Paarthu Paarthu Male
From Nee Varuvai Ena · 1999
- Lyricist
- Ravishankar
- Singer
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- Music director
- S. A. Rajkumar
- Details
- Nee Varuvai Ena1999
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Paarthu paarthu kangal poothirupen | I will keep watching until my eyes blossom |
| Nee varuvai yena | Hoping that you will come |
| Poothu poothu punnagai serthuvaipen | I will collect smiles as they bloom |
| Nee varuvai yena | Hoping that you will come |
| Male | |
| Thendralaga nee varuvayaa | Will you come like a gentle breeze? |
| Jannalagiren | I become a window |
| Theerthamaga nee varuvayaa | Will you come like holy water? |
| Megamagiren | I become a cloud |
| Male | |
| Vannamaga nee varuvayaa | Will you come as color? |
| Pookalagiren | I become flowers |
| Vaarthaiyaga nee varuvaya | Will you come as words? |
| Kavidhai aagiren | I become a poem |
| Male | |
| Paarthu paarthu kangal poothirupen | I will keep watching until my eyes blossom |
| Nee varuvai yena | Hoping that you will come |
| Poothu poothu punnagai serthuvaipen | I will collect smiles as they bloom |
| Nee varuvai yena | Hoping that you will come |
| Male | |
| Karaigalil odhungiya kilinjalgal | The seashells washed ashore on the beach |
| Unakena dhinam dhinam segarithen | I collected for you every single day |
| Kumudhamum vigatanum nee padipayena | Thinking you might read magazines like Kumudham and Vikatan |
| Vaasaganagi vitten | I became a reader myself |
| Male | |
| Kavidhai noolodu kola puthagam | Along with poetry books, pattern books for Rangoli |
| Unakai semikiren | I am saving for you |
| Kanavil unnodu enna pesalam | What to talk with you in my dreams |
| Dhinamum yosikiren | I ponder every day |
| Oru kagam kaavena karaindhaalum | Even if a crow caws at my house |
| Yen vaasal paarkiren | I look out at my doorstep |
| Male | |
| Paarthu paarthu kangal poothirupen | I will keep watching until my eyes blossom |
| Nee varuvai yena | Hoping that you will come |
| Poothu poothu punnagai serthuvaipen | I will collect smiles as they bloom |
| Nee varuvai yena | Hoping that you will come |
| Female | |
| Aaa aah aah …. aaa aah aah | Aaa aah aah …. aaa aah aah |
| Male | |
| Yenakulla vedhanai nilavuku therindhidum | The moon knows the pain inside me |
| Nilavukum jodi illai | Even the moon does not have a companion |
| Ezhuthiya kavidhaigal unai vandhu serndhida | For the poems I wrote to reach you |
| Kavidhaikum kaalgal illai | Poems do not have legs |
| Male | |
| Uzhagil pen varkam nooru kodiyaam | They say there are a hundred crore women in the world |
| Adhilae nee yaaradi | Among them, who are you, my dear? |
| Sarugai vandhae naan kaathirukiren | I am waiting like a fallen dry leaf |
| Engae un kaaladi | Where are your footsteps? |
| Male | |
| Mani sari paarthu dhinam vazhi paarthu | Checking the time and watching the path daily |
| Iru vizhigal theigiren | My two eyes are wearing down |
| Male | |
| Paarthu paarthu kangal poothirupen | I will keep watching until my eyes blossom |
| Nee varuvai yena | Hoping that you will come |
| Poothu poothu punnagai serthuvaipen | I will collect smiles as they bloom |
| Nee varuvai yena | Hoping that you will come |
| Male | |
| Thendralaga nee varuvayaa | Will you come like a gentle breeze? |
| Jannalagiren | I become a window |
| Theerthamaga nee varuvayaa | Will you come like holy water? |
| Megamagiren | I become a cloud |
| Male | |
| Vannamaga nee varuvayaa | Will you come as color? |
| Pookalagiren | I become flowers |
| Vaarthaiyaga nee varuvaya | Will you come as words? |
| Kavidhai aagiren | I become a poem |
பார்த்துப் பார்த்துக்
கண்கள் பூத்திருப்பேன் நீ
வருவாயென பூத்துப் பூத்துப்
புன்னகை சேர்த்து வைப்பேன்
நீ வருவாயென
I will keep watching until my eyes blossom
Hoping that you will come
I will collect smiles as they bloom
Hoping that you will come
தென்றலாக நீ
வருவாயா ஜன்னலாகிறேன்
தீர்த்தமாக நீ வருவாயா
மேகமாகிறேன்
Will you come like a gentle breeze?
I become a window
Will you come like holy water?
I become a cloud
வண்ணமாக
நீ வருவாயா பூக்களாகிறேன்
வார்த்தையாக நீ வருவாயா
கவிதை ஆகிறேன்
Will you come as color?
I become flowers
Will you come as words?
I become a poem
பெண் குழு :
நீ
வருவாயென நீ
வருவாயென
I will keep watching until my eyes blossom
Hoping that you will come
I will collect smiles as they bloom
Hoping that you will come
பார்த்துப் பார்த்துக்
கண்கள் பூத்திருப்பேன் நீ
வருவாயென பூத்துப் பூத்துப்
புன்னகை சேர்த்து வைப்பேன்
நீ வருவாயென
The seashells washed ashore on the beach
I collected for you every single day
Thinking you might read magazines like Kumudham and Vikatan
I became a reader myself
கரைகளில்
ஒதுங்கிய கிளிஞ்சல்கள்
உனக்கென தினம்தினம்
சேகரித்தேன் குமுதமும்
விகடனும் நீ படிப்பாயென
வாசகனாகி விட்டேன்
Along with poetry books, pattern books for Rangoli
I am saving for you
What to talk with you in my dreams
I ponder every day
Even if a crow caws at my house
I look out at my doorstep
கவிதை நூலோடு
கோலப் புத்தகம் உனக்காய்
சேமிக்கிறேன் கனவில்
உன்னோடு என்ன பேசலாம்
தினமும் யோசிக்கிறேன்
ஒரு காகம் காவெனக்
கரைந்தாலும் என் வாசல்
பார்க்கிறேன்
I will keep watching until my eyes blossom
Hoping that you will come
I will collect smiles as they bloom
Hoping that you will come
பெண் குழு :
நீ
வருவாயென நீ
வருவாயென
Aaa aah aah …. aaa aah aah
பார்த்துப் பார்த்துக்
கண்கள் பூத்திருப்பேன் நீ
வருவாயென பூத்துப் பூத்துப்
புன்னகை சேர்த்து வைப்பேன்
நீ வருவாயென
The moon knows the pain inside me
Even the moon does not have a companion
For the poems I wrote to reach you
Poems do not have legs
.............................
They say there are a hundred crore women in the world
Among them, who are you, my dear?
I am waiting like a fallen dry leaf
Where are your footsteps?
எனக்குள்ள
வேதனை நிலவுக்குத்
தெரிந்திடும் நிலவுக்கும்
ஜோடியில்லை எழுதிய
கவிதைகள் உனை வந்து
சேர்ந்திட கவிதைக்கும்
கால்களில்லை
Checking the time and watching the path daily
My two eyes are wearing down
உலகில்
பெண்வர்க்கம் நூறு
கோடியாம் அதிலே நீ
யாரடி சருகாய் வந்தே
நான் காத்திருக்கிறேன்
எங்கே உன் காலடி
I will keep watching until my eyes blossom
Hoping that you will come
I will collect smiles as they bloom
Hoping that you will come
மணி சரிபார்த்து
தினம் வழிபார்த்து இரு
விழிகள் தேய்கிறேன்
Will you come like a gentle breeze?
I become a window
Will you come like holy water?
I become a cloud
பெண் குழு :
நீ
வருவாயென நீ
வருவாயென
Will you come as color?
I become flowers
Will you come as words?
I become a poem
பார்த்துப் பார்த்துக்
கண்கள் பூத்திருப்பேன் நீ
வருவாயென பூத்துப் பூத்துப்
புன்னகை சேர்த்து வைப்பேன்
நீ வருவாயென
தென்றலாக நீ
வருவாயா ஜன்னலாகிறேன்
தீர்த்தமாக நீ வருவாயா
மேகமாகிறேன்
வண்ணமாக
நீ வருவாயா பூக்களாகிறேன்
வார்த்தையாக நீ வருவாயா
கவிதை ஆகிறேன்
பெண் குழு :
{ நீ
வருவாயென நீ
வருவாயென } (2)
Paarthu paarthu kangal poothirupen
I will keep watching until my eyes blossom
Nee varuvai yena
Hoping that you will come
Poothu poothu punnagai serthuvaipen
I will collect smiles as they bloom
Nee varuvai yena
Hoping that you will come
Thendralaga nee varuvayaa
Will you come like a gentle breeze?
Jannalagiren
I become a window
Theerthamaga nee varuvayaa
Will you come like holy water?
Megamagiren
I become a cloud
Vannamaga nee varuvayaa
Will you come as color?
Pookalagiren
I become flowers
Vaarthaiyaga nee varuvaya
Will you come as words?
Kavidhai aagiren
I become a poem
Paarthu paarthu kangal poothirupen
I will keep watching until my eyes blossom
Nee varuvai yena
Hoping that you will come
Poothu poothu punnagai serthuvaipen
I will collect smiles as they bloom
Nee varuvai yena
Hoping that you will come
Karaigalil odhungiya kilinjalgal
The seashells washed ashore on the beach
Unakena dhinam dhinam segarithen
I collected for you every single day
Kumudhamum vigatanum nee padipayena
Thinking you might read magazines like Kumudham and Vikatan
Vaasaganagi vitten
I became a reader myself
Kavidhai noolodu kola puthagam
Along with poetry books, pattern books for Rangoli
Unakai semikiren
I am saving for you
Kanavil unnodu enna pesalam
What to talk with you in my dreams
Dhinamum yosikiren
I ponder every day
Oru kagam kaavena karaindhaalum
Even if a crow caws at my house
Yen vaasal paarkiren
I look out at my doorstep
Paarthu paarthu kangal poothirupen
I will keep watching until my eyes blossom
Nee varuvai yena
Hoping that you will come
Poothu poothu punnagai serthuvaipen
I will collect smiles as they bloom
Nee varuvai yena
Hoping that you will come
Aaa aah aah …. aaa aah aah
Aaa aah aah …. aaa aah aah
Yenakulla vedhanai nilavuku therindhidum
The moon knows the pain inside me
Nilavukum jodi illai
Even the moon does not have a companion
Ezhuthiya kavidhaigal unai vandhu serndhida
For the poems I wrote to reach you
Kavidhaikum kaalgal illai
Poems do not have legs
Uzhagil pen varkam nooru kodiyaam
They say there are a hundred crore women in the world
Adhilae nee yaaradi
Among them, who are you, my dear?
Sarugai vandhae naan kaathirukiren
I am waiting like a fallen dry leaf
Engae un kaaladi
Where are your footsteps?
Mani sari paarthu dhinam vazhi paarthu
Checking the time and watching the path daily
Iru vizhigal theigiren
My two eyes are wearing down
Paarthu paarthu kangal poothirupen
I will keep watching until my eyes blossom
Nee varuvai yena
Hoping that you will come
Poothu poothu punnagai serthuvaipen
I will collect smiles as they bloom
Nee varuvai yena
Hoping that you will come
Thendralaga nee varuvayaa
Will you come like a gentle breeze?
Jannalagiren
I become a window
Theerthamaga nee varuvayaa
Will you come like holy water?
Megamagiren
I become a cloud
Vannamaga nee varuvayaa
Will you come as color?
Pookalagiren
I become flowers
Vaarthaiyaga nee varuvaya
Will you come as words?
Kavidhai aagiren
I become a poem
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This classic Tamil track expresses the deep yearning, anticipation, and poetic devotion of a lover waiting endlessly for their beloved to arrive. The speaker details small everyday actions—collecting seashells, buying popular magazines like Kumudham and Ananda Vikatan, storing Rangoli designs, and watching the doorstep at the sound of a crow—all done in preparation for the beloved's arrival.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Thendralaga nee varuvayaa / Jannalagiren”
The protagonist transforms into receptive objects (window, cloud, flowers, poem) in response to the lover's elemental forms (breeze, holy water, color, words).
Anaphora / Repetition (Adukkuthodar)
“Paarthu paarthu kangal poothirupen”
Repetition of words like 'paarthu paarthu' and 'poothu poothu' emphasizes the intensity and prolongation of waiting.
Personification
“Kavidhaikum kaalgal illai”
Attributing human traits such as walking to written poems ('poems do not have legs').
Cultural Allusion (Nimittham)
“Oru kagam kaavena karaindhaalum / Yen vaasal paarkiren”
Refers to the traditional Tamil superstition where a crow cawing at the doorway signifies the arrival of guests.
Did you know?
Trivia
The film 'Nee Varuvai Ena' (1999), directed by Rajakumaran and starring Parthiban and Devayani, features a iconic soundtrack composed by S.A. Rajkumar. The male version of this hit track was sung by Hariharan, while the female version was rendered by Sujatha.
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