exist?
There is a mirage, and there is a drizzle,
which one exists in sleep?
The heart is one thing, the body another,
and the life breathing deep within is different too.
Who am I?
Who am I?
If a lie is the truth,
where is the truth, where is it?
If I am the truth,
then who and where is this physical body?
Where has even time gone?...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song is an intense, existential exploration of identity, reality, and consciousness. The protagonist is caught in a state of psychological disorientation, relentlessly questioning 'Naan Yaar?' (Who am I?). The lyrics ponder whether life and the cosmos are merely creations of the mind or elaborate illusions, contrasting concepts like truth vs. lie, mirage vs. reality, and the body vs. the inner soul.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Rhetorical Questioning (Vinathal)

Naan yaar?

Extensive use of existential questions throughout the poem to convey confusion, identity crisis, and deep self-inquiry.

Metaphor (Uruvagamm)

Neerin kumizhi yaavum endha thalamo?

'Neerin kumizhi' (water bubble) serves as a metaphor for the fragile and temporary nature of life.

Antithesis (Muran)

Unmai undu poiyum undu

Contrasting pairs such as truth/lies (Unmai/Poi), mirage/drizzle (Kaanal/Thooral), and mind/body (Ullam/Udal) highlight duality.

Anaphora / Epistrophe (Repetition)

Naan yaar?

Repetition of key lines like 'Naan yaar?' builds rhythmic tension and reinforces the theme of relentless existential crisis.

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Trivia

The track features in the 2023 psychological thriller 'Vasantha Mullai', starring Bobby Simha. Written by Karthik Netha and composed/sung by Rajesh Murugesan, the lyrics mirror the protagonist's severe sleep disorder, hallucination, and mental unraveling.

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