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Lyrics & meaning

Oh Anbe

From Vedham · 2001

Lyricist: Vairamuthu
Singer: Shankar Mahadevan
Music director: Vidyasagar
Movie name: Vedham
Movie release year: 2001
Lyrics added on: 12 Aug 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics

↻ English translation

Oh anbae anbae

Oru kutty puyal nee

Nee nee nee nee nee nee

Oh pennae pennae

Naan ettum dhisai nee

Nee nee nee nee nee nee

Naetrum nee

Indrum nee

Naalai nee endrum nee

Kaalai nee maalai nee

Mathiyam nee iravum nee

Naan enbathellaamae

Nee nee nee nee

Oh anbae anbae

Oru kutty puyal nee

Nee nee nee nee nee nee

Oh hoo pennae pennae

Naan ettum dhisai nee

Nee nee nee nee nee nee

Thithikkum amilam nee

Kasakkum amudhamum nee

Mirattum kavithai nee

Melliya bhoogambam nee

Hey soodaana nilavum nee

Suzhalum vaanavil nee

Vingyaanam meinaanum irandilum

Iruppaval nee

Darling

I want to make it up to you

With you everything feels new

So new that

I can’t bear the thought of losing you

I swear..i swear i swear (Dialogue)

Mounam nee saththam nee

Dhaagam nee vegam nee

Malaiyum nee kodaiyum nee

Meiyum nee poiyum nee

Naan enbathellaamae

Nee nee nee nee nee nee…

Oh anbae anbae

Oru kutty puyal nee

Nee nee nee nee nee nee

Oh pennae pennae

Naan ettum dhisai nee

Nee nee nee nee nee nee

Anabe nam kappiyam nee

Haikoo kavithaiyum nee

Hitlerin yutham nee

Teresa muthamum nee

Picasso oviyam nee

Pillaiyin kirukkalum nee,

Unnodu mudiyattum

Kadaisi alagiyum nee

Hey love

Though you have taken this heart

And torn it apart

I will always be there and never depart

It’s a promise promise promise

Promise (Dialogue)

Naalum nee vaaram nee

Maadham nee varsham nee

Poovum nee pinjum nee

Kaayum nee kaniyum nee

Naan enbathellaamae

Nee nee nee nee

Oh anbae anbae

Oru kutty puyal nee

Nee nee nee nee nee nee

Oh pennae pennae

Naan ettum dhisai nee

Nee nee nee nee nee nee

Naetrum nee

Indrum nee

Naalai nee endrum nee

Kaalai nee maalai nee

Mathiyam nee iravum nee

Naan enbathellaamae

Nee nee nee nee

Oh oh oh oh

Oh my love, my love

You are a little storm

You, you, you, you, you, you

Oh girl, my girl

You are every direction I reach

You, you, you, you, you, you

You are yesterday

You are today

You are tomorrow, you are forever

You are morning, you are evening

You are noon and you are night

Everything that is me

is you, you, you, you

Oh my love, my love

You are a little storm

You, you, you, you, you, you

Oh girl, my girl

You are every direction I reach

You, you, you, you, you, you

You are sweet acid

You are bitter nectar

You are an intimidating poem

You are a gentle earthquake

Hey, you are a scorching moon

You are a swirling rainbow

In both science and spiritual wisdom

you are the one who resides

Darling

I want to make it up to you

With you everything feels new

So new that

I cannot bear the thought of losing you

I swear... I swear, I swear (dialogue)

You are silence, you are sound

You are thirst, you are speed

You are the rain, you are the umbrella

You are truth, you are a lie

Everything that is me

is you, you, you, you, you, you...

Oh my love, my love

You are a little storm

You, you, you, you, you, you

Oh girl, my girl

You are every direction I reach

You, you, you, you, you, you

My love, you are our epic poem

and you are a short haiku

You are Hitler's war

and Mother Teresa's kiss

You are a Picasso painting

and a child's scribble

Let it all end with you

you are the very last beauty

Hey love

Though you have taken this heart

and torn it apart

I will always be there and never depart

It's a promise, promise, promise

Promise (dialogue)

You are the day, you are the week

You are the month, you are the year

You are the flower, you are the budding fruit

You are the raw fruit, you are the ripe fruit

Everything that is me

is you, you, you, you

Oh my love, my love

You are a little storm

You, you, you, you, you, you

Oh girl, my girl

You are every direction I reach

You, you, you, you, you, you

You are yesterday

You are today

You are tomorrow, you are forever

You are morning, you are evening

You are noon and you are night

Everything that is me

is you, you, you, you

Oh, oh, oh, oh

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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Oh Anbae Anbae' expresses an all-consuming, playful, and passionate devotion of a lover to his beloved. Through repetitive emphasis on the pronoun 'Nee' (You), the protagonist declares that every dimension of his existence—time, direction, nature, truth, and emotion—is entirely dominated by his partner. She represents both extreme turbulence and comforting peace, encapsulating every contradictory phenomenon in his life.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Muran (Antithesis) / Oxymoron

“Thithikkum amilam nee / Kasakkum amudhamum nee”

Pairs opposite concepts together: sweet acid (Thithikkum amilam) and bitter nectar (Kasakkum amudham) to highlight the paradoxical nature of love.

Oxymoron

“Melliya bhoogambam nee / Hey soodaana nilavum nee”

Combines contradictory terms like 'gentle earthquake' and 'hot moon' to describe the heroine's unique charm.

Muran (Antithesis)

“Hitlerin yutham nee / Teresa muthamum nee”

Juxtaposes Hitler's war with Mother Teresa's kiss to depict the wild intensity and gentle tenderness of the beloved.

Anaphora / Repetition

“Naetrum nee / Indrum nee / Naalai nee endrum nee”

Repetition of the word 'nee' across consecutive temporal statements creates a rhythmic emphasis on omnipresence.

Did you know?

Trivia

The movie Vedham (2001) stars Action King Arjun and Sakshi Shivanand, directed by Arjun himself. The song's soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar, with lyrics crafted by Vairamuthu featuring playful juxtaposition of modern imagery and classical literary concepts.

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