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Payaname

From Seetha Payanam · 2025

Lyricist
Snekan
Singers
Anup Rubens, S. P. Charan
Music director
Anup Rubens
Movie name
Seetha Payanam
Movie release year
2025
Lyrics added on
1 Jan 2026

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Yeano.. yaeneno uravugal..
Yeano.. yaeneno inimaigal..
Yaedho.. yaedhedho kanavugal..
Yaedho.. yaedhedho ninaivugal..
Anbin malar  ondru
Adhanai anaikkum mul ondru
Inge punnagai mozhi ondru
Adharkul kanneer thuli undu..
Yaarukku sugam illai
Inge  yaarukku ranam illai Vaazhvil
Vaazhvil yaarukku nizhal illai
Inge yaarukku nijam illai..
Vaazhvin payaname..
Sollu nee payaname..
Enge nee pogiraai
Payaname.. payaname..
Naalai payanamo..
Yaar yaarin payanamo..
Karai serum payanamo..
Kadhai koorum payanamo..
Nee yaar enakku
Naan yaar unakku
Yaar yaaro yaar endru
Yaarum arivaaro..
Unarvugalum seara
Uravaaga maara..
Azhgaana.. idhayangal..
Mazhaithoora..
Oru nodiyaanalum
Anbu oru yuga ninaivaagum –
Satre vazhi thunaiyaanaalum –
Adhuve vaazhvin uravaagum..
Vaazhvin payaname..
Sollu nee payaname..
Enge nee pogiraai
Payaname.. payaname..
Naalai payanamo..
Yaar yaarin payanamo..
Karai serum payanamo..
Kadhai koorum payanamo..
Ninaivin siragu
Virikkum pozhuthu
Vinveliyai thaandi
Idhayam parakka thavikkiradhe..
Maayam seithaayo..
Manadhai koithaayo..
Kannimayaal..kavithaigalai..
Neithaayo…
Thadaipadum nodikooda
Yaedho kaadhal solgiradho
Kaadhal adaipadum koondaaga
Thudikkum idhayangal maariyadho..
Vaazhvin payaname..
Sollu nee payaname..
Enge nee pogiraai
Payaname.. payaname..
Naalai payanamo..
Yaar yaarin payanamo..
Karai serum payanamo..
Kadhai koorum payanamo..
Why all these bonds, for reasons unknown...
Why all this sweetness, for reasons unknown...
All kinds of dreams floating by...
All kinds of memories drifting in...
There is a flower of love,
and a thorn embracing it.
Here is a smile with its own language,
with a hidden tear inside...
Who has no happiness?
Who has no wounds in this life?
In life, who has no shadow?
Here, who has no truth of their own?
O journey of life...
Tell me, O journey...
Where are you heading?
O journey... O journey...
Is this a journey into tomorrow?
Whose journey is this, and with whom?
Is this a journey that reaches the shore?
Is this a journey that tells a story?
Who are you to me?
Who am I to you?
Who each person really is,
does anyone truly know?
As feelings come together,
and turn into a bond...
Beautiful hearts...
drizzle down like rain...
Even if it is only for a moment,
love becomes a memory that lasts for ages—
even if you are just a brief travel companion—
that itself becomes a bond for life.
O journey of life...
Tell me, O journey...
Where are you heading?
O journey... O journey...
Is this a journey into tomorrow?
Whose journey is this, and with whom?
Is this a journey that reaches the shore?
Is this a journey that tells a story?
When the wings of memory
spread open wide,
far beyond the skies,
the heart yearns to fly...
Did you work some magic?
Did you pluck away my heart?
Did my beloved...
weave verses of poetry?
Even a hesitant moment
seems to speak of love...
Have beating hearts turned into a cage
where love is locked inside?
O journey of life...
Tell me, O journey...
Where are you heading?
O journey... O journey...
Is this a journey into tomorrow?
Whose journey is this, and with whom?
Is this a journey that reaches the shore?
Is this a journey that tells a story?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Seetha Payanam' is a philosophical and emotional song exploring the unpredictable nature of life's journey, human relationships, and love. The lyrics ponder the mysteries of existence—why people meet, how brief moments of affection become eternal memories, and how joy and pain coexist like a flower and its thorn. The song addresses 'Payanam' (the journey) directly, seeking answers to where life is heading and whether all paths ultimately reach a meaningful destination.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Personification

Sollu nee payaname..

Addressing the abstract concept of life's journey ('Payaname') as a living entity capable of listening and speaking.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Anbin malar ondru / Adhanai anaikkum mul ondru

Comparing love to a delicate flower and life's inevitable pain to an surrounding thorn.

Juxtaposition / Antithesis

Inge punnagai mozhi ondru / Adharkul kanneer thuli undu..

Contrasting a language of smiles with hidden tears inside, capturing the dual nature of human emotion.

Ethirai (Second-letter Rhyme)

Karai serum payanamo.. / Kadhai koorum payanamo..

Classical Tamil poetic device where the second letter matches across consecutive lines ('rai' in Karai / Kadhai).

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Trivia

'Seetha Payanam' features vocals by composer Anup Rubens alongside SP Charan, carrying on the vocal legacy of SP Charan's expressive, melody-driven singing style suitable for reflective and philosophical Tamil tracks.

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