Oh Mane Mane Maane (Male)
From Rishi · 2001
- Lyricist
- Panchu Arunachalam
- Singer
- Hariharan
- Music director
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Details
- Rishi2001
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| O mane mane maanae maanae | Oh dear deer, my gentle deer |
| O mane mane maanae | Oh dear deer, my gentle deer |
| O mane mane maanae maanae | Oh dear deer, my gentle deer |
| O mane mane maanae | Oh dear deer, my gentle deer |
| Male | |
| Meendum varumae kaalam | Time will return once again |
| Vasandham tharumae vaazhvil | Bringing spring into your life |
| Maega nizhalae pogum | The shadow of clouds will fade away |
| Thee poalayae serum | Gathering warmth like fire |
| Unadhu sugam ini varum naalil | Your joy in the coming days |
| Nooraagum… | Will multiply a hundredfold... |
| Male | |
| O mane mane maanae maanae | Oh dear deer, my gentle deer |
| O mane mane maanae | Oh dear deer, my gentle deer |
| O mane mane maanae maanae | Oh dear deer, my gentle deer |
| O mane mane maanae | Oh dear deer, my gentle deer |
| Male | |
| Poovondru kaatrodu saayndhaal | Even if a single flower sways with the wind |
| Sediyum saayvadhillai | The plant itself does not bow down |
| Pagal maari irulum vandhu poagum | Day turns into night and passes by |
| Vidhiyil maatram illai | There is no changing destiny |
| Male | |
| Paadhai konjam maarinaalum | Even if the path changes a little |
| Payanam maarumaa | Will the journey ever change? |
| Paasam kondu vaazhvai nambu | Trust in life with love in your heart |
| Kaalam maarumae | Time will surely change |
| Male | |
| Engae engae inbam engae | Where is happiness, oh where? |
| Angae undhan nenjin ullae | Right there, deep inside your heart |
| Thedi vandhidum sandhoshamae | Happiness will come searching for you |
| Male | |
| O mane mane maanae maanae | Oh dear deer, my gentle deer |
| O mane mane maanae | Oh dear deer, my gentle deer |
| O mane mane maanae maanae | Oh dear deer, my gentle deer |
| O mane mane maanae | Oh dear deer, my gentle deer |
| Male | |
| Sondhangal naan kandadhillai | I have never known family or relations |
| Uravu endru vanthaai | You came to me as my kinship |
| Un paarvai sandhitha poadhu | When your gaze met mine |
| Minnal nenjil thanthaai | You sent lightning striking through my heart |
| Male | |
| Undhan paadal kaettapodhu | When I listened to your song |
| Vandha aanandham | The immense bliss that filled me |
| Thaedal indri thaanae vandha | Without any searching, it arrived on its own |
| Inbam aayiram | A thousand joys all at once |
| Male | |
| Undhan kannil endhan kannai | In your eyes, my own eyes... |
| Naanum kandaen neeyum kandaal | I saw it, and if you see it too |
| Thaedi vandhidum sandhoshamae | Happiness will come searching for you |
| Male | |
| O mane mane maanae maanae | Oh dear deer, my gentle deer |
| O mane mane maanae | Oh dear deer, my gentle deer |
| O mane mane maanae maanae | Oh dear deer, my gentle deer |
| O mane mane maanae | Oh dear deer, my gentle deer |
| Male | |
| Meendum varumae kaalam | Time will return once again |
| Vasandham tharumae vaazhvil | Bringing spring into your life |
| Mega nizhalae poagum | The shadow of clouds will fade away |
| Thee poaliyae saerum | Gathering warmth like fire |
| Unadhu sugam ini varum naalil | Your joy in the coming days |
| Nooraagum… | Will multiply a hundredfold... |
| Male | |
| O mane mane maanae maanae | Oh dear deer, my gentle deer |
| O mane mane maanae | Oh dear deer, my gentle deer |
| O mane mane maanae maanae | Oh dear deer, my gentle deer |
| O mane mane maanae | Oh dear deer, my gentle deer |
ஓ மனே மனே மானே மானே
ஓ மனே மனே மானே
ஓ மனே மனே மானே மானே
ஓ மனே மனே மானே
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
மீண்டும் வருமே காலம்
வசந்தம் தருமே வாழ்வில்
மேக நிழலே போகும்
தீ போலேயே சேரும்
உனது சுகம் இனி வரும் நாளில்
நூறாகும்....
Time will return once again
Bringing spring into your life
The shadow of clouds will fade away
Gathering warmth like fire
Your joy in the coming days
Will multiply a hundredfold...
ஓ மனே மனே மானே மானே
ஓ மனே மனே மானே
ஓ மனே மனே மானே மானே
ஓ மனே மனே மானே
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
பூவொன்று காற்றோடு சாய்ந்தால்
செடியும் சாய்வதில்லை
பகல் மாறி இருளும் வந்து போகும்
விதியில் மாற்றம் இல்லை
Even if a single flower sways with the wind
The plant itself does not bow down
Day turns into night and passes by
There is no changing destiny
பாதை கொஞ்சம் மாறினாலும்
பயணம் மாறுமா
பாசம் கொண்டு வாழ்வை நம்பு
காலம் மாறுமே
Even if the path changes a little
Will the journey ever change?
Trust in life with love in your heart
Time will surely change
எங்கே எங்கே இன்பம் எங்கே
அங்கே உந்தன் நெஞ்சின் உள்ளே
தேடி வந்திடும் சந்தோஷமே
Where is happiness, oh where?
Right there, deep inside your heart
Happiness will come searching for you
ஓ மனே மனே மானே மானே
ஓ மனே மனே மானே
ஓ மனே மனே மானே மானே
ஓ மனே மனே மானே
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
சொந்தங்கள் நான் கண்டதில்லை
உறவு என்று வந்தாய்
உன் பார்வை சந்தித்த போது
மின்னல் நெஞ்சில் தந்தாய்
I have never known family or relations
You came to me as my kinship
When your gaze met mine
You sent lightning striking through my heart
உந்தன் பாடல் கேட்டபோது
வந்த ஆனந்தம்
தேடல் இன்றி தானே வந்த
இன்பம் ஆயிரம்
When I listened to your song
The immense bliss that filled me
Without any searching, it arrived on its own
A thousand joys all at once
உந்தன் கண்ணில் எந்தன் கண்ணை
நானும் கண்டேன் நீயும் கண்டால்
தேடி வந்திடும் சந்தோசமே
In your eyes, my own eyes...
I saw it, and if you see it too
Happiness will come searching for you
ஓ மனே மனே மானே மானே
ஓ மனே மனே மானே
ஓ மனே மனே மானே மானே
ஓ மனே மனே மானே
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
மீண்டும் வருமே காலம்
வசந்தம் தருமே வாழ்வில்
மேக நிழலே போகும்
தீ போலேயே சேரும்
உனது சுகம் இனி வரும் நாளில்
நூறாகும்....
Time will return once again
Bringing spring into your life
The shadow of clouds will fade away
Gathering warmth like fire
Your joy in the coming days
Will multiply a hundredfold...
ஓ மனே மனே மானே மானே
ஓ மனே மனே மானே
ஓ மனே மனே மானே மானே
ஓ மனே மனே மானே
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
O mane mane maanae maanae
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
O mane mane maanae
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
O mane mane maanae maanae
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
O mane mane maanae
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
Meendum varumae kaalam
Time will return once again
Vasandham tharumae vaazhvil
Bringing spring into your life
Maega nizhalae pogum
The shadow of clouds will fade away
Thee poalayae serum
Gathering warmth like fire
Unadhu sugam ini varum naalil
Your joy in the coming days
Nooraagum…
Will multiply a hundredfold...
O mane mane maanae maanae
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
O mane mane maanae
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
O mane mane maanae maanae
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
O mane mane maanae
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
Poovondru kaatrodu saayndhaal
Even if a single flower sways with the wind
Sediyum saayvadhillai
The plant itself does not bow down
Pagal maari irulum vandhu poagum
Day turns into night and passes by
Vidhiyil maatram illai
There is no changing destiny
Paadhai konjam maarinaalum
Even if the path changes a little
Payanam maarumaa
Will the journey ever change?
Paasam kondu vaazhvai nambu
Trust in life with love in your heart
Kaalam maarumae
Time will surely change
Engae engae inbam engae
Where is happiness, oh where?
Angae undhan nenjin ullae
Right there, deep inside your heart
Thedi vandhidum sandhoshamae
Happiness will come searching for you
O mane mane maanae maanae
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
O mane mane maanae
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
O mane mane maanae maanae
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
O mane mane maanae
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
Sondhangal naan kandadhillai
I have never known family or relations
Uravu endru vanthaai
You came to me as my kinship
Un paarvai sandhitha poadhu
When your gaze met mine
Minnal nenjil thanthaai
You sent lightning striking through my heart
Undhan paadal kaettapodhu
When I listened to your song
Vandha aanandham
The immense bliss that filled me
Thaedal indri thaanae vandha
Without any searching, it arrived on its own
Inbam aayiram
A thousand joys all at once
Undhan kannil endhan kannai
In your eyes, my own eyes...
Naanum kandaen neeyum kandaal
I saw it, and if you see it too
Thaedi vandhidum sandhoshamae
Happiness will come searching for you
O mane mane maanae maanae
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
O mane mane maanae
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
O mane mane maanae maanae
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
O mane mane maanae
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
Meendum varumae kaalam
Time will return once again
Vasandham tharumae vaazhvil
Bringing spring into your life
Mega nizhalae poagum
The shadow of clouds will fade away
Thee poaliyae saerum
Gathering warmth like fire
Unadhu sugam ini varum naalil
Your joy in the coming days
Nooraagum…
Will multiply a hundredfold...
O mane mane maanae maanae
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
O mane mane maanae
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
O mane mane maanae maanae
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
O mane mane maanae
Oh dear deer, my gentle deer
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
O Mane Mane is a soulful and reassuring melodious song from the 2001 Tamil film Rishi, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and rendered by Hariharan. The lyrics offer solace and optimism to a loved one going through difficult times. Through gentle metaphors from nature—such as passing cloud shadows, swaying flowers that do not break the plant, and the cycle of day and night—the song reassures that sorrows are temporary and spring will inevitably return to life.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Paadhai konjam maarinaalum / Payanam maarumaa / Paasam kondu vaazhvai nambu”
The repetition of the initial consonant sound 'Pa' creates a musical rhythm across consecutive lines.
Metaphor
“Vasandham tharumae vaazhvil”
Spring ('Vasandham') is used as a metaphor for happiness, rebirth, and favorable times in life.
Metaphor
“Mega nizhalae pogum”
The shadow of clouds ('Mega nizhal') represents transient worries and gloom that will eventually pass away.
Imagery / Hyperbole
“Minnal nenjil thanthaai”
Describing a glance as striking lightning in the heart creates vivid sensory imagery of romantic spark and sudden intensity.
Did you know?
Trivia
The film Rishi (2001), starring Sarathkumar, features a soundtrack by Yuvan Shankar Raja during his early breakout years. The song lyrics were written by legendary veteran producer-writer Panchu Arunachalam, who had famously mentored Yuvan's father, Ilaiyaraaja, early in his career, making this collaboration across generations particularly historic.
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