Neenda Malare
From Kanne Kalaimaane · 2018
- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singers
- Yazin Nizar, Shweta Pandit
- Music director
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Details
- Kanne Kalaimaane2018
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Neenda malarae | Long flower, |
| Neenda malarae | Long flower, |
| Theendum ennam thoonduthae | The desire to touch is triggered, |
| Per illatha aasai meeruthae | A nameless desire overflows. |
| Female | |
| Kollai azhagae | Plundered beauty, |
| Kollai azhagae | Plundered beauty, |
| Kollai kolla thonuthae | I feel like plundering it, |
| Kollai poga ullam yenguthae | My heart longs to be stolen away. |
| Male | |
| Kannae kalaimaanae endru | Calling you my eyes, my gentle deer, |
| Kavithai nenju katharudhadi | My poetic heart cries out, |
| Pennae undhan perai thavira | O woman, except for your name, |
| Ellaa mozhiyum azhiyudhadi | All other languages are fading away. |
| Female | |
| Sutri kolla vendum unnai | I want to embrace you, |
| Suttrusoozhal marandha badi | Forgetting the surroundings around us, |
| Sorkkal ennai kaividum ullabadi | Words truly abandon me. |
| Male | |
| Neenda malarae | Long flower, |
| Neenda malarae | Long flower, |
| Theendum ennam thoonduthae | The desire to touch is triggered, |
| Per illatha aasai meeruthae | A nameless desire overflows. |
| Female | |
| Aaa….ha aa… | Aaa....ha aa... |
| Kollai azhagae | Plundered beauty, |
| Kollai azhagae | Plundered beauty, |
| Kollai kolla thonuthae | I feel like plundering it, |
| Kollai poga ullam yenguthae..ae…ae.. | My heart longs to be stolen away..ae...ae.. |
| Female | |
| Hoo oo unnai enni | Hoo oo thinking of you, |
| Saalai ponaal | When walking on the road, |
| Veedu kadanthae pogindren | I walk right past my home. |
| Yezhum yezhum pathu endrae | Seven plus seven equals ten— |
| Engal thappaai enninen | I counted wrongly in my confusion. |
| Male | |
| Kizhakku engae | Where is the east? |
| Merkku engae | Where is the west? |
| Maranthu pochae unaalae | I have forgotten because of you. |
| Nee irukkum dhisaiyellaamae | Whichever direction you are in, |
| Kizhakku endrae kaanuthae | Appears to be the east to me. |
| Female | |
| En vergalil neeraagiraai | You become water to my roots, |
| En pookalil thaen aagiraai | You become honey to my flowers, |
| Enai innum enna seiya pogiraai…aaai | What more are you going to do to me? |
| Female | |
| Inimaiyaaga thunbam seigiradhae | Sweetly causing me distress, |
| Un paarvaigal | Your glances, |
| Ennai kondru inbam seigiradhae | Are killing me while bringing delight. |
| Male | |
| Kundru polae nindru nimirkindren | Standing tall like a mountain, I rise, |
| Unai paarthadhum | Yet the moment I see you, |
| Kundri maniyaai kundri pogindren | I shrink down like a tiny crab's eye seed. |
| Male | |
| Neenda malarae | Long flower, |
| Neenda malarae | Long flower, |
| Theendum ennam thoonduthae | The desire to touch is triggered, |
| Per illatha aasai meeruthae | A nameless desire overflows. |
| Female | |
| Aaa….ha aa… | Aaa....ha aa... |
| Kollai azhagae | Plundered beauty, |
| Kollai azhagae | Plundered beauty, |
| Kollai kolla thonuthae | I feel like plundering it, |
| Kollai poga ullam yenguthae..ae…ae.. | My heart longs to be stolen away..ae...ae.. |
| Chorus | |
| Haa…aaa…aa…aaa…aaa… | Haa…aaa…aa…aaa…aaa… |
| Haa….aaa…aa…aaa…. | Haa….aaa…aa…aaa…. |
| Haa…aaa…aa…aaa…aaa… | Haa…aaa…aa…aaa…aaa… |
| Haa….aaa…aa…aaa…. | Haa….aaa…aa…aaa…. |
நீண்ட மலரே
நீண்ட மலரே
தீண்டும் எண்ணம் தூண்டுதே
வேர் இல்லாத ஆசை மீறுதே
Long flower,
Long flower,
The desire to touch is triggered,
A nameless desire overflows.
கொள்ளை அழகே
கொள்ளை அழகே
கொள்ளை கொள்ள தோனுதே
கொள்ளை போக உள்ளம் ஏங்குதே
Plundered beauty,
Plundered beauty,
I feel like plundering it,
My heart longs to be stolen away.
கண்ணே கலைமானே என்று
கவிதை நெஞ்சு கதருதடி
பெண்ணே உந்தன் பேரை தவிர
எல்லா மொழியும் அழியுதடி
Calling you my eyes, my gentle deer,
My poetic heart cries out,
O woman, except for your name,
All other languages are fading away.
சுற்றி கொள்ள வேண்டும் உன்னை
சுற்றுசூழல் மறந்தபடி
சொற்கள் என்னை கைவிடும் உள்ளபடி
I want to embrace you,
Forgetting the surroundings around us,
Words truly abandon me.
நீண்ட மலரே
நீண்ட மலரே
தீண்டும் எண்ணம் தூண்டுதே
வேர் இல்லாத ஆசை மீறுதே
Long flower,
Long flower,
The desire to touch is triggered,
A nameless desire overflows.
ஆஅ....ஹா...ஆ..
கொள்ளை அழகே
கொள்ளை அழகே
கொள்ளை கொள்ள தோணுதே
கொள்ளை போக உள்ளம் ஏங்குதே..ஏ..ஏ.....
Aaa....ha aa...
Plundered beauty,
Plundered beauty,
I feel like plundering it,
My heart longs to be stolen away..ae...ae..
ஹோ.....ஓஓ.....உன்னை எண்ணி
சாலை போனால்
வீடு கடந்தே போகின்றேன்
ஏறும் ஏறும்....என்றே
எங்கள் தப்பை எண்ணினேன்
Hoo oo thinking of you,
When walking on the road,
I walk right past my home.
Seven plus seven equals ten—
I counted wrongly in my confusion.
கிழக்கு எங்கே
மேற்கு எங்கே
மறந்து போச்சே உன்னாலே
நீ இருக்கும் திசையெல்லாமே
கிழக்கு என்றே காணுவேன்
Where is the east?
Where is the west?
I have forgotten because of you.
Whichever direction you are in,
Appears to be the east to me.
என் வேர்களில் நீராகிறாய்
என் பூக்களில் தேன் ஆகிறாய்
என்னை இன்னும் என்ன செய்ய போகிறாய்....ஆய்
You become water to my roots,
You become honey to my flowers,
What more are you going to do to me?
இனிமையாக துன்பம் செய்கிறதே
உன் பார்வைகள்
என்னை கொன்று இன்பம் செய்கிறதே
Sweetly causing me distress,
Your glances,
Are killing me while bringing delight.
குன்று போலே விழுந்து நிமிர்கின்றேன்
உன்னை பார்த்ததும்
குன்றின் மணியாய் குன்றி போகின்றேன்
Standing tall like a mountain, I rise,
Yet the moment I see you,
I shrink down like a tiny crab's eye seed.
நீண்ட மலரே
நீண்ட மலரே
தீண்டும் எண்ணம் தூண்டுதே
வேர் இல்லாத ஆசை மீறுதே
Long flower,
Long flower,
The desire to touch is triggered,
A nameless desire overflows.
ஆஅ...ஹா....ஆ...
கொள்ளை அழகே
கொள்ளை அழகே
கொள்ளை கொள்ள தோனுதே
கொள்ளை போக உள்ளம் ஏங்குதே..ஏ....ஏ....
Aaa....ha aa...
Plundered beauty,
Plundered beauty,
I feel like plundering it,
My heart longs to be stolen away..ae...ae..
ஹா...ஆஅ....ஆ...ஆஅ...ஆ.....
ஹா....ஆஅ...ஆ....ஆஅ...
ஹா...ஆஅ....ஆ...ஆஅ...ஆஅ...
ஹா....ஆஅ...ஆ...ஆஅ......
Haa…aaa…aa…aaa…aaa…
Haa….aaa…aa…aaa….
Haa…aaa…aa…aaa…aaa…
Haa….aaa…aa…aaa….
Neenda malarae
Long flower,
Neenda malarae
Long flower,
Theendum ennam thoonduthae
The desire to touch is triggered,
Per illatha aasai meeruthae
A nameless desire overflows.
Kollai azhagae
Plundered beauty,
Kollai azhagae
Plundered beauty,
Kollai kolla thonuthae
I feel like plundering it,
Kollai poga ullam yenguthae
My heart longs to be stolen away.
Kannae kalaimaanae endru
Calling you my eyes, my gentle deer,
Kavithai nenju katharudhadi
My poetic heart cries out,
Pennae undhan perai thavira
O woman, except for your name,
Ellaa mozhiyum azhiyudhadi
All other languages are fading away.
Sutri kolla vendum unnai
I want to embrace you,
Suttrusoozhal marandha badi
Forgetting the surroundings around us,
Sorkkal ennai kaividum ullabadi
Words truly abandon me.
Neenda malarae
Long flower,
Neenda malarae
Long flower,
Theendum ennam thoonduthae
The desire to touch is triggered,
Per illatha aasai meeruthae
A nameless desire overflows.
Aaa….ha aa…
Aaa....ha aa...
Kollai azhagae
Plundered beauty,
Kollai azhagae
Plundered beauty,
Kollai kolla thonuthae
I feel like plundering it,
Kollai poga ullam yenguthae..ae…ae..
My heart longs to be stolen away..ae...ae..
Hoo oo unnai enni
Hoo oo thinking of you,
Saalai ponaal
When walking on the road,
Veedu kadanthae pogindren
I walk right past my home.
Yezhum yezhum pathu endrae
Seven plus seven equals ten—
Engal thappaai enninen
I counted wrongly in my confusion.
Kizhakku engae
Where is the east?
Merkku engae
Where is the west?
Maranthu pochae unaalae
I have forgotten because of you.
Nee irukkum dhisaiyellaamae
Whichever direction you are in,
Kizhakku endrae kaanuthae
Appears to be the east to me.
En vergalil neeraagiraai
You become water to my roots,
En pookalil thaen aagiraai
You become honey to my flowers,
Enai innum enna seiya pogiraai…aaai
What more are you going to do to me?
Inimaiyaaga thunbam seigiradhae
Sweetly causing me distress,
Un paarvaigal
Your glances,
Ennai kondru inbam seigiradhae
Are killing me while bringing delight.
Kundru polae nindru nimirkindren
Standing tall like a mountain, I rise,
Unai paarthadhum
Yet the moment I see you,
Kundri maniyaai kundri pogindren
I shrink down like a tiny crab's eye seed.
Neenda malarae
Long flower,
Neenda malarae
Long flower,
Theendum ennam thoonduthae
The desire to touch is triggered,
Per illatha aasai meeruthae
A nameless desire overflows.
Aaa….ha aa…
Aaa....ha aa...
Kollai azhagae
Plundered beauty,
Kollai azhagae
Plundered beauty,
Kollai kolla thonuthae
I feel like plundering it,
Kollai poga ullam yenguthae..ae…ae..
My heart longs to be stolen away..ae...ae..
Haa…aaa…aa…aaa…aaa…
Haa…aaa…aa…aaa…aaa…
Haa….aaa…aa…aaa….
Haa….aaa…aa…aaa….
Haa…aaa…aa…aaa…aaa…
Haa…aaa…aa…aaa…aaa…
Haa….aaa…aa…aaa….
Haa….aaa…aa…aaa….
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This song expresses the overwhelming euphoric disorientation caused by falling deeply in love. The protagonist articulates how love reshapes every perception of reality—causing one to walk past their own house, mix up simple arithmetic, and lose track of basic directions like east and west. To the lover, every direction where the beloved stands becomes the east (the rising sun), symbolizing hope and new beginnings. The lyricist weaves metaphors of nature, comparing the beloved to life-giving water for roots and honey for flowers. The lover experiences sweet agony, feeling immensely proud like a mountain overall, yet humbled into a tiny seed in the presence of the beloved's captivating presence.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Iyaibu (Rhyming Endings)
“Theendum ennam thoonduthae / Per illatha aasai meeruthae”
Uniform rhyming verb endings creating a rhythmic flow across lines.
Paradox / Oxymoron
“Inimaiyaaga thunbam seigiradhae / Ennai kondru inbam seigiradhae”
Juxtaposing contrasting emotions like sweet distress and joyous killing to describe intense romantic passion.
Simile & Contrast (Uvamai)
“Kundru polae nindru nimirkindren / Kundri maniyaai kundri pogindren”
Contrasting standing tall like a mountain with shrinking into a tiny seed (kundri mani) upon seeing the lover.
Metaphor (Urvagam)
“En vergalil neeraagiraai / En pookalil thaen aagiraai”
Comparing the beloved directly to vital life sources like water for roots and honey for blossoms.
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Trivia
This track is featured in the 2018 Tamil film 'Kanne Kalaimaane', directed by Seenu Ramasamy and starring Udhayanidhi Stalin and Tamannaah. The music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja with lyrics written by Vairamuthu. The song's title pays homage to the iconic song 'Kanne Kalaimane' from the classic film 'Moondram Pirai'.
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