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Nenjukulla

From Veerayi Makkal · 2024

Lyricist
Nagaraj Karuppaiah
Singers
Deepan Chakravarthy, Hemambika
Music director
Deepan Chakravarthy
Movie name
Veerayi Makkal
Movie release year
2024
Lyrics added on
4 Aug 2024

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Nenjukulla un peyara
Pacha kuthi vachu iruken
Nee vanthu ninnu putta
Saami sathiyama
Kannukulla soppanathil
Thookam ethum illa
Nee enna konnu putta
Saami sathiyama
Manasula aaru
Uruluthu theru
Male :Usurula usurula
Potta thunnooru
Nenjukulla un peyara
Pacha kuthi vachu iruken
Nee vanthu ninnu putta
Saami sathiyama
Oothayadi paatha pola
Valayuriye
Othaiyila nikaiyila
Neliyiraye
Athu vitta aadu pola
Thiriyiriye
Mathiyaana veyil pola
Eriyiriye
Potta kaadu otha aadu
Enna seiyum
Female :Pacha nella patha athu
Meya thonum
Manasula aasa
Thudikuthu meesa
Female :Vayalula varapula
Ukkanthu pesa
Nenjukulla un peyara
Pacha kuthi vachu iruken
Nee vanthu ninnu putta
Saami sathiyama
Kathiripoo thavaniyil
Kalakuraye
Pottu vachu pogayile
Usupuriye
Kannu vachu
Kannu vachu kavukiriye
Kathi vachu
En manasa arukuraye
Machan peru ayyanaru
Saami peru
Female :Soodam ethi kumbuduren
Vittu pudu
Male :Inikira pechu
Vaanguthu moochu
Female :Vayasula vayasula
Vanthale pochu
Nenjukulla un peyara
Pacha kuthi vachu iruken
Nee vanthu ninnu putta
Saami sathiyama
Kannukulla soppanathil
Thookam ethum illa
Nee enna konnu putta
Saami sathiyama
Inside my heart, your name
I have tattooed deep inside
You came and settled right in
I swear on God!
With dreams filling my eyes
There is no sleep at all
You have completely killed me
I swear on God!
A river flows in my heart
A temple chariot is rolling
(Male) Deep within my soul
Like holy ash smeared upon me
Inside my heart, your name
I have tattooed deep inside
You came and settled right in
I swear on God!
Like a winding dirt track
You bend and sway
When standing all alone
You shyly twist around
Like a goat let loose
You wander all about
Like the blazing midday sun
You burn with fiery heat
In a barren scrubland, a lonely goat
What else can it do?
(Female) If it sees lush green crops
It just longs to graze!
Desire stirs in the heart
Making my moustache twitch
(Female) On the raised edges of the field
To sit together and talk
Inside my heart, your name
I have tattooed deep inside
You came and settled right in
I swear on God!
In your violet half-saree
You look absolutely stunning
When you walk past wearing a bindi
You stir up my feelings
Casting your eyes on me
Casting your eyes, you knock me off my feet
Like striking with a knife
You slice through my heart
My man's name is Ayyanar
A guardian deity's name!
(Female) I will light camphor and bow to you
Just let me go!
(Male) Your sweet words
Take my breath away
(Female) At this young age
Once love strikes, you lose all control!
Inside my heart, your name
I have tattooed deep inside
You came and settled right in
I swear on God!
With dreams filling my eyes
There is no sleep at all
You have completely killed me
I swear on God!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This folk duet from the film 'Veerayi Makkal' (2024) depicts a passionate, rustic declaration of love between two lovers. The lead singer expresses how deeply embedded his lover's name is in his heart, comparing it to an indelible tattoo, while swearing on God about how her beauty and presence utterly bewitch him. The couple exchanges playful, romantic banter filled with imagery rooted in Tamil village life. Through metaphors involving rural terrain—such as winding footpaths, dry fields, grazing goats, and ridges of farm fields—the song conveys themes of longing, youthfulness, and intense emotional attachment. The playful exchange highlights how love overtakes reason, filling their thoughts day and night.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uvagam)

Nenjukulla un peyara pacha kuthi vachu iruken

Simile (Uvamai)

Oothayadi paatha pola valayuriye

Simile (Uvamai)

Mathiyaana veyil pola eriyiriye

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi)

Kathi vachu en manasa arukuraye

Alliteration (Mona/Edhugai)

Kannu vachu / Kannu vachu kavukiriye

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Trivia

'Veerayi Makkal' (2024) is a Tamil family drama directed by N. Rajavel that focuses on rural traditions, family bonds, and village culture. The song features music composed by Deepan Chakravarthy, who also performs as a lead singer alongside Hemambika, delivering authentic rural folk inflections.

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