- Lyricist
- Lyricist Not Known
- Singer
- Karthik
- Music director
- Vijay Ebenezer
- Movie name
- Ya Ya
- Movie release year
- 2013
- Lyrics added on
- 26 Feb 2020
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song is a painful yet satirical lamentation of a young man who feels double-crossed and abandoned simultaneously by his best friend and his romantic partner. Expressed through casual local Tamil slang and Tanglish idioms, the protagonist expresses the deep sorrow of dual betrayal. He sarcastically proclaims himself 'blessed' (baakiyavanda) while drowning his sorrow in alcohol, reflecting on how societal sayings about noble friendship and true love crumbled in his reality. Throughout the track, vivid comparisons illustrate the emotional devastation—comparing his shattered romance to a broken glass mirror and his discarded friendship to burnt paper. The narrator moves between self-pity, anger, and self-blame, summarizing the heartbreak of realizing that both love and friendship, which he treasured as life itself, turned out to be illusive and fragile.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai Ani)
“Oru kannadiya ennodaiya kaadhalatha pottu odachaalae”
Compares fragile romantic love directly to a glass mirror ('kannadi') that gets carelessly dropped and shattered.
Simile (Upamai Ani)
“Oru kaagithama ennodaiya natpaiyum pottu erichaanae”
Compares friendship ('natpu') to a piece of paper ('kaagitham') easily thrown into fire and burned to ashes.
Idiom / Hyperbole
“En kannil mannalli pottutiyae daa”
Uses the Tamil colloquial idiom 'kannil mann allipodu' (throwing dirt into one's eyes) to describe extreme betrayal and deceit by a trusted friend.
Irony / Sarcasm
“Sathiyama nanum baakiyavanda”
The protagonist calls himself 'baakiyavan' (blessed/lucky man) in an intensely sarcastic tone after losing both his love and friendship.
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Trivia
This track is featured in the 2013 Tamil comedy film 'Ya Ya', starring Shiva (Agila Ulaga Super Star) and Santhanam as the lead characters. The soundtrack was composed by V. Thashi. The song uses casual Chennai street slang to represent a quintessential '3-S' (Sarakku, Soga, Song - Alcohol, Sadness, Song) format popular in Tamil cinema comedy-dramas.
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