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Nee Indri Accapela Version

From Album Songs 2023 · 2023

Lyricist
Kabilan
Singers
Maanasi, Aravind Karneeswaran, Alex Samuel Jenito
Music director
Nivas K. Prasanna
Movie name
Album Songs 2023
Movie release year
2023
Lyrics added on
24 Dec 2022

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
…………….
Nee indri naanum illayae
Veredhum thevai illayae
Undaana kaadhal unnidam
Kondaadum neeram ennidam
Kannmoodiyae naan parkkiren
Male :Kairegaiyal kaai korkkiren
Female :Pesadha pennmai
Pesum vaarthai needhan
…………….
Nee indri naanum illayae
Verethum thevai illayae
Male :Undaana kaadhal unnidam
Kondaadum neeram ennidam
………….
Naanae ivan thannae
Naalum ninaithenae
Ennai marandhenae
Unnil pirandhenae
Naam thaniyaanom
Poovil paniyaanom
Yaarum ariyaadha
Neeram idhu thaanoo
Nee naan naam aanom
………….
Nee indri naanum illayae
Male :Nee indri naanum illayae
Female :Verethum thevai illayae
Male :Verethum thevai illayae
Female :Undaana kaadhal unnidam
Male :Undaana kaadhal unnidam
Female :Kondadum neeram ennidam
Male :Kondadum neeram ennidam
...
Without you, I do not exist.
Nothing else is needed.
The love that blossomed is with you,
The time to celebrate it is with me.
Closing my eyes, I see you.
Male: With the lines on my palm, I hold your hand.
Female: The quiet womanhood,
The word it speaks is you alone.
...
Without you, I do not exist.
Nothing else is needed.
Male: The love that blossomed is with you,
The time to celebrate it is with me.
...
I belong to him alone,
I thought of this every day.
I forgot myself,
I was reborn in you.
We became alone,
We became the dew upon a flower.
Unknown to anyone,
Is this that very time?
You and I became 'us'.
...
Without you, I do not exist.
Male: Without you, I do not exist.
Female: Nothing else is needed.
Male: Nothing else is needed.
Female: The love that blossomed is with you,
Male: The love that blossomed is with you,
Female: The time to celebrate it is with me.
Male: The time to celebrate it is with me.
Chorus
Male
Female
Chorus
Female
Chorus
Female
Male
Chorus
Female

Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This soulful duet expresses deep devotion and the transformative power of love between two soulmates. The lovers describe how completely fulfilled they feel in each other's presence, asserting that neither exists without the other and that no external material desires matter anymore. They portray love as an intimate journey where individual identities blend seamlessly into a unified whole, like dew settling softly on a flower in total privacy.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

Nee indri naanum illayae / Veredhum thevai illayae

The repetitive rhyming end-suffix 'illayae' links the lines together to emphasize complete contentment and lack of desire for anything else.

Monnai (Initial Alliteration)

Naanae ivan thannae / Naalum ninaithenae

Repetition of the initial syllable 'Naa' creates a rhythmic melodic flow celebrating self-reflection.

Metaphor

Poovil paniyaanom

Comparing the lovers' intimate isolation to dew drops resting on a flower metaphorically highlights purity, delicacy, and stillness.

Anaphora / Conversational Repetition

Female: Undaana kaadhal unnidam / Male: Undaana kaadhal unnidam

The deliberate echo of lines between female and male singers underscores unity and mutual emotional alignment.

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Trivia

Composed by Nivas K. Prasanna with lyrics penned by Kabilan, this track showcases an expressive blend of vocal harmonies by Maanasi, Aravind Karneeswaran, and Alex Samuel Jenito for a 2023 independent Tamil music project.

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