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Paarthu Konde

From Sandamarutham · 2015

Lyricist
Na. Muthu Kumar
Singers
Sathya Prakash, Saindhavi
Music director
James Vasanthan
Movie name
Sandamarutham
Movie release year
2015
Lyrics added on
7 Dec 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Paarthu kondae pesaamal
Pesi kondae thoongaamal
Thoongum ennam thondraamal
Unnai yosithaen
Neram kaalam podhaamal
Podhum endru kooraamal
Koodum varai maaraamal
Unnai vaasithaen
Vinodha paarvaiyilae
Sila vinaadi moochadaippaai
Vivaadham nadathavae
Adikkadi pesa
Paarthu kondae pesaamal
Pesi kondae thoongaamal
Thoongum ennam thondraamal
Unnai yosithaen
Nenjukkullae ennenavo
Serndhu kidakku
Athanaiyum sollida thaan
Aasai enakku
Jannal vazhi kangal adhu
Paarthu kedakku
Un kolusoli kaetkum dhooram
Sorgam enakku
Un anbai vida kobathil thaan
Paasam adhigam
Adhu urimaiyai velichathil kaattidumae
Ho vinaavai pol valaindhaen
Un kanaavil naan midhandhaen
Vizhaamal vizhundhaen
Unnidam naanum
Haa… aaa…aaa…
Mazhalaiyil undhan mugam
Paartha manadhu
Mana pennil andha mugam
Thaediyadhae
Undhan veedu enakkadhu
Dhooram illai
Endhan veedum ennai vittu
Pirivadhillai
En nizhalukku ennai vida
Kaadhal adhigam
Adhu ennai mundhi undhan meedhu
Saaindhidumae
Vinodha paarvaiyilae
Sila vinaadi moochadaippaai
Vivaadham nadathavae
Adikkadi pesa
Paarthu kondae pesaamal
Pesi kondae thoongaamal
Thoongum ennam thondraamal
Unnai yosithaen
Aaaa…aaa… neram kaalam
Podhum endru
Koodum varai maaraamal
Unnai vaasithaen
Haa… vinaavai pol valaindhaen
Un kanaavil naan midhandhaen
Female :Vinodha paarvaiyilae
Sila vinaadi moochadaippaai (Overlap)
Vizhaamal vizhundhaen
Unnidam naanum
Looking at you without speaking,
Talking to you without sleeping,
Without any thought of sleep,
I kept thinking of you.
Running out of time,
Never saying it was enough,
Unchanging until we came together,
I kept reading you.
With your curious look,
you take my breath away for a few seconds.
Just to start an argument,
you keep talking to me.
Looking at you without speaking,
Talking to you without sleeping,
Without any thought of sleep,
I kept thinking of you.
Inside my heart,
so many feelings have gathered.
To tell you every single one,
is my deepest wish.
Through the window, my eyes
keep watching and waiting.
Any distance where your anklets can be heard
is heaven to me.
Even more than in your love,
there is greater affection in your anger.
It openly shows your right over me.
Oh, I bent like a question mark,
I drifted in your dreams.
Without stumbling, I fell
completely for you.
Ha... aa... aa...
The heart that saw your face
back in childhood,
searched for that very face
in my bride.
Your home to me
is never far away.
And my own home
is never separated from me.
My shadow has more love for you
than even I do.
It rushes ahead of me
and leans against you.
With your curious look,
you take my breath away for a few seconds.
Just to start an argument,
you keep talking to me.
Looking at you without speaking,
Talking to you without sleeping,
Without any thought of sleep,
I kept thinking of you.
Ah... aa... Time and hours,
never saying it was enough,
Unchanging until we came together,
I kept reading you.
Ha... I bent like a question mark,
I drifted in your dreams.
Female: With your curious look,
you take my breath away for a few seconds (overlap)
Without stumbling, I fell
completely for you.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Paarthu Kondae Pesaamal' captures the sweet nuances of falling in love and the delightful intoxication of being absorbed in someone's thoughts. The singer describes sleepless nights, the unspoken comfort of looking at one another, and the overwhelming desire to share every hidden emotion stored within the heart. Small everyday details—like hearing the sound of anklets or finding joy even in playful anger—are portrayed as ultimate bliss.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai)

“Ho vinaavai pol valaindhaen”

Comparing the curved posture or vulnerability of being in love to a question mark ('vinaavai pol').

Personification

“En nizhalukku ennai vida kaadhal adhigam / Adhu ennai mundhi undhan meedhu saaindhidumae”

Attributing human emotions and proactive actions to a shadow, giving it a greater capacity for love than the person itself.

Oxymoron / Paradox

“Vizhaamal vizhundhaen”

Combining opposing ideas of falling and not falling to express the psychological state of surrendering to love.

Rhyme & Assonance (Edhukai / Monaai)

“Paarthu kondae pesaamal / Pesi kondae thoongaamal / Thoongum ennam thondraamal”

Use of matching internal rhythms and rhyming line endings across consecutive lines (Paarthu / Pesi / Thoongum).

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Trivia

The track was composed by James Vasanthan for the 2015 Tamil action thriller 'Sandamarutham', starring A. Sarathkumar. The lyrics were penned by the late National Award-winning lyricist Na. Muthukumar, who was famed for his poetic personification of abstract concepts like shadows and childhood memories in romantic cinema.

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