Pengal Nenjai
From Jay Jay · 2003
- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singers
- Kay Kay, Mahalakshmi Iyer
- Music director
- Bharathwaj
- Details
- Jay Jay2003
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Pengal | Women |
| Nenjai kollai kollum | Stealer of hearts |
| Vellai madhava | Fair-skinned Madhava |
| Udhatukum udhatukum | Between lip and lip |
| Sandai poda vaa | Come to wage a war |
| Female | |
| Unnidathil | From you |
| Ullathellam allikollavaa | Shall I loot everything that is there? |
| Un udambukul uyir | Inside your body, only your life |
| Matum vitu sellavaa | Shall I leave behind and take the rest? |
| Male | |
| Un verodu | At your very roots |
| Mazhai sindha | To shower rain |
| Varavaa un vetkathai | Shall I come? Your shyness |
| Kulipaata varavaa | Shall I come to bathe it? |
| Female | |
| Kulipaati | Bathing it |
| Azhukaakavaa | And make it dirty? |
| Yei badava | Hey rogue |
| Male | |
| Nee thoda | You touch |
| Vaa naan thoda vaa | Come, shall I touch you? Come |
| Female | |
| Hey madhavaa | Hey Madhava |
| Female | |
| Pengal | Women |
| Nenjai kollai kollum | Stealer of hearts |
| Vellai madhava | Fair-skinned Madhava |
| Udhatukum udhatukum | Between lip and lip |
| Sandai poda vaa | Come to wage a war |
| Male | |
| Unnidathil | From you |
| Ullathellam allikollavaa | Shall I loot everything that is there? |
| Un udambukul uyir | Inside your body, only your life |
| Matum vitu sellavaa | Shall I leave behind and take the rest? |
| Female | |
| Hey sandai poda vaa | Hey, come wage a war |
| Male | |
| Hey Vittu sella vaa | Hey, shall I leave only life and go? |
| Male | |
| ……………………………. | ... |
| Female | |
| ………………………… | ... |
| Female | |
| Mottukellam | For buds |
| Thummal vanthaal | If a sneeze comes |
| Malarndhuvidum | It will bloom |
| Mogam vanthaal | If lust arrives |
| Pennin ullam thirandhuvidum | A woman's heart will open up |
| Female | |
| …………………. | ... |
| Male | |
| Muttaikullae | Inside an egg |
| Manjalukum kozhupirukum | Even the yellow yolk has richness |
| Un mudi muthal kaal | From your hair to your feet |
| Varai kozhupirukum | There is youthful arrogance |
| Female | |
| Vizhigal | If eyes |
| Alanthaal ilakanam | Measure, it becomes grammar |
| Irukum viralgal alanthaal | If fingers measure |
| Ilakiyam irukum | It becomes literature |
| Male | |
| Pattu kaigalaal | With silky hands |
| Nee thottu kidanthaal | If you lie touching me |
| Paaraiyum ilamai surakum | Even a rock will ooze youthfulness |
| Female | |
| Paalaatri | In a river of milk |
| Neeraatavaa | Shall I bathe you? |
| Yei badavaa | Hey rogue |
| Male | |
| Thoda vaa thoda vaa | Come touch, come touch |
| Male | |
| Nee thoda vaa | You come touch |
| Male | |
| Thoda vaa thoda vaa | Come touch, come touch |
| Male | |
| Naan thoda vaa | I come touch |
| Male | |
| Thoda vaa thoda vaa | Come touch, come touch |
| Female | |
| Hey madhavaa | Hey Madhava |
| Female | |
| Pengal | Women |
| Nenjai kollai kollum | Stealer of hearts |
| Vellai madhava | Fair-skinned Madhava |
| Udhatukum udhatukum | Between lip and lip |
| Sandai poda vaa | Come to wage a war |
| Male | |
| Unnidathil | From you |
| Ullathellam allikollavaa | Shall I loot everything that is there? |
| Un udambukul uyir | Inside your body, only your life |
| Matum vitu sellavaa | Shall I leave behind and take the rest? |
| Male | |
| …………………………. | ... |
| Female | |
| ………………………… | ... |
| Female | |
| Kannu kaadhu | Eyes, ears |
| Mooku matum thottu vitu po | Touch only my nose and leave |
| Karpai matum konja kaalam | My chastity alone for a little while |
| Vitu vitu po | Leave it intact and go |
| Male | |
| Tholaintha en | Where is my lost |
| Thookam engae thanthu | Sleep? Return it |
| Vitu po thalaiyanai sugam | And leave; there is no pleasure in pillows |
| Illai solli vitu po | Tell me that and go |
| Female | |
| Pathinettu | Eighteen |
| Varudam pazhutha | Years ripened |
| En azhagu pathinettu | My beauty in eighteen |
| Nodiyil samarpanam unaku | Seconds is dedicated to you |
| Male | |
| Unnai kalanthaal | If I mingle with you |
| Munnooru varusam | Three hundred years |
| Naan kanda ilamai nilaikum | The youthfulness I found will endure |
| Female | |
| Muchathil moopedhadaa | In kissing, old age is reached, rogue |
| Badavaa | Rogue |
| Male | |
| Nee thoda vaa | You come touch |
| Naan thoda vaa | I come touch |
| Female | |
| Hey madhavaa | Hey Madhava |
| Vaa vaa | Come come |
| Female | |
| Pengal | Women |
| Nenjai kollai kollum | Stealer of hearts |
| Vellai madhava | Fair-skinned Madhava |
| Udhatukum udhatukum | Between lip and lip |
| Sandai poda vaa | Come to wage a war |
| Male | |
| Unnidathil | From you |
| Ullathellam allikollavaa | Shall I loot everything that is there? |
| Un udambukul uyir | Inside your body, only your life |
| Matum vitu sellavaa | Shall I leave behind and take the rest? |
| Male | |
| Un verodu | At your very roots |
| Mazhai sindha | To shower rain |
| Varavaa un vetkathai | Shall I come? Your shyness |
| Kulipaata varavaa | Shall I come to bathe it? |
| Female | |
| Hey kulipaati | Hey, bathing it |
| Azhukaakavaa badava | Shall I make it dirty, rogue? |
| Male | |
| Nee thoda | You touch |
| Vaa naan thoda vaa | Come, shall I touch you? Come |
| Female | |
| Hey madhavaa | Hey Madhava |
பெண்கள் நெஞ்சை
கொள்ளை கொள்ளும்
வெள்ளை மாதவா
உதட்டுக்கும் உதட்டுக்கும்
சண்டை போட வா
Women
Stealer of hearts
Fair-skinned Madhava
Between lip and lip
Come to wage a war
உன்னிடத்தில்
உள்ள தெல்லாம் அள்ளி
கொள்ளவா உன் உடம்புக்குள்
உயிர் மட்டும் விட்டு செல்லவா
From you
Shall I loot everything that is there?
Inside your body, only your life
Shall I leave behind and take the rest?
உன் வேரோடு
மழை சிந்த வரவா உன்
வெட்கத்தை குளிப்பாட்ட
வரவா
At your very roots
To shower rain
Shall I come? Your shyness
Shall I come to bathe it?
குளிப்பாட்டி
அழுக்காக்கவா ஏய்
படவா
Bathing it
And make it dirty?
Hey rogue
நீ தொடவா
நான் தொட வா
You touch
Come, shall I touch you? Come
ஹே மாதவா
Hey Madhava
பெண்கள் நெஞ்சை
கொள்ளை கொள்ளும்
வெள்ளை மாதவா
உதட்டுக்கும் உதட்டுக்கும்
சண்டை போட வா
Women
Stealer of hearts
Fair-skinned Madhava
Between lip and lip
Come to wage a war
உன்னிடத்தில்
உள்ள தெல்லாம் அள்ளி
கொள்ளவா உன் உடம்புக்குள்
உயிர் மட்டும் விட்டு செல்லவா
From you
Shall I loot everything that is there?
Inside your body, only your life
Shall I leave behind and take the rest?
ஹே சண்டை
போட வா
Hey, come wage a war
ஹே விட்டு
செல்ல வா
Hey, shall I leave only life and go?
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மொட்டுக்கெல்லாம்
தும்மல் வந்தால் மலர்ந்து
விடும் மோகம் வந்தால்
பெண்ணின் உள்ளம்
திறந்து விடும்
For buds
If a sneeze comes
It will bloom
If lust arrives
A woman's heart will open up
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முட்டைக்குள்ளே
மஞ்சளுக்கும் கொழுப்பிருக்கும்
உன் முடி முதல் கால் வரை
கொழுப்பிருக்கும்
Inside an egg
Even the yellow yolk has richness
From your hair to your feet
There is youthful arrogance
விழிகள் அளந்தால்
இலக்கணம் இருக்கும்
விரல்கள் அளந்தால்
இலக்கியம் இருக்கும்
If eyes
Measure, it becomes grammar
If fingers measure
It becomes literature
பட்டு கைகளால்
நீ தொட்டு கிடந்தால்
பாறையும் இளமை
சுரக்கும்
With silky hands
If you lie touching me
Even a rock will ooze youthfulness
பாலாற்றில்
நீராட்டவா ஏய் படவா
In a river of milk
Shall I bathe you?
Hey rogue
தொட வா
தொட வா
Come touch, come touch
நீ தொட வா
You come touch
தொட வா
தொட வா
Come touch, come touch
நான் தொட வா
I come touch
தொட வா
தொட வா
Come touch, come touch
ஹே மாதவா
Hey Madhava
பெண்கள் நெஞ்சை
கொள்ளை கொள்ளும்
வெள்ளை மாதவா
உதட்டுக்கும் உதட்டுக்கும்
சண்டை போட வா
Women
Stealer of hearts
Fair-skinned Madhava
Between lip and lip
Come to wage a war
உன்னிடத்தில்
உள்ள தெல்லாம் அள்ளி
கொள்ளவா உன் உடம்புக்குள்
உயிர் மட்டும் விட்டு செல்லவா
From you
Shall I loot everything that is there?
Inside your body, only your life
Shall I leave behind and take the rest?
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கண்ணு காது மூக்கு
மட்டும் தொட்டு விட்டு போ
கற்பை மட்டும் கொஞ்ச
காலம் விட்டு விட்டு போ
Eyes, ears
Touch only my nose and leave
My chastity alone for a little while
Leave it intact and go
தொலைந்த என்
தூக்கம் எங்கே தந்து விட்டு
போ தலையணை சுகம்
இல்லை சொல்லி விட்டு
போ
Where is my lost
Sleep? Return it
And leave; there is no pleasure in pillows
Tell me that and go
பதினெட்டு வருடம்
பழுத்த என் அழகு பதினெட்டு
நொடியில் சமர்ப்பணம் உனக்கு
Eighteen
Years ripened
My beauty in eighteen
Seconds is dedicated to you
உன்னை கலந்தால்
முன்னூறு வருஷம் நான்
கண்ட இளமை நிலைக்கும்
If I mingle with you
Three hundred years
The youthfulness I found will endure
முச்சத்தில்
மூப்பேதடா படவா
In kissing, old age is reached, rogue
Rogue
நீ தொட வா
நான் தொட வா
You come touch
I come touch
ஹே மாதவா
வா வா
Hey Madhava
Come come
பெண்கள் நெஞ்சை
கொள்ளை கொள்ளும்
வெள்ளை மாதவா
உதட்டுக்கும் உதட்டுக்கும்
சண்டை போட வா
Women
Stealer of hearts
Fair-skinned Madhava
Between lip and lip
Come to wage a war
உன்னிடத்தில்
உள்ள தெல்லாம் அள்ளி
கொள்ளவா உன் உடம்புக்குள்
உயிர் மட்டும் விட்டு செல்லவா
From you
Shall I loot everything that is there?
Inside your body, only your life
Shall I leave behind and take the rest?
உன் வேரோடு
மழை சிந்த வரவா உன்
வெட்கத்தை குளிப்பாட்ட
வரவா
At your very roots
To shower rain
Shall I come? Your shyness
Shall I come to bathe it?
ஹே குளிப்பாட்டி
அழுக்காக்கவா படவா
Hey, bathing it
Shall I make it dirty, rogue?
நீ தொடவா
நான் தொட வா
You touch
Come, shall I touch you? Come
ஹே மாதவா
Hey Madhava
Pengal
Women
Nenjai kollai kollum
Stealer of hearts
Vellai madhava
Fair-skinned Madhava
Udhatukum udhatukum
Between lip and lip
Sandai poda vaa
Come to wage a war
Unnidathil
From you
Ullathellam allikollavaa
Shall I loot everything that is there?
Un udambukul uyir
Inside your body, only your life
Matum vitu sellavaa
Shall I leave behind and take the rest?
Un verodu
At your very roots
Mazhai sindha
To shower rain
Varavaa un vetkathai
Shall I come? Your shyness
Kulipaata varavaa
Shall I come to bathe it?
Kulipaati
Bathing it
Azhukaakavaa
And make it dirty?
Yei badava
Hey rogue
Nee thoda
You touch
Vaa naan thoda vaa
Come, shall I touch you? Come
Hey madhavaa
Hey Madhava
Pengal
Women
Nenjai kollai kollum
Stealer of hearts
Vellai madhava
Fair-skinned Madhava
Udhatukum udhatukum
Between lip and lip
Sandai poda vaa
Come to wage a war
Unnidathil
From you
Ullathellam allikollavaa
Shall I loot everything that is there?
Un udambukul uyir
Inside your body, only your life
Matum vitu sellavaa
Shall I leave behind and take the rest?
Hey sandai poda vaa
Hey, come wage a war
Hey Vittu sella vaa
Hey, shall I leave only life and go?
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Mottukellam
For buds
Thummal vanthaal
If a sneeze comes
Malarndhuvidum
It will bloom
Mogam vanthaal
If lust arrives
Pennin ullam thirandhuvidum
A woman's heart will open up
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Muttaikullae
Inside an egg
Manjalukum kozhupirukum
Even the yellow yolk has richness
Un mudi muthal kaal
From your hair to your feet
Varai kozhupirukum
There is youthful arrogance
Vizhigal
If eyes
Alanthaal ilakanam
Measure, it becomes grammar
Irukum viralgal alanthaal
If fingers measure
Ilakiyam irukum
It becomes literature
Pattu kaigalaal
With silky hands
Nee thottu kidanthaal
If you lie touching me
Paaraiyum ilamai surakum
Even a rock will ooze youthfulness
Paalaatri
In a river of milk
Neeraatavaa
Shall I bathe you?
Yei badavaa
Hey rogue
Thoda vaa thoda vaa
Come touch, come touch
Nee thoda vaa
You come touch
Thoda vaa thoda vaa
Come touch, come touch
Naan thoda vaa
I come touch
Thoda vaa thoda vaa
Come touch, come touch
Hey madhavaa
Hey Madhava
Pengal
Women
Nenjai kollai kollum
Stealer of hearts
Vellai madhava
Fair-skinned Madhava
Udhatukum udhatukum
Between lip and lip
Sandai poda vaa
Come to wage a war
Unnidathil
From you
Ullathellam allikollavaa
Shall I loot everything that is there?
Un udambukul uyir
Inside your body, only your life
Matum vitu sellavaa
Shall I leave behind and take the rest?
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Kannu kaadhu
Eyes, ears
Mooku matum thottu vitu po
Touch only my nose and leave
Karpai matum konja kaalam
My chastity alone for a little while
Vitu vitu po
Leave it intact and go
Tholaintha en
Where is my lost
Thookam engae thanthu
Sleep? Return it
Vitu po thalaiyanai sugam
And leave; there is no pleasure in pillows
Illai solli vitu po
Tell me that and go
Pathinettu
Eighteen
Varudam pazhutha
Years ripened
En azhagu pathinettu
My beauty in eighteen
Nodiyil samarpanam unaku
Seconds is dedicated to you
Unnai kalanthaal
If I mingle with you
Munnooru varusam
Three hundred years
Naan kanda ilamai nilaikum
The youthfulness I found will endure
Muchathil moopedhadaa
In kissing, old age is reached, rogue
Badavaa
Rogue
Nee thoda vaa
You come touch
Naan thoda vaa
I come touch
Hey madhavaa
Hey Madhava
Vaa vaa
Come come
Pengal
Women
Nenjai kollai kollum
Stealer of hearts
Vellai madhava
Fair-skinned Madhava
Udhatukum udhatukum
Between lip and lip
Sandai poda vaa
Come to wage a war
Unnidathil
From you
Ullathellam allikollavaa
Shall I loot everything that is there?
Un udambukul uyir
Inside your body, only your life
Matum vitu sellavaa
Shall I leave behind and take the rest?
Un verodu
At your very roots
Mazhai sindha
To shower rain
Varavaa un vetkathai
Shall I come? Your shyness
Kulipaata varavaa
Shall I come to bathe it?
Hey kulipaati
Hey, bathing it
Azhukaakavaa badava
Shall I make it dirty, rogue?
Nee thoda
You touch
Vaa naan thoda vaa
Come, shall I touch you? Come
Hey madhavaa
Hey Madhava
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This seductive and playful dance track from the film Jay Jay features a heroine passionately expressing her intense desire and longing for her lover, whom she affectionately calls 'Madhava' and 'badava' (rogue). She invites him into an intimate embrace, playfully comparing kisses to battles and describing her youthful beauty as an offering that she surrenders in seconds to him.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Udhatukum udhatukum / Sandai poda vaa”
Comparing a kiss between lips to a playful battle ('Udhatukum udhatukum sandai poda vaa').
Hyperbole
“Paaraiyum ilamai surakum”
Exaggerating that touching with silky hands can make even a lifeless rock ooze youthfulness ('Paaraiyum ilamai surakum').
Emonai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Mottukellam / Thummal vanthaal / Malarndhuvidum / Mogam vanthaal”
Repetition of initial consonant sound 'M' in 'Mottukellam' and 'Malarndhuvidum' / 'Mogam'.
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Trivia
The soundtrack for Jay Jay (2003) was composed by Bharathwaj, with lyrics written by Vairamuthu. The song features energetic, contemporary beats paired with Vairamuthu's characteristic sensuous Tamil wordplay.
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