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Lyrics & meaning

Nenjukkul Peidhidum

From Vaaranam Aayiram · 2008

Lyricist
Thamarai
Singers
Hariharan, Devan Ekambaram, V. V. Prasanna
Music director
Harris Jayaraj
Movie name
Vaaranam Aayiram
Movie release year
2008
Lyrics added on
6 Apr 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
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Nenjukul peidhidum
Maamazhai neerukul
Moozhgidum thamarai
Sattendru marudhu vaanilai
Pennae un mel pizhai
Nillamal veesidum
Peralai nenjukul neenthidum
Tharagai pon vannam soodiya
Kaarigai pennae nee kaanchanai
Oh shanthi
Shanthi oh shanthi
En uyirai uyirai
Neeyenthi
Yen sendrai
Sendrai ennai thaandi
Ini neethaan endhan andhaathi
Nenjukul peidhidum
Maamazhai neerukul
Moozhgidum thamarai
Sattendru marudhu vaanilai
Pennae un mel pizhai
…………………………..
Yedho ondru
Ennai eerka mookin
Nuni marmam serka
Kalla thanam yethum illaa
Punnagaiyo boganvilla
Nee nindra idam
Endral vilai yeri pogaadho
Nee sellum vazhi ellam
Panikatti aagaadho
Ennodu vaa
Veedu varaikum
En veetai paar
Ennai pidikum
Ival yaaro
Yaaro theriyaadhae
Ival pinnal nenjae pogadhae
Idhu poiyo
Meiyo theriyaadhae
Ival pinnal nenjae
Pogadhae Pogadhae
Nenjukul peidhidum
Maamazhai neerukul
Moozhgidum thamarai
Sattendru marudhu vaanilai
Pennae un mel pizhai hoo
Nillamal veesidum
Peralai nenjukul neenthidum
Thaaragai pon vannam soodiya
Kaarigai pennae nee kaanchanai
……………………..
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Thookangalai
Thooki sendraai
Thooki sendraai
Yekkangalai thoovi sendraai
Unnai thaandi
Pogum podhu
Pogum podhu
Veesum kaatrin
Veechu veru
Nil endru nee sonnaal
En kaalam nagaradhae
Nee soodum poovellam
Oru podhum udhiradhae
Kaadhal enai
Ketka villai
Ketkathadhu kaadhal illai
En jeevan
Jeevan neethaanae
Ena thondrum neram idhuthaanae
Nee illai illai
Endralae en nenjam
Nenjam thaangadhae
Nenjukul peidhidum
Maamazhai neerukul
Moozhgidum thamarai
Sattendru marudhu vaanilai
Pennae un mel pizhai
Nillamal veesidum
Peralai nenjukul neenthidum
Thaaragai pon vannam soodiya
Kaarigai pennae nee kaanchanai
Oh shanthi
Shanthi oh shanthi
En uyirai uyirai
Neeyenthi
Yen sendrai
Sendrai ennai thaandi
Ini neethaan endhan andhaathi
………………………
[Music/Instrumental Interlude]
Pouring inside my heart,
within the heavy downpour's waters,
a lotus drowns.
Suddenly, the weather changes;
girl, the fault lies with you.
Blowing relentlessly,
a massive wave swims inside my heart.
Adorned in a golden star-like hue,
maiden, girl, you are pure gold.
Oh Shanthi,
Shanthi, oh Shanthi,
My life, my soul,
holding it in your hands,
why did you leave?
You walked past me and left.
From now on, you are my endless poem.
Pouring inside my heart,
within the heavy downpour's waters,
a lotus drowns.
Suddenly, the weather changes;
girl, the fault lies with you.
[Music/Instrumental Interlude]
Something,
something attracts me,
adding mystery to the tip of my nose.
Free from any guile,
is that smile a bougainvillea flower?
The place where you stood,
wouldn't its value skyrocket?
Along every path you walk,
won't the ground freeze into ice?
Come with me,
all the way to my house;
see my home,
and you will like me.
Who is she?
I do not know who she is.
My heart, do not go chasing after her.
Is this a lie,
or the truth? I cannot tell.
My heart, after her,
do not go, do not go!
Pouring inside my heart,
within the heavy downpour's waters,
a lotus drowns.
Suddenly, the weather changes;
girl, the fault lies with you, hoo.
Blowing relentlessly,
a massive wave swims inside my heart.
Adorned in a golden star-like hue,
maiden, girl, you are pure gold.
[Music/Instrumental Interlude]
[Music/Instrumental Interlude]
My sleep,
you carried away,
you carried away.
You scattered longings as you left.
Passing by you,
as I walk,
as I walk,
the blowing wind's
impact feels completely different.
If you tell me to halt,
my time will cease to move.
Every flower you wear,
will never ever wither.
Love did not ask me
for permission;
if it asked, it isn't true love.
My soul,
you are my very soul,
this is the moment I realize it.
If you say no,
my heart,
my heart cannot bear it.
Pouring inside my heart,
within the heavy downpour's waters,
a lotus drowns.
Suddenly, the weather changes;
girl, the fault lies with you.
Blowing relentlessly,
a massive wave swims inside my heart.
Adorned in a golden star-like hue,
maiden, girl, you are pure gold.
Oh Shanthi,
Shanthi, oh Shanthi,
My life, my soul,
holding it in your hands,
why did you leave?
You walked past me and left.
From now on, you are my endless poem.
[Music/Instrumental Interlude]
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Nenjukkul Peidhidum from Vaaranam Aayiram captures the sudden, overwhelming sensation of falling in love at first sight. Through rich atmospheric imagery—rainstorms inside the heart, drowning lotuses, and sudden shifts in weather—the narrator describes how a single encounter on a train journey transforms his internal world completely. The lyrics convey both the intoxicating magic of romantic fascination and the quiet anxiety of watching a beloved stranger walk away.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Moozhgidum thamarai

The speaker's heart overwhelmed by the rush of newfound love is metaphorically pictured as a lotus submerging under heavy rain.

Hyperbole

Nee nindra idam endral vilai yeri pogaadho

Exaggerates the divine impact of her presence by suggesting that the value of the ground she stands on would immediately skyrocket.

Cultural Allusion / Metaphor

Ini neethaan endhan andhaathi

References 'Andhaathi', a traditional Tamil poetic device where the end of one verse becomes the start of the next, symbolizing an endless, cyclical obsession.

Repetition

Pogadhae Pogadhae

The repeated pleading accentuates the speaker's internal struggle as he desperately warns his own heart not to run after her.

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Trivia

Composed by Harris Jayaraj with lyrics by Thamarai, 'Nenjukkul Peidhidum' earned Hariharan the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Tamil and remains one of Tamil cinema's most acclaimed romantic tracks.

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