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Neeyum Isaiyum

From Album Songs 2020 · 2020

Lyricist
Madhan Karky
Singers
Yazin Nizar, Madhura Dhara Talluri
Music director
Arvind Mano
Movie name
Album Songs 2020
Movie release year
2020
Lyrics added on
23 Jan 2020

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Neeyum isaiyum indri ulagam
Ulagamillaiyae
Kaalam karaiya dhooram maraiya
Kaathukkidakkiren
Aayiram naal nilavo
Or nodiyil anaindhida
Meendum ingae udhithida
Kaathukkidakkiren
Aadhi enavum andham enavum
Unai ninaithirundhen
Paadhi vazhiyin pirivu mudiya
Kaathukkidakkiren
Natpukkullae …..natpukkullae
Andru vidhaitha nodigalo
Yugangalaai indru valarndhu kidakka
Kanavilae neeyum varaindha maaligai
Isaiyilae ingu naanum nirappa
Ninaivilae kidakkavaa
Kanavinai marandhuvidavaa…
Valiyilae vasikkavaa
Unadhu badhilukku
Naan kaathukkidakkiren….
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Kaadhal endru andru
Nee sonna nodiyinil
Udaindhadhae endhan
Ulagam muzhudhum
Dhooram sendru
Adhai yosikkum pozhudhinil
Kuzhambudhae endhan
Ilaiya manadhum
Theliyavae idam kodu
Adhuvarai porumai kolladaa
Kanavinai thodarndhidu
Enadhu mudivukku
Naan kaathukkidakkiren….
Vaanai thirandhu endhan nilavu
MeeNdum udhikkudhae
Nenjam thirandhu ennul nuzhaindhu
Thulli kudhikkudhae
Oviyamaai oru naal
Paadal ena oru naal
Thoorigaiyum isaiyum
Koodi kalandhadhae
Boomi muzhudhum kaadhal perugi
Vazhiyudhu uyirae
Vaazhkkai ezhudhum ezhudhugolil
Inbam niraiyudhae
Without you and music, the world
is no world at all.
For time to dissolve and distance to fade,
I keep waiting.
Like the moon of a thousand days
that went dark in a single second,
for it to rise here once again,
I keep waiting.
As my beginning and my end,
I had thought of you.
For this halfway separation to end,
I keep waiting.
Within our friendship... within our friendship,
the moments planted back then
have now grown into entire ages.
In the palace you drew in your dreams,
while I fill it here with music,
should I linger in memories,
or forget the dream completely?
Should I live in this pain?
For your answer,
I keep waiting...
Mmm mmm mmm
Mmm mmm mmm
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Mmm mmm mmm
Mmm mmm mmm
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
The moment you said that day
that this was love,
it shattered into pieces,
my entire world.
When I step away
and think about it,
it gets so confused,
my young heart.
Give me space to clear my mind;
be patient until then, my dear.
Keep holding on to the dream;
for my own decision,
I am waiting too...
Opening up the sky, my moon
is rising once again.
Opening my heart and stepping in,
it leaps and dances with joy.
One day like a painting,
one day like a song,
the paintbrush and the melody
have joined and merged into one.
Love swells across the whole world
and overflows, my darling.
In the pen that writes this life,
pure joy is overflowing.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song explores the deep emotional transition between friendship, love, uncertainty, and ultimate realization. The narrator expresses how life feels empty without the presence of their loved one and music. A sudden confession of love disrupts their world, creating confusion and necessitating distance and patience to process feelings deeply.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Anaphora / Repetition

“Kaathukkidakkiren”

The refrain 'Kaathukkidakkiren' (I lie waiting) is repeated at the end of multiple stanzas, reinforcing the central theme of intense longing and patient waiting.

Metaphor

“Andru vidhaitha nodigalo Yugangalaai indru valarndhu kidakka”

Comparing moments sown in friendship to seeds that grew into eons, illustrating how small interactions expand into lifelong significance over time.

Tamil Monai (Initial Alliteration)

“Aadhi enavum andham enavum”

Matching initial vowel sounds in 'Aadhi' and 'Andham' creating poetic rhythm.

Tamil Etukai (Second Letter Rhyme)

“Vaanai thirandhu endhan nilavu / Nenjam thirandhu ennul nuzhaindhu”

Matching second consonant sound 'n' in 'Vaanai' and 'Nenjam'.

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