Nenjai Kasaki
From Yaaradi Nee Mohini · 2008
- Lyricist
- Na. Muthu Kumar
- Singers
- Udit Narayan, Suchitra
- Music director
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Details
- Yaaradi Nee Mohini2008
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Nenjai kasaki pizhinthuvitu | Squeezing and wringing my heart, |
| Pora ponnae radhiyae radhiyae | The girl who leaves, oh beautiful like Rathi! |
| Panjil thee mootivitu | Setting fire to cotton, |
| Poravalae kiliyae kiliyae | The girl who walks away, oh parrot! |
| Male | |
| Adi mayilae maa mayilae | Hey peacock, great peacock, |
| Madhi mayakum poonguyilae | Flower-cuckoo that mesmeric mind, |
| Male | |
| Nenjai kasaki pizhinthuvitu | Squeezing and wringing my heart, |
| Pora ponnae radhiyae radhiyae | The girl who leaves, oh beautiful like Rathi! |
| Oh oh panjil thee mootivitu | Oh oh, setting fire to cotton, |
| Poravalae kiliyae kiliyae | The girl who walks away, oh parrot! |
| Male | |
| ………………………………………… | ... |
| Female | |
| Kambankaatil kalathu mettil | In the millet field, on the threshing floor, |
| Vandi otum aasai mama | Desire drives the cart, uncle/mister, |
| Koochatha thooki kuppaiyil podu | Throw your shyness into the trash bin, |
| Male | |
| Yae paarka paarka manasu yengum | Hey, the heart longs just by looking and looking, |
| Pazhagi paarka vayasu ketkum | Youth demands to get to know and experience, |
| Idhayathil idam ingu illayae | There is no space left in my heart here, |
| Adhai eduthaval kodukavum illayae | The girl who stole it hasn't given it back, |
| Female | |
| Kaadhal enaku vendaamae | I don't want love anymore, |
| Kavalai marandhu vaa mama | Forget your worries and come, mister, |
| Kaiya pidichu kannam thechu | Holding hands and brushing cheeks, |
| Kadhaigal pesa vaa vaa | Come, come to talk stories, |
| Male | |
| Ullam kodupathu oru murai thaan | Giving one's heart happens only once, |
| Ini vaazhvo saavo avaludan thaan | From now on, life or death is only with her, |
| Female | |
| Vaaipukal varuvathu orumurai thaan | Opportunities come only once, |
| Nee ilakanam paarthaal thalai valithaan | If you strictly look at rules, it will only give you a headache, |
| Male | |
| Nenjai kasaki pizhinthuvitu | Squeezing and wringing my heart, |
| Pora ponnae radhiyae radhiyae | The girl who leaves, oh beautiful like Rathi! |
| Female | |
| Hmm panjil thee mootivitu | Hmm, setting fire to cotton, |
| Poravalae kiliyae kiliyae | The girl who walks away, oh parrot! |
| Male | |
| ………………………………….. | ... |
| Male | |
| Paarvai paarthu mayaki ponaal | She cast a glance and left me mesmerized, |
| Paavi nenjai parithu ponaal | She snatched away my sinner's heart and went, |
| Aangalin jenmam adhu | The birth and life of men is, |
| Endrumae thunbam | Always filled with sorrow, |
| Female | |
| Nerungi vandhaal vilagi povom | If she comes close, we pull away, |
| Vilagi ponaal nerungi varuvom | If she moves away, we draw close, |
| Pengalin manadhil ennavo | Whatever is in a woman's mind, |
| Adhu pennukum purivathu illaiyae | Even a woman herself doesn't understand, |
| Male | |
| Aasai vaithen un melthaan | I have placed my desire only on you, |
| Vaazhnthu paarpen unnudan thaan | I will live my life only with you, |
| Paathai therindhaal payanam purindhaal | If the path is clear and the journey understood, |
| Paarai idukil oru poo thaan | I am like a flower blooming in the crevice of a rock, |
| Female | |
| Kanavugal kaanbathu un urimai | Dreaming is your right, |
| Adhu kalaindhaal theriyum en nilamai | If those dreams shatter, you will know my condition, |
| Male | |
| Iravum pagalum un madiyil | Day and night in your lap, |
| Kanmoodi kidapen un arugil | I will lie down with closed eyes beside you. |
நெஞ்சை கசக்கி
பிழிந்துவிட்டு போற
பொண்ணே ரதியே ரதியே
பஞ்சில் தீ மூட்டிவிட்டு
போறவளே கிளியே கிளியே
Squeezing and wringing my heart,
The girl who leaves, oh beautiful like Rathi!
Setting fire to cotton,
The girl who walks away, oh parrot!
அடி மயிலே
மாமயிலே மதி மயக்கும்
பூங்குயிலே
Hey peacock, great peacock,
Flower-cuckoo that mesmeric mind,
நெஞ்சை கசக்கி
பிழிந்துவிட்டு போற
பொண்ணே ரதியே ரதியே
ஓ ஓ பஞ்சில் தீ மூட்டிவிட்டு
போறவளே கிளியே கிளியே
Squeezing and wringing my heart,
The girl who leaves, oh beautiful like Rathi!
Oh oh, setting fire to cotton,
The girl who walks away, oh parrot!
...............................
...
கம்பங்காட்டில்
களத்துமேட்டில் வண்டி
ஓட்டும் ஆச மாமா
கூச்சத்த தூக்கி குப்பையில்
போடு
In the millet field, on the threshing floor,
Desire drives the cart, uncle/mister,
Throw your shyness into the trash bin,
ஏ பார்க்க பார்க்க
மனசு ஏங்கும் பழகி பார்க்க
வயசு கேட்கும் இதயத்தில்
இடம் இங்கு இல்லையே
அதை எடுத்தவள் கொடுக்கவும்
இல்லையே
Hey, the heart longs just by looking and looking,
Youth demands to get to know and experience,
There is no space left in my heart here,
The girl who stole it hasn't given it back,
காதல் எனக்கு
வேண்டாமே கவலை
மறந்து வா மாமா கைய
புடிச்சு கன்னம் தேச்சு
கதைகள் பேச வா வா
I don't want love anymore,
Forget your worries and come, mister,
Holding hands and brushing cheeks,
Come, come to talk stories,
உள்ளம் கொடுப்பது
ஒருமுறைதான் இனி வாழ்வோ
சாவோ அவளுடன் தான்
Giving one's heart happens only once,
From now on, life or death is only with her,
வாய்ப்புகள் வருவது
ஒருமுறை தான் நீ இலக்கணம்
பார்த்தால் தலை வலிதான்
Opportunities come only once,
If you strictly look at rules, it will only give you a headache,
நெஞ்சை கசக்கி
பிழிந்துவிட்டு போற
பொண்ணே ரதியே ரதியே
Squeezing and wringing my heart,
The girl who leaves, oh beautiful like Rathi!
ஹம்ம் பஞ்சில்
தீ மூட்டிவிட்டு போறவளே
கிளியே கிளியே
Hmm, setting fire to cotton,
The girl who walks away, oh parrot!
...............................
...
பார்வை பார்த்து
மயக்கி போனாள் பாவி
நெஞ்சை பறித்து போனாள்
ஆண்களின் ஜென்மம் அது
என்றுமே துன்பம்
She cast a glance and left me mesmerized,
She snatched away my sinner's heart and went,
The birth and life of men is,
Always filled with sorrow,
நெருங்கி வந்தால்
விலகி போவோம் விலகி
போனால் நெருங்கி வருவோம்
பெண்களின் மனதில் என்னவோ
அது பெண்ணுக்கும் புரிவது
இல்லையே
If she comes close, we pull away,
If she moves away, we draw close,
Whatever is in a woman's mind,
Even a woman herself doesn't understand,
ஆசை வைத்தேன்
உன்மேல் தான் வாழ்ந்து
பார்ப்பேன் உன்னுடன் தான்
பாதை தெரிந்தால் பயணம்
புரிந்தால் பாறை இடுக்கில்
ஒரு பூ தான்
I have placed my desire only on you,
I will live my life only with you,
If the path is clear and the journey understood,
I am like a flower blooming in the crevice of a rock,
கனவுகள் காண்பது
உன் உரிமை அது கலைந்தால்
தெரியும் என் நிலைமை
Dreaming is your right,
If those dreams shatter, you will know my condition,
இரவும் பகலும்
உன் மடியில் கண்மூடி
கிடப்பேன் உன் அருகில்
Day and night in your lap,
I will lie down with closed eyes beside you.
Nenjai kasaki pizhinthuvitu
Squeezing and wringing my heart,
Pora ponnae radhiyae radhiyae
The girl who leaves, oh beautiful like Rathi!
Panjil thee mootivitu
Setting fire to cotton,
Poravalae kiliyae kiliyae
The girl who walks away, oh parrot!
Adi mayilae maa mayilae
Hey peacock, great peacock,
Madhi mayakum poonguyilae
Flower-cuckoo that mesmeric mind,
Nenjai kasaki pizhinthuvitu
Squeezing and wringing my heart,
Pora ponnae radhiyae radhiyae
The girl who leaves, oh beautiful like Rathi!
Oh oh panjil thee mootivitu
Oh oh, setting fire to cotton,
Poravalae kiliyae kiliyae
The girl who walks away, oh parrot!
…………………………………………
...
Kambankaatil kalathu mettil
In the millet field, on the threshing floor,
Vandi otum aasai mama
Desire drives the cart, uncle/mister,
Koochatha thooki kuppaiyil podu
Throw your shyness into the trash bin,
Yae paarka paarka manasu yengum
Hey, the heart longs just by looking and looking,
Pazhagi paarka vayasu ketkum
Youth demands to get to know and experience,
Idhayathil idam ingu illayae
There is no space left in my heart here,
Adhai eduthaval kodukavum illayae
The girl who stole it hasn't given it back,
Kaadhal enaku vendaamae
I don't want love anymore,
Kavalai marandhu vaa mama
Forget your worries and come, mister,
Kaiya pidichu kannam thechu
Holding hands and brushing cheeks,
Kadhaigal pesa vaa vaa
Come, come to talk stories,
Ullam kodupathu oru murai thaan
Giving one's heart happens only once,
Ini vaazhvo saavo avaludan thaan
From now on, life or death is only with her,
Vaaipukal varuvathu orumurai thaan
Opportunities come only once,
Nee ilakanam paarthaal thalai valithaan
If you strictly look at rules, it will only give you a headache,
Nenjai kasaki pizhinthuvitu
Squeezing and wringing my heart,
Pora ponnae radhiyae radhiyae
The girl who leaves, oh beautiful like Rathi!
Hmm panjil thee mootivitu
Hmm, setting fire to cotton,
Poravalae kiliyae kiliyae
The girl who walks away, oh parrot!
…………………………………..
...
Paarvai paarthu mayaki ponaal
She cast a glance and left me mesmerized,
Paavi nenjai parithu ponaal
She snatched away my sinner's heart and went,
Aangalin jenmam adhu
The birth and life of men is,
Endrumae thunbam
Always filled with sorrow,
Nerungi vandhaal vilagi povom
If she comes close, we pull away,
Vilagi ponaal nerungi varuvom
If she moves away, we draw close,
Pengalin manadhil ennavo
Whatever is in a woman's mind,
Adhu pennukum purivathu illaiyae
Even a woman herself doesn't understand,
Aasai vaithen un melthaan
I have placed my desire only on you,
Vaazhnthu paarpen unnudan thaan
I will live my life only with you,
Paathai therindhaal payanam purindhaal
If the path is clear and the journey understood,
Paarai idukil oru poo thaan
I am like a flower blooming in the crevice of a rock,
Kanavugal kaanbathu un urimai
Dreaming is your right,
Adhu kalaindhaal theriyum en nilamai
If those dreams shatter, you will know my condition,
Iravum pagalum un madiyil
Day and night in your lap,
Kanmoodi kidapen un arugil
I will lie down with closed eyes beside you.
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This song from 'Yaaradi Nee Mohini' captures a playful yet emotionally intense duet reflecting the conflicts and passion between two lovers. The male protagonist expresses how his heart has been squeezed and tormented by the captivating beauty of his beloved, comparing her sudden impact to setting fire to dry cotton. He struggles with the overwhelming nature of love, feeling that once a heart is surrendered, it is given forever, making his destiny intertwined with hers whether in life or death. The female protagonist playfully encourages him to throw away his hesitations, worries, and strict moral codes, urging him to live in the moment and embrace love without overthinking. The lyrics explore the paradoxical nature of romance—how men often find love tormenting, how women's emotions can be enigmatic, and how love manages to bloom even in the hardest circumstances like a flower in a rock crevice. Ultimately, it emphasizes surrender, devotion, and finding solace in each other's presence.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Edhugai (Second letter rhyming in Tamil)
“Paarvai paarthu mayaki ponaal / Paavi nenjai parithu ponaal”
Matching second consonants across lines to create rhythmic harmony, seen in 'Kasaki' / 'Panjil' and 'Paarvai' / 'Paavi'.
Metaphor (Uruvagaimai)
“Panjil thee mootivitu”
Comparing love catching fire in the heart to setting fire to cotton ('Panjil thee mootivitu').
Visual Imagery
“Paarai idukil oru poo thaan”
Blooming in a harsh environment metaphorized as a flower growing between rock crevices ('Paarai idukil oru poo thaan').
Anaphora / Repetition
“Pora ponnae radhiyae radhiyae”
Repetition of words like 'radhiyae radhiyae' and 'kiliyae kiliyae' for emphasis and musical cadence.
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Trivia
Although the music for 'Yaaradi Nee Mohini' was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, this specific song 'Nenjai Kasaki' was composed by Dharan Kumar as a guest composer (or featured tracks), while lyrics were penned by Na. Muthu Kumar. The film stars Dhanush and Nayanthara and was a massive box-office hit in 2008.
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